Jan. 25, 2003
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The third ranked South Carolina women’s and men’s track and field teams made an impressive showing at the SEC Challenge in Lexington, Ky. today as the women placed first and the men finished second in the team scoring. The women, aided by a 1-2-3-4-5 finish in the 200m dash, won the event with 170 points, beating out second-place Florida by 43 points. The men finished second to Tennessee, finishing only 15.5 points behind the Volunteers.
In addition to the first and second placing, Carolina had five athletes automatically qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships, while 14 qualified provisionally. The most impressive showing of the day was in the 200m dash as the Gamecocks finished 1-2-3-4-5 with the top three qualifying provisionally. Aleen Bailey won the race with a time of 23.59 while Miki Barber was a close second at 23.75. Finishing third was Demetria Washington (23.92), fourth was Erica Whipple at 24.01 and rounding out the handful was Khalilah Carpenter at 24.47.
Aleen Bailey also qualified provisionally in the 60m dash as she won that event with a time of 7.31. Demetria Washington won the 400m dash with an automatic qualifying time of 52.36. Washington currently holds the Nutter Fieldhouse facility record in the 400m dash as she ran a time of 52.06 in 2001. Lashinda Demus also recorded an automatic qualifying time at 53.03 as she placed third. Demus also won the 60m hurdles with a provisional time of 8.34.
South Carolina’s national champion 4x400m relay team finished second with a provisional time of 3:36.74 and USC’s Distance Medley Relay team won that event with a time of 11:56.69. Nicole Kendrick won the shot put, throwing 52′ 4.50.
The men’s team also ran an impressive 200m dash, finishing 2-3-4. Martin Jackson finished second at 21.56 while Thomas Lewis placed third (21.61) and Corey Taylor was fourth (21.62). Jonathan Fortenberry won the 400m dash with an impressive automatic qualifying time of 46.19 while Otis Harris ran a provisional 47.22, finishing fifth.
In the 800m run, Otukile Lekote ran 1:46.88, another automatic qualifying time. Corey Taylor finished third in the 60m Hurdles finals with a provisional time of 7.79, but it was his run in the preliminary heats, a 7.74 automatic qualifying time, that was the most impressive. Charles Ryan also record a provisional time in the 60m Hurdles, running 7.93 in the prelims then an even better 7.90 in the finals, finishing sixth.
The men’s 4x400m relay team, also the defending national champion, won the relay with a NCAA Provisional qualifying time of 3:08.84. Greig Cryer won the long jump with a mark of 23′ 11.50. Cryer also finished second in the triple jump, jumping 47′ 6.50.
In all, South Carolina had 61 top-10 finishes for the day. The Gamecocks next compete with split squads at the East Tennessee State Invitational and the North Carolina Invitational, both taking place on February 1.
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCETRACK & FIELD CHALLENGE U.of Kentucky Nutter Fieldhouse-Lexington,KY
COMPLETE RESULTS - ALL ROUNDS
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES: 1. South Carolina, 170; 2. Florida, 127; 3. Kentucky, 90.50; 4. Georgia, 65.50; 5. Auburn, 59; 6. Tennessee, 57; 7. Alabama, 25; 8. Vanderbilt, 23.
MEN'S TEAM SCORES: 1. Tennessee, 139.50; 2. South Carolina, 124; 3. Kentucky, 105; 4. Georgia, 99.50; 5. Florida, 93.50; 6. Auburn, 48.50.
Women's 60 Meter Dash
A NCAA Automatic: 7.30 P NCAA Provisionl: 7.44 * Nutter Fieldhse: 7.21 D'Andre Hill-LSU 1996
Preliminaries - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME HT ===== ========================= == ========================= ====== == 1 Aleen Bailey So. Carolina 7.36 P 2 3 Erica Whipple So. Carolina 7.46 2 9 Khalilah Carpenter So. Carolina 7.54 1 11 Alexis Joyce So. Carolina 7.66 1
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME PTS ===== ========================= == ========================= ====== === 1 Aleen Bailey So. Carolina 7.31 P 10 4 Erica Whipple So. Carolina 7.45 5 6 Khalilah Carpenter So. Carolina 7.50 3
Women's 200 Meter Dash
A NCAA Automatic: 23.50 P NCAA Provisionl: 24.00 * Nutter Fieldhse: 23.04 Muna Lee-LSU 2001
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME HT PTS ===== ========================= == ========================= ======= == === 1 Aleen Bailey So. Carolina 23.59 P 1 10 2 Mikele Barber So. Carolina 23.75 P 2 8 3 Demetria Washington So. Carolina 23.92 P 1 6 4 Erica Whipple So. Carolina 24.01 3 5 5 Khalilah Carpenter So. Carolina 24.47 2 4 11 Alexis Joyce So. Carolina 24.97 2
Women's 400 Meter Dash
A NCAA Automatic: 53.50 P NCAA Provisionl: 54.50 * Nutter Fieldhse: 52.06 Demetria Washington-S.Carolina 2001
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME HT PTS ===== ========================= == ========================= ========= == 1 Demetria Washington So. Carolina 52.36 A 1 10 3 Lashinda Demus So. Carolina 53.03 A 1 6 6 Shevon Stoddart So. Carolina 54.97 1 3 7 Tiffany Ross So. Carolina 55.16 2 2 8 Tawana Watkins So. Carolina 56.06 2 1
Women's 800 Meter Run
A NCAA Automatic: 2:06.20 P NCAA Provisionl: 2:09.00 * Nutter Fieldhse: 2:05.08 Hazel Clark-Florida 1996
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME HT PTS ===== ========================= == ========================= ========= == 4 Boikhutso Ramonene So. Carolina 2:12.12 1 5
Women's 1 Mile Run
A NCAA Automatic: 4:42.60 P NCAA Provisionl: 4:48.40 * Nutter Fieldhse: 4:44.03 Becki Wells-Florida 1996
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME PTS ===== ========================= == ========================= ========= === 8 Jenny Lake So. Carolina 5:04.05 1
Women's 60 Meter Hurdles
A NCAA Automatic: 8.17 P NCAA Provisionl: 8.43 * Nutter Fieldhse: 8.05 Kim Carson-LSU 1996
Preliminaries - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME HT ===== ========================= == ========================= ======= == 2 Tiffany Ross So. Carolina 8.53 1 5 Lashinda Demus So. Carolina 8.47 2 6 Shevon Stoddart So. Carolina 8.73 1
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME PTS ===== ========================= == ========================= ====== === 1 Lashinda Demus So. Carolina 8.34 P 10 3 Tiffany Ross So. Carolina 8.38 P 6 6 Shevon Stoddart So. Carolina 8.68 3
Women's 4x400 Meter Relay
A NCAA Automatic: 3:35.80 P NCAA Provisionl: 3:40.00 * Nutter Fieldhse: 3:32.73 South Carolina 2001
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE RELAY AFFILIATION TIME HT PTS ===== =================================== ========= == === 2 SCAR So. Carolina 3:36.74 P 1 8 4 SCAR "B" So. Carolina 3:47.09 2 11 SCAR "C" So. Carolina 4:05.31 2
Women's Distance Medley
A NCAA Automatic: 11:19.00 P NCAA Provisionl: 11:36.00 * Nutter Fieldhse: 11:32.64 Florida 1996
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE RELAY AFFILIATION TIME PTS ===== =================================== ========== === 1 SCAR So. Carolina 11:56.69 10
Women's High Jump
A NCAA Automatic: 1.84m (6'00.50") P NCAA Provisionl: 1.77m (5'09.75") * Nutter Fieldhse: 1.93m (6'04.00") Natasha Alleyne-Unatt. 1995
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======= === 2 Chelsea Hammond So. Carolina 1.75m 5'08.75 7
Women's Pole Vault
A NCAA Automatic: 4.20m (13'09.25") P NCAA Provisionl: 3.90m (12'09.50") * Nutter Fieldhse: 4.40m (14'05.25") Thorey Elisdottir-Georgia 2001
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======= === 13 Lori Tvarkunas So. Carolina 3.40m 11'01.75 20 Rachel Farabee So. Carolina 3.25m 10'08.00 21 Cheryl Terrio So. Carolina 3.25m 10'08.00 23 Karlee Butler So. Carolina 2.95m 9'08.00
Women's Long Jump
A NCAA Automatic: 6.40m (21'00.00") P NCAA Provisionl: 6.20m (20'04.25") * Nutter Fieldhse: 6.45m (21'02.00") Vonetta Jeffrey-Unatt. 1999
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======= === 3 Chelsea Hammond So. Carolina 5.79m 19'00.00 6 5 Kemesha Whitmire So. Carolina 5.65m 18'06.50 4 7 Rashida Abdul-Malik So. Carolina 5.55m 18'02.50 2
Women's Triple Jump
A NCAA Automatic: 13.15m (43'01.75") P NCAA Provisionl: 12.65m (41'06.00") * Nutter Fieldhse: 13.62m (44'08.25") Suzette Lee-LSU 1996
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======== === 3 Rashida Abdul-Malik So. Carolina 11.71m 38'05.00 6 5 Kemesha Whitmire So. Carolina 11.34m 37'02.50 4
Women's Shot Put
A NCAA Automatic: 16.40m (53'09.75") P NCAA Provisionl: 15.20m (49'10.50") * Nutter Fieldhse: 16.40m (53'09.75") Cleopatra Boral-U.Maryland/BC 2002
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======== === 1 Nicole Kendrick So. Carolina 15.96m P 52'04.50 10 4 India Odum So. Carolina 14.90m 48'10.75 5 5 Keri Groover So. Carolina 14.51m 47'07.25 4
Women's Weight Throw 20 #
A NCAA Automatic: 19.80m (64'11.50") P NCAA Provisionl: 18.50m (60'08.50") * Nutter Fieldhse: 21.02m (68'11.75") Dawn Ellerbe-S.Carolina 1996
Finals - Results - Friday 01/24/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======== === 3 Nicole Kendrick So. Carolina 17.93m 58'10.00 6 13 Keri Groover So. Carolina 15.71m 51'06.50 15 India Odum So. Carolina 15.48m 50'09.50
Men's 60 Meter Dash
A NCAA Automatic: 6.62 P NCAA Provisionl: 6.72 * Nutter Fieldhse: 6.48 Leonard Scott-Tennessee 2001
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME PTS ===== ========================= == ========================= ====== === 5 Shamus Singletary So. Carolina 6.83 4 6 Martin Jackson So. Carolina 7.02 3
Men's 200 Meter Dash
A NCAA Automatic: 20.85 P NCAA Provisionl: 21.25 * Nutter Fieldhse: 20.47 Leonard Scott-Tennessee 2001
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME HT PTS ===== ========================= == ========================= ======= == 2 Martin Jackson So. Carolina 21.56 2 8 3 Thomas Lewis So. Carolina 21.61 1 6 4 Corey Taylor So. Carolina 21.62 4 5 7 Adrian Durant So. Carolina 21.84 3 2 8 Shamus Singletary So. Carolina 21.94 1 1 11 Aaron Luster So. Carolina 22.55 2
Men's 400 Meter Dash
A NCAA Automatic: 46.32 P NCAA Provisionl: 47.25 * Nutter Fieldhse: 45.68 Avard Moncur-Auburn 2001
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME HT PTS ===== ========================= == ========================= ======= == === 1 Jonathan Fortenberry So. Carolina 46.19 A 1 10 5 Otis Harris So. Carolina 47.22 P 2 4 6 Kenneth Ferguson So. Carolina 47.77 2 3 8 Thomas Lewis So. Carolina 48.02 2 1 12 Adrian Durant So. Carolina 48.61 4 14 Aaron Luster So. Carolina 49.12 3
Men's 800 Meter Run
A NCAA Automatic: 1:48.30 P NCAA Provisionl: 1:50.20 * Nutter Fieldhse: 1:46.78 Otukile Lekote-S.Carolina 2001
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME HT PTS===== ========================= == ========================= ========= == === 1 Otukile Lekote So. Carolina 1:46.88 A 1 10 10 William Emase-Lakkomar So. Carolina 1:55.35 2 12 Scott Tiernan So. Carolina 1:55.69 2
Men's 1 Mile Run
A NCAA Automatic: 4:00.40 P NCAA Provisionl: 4:04.90 * Nutter Fieldhse: 4:00.75 David Kimani-Alabama 2001
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME PTS ===== ========================= == ========================= ========= === 13 Steve Mance So. Carolina 4:27.14
Men's 60 Meter Hurdles
A NCAA Automatic: 7.74 P NCAA Provisionl: 7.95 * Nutter Fieldhse: 7.55 Ron Bramlett-Alabama 2001
Preliminaries - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME HT ===== ========================= == ========================= ====== == 1 Corey Taylor So. Carolina 7.74 A 2 7 Charles Ryan So. Carolina 7.93 P 2 8 Fred Townsend So. Carolina 7.96 2 10 Kenneth Ferguson So. Carolina 8.09 3
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL TIME PTS ===== ========================= == ========================= ====== === 3 Corey Taylor So. Carolina 7.79 P 6 6 Charles Ryan So. Carolina 7.90 P 3 8 Fred Townsend So. Carolina 8.06 1
Men's 4x400 Meter Relay
A NCAA Automatic: 3:06.90 P NCAA Provisionl: 3:10.40 * Nutter Fieldhse: 3:06.22 Louisiana State 1996
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE RELAY AFFILIATION TIME HT PTS ===== =================================== ========= == === 1 SCAR So. Carolina 3:08.84 P 1 10 6 SCAR "B" So. Carolina 3:15.08 2 8 SCAR "C" So. Carolina 3:22.10 2
Men's Distance Medley
A NCAA Automatic: 9:36.00 P NCAA Provisionl: 9:45.75 * Nutter Fieldhse: 9:47.74 Arkansas 2001
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE RELAY AFFILIATION TIME PTS ===== =================================== ========== === 5 SCAR So. Carolina 10:26.45 4
Men's High Jump
A NCAA Automatic: 2.25m (7'04.50") P NCAA Provisionl: 2.16m (7'01.00") * Nutter Fieldhse: 2.25m (7'04.50") Eugene Grundy-Kentucky 1996
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======= === 4 Fred Townsend So. Carolina 2.03m 6'08.00 4.50
Men's Pole Vault
A NCAA Automatic: 5.50m (18'00.50") P NCAA Provisionl: 5.30m (17'04.50") * Nutter Fieldhse: 5.60m (18'04.50") Lawrence Johnson-Tennessee 1996
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======= === 4 Chris Steddum So. Carolina 5.20m 17'00.75 5 7 Jared Farabee So. Carolina 4.75m 15'07.00 2 8 Greg Royster So. Carolina 4.75m 15'07.00 0.50 12 Trey Bell So. Carolina 4.60m 15'01.00
Men's Long Jump
A NCAA Automatic: 7.85m (25'09.25") P NCAA Provisionl: 7.55m (24'09.25") * Nutter Fieldhse: 8.14m (26'08.50") Walter Davis-LSU 2001
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======= === 1 Greig Cryer So. Carolina 7.30m 23'11.50 10 3 Tony Almond So. Carolina 7.18m 23'06.75 6 8 Jason Jackamonis So. Carolina 6.71m 22'00.25 1
Men's Triple Jump
A NCAA Automatic: 16.20m (53'01.75") P NCAA Provisionl: 15.60m (51'02.25") * Nutter Fieldhse: 16.41m (53'10.25") Andre Scott-Auburn 1996
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======== === 2 Greig Cryer So. Carolina 14.49m 47'06.50 8 6 Tony Almond So. Carolina 13.54m 44'05.25 3
Men's Shot Put
A NCAA Automatic: 19.50m (63'11.75") P NCAA Provisionl: 17.75m (58'03.00") * Nutter Fieldhse: 20.08m (65'10.50") Jeff Chakouian-Kentucky 2000
Finals - Results - Saturday 01/25/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======== === 6 Adam Bishop So. Carolina 15.56m 51'00.75 3 10 Jim Mitchell So. Carolina 14.53m 47'08.00
Men's Weight Throw 20 #
A NCAA Automatic: 21.35m (70'00.50") P NCAA Provisionl: 19.50m (63'11.75") * Nutter Fieldhse: 22.83m (74'11.00") Andras Haklits-Georgia 2001
Finals - Results - Friday 01/24/03
PLACE ATHLETE NAME YR SCHOOL MARK PTS ===== ======================= == =================== ======== === 9 Adam Bishop So. Carolina 16.15m 53'00.00
