Harrogate, TN - Lincoln Memorial track and field standout Sterling Webb has been named the Southeast Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the organization announced on Friday. Webb wrapped up a phenomenal season in the DII Indoor Track and Field National Championships in mid-March following a superb performance in the South Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships. Webb, who hails from Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, won the pentathlon with a meet-record score of 3670 points at the SAC Indoor Championships. She led the region in both the combined event and the high jump with a mark of 1.69m (5-6½) that she set inside that pentathlon.

Complete regional Women's Field Athlete(s) of the Year:

ATLANTIC REGION – Laura Delgado de Torres – Charleston (W.Va.)
Delgado de Torres scored 27 points in field events at the 2025 MEC Indoor Championships. She finished runner-up in three events (long jump, triple jump, pentathlon) and fifth in another (high jump). Delgado de Torres finished the year ranked top-four in three events regionally.
CENTRAL REGION – Miranda Lauvstad – Minnesota State
Lauvstad, who hails from Nesoeya, Norway, earned a pair of First-Team All-America honors in field events at the 2025 NCAA DII Indoor Championships. She finished runner-up in the pentathlon with 4092 points – to move up to No. 9 in NCAA DII history – and also placed fourth in the long jump. Lauvstad was ranked top-three nationally in both of those events this season.

EAST REGION – Belle Smith – Southern Connecticut
Smith, who hails from Torrington, Connecticut, was named the NE-10 Conference Indoor Championship Field Athlete of the Meet after winning both the shot put and weight throw. Those 20 points went a long way in helping Southern Connecticut win its second indoor conference title in a row. Smith led the region in the shot put this season at 13.20m (43-3¾). 

MIDWEST REGION – Kaylee Diamond – Grand Valley State
Diamond, who hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan, won the high jump at the 2025 NCAA DII Indoor Championships. She cleared PR 1.81m (5-11¼) in Indianapolis, Indiana. That set a GLIAC record and improved her own GVSU school record that was originally set back in December and took down a 32-year-old best. 

SOUTH REGION – Mikaela Miles – Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Miles, who hails from San Diego, California, finished third in the triple jump at the 2025 NCAA DII Indoor Championships. She set a PR 12.70 (41-8) in Indianapolis, Indiana. Miles improved her own school record three times this season.

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION – Meadow Gallentine – West Texas A&M
Gallentine, who hails from Anson, Texas, won the weight throw at the 2025 NCAA DII Indoor Championships. She set PR 20.48m (67-2¼) in Indianapolis, Indiana. Earlier in the season, Gallentine won the weight throw and placed third in the shot put at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships and helped lead West Texas A&M to the team title. 

SOUTHEAST REGION – Sterling Webb – Lincoln Memorial
Webb, who hails from Mt. Juliet, Tennessee,won the pentathlon with a meet-record score of 3670 points at the SAC Indoor Championships. She led the region in both the combined event and the high jump with a mark of 1.69m (5-6½) that she set inside that pentathlon.

WEST REGION – Esther Conde Turpin – Azusa Pacific
Conde Turpin, who hails from La Reunion, France, set a meet record of 4447 points in winning the pentathlon at the 2025 NCAA DII Indoor Championships. That was also the second best total in NCAA DII history. Conde Turpin ended the season ranked among the nation's best in both the pentathlon and high jump – the latter with a 1.78m (5-10) clearance.