March 27, 2002

After the first day of the heptathlon and decathlon at the Florida Relays, South Carolina senior Tacita Bass and sophomore Fred Townsend are on top of the leader boards in their respective events.

Bass scored 3332 points in the first day of the heptathlon. Teammate Antointte Wilks is third with 3185 points and Chalsea Hammond is fifth at 3011 points. Both Wilks and Hammond are competing in their first heptathlons.

Townsend has 3701 points to lead the men’s side in the decathlon as he jumped a personal best 6′ 10 3/4 in the high jump. Teammate Sean Krawiecki is fifth with 3541 points. Greg Royster is No. 9 with 3185 points, Garry Martin is in 14th place with 3095 points and Ben Yocum is 16th with 2893 points.

See points total and results for each athlete below.

Decathlon Day One Results Fred Townsend – 1st 100m – 11.26 long jump – 21′ 9 shot put – 32′ 3 3/4 high jump – 6′ 10 3/4 400m – 50.38

Sean Krawiecki – 5th 100m – 11.44 long jump – 21’4 shot put – 39′ 3 1/4 high jump – 6′ 4 3/4 400m – 52.21

Greg Royster – 9 100m – 11.83 long jump – 21′ 5 1/2 shot put – 34′ 0 3/4 high jump – 6′ 400m – 54.19

Garry Martin – 14th 100m – 12.12 long jump – 19′ 2 1/2 shot put – 37′ 1 1/4 high jump – 5′ 9 3/4 400m – 51.51

Ben Yocum – 16th 100m – 12.07 long jump – 17′ 9 3/4 shot put – 33′ 11 1/2 high jump – 5′ 8 1/2 400m – 52.46

Heptathlon Day One Results

Tacita Bass – 1st 100m hurdles – 14.75 high jump – 5′ 4 1/2 shot put – 41′ 6 200m – 24.11

Antoinette Wilks – 3rd 100m hurdles – 14.05 high jump – 5′ 3 1/4 shot put – 32′ 11 200m – 24.47

Chalsea Hammond – 5th 100m hurdles – 15.55 high jump – 5′ 5 3/4 shot put – 34′ 8 1/2 200m – 25.34