Grace Hearns led the Mary Baldwin women's team with a gold medal in the triple jump while Din Rayche and Leslie Green Jr. earned medals for the men's team in the first USA South Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships Friday at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The women's team placed sixth out of seven teams with 21 points while the men's team was fifth out of six teams with 29.5 points - just a half point behind fourth-place N.C. Wesleyan.  Southern Virginia won both team titles.

Hearns won the triple jump with a conference record 10.46 meter performance.  She also scored points with a pair of fifth-place finishes in the long jump (4.22m) and the 60-meter hurdles (10.20).  Kaitlin Bower scored twice individually for the Fighting Squirrels with a fourth-place finish in the triple jump (9.24m) and a fifth-place finish in the long jump (4.44m).  MBU also posted a fifth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay.

On the men's side, Rayche earned a silver medal in the triple jump (12.67m) and Green captured bronze in the long jump (6.15m). Both Rayche and Green combined with Tristen Bannasch and Brendan Plogger for a fifth-place finish in the 4x400 relay (3.58.33).

Rayche also picked up points in the 60 hurdles (10.00, fourth place), a tie for fifth in the high jump 1.75m and a sixth place finish in the long jump (5.80m).  Jameel Vann also hit the scoreboard with a sixth-place finish in the 200-meter dash (23.80).  

The Fighting Squirrels also picked up fifth-place points by Caleb Smith in the 5,000-meter run (16:52.16) and the distance medley relay team of Daniel Diaczyszyn, Calvin Crumbley, Plogger and Micah Ahearn-Wood (12:18.88).

2024 USA South Indoor Championship - MBU Results
Top 3 in each event win a medal (gold, silver, bronze) … Top 6 score team points
Men's Team Scores:  1. Southern Virginia 202.5; 2. Pfeiffer 112; 3. Methodist 107; 4. N.C. Wesleyan 30; 5. Mary Baldwin 29.5; 6. William Peace 5
60 – 11. Jameel Fann 7.42; 16. Brandon Jones 7.96; 17. Tristen Bannasch 8.08; 18. Calvin Crumbley 8.20
200 – 6. Jameel Vann 23.80; 10. Din Rache 24.50; 12. Leslie Green Jr. 25.01; 16. Calvin Crumbley 25.51; 19. Tristen Bannasch 26.26
400 – 12. Leslie Greene Jr. 56.39; 13. Calvin Crumbley 57.34; 17. Donaven Porter 101.28
800 – 9. Brendan Plogger 2:07.17
Mile – 8. Micah Ahearn- Wood 5:09.71
3,000 – 9. Caleb Smith 9:56.43; 12. Daniel Diaczyszyn 10:22.14; 15. David Shultz 11:42.04
5,000 - 5. Caleb Smith 16:52.16
60 hurdles – 4. Din Rayche 10.00
4x400 relay – 5. MBU (Din Rayche, Tristen Bannasch, Leslie Green Jr., Brendan Plogger) 3:58.33
Distance Medley Relay - 4. MBU (Daniel Diaczyszyn, Calvin Crumbly, Brenden Plogger, Micah Ahearn-Wood) 12:18.88
Shot Put – 12. William Reyes 10.91m; 14. Brandon Jones 10.15m; 16. Jonathan Ramirez 9.38
High Jump – T5. Din Rayche 1.75m; 8. Leslie Green Jr. 1.70m
Long Jump – 3. Leslie Green Jr. 6.15m; 6. Din Rayche 5.80m
Triple Jump – 2. Din Rayche 12.67m
Weight Throw – 9. Brandon Jones 10.08m; 14. Jonathan Ramirez 7.27m
 
Women's Team Scores:  1. Southern Virginia 187.5; 2. Pfeiffer 94.5; 3. N.C. Wesleyan 69, 4. Meredith 66; 5. Methodist 32; 6. Mary Baldwin 21; William Peace 8
60 – 9. Kaitlyn Bower 8.71; 14. Maia Ott 9.50
200 – 14. Najila Castillo-Wright 30.16; 19. Maia Ott 32.90
400 – 8. Najila Castillo Wright 1:09.77
Mile – 12. Mya Gaudier 7.27.82
3,000 – 11. Johannah Dillaway 12:57.49
60 Hurdles – 5. Grace Hearns 10.20; 7. Hannah Eastridge 12.29
4x400 relay – 5. MBU (Natilla Castillo-Wright, Alyssa Epperson, Savannah Gibbs, Isabel Basilis) 5:18.87
Shot Put – 10. Johannah Dillaway 8.42m; 12. Isabel Basilis 8.14m; 13. Jasmin Reyes 7.99m; 17 Nyjiea Freeman 7.20; 18. Aurora Valencia-Aidana 6.33
Long Jump – 5. Kaitlin Bower 4.44m; 5. Grace Hearns 4.22m; 8. Maia Ott 4.06; 11. Hannah Eastridge 3.76
Triple Jump – 1. Grace Hearns 10.46m; 4. Kaitlin Bower 9.24m
Weight Throw – 9. Nyjiea Freeman 9.84m; 14. Isabel Basilis 8.75m; 15. Jasmin Reyes 8.62m; 17 Aurora Valencia-Aidana 5.70; 18. Savannah Gibbs 5.54; 19. Jada Torez 5.13