ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Emory & Henry University Men's Indoor Track & Field Team has been selected to finish in eighth place in the South Atlantic Conference this year by the league's head coaches. The poll was released by the SAC office on Thursday.

RELATED - SAC Preseason Poll & Athletes to Watch

Defending SAC champion Wingate University has been chosen as favorites to repeat as league champions with 10 of the available 12 first-place votes. Carson-Newman University is second, while Lenoir-Rhyne University is third with a top nod of its own. Catawba College was chosen fourth with the other first-place vote, while Anderson (S.C.) University rounded out the top-five picks.

Additionally, the SAC has announced its Athletes to Watch List with three Wasps earning the honor. Senior thrower Gavin Lee (North Tazewell, Va.), senior distance runner Miles Baldwin (Willis, Va.) and junior sprinter Will Humphrey, II (Charlotte, N.C.) were all named athletes to watch for the 2025-26 season. 

The Wasps will continue their winter schedule on Saturday, January 17 at the VMI Team Challenge in Lexington, Virginia. 

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2025-26 SAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll

Men's Indoor Athletes to Watch

Anderson
Elliot Dotson, Lambdin Hardy, Omari Bennett, Avery Butler 

Carson-Newman
Andre Morrison, Rylan Jordan, Favour Ekpekpe, Carlos Kouassi 

Catawba
Miles Stephens, Jayden Bennerman, Kengel Christopher, Victor Smith

Coker
Donovan Jones, Jeffrey Stiles , Juelz Mickles 

Emory & Henry
Miles Baldwin, Will Humphrey, II, Gavin Lee

Lenoir-Rhyne
Havyn Spain, Ilias El Khattabi, Tobechukwu Nwokocha, Antonyio Davis  

Lincoln Memorial
Simon Fillers, Sam Fulton, Avery Hatfield, Mile McLymont 

Mars Hill
Jesse Shelton, Sean Sanchez, Luke New

Newberry
Tyler Shumate, Justin Canty, Jhayden Gattison, Timothy Hartman

Tusculum
Ivan Garcia Rubio, Tinotenda Musariri

UVA Wise
Peyton Honeycutt, David Williams, Bobby Cline

Wingate
Dre Davis, Mateo de Castro Navarro, Antonin Saint-Peyre, Dequan Thompson