CONWAY, S.C. – For the second time in three weeks, the Coastal Carolina men's and women's track & field teams will make a trip to the state of Florida, this time for the University of North Florida Invitational on Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30.
The Chanticleers posted another fantastic showing last weekend at the University of South Carolina Outdoor Open. On the men's side,
David Ejumeta notched a new personal best in the 100-meters with a time of 10.58, the 10th-best time in program history, and also tallied a victory in the long jump with a distance of 7.72 meters. He also placed seventh in the triple jump with a mark of 14.18 meters.
The Chants placed three in the top 10 during the 110-meter hurdles, as
Tyler Graves crossed the line second in 13.72 seconds, while
Braydon Bennett and
Jaquon Williams finished fifth and seventh overall with times of 13.84 and 14.20, respectively. Williams' time of 14.20 was a new personal best and the eighth-best time in CCU history for the 110-meter hurdles, while
Keshon Sapp hit a new personal mark and the sixth-fastest time in school history (21.37) in the 200-meters.
In the distance events,
Garrett Bivens raced to a sixth-place finish with a personal-best time of 3:57.29 in the 1500-meters, while a trio of Chants in
Ethan Blackwelder (9:56.15),
Kaden Buchler (10:04.86), and
Tomas Duncan (10:18.88) placed in the top 10 in the 3000-meter steeplechase with all turning in new personal best times.
The men's 4x100 meter relay team of
Reggie Barlow,
DeVonte Harris,
Ty Floyd, and Sapp finished second and set a new school record with a time of 39.93 seconds, while the 4x400 team of Floyd, Graves, Harris, and
Jeremiah Talbert earned the second-best time in CCU history with their second-place time of 3:08.82.
On the women's side,
Melissa Jefferson claimed her second victory of the season in the 100-meter dash, crossing the finish line in 11.08 seconds. She then went on to set a new personal best, CCU school record, and Sun Belt Conference record in the 200-meter event with a time of 22.46, as seven-time Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix narrowly edged Jefferson by .06 seconds for the victory.
Shani'a Bellamy finished sixth (11.42), which set both a new personal best and the second-fastest time in school history for the 200-meters, while
Mekenze Kelley's 11.72 was also a new personal best and the seventh-fastest in CCU history.
Alexis Glasco set a new personal best and the second-fastest time in school history for the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.59, while
Sydney Clemens' 13.73 was a new personal best and the fifth-fastest in school history. The duo placed sixth and seventh overall, respectively, on Saturday.
In the 800-meters,
Amilia Wise-Sweat raced to a sixth-place finish with a new personal mark of 2:13.45, the ninth-best time in school history, while in the 1500-meter event, a pair of freshmen in
Molly Jones (4:35.12) and
Meagan Moreno (4:42.85) finished in fourth and ninth overall, respectively.
The 4x100 meter relay team of Kelley,
Jermaisha Arnold, Bellamy, and
Amaryah White earned a third-place finish with a time of 44.20 seconds, which became the second-best time in CCU history, while the same four (Kelley, White, Bellamy, and Arnold) posted the eighth-best time in school history at 3:39.20 in the 4x400 relay event.
Live results for both days of the meet can be found on the Track & Field/Cross Country schedule page at
www.GoCCUsports.com.
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