ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy claflin.edu) — For the second straight season, the Claflin Panthers claimed the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championship. The Panthers totaled 131 points to pull away for their second consecutive conference championship.
The win gives the Panthers their second straight CIAA men’s indoor track & field championship. The team will turn their attentions to the national stage where Murry and the Panthers’ 4x400m relay team will seek to improve their standings as NCAA Division II provisional qualifiers.
After leading the Panthers to the conference championship, Claflin men’s track & field head coach Malcolm Watts was named the 2023-24 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men’s Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year. The honors didn’t stop there as the Panthers also won the Dr. Freddie Vaughn’s Highest Team Academic Award.
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