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Pagonis won the 5000m last season
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Pagonis, Wildcats Set For SoCon Men’s Track & Field Championships
2/22/2013 4:30:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
JDL Fast Track | SoCon Championship Page
DAVIDSON, N.C. - Demetrios Pagonis will look to defend his title in the 5000-meter run when the Davidson men's track and field team competes in the 2013 Southern Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships Saturday and Sunday on the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The championships will begin Saturday at 10:00 a.m. with the women's pentathlon events, followed by the men's heptathlon events at 10:15 a.m. The awards ceremony is scheduled for Sunday at 4:40 p.m.
The event is free to the public. Live results, daily recaps, daily photos and video highlights can be found on the Southern Conference website.
The distance events are Davidson's strongest, as three Wildcats rank in the Top 10 in the 5000m and two are in the Top 10 in the 3000m. Pagonis and senior classmate Vincent Weir lead Davidson in each, as Pagonis ranks third in the 3000m with a top time of 8:15.76 in the 3000m, and 14:23.74 in the 5000. Weir has posted top times of 8:26.65 and 14:50.17 to rank sixth and seventh, respectively. Sophomore Whitner Chase ranks ninth in the league in the 5000m with a season-best time of 15:03.99.
Pagonis won the 5000m championship last season with a time of 14:22.47.
With defending 800-meter SoCon Champion Andrew Lantz out of action, sophomores Wesley Laytham and Sal del Giudice have led the Wildcats in the event this season, while freshman Patrick Rollo and Chase have led the 'Cats in the mile.
In the short sprints, freshman Xzavier Killings has posted the top times for the Wildcats, while classmate Charles Rappe owns the top time in the 400-meter dash. Killings also ranks ninth in the SoCon in the high jump after clearing six feet, two inches (1.88m).
Junior Michael Lorentsen will look to break his own Davidson record in the pole vault of 14-11 (4.55m), as that mark presently ranks 10th in the conference. Classmate Stewart Dalton will represent Davidson in the long jump.
The 2012 Southern Conference men's champions were the Western Carolina Catamounts, who scored 155 points, while Davidson placed fifth.
In the most recent power rankings, which include meets through Feb. 21, Appalachian State leads the men's side with a four-point advantage over Samford, followed closely by Western Carolina. Davidson is ranked sixth.
The rankings are determined by the top eight times or scores that are reported by the schools for each event that will be conducted at this weekend's championships.
Men's Indoor Track and Field Power Rankings
Appalachian State - 171
Samford - 167
Western Carolina - 165
The Citadel - 54
UNCG - 49
Furman - 29
Davidson - 19
Chattanooga - 7
Wofford - 2
DAVIDSON, N.C. - Demetrios Pagonis will look to defend his title in the 5000-meter run when the Davidson men's track and field team competes in the 2013 Southern Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships Saturday and Sunday on the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The championships will begin Saturday at 10:00 a.m. with the women's pentathlon events, followed by the men's heptathlon events at 10:15 a.m. The awards ceremony is scheduled for Sunday at 4:40 p.m.
The event is free to the public. Live results, daily recaps, daily photos and video highlights can be found on the Southern Conference website.
The distance events are Davidson's strongest, as three Wildcats rank in the Top 10 in the 5000m and two are in the Top 10 in the 3000m. Pagonis and senior classmate Vincent Weir lead Davidson in each, as Pagonis ranks third in the 3000m with a top time of 8:15.76 in the 3000m, and 14:23.74 in the 5000. Weir has posted top times of 8:26.65 and 14:50.17 to rank sixth and seventh, respectively. Sophomore Whitner Chase ranks ninth in the league in the 5000m with a season-best time of 15:03.99.
Pagonis won the 5000m championship last season with a time of 14:22.47.
With defending 800-meter SoCon Champion Andrew Lantz out of action, sophomores Wesley Laytham and Sal del Giudice have led the Wildcats in the event this season, while freshman Patrick Rollo and Chase have led the 'Cats in the mile.
In the short sprints, freshman Xzavier Killings has posted the top times for the Wildcats, while classmate Charles Rappe owns the top time in the 400-meter dash. Killings also ranks ninth in the SoCon in the high jump after clearing six feet, two inches (1.88m).
Junior Michael Lorentsen will look to break his own Davidson record in the pole vault of 14-11 (4.55m), as that mark presently ranks 10th in the conference. Classmate Stewart Dalton will represent Davidson in the long jump.
The 2012 Southern Conference men's champions were the Western Carolina Catamounts, who scored 155 points, while Davidson placed fifth.
In the most recent power rankings, which include meets through Feb. 21, Appalachian State leads the men's side with a four-point advantage over Samford, followed closely by Western Carolina. Davidson is ranked sixth.
The rankings are determined by the top eight times or scores that are reported by the schools for each event that will be conducted at this weekend's championships.
Men's Indoor Track and Field Power Rankings
Appalachian State - 171
Samford - 167
Western Carolina - 165
The Citadel - 54
UNCG - 49
Furman - 29
Davidson - 19
Chattanooga - 7
Wofford - 2
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