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Chants Cruise to Big South Three-peat

Feb. 27, 2015

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Coastal Carolina women's track and field team once again dominated on the second day of the Big South Championships, capturing seven titles en route to winning their third straight conference championship on Friday.

The Chanticleers totaled 150.5 points on the day to turn a 22.5-point deficit into a 196.5-140 victory over Liberty and record the program's second women's indoor three-peat, eighth conference title overall and seventh in the last 10 years.

Jessica Gelibert won both the 60-meter hurdles and 400-meter championships. Letitia Saayman set a meet record to win the 5,000 meters, Aynslee van Graan won the mile run, Amirah Al-Bayyinah repeated as the triple jump champion and Teka Simpson took the high jump title. Gelibert also teamed with Camille Hurley, Christal Green and Takeyra Jenkins-Dodd to give Coastal the 4x400 relay title for the third straight year.

Geilbert was named the meet's Most Outstanding Track Athlete, while Al Bayyinah was selected the Most Outstanding Field Athlete after completing the long jump-triple jump double. A total of 12 different Chanticleers combined to earn 25 all-conference honors.

"I couldn't be prouder of our ladies performance today," head coach Jeff Jacobs said. "On paper, the meet still looked very close but event after event we continued to outperform expectations. The momentum just kept rolling just kept rolling after Aynslee won the mile and we went 1-2-3 in the 60 hurdles. I especially would like to thank my coaching staff who did an outstanading job preparing this team for victory."

Aynslee van Graanindeed got the day off to a good start for the Chants with her victory in the mile run, while clocking 4:52.58. Sister Kyla van Graan added five points with a fourth-place finish in 5:01.78.

Gelibert then followedwith that 1-2-3 finish in the 60-meter hurdles, besting the field with a time of 8.47. Camille Hurley took second in 8.63 and Christina Davis placed third in a season-best 8.70. The 24 total points for the event put Coastal in the lead over Liberty 85-79.5.

The Chants widened the lead by placing three in the top five spots of the 400-meter final. Gelibert clocked 55.52 for her third career individual conference indoor title. Hurley finished third in a season-best 55.89 and Christal Green placed fifth in 56.53.

Teka Simpson, Symphony Thompson and Kelila Naules then provided 12 points in the 60-meter dash final, led by a third-place finish by Simpson in 7.73. Thompson recorded a season-best 7.81 to place fifth and Naules was seventh in 7.84.

Simpson captured her first individual indoor title in dramatic fashion, clearing a personal-best 1.68 meters (5-6.0) on her second attempt to edge out a Gardner-Webb competitor by .03 meters. Raven Hamilton and Chloe White combined to add 6.5 points in the event as Hamilton cleared 1.60 meters and placed fifth, while White did the same and tied for sixth.

Simpson added a runner-up finish in the 200 meters with a time of 24.78, with Green right behind her in third, clocking 24.91.

Al-Bayyinah completed the long jump-triple jump double and won her second straight triple jump championship with a winning mark of 12.35 meters (40-6.25). Sophomore Courtney Lawson backed her teammate up with a runner-up finish, thanks to a personal-best leap of 12.01 meters (39-5) on her second jump.

Saayman then broke her own meet record and set a program record of 16:52.74 to win the 5,000-meter crown. She bested teammate Kyla van Graan's mark of 16:53.40 from last season to win the race by 33 seconds.

Aynslee van Graan and Imani Boatwright each clocked season-best times in the 800 to finish third and fourth, respectively. Van Graan finished in 2:16.30, while Boatwright was right behind in 2:16.66.

All-Big South Conference
Jessica Gelibert, 400m champion, 60 hurdles champion, 4x400 relay champion
Amirah Al-Bayyinah, long jump champion, triple jump champion
Letitia Saayman, 5,000m champion, 3,000m second, distance medley relay second
Aynslee van Graan, mile run champion, 800m third
Teka Simpson, high jump champion, 200m second, 60m third, long jump third
Camille Hurley, 4x400 relay champion, 60 hurdles second, 400m third
Christal Green, 4x400 relay champion, 200m third
Courtney Lawson, triple jump second
Christina Davis, 60 hurdles third
Regina Peattie, distance medley relay second
Takeyra Jenkins-Dodd, 4x400 relay champion, distance medley relay second
LaChelsie Thomas, distance medley relay second

Most Outstanding Track Athlete
Jessica Gelibert, Coastal Carolina

Most Outstanding Field Athlete
Amirah Al-Bayyinah, Coastal Carolina

Women's All-Academic
Kelsey Rea, Soph., Campbell
LaQuestis Scott, Junior, Charleston Southern
Emma Kroger, Soph., Coastal
Elise Moffatt, Soph., Gardner-Webb
Jamie Schnuck, Jr., High Point
Janae Jones, Jr., Liberty
Teresa Williamson, Sr., Radford
Adrian Etheridge, Sr., UNC Asheville
Alesha Love, Jr., Winthrop

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Players Mentioned

Takeyra Jenkins-Dodd

Takeyra Jenkins-Dodd

Sprints
5' 5"
Freshman
Courtney Lawson

Courtney Lawson

Jumps
5' 5"
Sophomore
Chloe White

Chloe White

Javelin
5' 2"
Freshman
Amirah Al-Bayyinah

Amirah Al-Bayyinah

Jumps
5' 8"
Sophomore
Imani Boatwright

Imani Boatwright

Spints/Mid-Distance
5' 7"
Freshman
Christina Davis

Christina Davis

Sprints/Hurdles
5' 11"
Junior
Jessica Gelibert

Jessica Gelibert

Sprints/Hurdles
55' 5"
Sophomore
Christal Green

Christal Green

Sprints
5' 3"
Junior
Raven Hamilton

Raven Hamilton

Jumps
5' 6"
Sophomore
Camille Hurley

Camille Hurley

Hurdles/Sprints
5' 4"
Junior
Emma Kroger

Emma Kroger

Pole Vault
5' 5"
Freshman
Kelila Naules

Kelila Naules

Jumps/Sprints
5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Takeyra Jenkins-Dodd

Takeyra Jenkins-Dodd

5' 5"
Freshman
Sprints
Courtney Lawson

Courtney Lawson

5' 5"
Sophomore
Jumps
Chloe White

Chloe White

5' 2"
Freshman
Javelin
Amirah Al-Bayyinah

Amirah Al-Bayyinah

5' 8"
Sophomore
Jumps
Imani Boatwright

Imani Boatwright

5' 7"
Freshman
Spints/Mid-Distance
Christina Davis

Christina Davis

5' 11"
Junior
Sprints/Hurdles
Jessica Gelibert

Jessica Gelibert

55' 5"
Sophomore
Sprints/Hurdles
Christal Green

Christal Green

5' 3"
Junior
Sprints
Raven Hamilton

Raven Hamilton

5' 6"
Sophomore
Jumps
Camille Hurley

Camille Hurley

5' 4"
Junior
Hurdles/Sprints
Emma Kroger

Emma Kroger

5' 5"
Freshman
Pole Vault
Kelila Naules

Kelila Naules

5' 6"
Sophomore
Jumps/Sprints