Coastal Track & Field Ready for NCAA East Regional

Wednesday, May 24

Jacksonville, Fla.

Coastal Carolina University

NCAA East Preliminary Round

4x100 - women's runner up SBC team (2023)

Photo by: CCU Photography

5/23/2023 1:59:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

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Seven Chants will compete this week in Jacksonville, Fla.

CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina men's and women's track & field teams will have a total of seven Chanticleers compete this week at the 2023 NCAA Regional Preliminaries in Jacksonville, Fla., from May 24-27.

Wednesday, May 24

Competing on Wednesday, May 24, in the men's opening round of competition will be junior Braydon Bennett in the 110-meter hurdles. The first round is set to start at 6 p.m. ET.

The junior picked up All-Sun Belt second-team honors for his runner-up finish at the SBC Championships with a new personal-best time of 13.84 (+1.3). His mark is the third-fastest in CCU history and the fifth-fastest in the Sun Belt Conference this outdoor season.

Thursday, May 25

The women will take the track on Thursday, May 25, with Chanticleers set to compete in the 100-meter hurdles, 100-meters, and 200-meters in the night session.

Competing in the 100-meter hurdles for the Chanticleers at the regional meet will be both Alexis Glasco and Sydney Clemens.

The Sun Belt Conference Champion in the 100-meter hurdles and All-Sun Belt first-team selection, Glasco won the gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.06 (+3.4). The sophomore has the fastest time in the Sun Belt this season in the event at 12.83 (+3.2).

Clemens placed fourth overall in the sprint hurdles event with her time of 13.40 (+3.4) in the final heat at the 2023 Sun Belt Championships. Her time of 13.19 (+2.4) is the third-fastest this season.

In the 100-meters, the Chants will send out both Glasco and Kayla Sweeney.

On top of winning the gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles, Glasco raced to a runner-up finish with a personal-best time of 11.29 (+0.9) in the 100-meter finals at the conference championships meet and has the fifth-best mark in the conference on the outdoor season at 23.43 (+3.2).

Sweeney finished fourth overall with her personal-best time of 11.42 (+0.9) in the 100-meters at the conference meet, clocking the third-fastest in CCU history. Her season-best mark of 11.28 (+2.3) at the East Coast Relays is the fastest time in the Sun Belt this spring.

In addition to the 100-meters, Sweeney will also compete in the 200-meter dash. The junior raced to a fourth-place showing in the 200-meters with a time of 23.41 (+3.2) at the conference championship meet. Her mark of 23.41 (+1.2) also at the East Coast Relays is the fourth-best in the conference.

Saturday, May 27

On the final day of competition, the women's team will compete in both the 4x100-meter relay and the high jump events.

The quartet of Clemens, Glasco, Amanda Kinloch, and Sweeney finished second overall in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 44.61 at the Sun Belt Championships to garner All-Sun Belt second-team honors.

The four Chants have the best time in the Sun Belt Conference this season at 44.10, posted at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational.

Sophomore Camryn Lorick and junior Lauren Gordon will serve as alternates for the relay event.

Lorick is the lone field student-athlete to qualify for the NCAA East Regional for the Chants this season, as the sophomore has the fifth-best mark in the high jump event this season in the Sun Belt Conference at 1.75 meters.

At the Sun Belt Championship meet, she placed in a tie for seventh overall with her high mark of 1.65 meters.

The Chants will compete for a chance to qualify for the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which will be held June 8-10 in Austin, Texas.

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