MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Barton College's
Aniya Heckstall has been named the 2025 Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track and Field Championships Women's Athlete Most Valuable Player.
Heckstall, a junior from Scotland Neck, N.C., captured the league title in the women's 200-meter dash with a first-place time of 23.74 seconds. Heckstall also took second place in the women's 100-meter dash (11.57) while both times were new school records and national provisional qualifying times.
Heckstall was also part of the women's 400-meter relay for the Bulldogs which took second place with a school record and national provisional qualifying time of 46.32 seconds. Joining Heckstall on the relay team were sophomore
Erica McClary (Salisbury, N.C.), junior
Keiarra Tutt (Bayboro, N.C.) and freshman
Angel Agyeman (Greensboro, N.C.).
On the men's side for Barton, freshman
Darion Drye, Jr. (Kannapolis, N.C.) earned all-conference accolades thanks to a second-place finish in the discus (163'11").
The women's team took sixth place overall while the Bulldogs' men's team finished 13th overall. Mount Olive swept the team titles.
Women's Results
Men's Results
2025 Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Thursday, April 24 – Saturday, April 26
Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium
MEN
1. Mount Olive 193
2. Converse 147
3. UNC Pembroke 132
4. Belmont Abbey 79
5. Southern Wesleyan 73
6. Lees-McRae 38
7. North Greenville 32
8. Shorter 30
9. King 25.5
10. Young Harris 18
11. Emmanuel (Ga.) 15.5
12. Francis Marion 15
13. Barton 12
14. Erskine 8
WOMEN
1. Mount Olive 214
2. North Greenville 145
3. Converse 139
4. Belmont Abbey 79
5. UNC Pembroke 62
6. Barton 43
7. Shorter 36.5
8. Francis Marion 27
9. Lees-McRae 25.5
10. Southern Wesleyan 16
11t. King 10
11t. Emmanuel (Ga.) 10
13. Erskine 7
14. Young Harris 5
Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Meet - Devron Davis, Converse
Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Meet - Trent Brown, UNCP
Men's Freshman of the Year - Happy Lea, Southern Wesleyan
Men's Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year - Earl Graves, Mount Olive
Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Meet -
Aniya Heckstall, Barton
Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Meet - Hannah Hill, North Greenville
Women's Freshman of the Year - Janara Bryant, Mount Olive
Women's Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year - Earl Graves, Mount Olive
