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COASTAL CAROLINA SPLITS SQUADS FOR FLORIDA RELAYS, DUKE INVITATIONAL:The Chanticleers will enter week four of the outdoor season, sending 16 athletes to the Florida Relays in Gainesville, and 17 athletes to the Duke Invitational in Durham. Both events are scheduled as all day events on Friday and Saturday.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA RELAYS: Since its inception, the Florida Relays has grown in both stature and size. Previously regarded nationally as the first major event of the collegiate outdoor track and field season, the Relays once swelled from a one-day inaugural event featuring slightly more than 200 athletes to a four-day meet that attracted more than 3,000 athletes from the high school, collegiate and international ranks.

SLATED TO COMPETE: Head Coach Alan Connie will send the teams sprinters and short distance runners to Gainesville, along with five throwers. Competitors highlighting the athletes heading to Gator Country are early season standout throwers Brittany Connor, Robin Callan and javelin thrower Deb Mattern. There will be a strong distance flavor in Durham, as nine members of the 2008 Big South Champion cross country team will make the trip. Senior pole vaulter Marcie Veitch, and freshman triple jump sensation Kristen Crawford will make the trek to Duke after solid performances on the young outdoor season to date.

CONNOR, CALLAN TURN IN HIGH MARKS AT RAIN SHORTENED WEEMS BASKIN RELAYS:  A pair of Coastal Carolina throwers excelled at the weather shortened Weems Baskin Relays in Columbia. Sophomore Brittany Connor earned a mark of 48.19m in the hammer to place third, while freshman Robin Callan placed sixth with a mark of 46.42m.

RELAYS REEL IN SEVERAL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES: The foursome of Amber White, Ikeiylah Brown, LeAuna Sistrunk and Darriale Henley had themselves an outstanding weekend at the Shamrock Invite on March 20. On Friday, the quartet turned in a time of 1:38.46 to take second in the 4x200m relay. Friday saw the group win the 4x100m relay, defeating the likes of South Carolina, Maryland and the defending NCAA D II Champion St. Augustine with a time of 46.82. Later in the day, the standout relay squad ran a 3:50.64 to place third in the 4x400m.

MATTERN PICKS UP FIRST INDIVIDUAL TITLE OF SEASON: Redshirt sophomore Deb Mattern continued her early season success in the javelin, taking the top overall finish in the Shamrock Invitational on March 21 with a throw of 137’2”.

DISTANCE RUNNERS TURN IN SOLID OUTINGS AT SHAMROCK: In the 3,000-meters, sophomores Shelby Donahue and Maranie Staab excelled in the race. Donahue earned a second place finish in the race with a time of 10:15.92, while Staab clocked a time of 10:18.19 to take fourth.

CONNOR EARNS PAIR OF TOP FIVE FINISHES IN THROWS: Sophomore Brittany Connor started out and ended her Shamrock Invitational on a high note. On Friday in the hammer throw, she placed fourth with a toss of 157’5”. The Greenwood, S.C. native then followed up her fourth place finish with a third place mark on day two in the discus with a throw of 144’6”.

MATTERN, LUPO EXCEL IN JAVELIN AT ASICS INVITATIONAL: Deb Mattern took home the top collegiate performance in the javelin with a throw of 138’2” in the sophomore’s first meet of the season. Another sophomore, Caitlin Lupo also placed in the top five with a fourth-place finish with a toss of 125’2”.

VEITCH CONTINUES EARLY SEASON SUCCES: After a solid indoor season, senior Marcie Veitch is well on her way to a solid outdoor season. Her quest for back-to-back All-Big South honors began at last weekend’s Coastal Carolina/Asics Invitational with a second-place finish in the pole vault. The Tecumeseh, Ontario native cleread 10’6”.