South Carolina Concludes Day One of Carolina Challenge

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Jan. 20, 2023) – Day one of many 2023 Carolina Problem has concluded with six South Carolina victories because the Gamecocks noticed a restricted variety of individuals within the opening day on Friday.

“I felt we competed nicely in the present day for people who took half within the first day,” added Head Coach Curtis Frye. “What Jayla Jamison and Filip Demsar did in the present day within the 60 meter and 60 meter hurdles was nice to see, each setting High 10 NCAA marks on our personal observe. Additionally happy with Jack Mensch within the 800 and EJ Richardson successful his part of the 400. Very inspired by Emma Stone setting her new private greatest within the pole vault to win and Blair Brooks cracking a High-10 program mark within the triple bounce.”

Jayla Jamison and Filip Demsar highlighted the Gamecocks on Friday, every setting High 10 NCAA marks of their respective occasions. Jamison ran a pair of private greatest instances, starting within the 60-meter semifinals with a time of seven.29. She then bested that within the finals when she clocked a time of seven.25, the eighth quickest time within the NCAA and sixth greatest time in program historical past. Demsar clocked a pair of seven.77 runs within the males’s 60-meter hurdles, successful the semifinals and putting second total within the ultimate race. His time of seven.77 presently ranks ninth within the NCAA High 10.

EJ Richardson and Jack Mensch additionally collected wins on the lads’s aspect of the meet. Richardson clocked a 400-meter time of 48.57 to seize the title, whereas Mensch posted a mark of 1:53.05 within the males’s 800 meter to win with the 57th quickest time within the NCAA.

The ultimate males’s victory of the day got here from the lads’s one-mile race as freshman Jackson Dawson clocked a personal-best time of 4:16.96 to safe one more Gamecock victory. Within the males’s triple bounce, it was Blair Brooks’ runner-up end that offered a shiny spot for Carolina after he secured a personal-best 14.88m (48-10.0) for the ninth greatest indoor triple bounce in program historical past.

The South Carolina girls’s distance runners stole the present in the present day as nicely, with Molly Joseph successful the 5K with a time of 18:39.36 for a brand new private greatest. Teammate Emily Smith set a brand new indoor PR within the girls’s mile with a time of 5:08.46 to complete runner up.

Emma Stone registered her indoor private greatest within the pole vault, clearing 3.70m (12-01.5) for her first win of the season, doing so on the second try.

South Carolina will conclude the 2023 Carolina Problem tomorrow with the primary occasion starting at 10 a.m. Doorways will open at 8 a.m.

Males’s Particular person Outcomes
60 Meters (Trials)
7. Gatlin Lawson – 6.97q

60 Meters (Semis)
17. Gatlin Lawson – 7.06

400 Meters
1. EJ Richardson – 48.57

800 Meters
1. Jack Mensch – 1:53.05
4. Jake Mangione – 1:55.26*
7. Kyle Reers – 1:56.49
13. Ethan Mathis – 1:58.04*

1-Mile
1. Jackson Dawson – 4:16.96*
4. George Luke – 4:21.94*

3000 Meters
4. Henry Wooden – 8:50.67*

60-Meter Hurdles (Semis)
1. Filip Demsar – 7.77Q

60-Meter Hurdles (Finals)
2. Filip Demsar – 7.77

Triple Leap
2. Blair Brooks – 14.88m/48-10.0*

Ladies’s Particular person Outcomes
60 Meters (Trials)
10. Makayla Grant – 7.81*
19. Devyn McMichael – 7.89*
72. Camille Ellison – 8.89*

60 Meters (Semis)
1. Jayla Jamison – 7.29Q
7. Anastasia Sumpter – 7.51q

60 Meters (Finals)
1. Jayla Jamison – 7.25*
4. Anastasia Sumpter – 7.50*

200 Meters
12. Makayla Grant – 25.32*

1-Mile (Morning)
10. Sarah Neville – 5:31.42*

1-Mile (Afternoon)
2. Emily Smith – 5:08.46*
6. Ally Wilson – 5:13.78*
13. Jenna Pellizzari – 5:18.53
18. Isabella Pisani – 5:20.37
25. Maria Lombardi – 5:34.43*

5000 Meters
1. Molly Joseph – 18:39.36*

60-Meter Hurdles (Trials)
13. Danielle Varrasso – 9.38

Pole Vault
1. Emma Stone – 3.70m/12-01.50*
4. Rachel Valentine – 3.40m/11-01.75
– Mia Joseph – NH

Weight Throw
8. Cailyn Scharneck – 14.54m/47-08.50*

* – denotes indoor PR