Ayyildiz Sets Facility Record in Season Debut

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Feb. 3, 2023) – The opening day of the 2023 South Carolina Invitational has come and gone, and one other program report has succumbed to a brand new Gamecock.

“Right now was a special occasion with Silan making her season debut,” acknowledged Head Coach Curtis Frye. “She confirmed at this time what she will do, setting a brand new Gamecock report and a brand new facility report within the girls’s mile. Right now was a quick day on the observe with just a few Olympians competing, pushing our crew to compete on the highest stage. I used to be proud of what we noticed from Jayla within the 60 and Filip within the 60-meter hurdles. Emma cleared a brand new indoor private report that occurred to position her contained in the High 10 in program historical past. Right now was day and tomorrow shall be even higher.”

Newcomer Silan Ayyildiz, making her collegiate debut, set each the South Carolina program report within the girls’s mile run whereas additionally setting a brand new Carolina Indoor Monitor & Area Complicated facility report. The Turkey native ran the mile in a time of 4:36.33, breaking the power report by 3.64 seconds and this system report by 7.57 seconds. Ayyildiz received by 11 seconds, selecting up the lone South Carolina win within the opening day. Ayyildiz’s time ranks twentieth within the NCAA and thirty first on the earth rankings.

In step with the ladies’s competitors, the Gamecocks had a trio of opponents end third general of their respective occasions. Jayla Jamison positioned third within the 60-meter dash, sitting as the highest collegiate athlete within the occasion. Jamison ran 7.26 within the ultimate, falling to Tamari Davis who ran a time of seven.07 to set a brand new facility with the fourth quickest 60m on the earth this yr.

Emma Stone and Cailyn Scharneck positioned third general of their respective occasions, each setting new indoor private bests. Stone vaulted 3.90m (12-9.5) to position third with the Tenth-best pole vault in program historical past. Stone cleared a then-PR of three.75m earlier than clearing 3.90m in her first try. Scharneck threw 15.36m (50-4.75) within the girls’s open weight throw for a brand new private finest, a full three ft additional than her earlier indoor finest.

The boys’s crew featured a number of new faces at house, together with Emory Floyd and DJ Black who made their house debuts. Floyd ran a personal-best time of 6.95 within the 60m trials, qualifying for the semifinals the place he completed nineteenth general with a mark of 6.97. Black ran 7.03 within the 60m dash, whereas leaping 6.92m (22-8.5) within the lengthy bounce to position seventh.

Filip Demsar was the Gamecock that was closest to taking house a person title. Demsar completed first within the semifinals within the 60-meter hurdles with a mark of seven.87. The Slovenia native then positioned second general within the finals occasion when he ran 7.76, tying his season-best mark set in New York Metropolis final weekend.

The Gamecocks will shut out the 2023 South Carolina Invitational tomorrow with a trio of subject occasions beginning at 10 a.m. The primary observe occasion would be the girls’s 5,000-meter open occasion at 10:50 a.m.

Males’s Particular person Outcomes
60 Meters (Trials)
10. Emory Floyd – 6.95q*
20. DJ Black – 7.03*
26. Prescott Jefferson – 7.08

60 Meters (Semis)
19. Emory Floyd – 6.97

400 Meters (Open)
5. Jayson Ward – 48.42
31. Jake Mangione – 50.64*

400 Meters (Invite)
10. Jackson Junkins – 48.65
11. EJ Richardson – 48.76

1-Mile
24. George Luke – 4:17.43*
32. Henry Wooden – 4:23.71*

60-Meter Hurdles (Semis)
1. Filip Demsar – 7.87Q
8. Elisha Brooks – 8.02q*

60-Meter Hurdles (Finals)
2. Filip Demsar – 7.76
7. Elisha Brooks – 8.08

Lengthy Bounce
7. DJ Black – 6.92m/22-8.5*

Weight Throw
6. Ridge Dowe – 15.09m/49-6.25

Girls’s Particular person Outcomes
60 Meters (Trials)
73. Makayla Grant – 8.47
83. Camille Ellison – 8.82*

60 Meters (Semis)
3. Jayla Jamison – 7.32Q
9. Anastasia Sumpter – 7.51

60 Meters (Finals)
3. Jayla Jamison – 7.26

400 Meters
7. Sylvia Chelangat – 55.23*

1-Mile
1. Silan Ayyildiz – 4:36.33*
12. Emily Smith – 5:01.09*
13. Savannah Bowers – 5:03.25*
18. Ally Wilson – 5:09.87*
24. Isabella Pisani – 5:15.32
28. Brooke Donoghue – 5:19.46*
34. Maria Lombardi – 5:27.63*
47. Sarah Neville – 5:39.61

3000 Meters
9. Jenna Pellizzari – 10:40.50*

60-Meter Hurdles (Trials)
22. Danielle Varrasso – 9.73

Pole Vault
3. Emma Stone – 3.90m/12-9.5*
8. Rachel Valentine – 3.45m/11-3.75
9. Mia Joseph – 3.30m/10-10

Weight Throw
3. Cailyn Scharneck – 15.36m/50-4.75*

* – denotes indoor PR