MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – For the second day in a row, a freshman Bobcat claimed a conference championship as Chris Preddie won the men's long jump at the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships on Friday at the Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium.
Following up freshman Elisabet Runarsdottir's women's hammer throw title on Thursday, Preddie leapt 7.36 meters/24-1.75 in his penultimate attempt to go from second-place to first as a first-year Bobcat. He became the fifth Bobcat in program history to win a conference title in the men's long jump and first since 2018 (Ronnie Briscoe Jr.