CLEMSON, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina women's indoor track & field team recorded six top-10 finishes on day one of the highly-touted Bob Pollock Invitational held at the Clemson Indoor Track & Field Complex on Friday night.

Freshman Jermaisha Arnold continued her dominance in the 400-meters, as she posted her third consecutive win, this time racing to the finish line in a time of 54.01, a new personal best and also the second-fastest time in CCU indoor history.

Also posting a top-five finish on Friday was sophomore Melissa Jefferson with a fourth-place finish in the 60-meter dash with her personal-best time of 7.43, which she registered in both the preliminaries and the finals. Her time of 7.43 is the second-fastest in school history behind Erica Peake's record of 7.39.

Staying in the sprint events, freshmen Lauren Gordon and Kayla Sweeney also turned in top-10 finishes on the night. Gordon raced to a ninth-place showing in the 400-meters with a new personal-best time of 56.99, knocking off almost a full two seconds from her previous best time. Sweeney finished 10th in the 60-meter dash with her time of 7.63, a new personal-best time and the 10th-best mark in school history.

Fellow freshman Shani'a Bellamy (7.78) and Keniah Wallace (7.84) both turned in personal-best times to finish 18th and 22nd, respectively, in the 60-meter dash on Friday.

Running for the first time this season, sophomore Ashley Rulison registered a runner-up finish in the 5000-meter run with a time of 18:29.46, finishing two spots ahead of freshman Sydney Swanker and her time of 18:30.57, good enough for fourth overall.

In the 60-meter hurdles, a trio of Chants competed in Sydney Clemens, Erin Palmer, and Bellamy. Clemens led the Chant-triad with a personal-best time of 8.74 to finish 13th overall, while Palmer and Bellamy finished 17th and 18th, respectively, with times of 8.97 and 9.00.

Sophomore Jaquoia Williams recorded a long jump of 5.25 meters in the long jump event to place 17th, placing two spots in front of classmate Nikki Boon and her leap of 5.18 meters, a new personal best. Freshman Mycal Bowser finished 21st overall with her mark of 5.08 meters.

In the weight throw event, sophomore Kacey Lombard set a new personal record with a throw of 13.73 meters, good enough for 19th overall, while freshman Alexis Estep turned in a toss of 12.19 meters to place 22nd.

Day two of the Bob Pollock Invitational will begin tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. ET. Live results can be found by CLICKING HERE or by going to the Track & Field/Cross Country schedule page on www.GoCCUsports.com.

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