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Women’s Track & Field
Nova Southeastern Wins PBC Women’s Track &
Field Championship
MONTEVALLO, ALA – Nova Southeastern University set a new PBC
championship team scoring record with 214.5 points to capture
the 2017 title on Saturday in Montevallo. The Sharks finished
ahead of second-place UNC Pembroke at 159 points and third-place
Montevaloo with 154.5. The championship is the first for Nova
Southeastern.
Head coach Bryan Hagopian received the women’s track and
field Coach of the Year award for the second year in a row while
Stefan Matula garnered the men’s Field Athlete of the Year. Matula
scored a men’s team-high 29 points after winning the javelin and
pole vault as well as placing fourth in the discus and fifth in the
shot put.
“I am so happy for our team, our student-athletes and our
coaching staff,” boasted Hagopian. “Everyone competed well this
weekend and it would not have been possible without my assistant
coaches, strength coaches and athletic trainers. We have been wait-
ing for this moment since we joined the conference in 2012 and it is
just an incredible feeling. I’ll never forget how great it felt to finally
raise the championship banner and trophy.”
The day started with the final field event, the men’s shotput.
Logan Lowry finished fourth at 13.28m while Matula threw a sea-
son-best 13.18m placing fifth. Later on, Kamaria Johnson claimed
her second gold medal with a win in the women’s shotput with a
throw of 12.64m.
On the track, the men started with a great performance in the
800m run. Raphael de Bonnieres and Dwayne Edwards finished sec-
ond and third while running personal-bests 1:53.61s and 1:54.47s
respectively. Benjamin Manuel also placed eighth at 1:56.28s
while Wade White and Ian McQuate ran career-bests 1:57.25s and
1:58.94s.
The following PBC championship meet records were broken in
2017:
1,500m – Cheyenne Thompson, Montevallo 4:34.48
5,000m – Katie Nelson, Montevallo, 17:34.36
10,000m – Katie Nelson, Montevallo, 36:05.07
400 Hurdles – Shakira Bartley, Nova Southeastern, 1:01.37
3,000m Steeplechase – Cheyenne Thompson, Montevallo, 10:57.01
Heptathlon – Hunter Chavarry, Montevallo, 4,708
Team Results
1. Nova Southeastern 214.5
2. UNC Pembroke 159
3. Montevallo 154.5
4. North Georgia 74
5. Florida Tech 73
6. Augusta 61
7. Columbus State 39
8. Clayton State 35
2016-17