MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Kelly Hay broke his own school record in the pole vault and three others earned All-Conference Carolinas honors, highlighting Belmont Abbey's first day at the 2024 Conference Carolinas Men's Track & Field Championship on Friday.

Hay cleared 4.73m (15'-6") to earn first-team all-conference honors. Brian Sause finished second in the steeplechase for second-team honors, while Orlando Descartes (javelin) and Nathan Gallman (10,000m) took home third-team accolades by finishing third.

Eight Crusaders finished high enough in preliminaries to earn a place in Saturday's finals.

BELMONT ABBEY RESULTS

• 100m Dash Preliminaries
  • Jeremiah Hines, 11th, 10.80
  • Zachary Bolden, 18th, 11.05
  • Kenneth Jensen, 19th, 11.13
• 200m Dash Preliminaries
  • Jeremiah Hines, 14th, 21.97
  • Ian Hicks, 17th, 22.11
  • Zachary Bolden, 20th, 22.27
• 400m Dash Preliminaries
  • Garison Coleman, 6th, 49.63q -- qualified for finals
  • Jesse Coleman, 15th, 50.70
  • Logan Murphy-Redd, 21st, 55.42
• 800m Run Preliminaries
  • John Hetzel, 4th, 1:58.50Q -- qualified for finals
  • Thomas Thierfelder, 6th, 1:58.50q -- qualified for finals
  • Adam Willett, 9th, 1:59.39
• 1500m Run Preliminaries
  • Adam Willett, 13th, 4:11.65
  • Irenge Nkere, 18th, 4:19.02
  • Kolbe Zuniga, 19th, 4:19.31
• 3000m Steeplechase
  • Brian Sause, 2nd, 9:29.16 -- Second-team All-Conference
  • Elliot Wunder, 11th, 10:16.83
  • Ben Casteel, 13, 10:27.53
  • Clinton Hubbard, 19th, 10:57.71
• 10000m Run
  • Nathan Gallman, 3rd, 31:22.62 -- Third-team All-Conference Carolinas
  • Zachary Knott, 11th, 32:53.21
  • Ethan Davis, 13th, 34:31.20
• 110m Hurdles Preliminaries
  • Joshua Gulapa, 5th, 15.22q -- qualified for finals
  • Ryan Kohlhagen, 6th, 15.26q -- qualified for finals
  • Cameron Gunn, 8th, 15.53q -- qualified for finals
• 400m Hurdles Preliminaries
  • Cameron Gunn, 3rd, 56.51Q -- qualified for finals
  • Ryan Kohlhagen, 4th, 56.53q -- qualified for finals
  • Joshua Gulapa, 9th, 58.87
• Long Jump
  • Dayzhahn Gooding-Williams, 12th, 6.59m (21'-7¼")
  • Orlando Descartes, 16th, 6.40m (20'-11¾")
  • Elijah Jackson, 18th, 6.33m (20'-9")
• Javelin
  • Orlando Descartes, 3rd, 50.81m (166'-8¼") -- Third-team All-Conference Carolinas
  • Matthew Pinder, 8th, 47.18m (154'-9¼")
  • Davis Powers, 14th, 43.52 (142'-9¼")
  • Rexton Thorson, 19th, 40.30m (131'-3¾")
• Pole Vault
  • Kelly Hay, 1st, 4.73m (15'-6") -- School Record, First-team All-Conference Carolinas