CONWAY, S.C. – After a two-week hiatus, the Coastal Carolina men's and women's track & field teams will return to competition this week at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational hosted by the University of Florida on April 14-15 in Gainesville, Fla.
 
The Chanticleers will be competing against teams all across the nation in host Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Boston College, Cincinnati, Clemson, Florida A&M, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Howard, Iowa, Jacksonville, Kentucky, Louisville, LSU, Lynn, Mississippi State, NC State, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Carolina A&T, North Florida, Northern Colorado, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Purdue, Rutgers, South Carolina, South Florida, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, Texas State, Texas Tech, UCF, and VCU.
 
 
Women's Team
 
Coastal's women's team will send 20 student-athletes to compete across 13 events at the two-day invitational event.
 
Competing for the Women in Teal in the field events will be nine Chanticleers, headlined by Camryn Lorick, as the sophomore ranks second in the Sun Belt Conference in the high jump event with a mark of 1.75 meters set last time out at the Weems Baskin Relays.
 
Joining Lorick in the high jump event will be senior Kadasia Evans, while redshirt junior Kynnedy Dennis will compete in the pole vault event.
 
Three Chants in sophomore Keiran Martin, freshman Destiny St. Cyr, and freshman Mia Lewis are set to take part in the long jump event, while Lewis will join classmate Claire Spiller in jumping in the triple jump event.
 
Coastal will have two competitors in the hammer throw event, as both Zayna Fray-Samuel and Lauralyn Clifford are scheduled to take part in the throws event.
 
On the track, the Chants will compete in several sprint, hurdle, and distance events, highlighted by sophomore Alexis Glasco and her Sun Belt-best time of 13.01 (4.8) in the 100-meter hurdles.
 
Running in the 100-meter dash will be Lorick and junior Kayla Sweeney, while Sweeney and classmates Sydney Clemens and Lauren Gordon will race in the 200-meters. Gordon, Amelia Canetto, and Brianna Tillman will compete for the Chants in the 400-meters.
 
Glasco, Clemens, and Amanda Kinloch will take part in the 100-meter hurdles event, while junior Alyssa Smith will join Glasco and Kinloch in the 400-meter hurdles.
 
In the distance events, sophomore Amilia Wise-Sweat will run in the 800-meters, junior Molly Jones race in the 1500-meters, while fellow distance runner Ellie Wolski will compete in the 5000-meter run for the Chants.
 
Former Chant and now professional sprinter Melissa Jefferson will compete in the Olympic Development 200-meter dash at the two-day event in Florida.
 
 
Men's Team
 
The men's squad will have 23 student-athletes compete for the Teal and Bronze.
 
Highlighted by newcomers AJ McKay Jr., Deondre Hardy, and Adrian Nwakalor, the Chanticleers will have eight student-athletes compete in a number of field events.
 
McKay Jr. will jump in the triple jump event, Hardy will compete in the long jump, and Nwakalor will take part in the high jump event.
 
In the throws events, senior Major Chestnut and sophomore Michael Martello will throw the discus, while Martello and freshman Killian Oberheu will participate in the hammer throw. Martello is also set to compete in the shot put, along with freshman Chance Tressler, while senior Aaron Keeler will represent the Men in Teal in the javelin throw.
 
CCU will send several sprinters and hurdlers to the Sunshine State, headlined by Hardy, Reggie Barlow, Robert Johnson, Braydon Bennett, and Tyler Graves.
 
Barlow, Hardy, Ashlund Dixon, and Garrett Wilkins are set to compete in the 100-meters, while both Hardy and Wilkins will be joined by Jaavier Jackson in the 200-meters. Johnson, Brendan Kovar, and Isaiah Thomas will run in the 400-meters for the Chanticleers.
 
Four other Chants will compete in the 110-meter hurdles in Bennett, Graves, Albrey Gossett, and Jaquon Williams, while Graves will do double duty by also running in the 400-meter hurdles event.
 
In the distance events, first-year Chant Trey Kraimer will compete in the 1500-meters, while second-year Chant Tomas Duncan will race in the 5000-meters. Both Ethan Blackwelder and George Werner Jr. will participate in the 3000-meter steeplechase.
 
Live results for the two-day meet can be found at http://live.halfmiletiming.com/meets/550/events.
 
The meet will also be streamed on SEC Network +.
 
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