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Jan. 17, 2004

Results

LEXINGTON, Ky. – South Carolina totaled six victories and four runner-up finishes during day two of the Kentucky Invitational, including a pair of wins by All-American Erica Whipple. The freshman duo of Ronnetta Alexander and Stephanie Smith each notched their first collegiate victories and Jonathan Fortenberry won his first race of 2004.

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Ronnetta Alexander earned her first collegiate win with a 60m hurdles victory.

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Whipple was USC’s only multiple event winner, pacing the field in the 60m with a NCAA provisional time of 7.44 and taking first in the 200m with a provisional time of 23.25. Newcomers Alexander and Smith both continued to impress with wins. Alexander topped the 60m hurdles field with a time of provisional time of 8.25, eight-hundredths of a second better than the next closest competitor. Smith led a 1-2 Gamecock finish in the 400 with a provisional mark of 53.60, besting teammate and All-American Shevon Stoddart second-place time of 53.93, also a provisional mark.

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Stephanie Smith’s 400m win was her first collegiate victory.

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Fortenberry showed his All-American form by running a winning and provisional time of 47.13 in the 400m race, earning the victory by nearly two-tenths of a second.

USC’s women’s 4×400 “A” relay team took first with a provisional time of 3:36.46. The Gamecocks’ “B” team placed seventh and the “C” team was 10th.

On the men’s side, Tony Allmond finished second in the long jump with a leap of 24’2.5″ while Rodney Martin, Jr., placed second in the 200m with a provisional time of 21.11. For the women, India Odum claimed second in the shot put with a distance of 50’11.5″, a provisional mark.

Women’s Highlights
Kemesha Whitmire placed third in the long jump with a distance of 18’7.25″ while teammate Chelsea Hammond finished sixth with a jump of 18’5″. Freshman Reanna Townsend placed 18th in the long jump. Khaliah Carpenter had a top-five finish in the 60m dash, placing fourth with a time of 7.56, and finished sixth in the 200m with a time of 24.37. Shay Shelton placed fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:13.13 and teammate Boikhutso Ramomene placed eighth (2:15.45). Also earning top-ten finishes were Cheryl Terrio in the pole vault (11’0.25″), All-American Tawana Watkins, who finished eighth in the 400m (55.74), and Jenny Lake in the mile (5:08.16).

Men’s Highlights
The Gamecocks placed four long jumpers among the top-ten finishers as Allmond was runner-up, followed by Greig Cryer, who placed third with a mark of 24’0.25″, Jason Jackamonis in eighth (22’3.75″) and Greg Royster in ninth (22’1.5″). Royster, who finished third in the pole vault on Friday, earned his third top-ten finish of the meet, clearing 6’2.25″ to place tenth in the high jump. William Emase claimed a pair of fourth-place finishes inn the mile (4:12.38) and the 800m (1:51.06). In addition to placing as runner-up in the 200m, Martin finished fifth in the 60m with a time of 6.78. USC recorded three top-ten finishes in the 400m as Aaron Luster claimed sixth (47.87) and Derron Flood eighth (48.21) behind Fortenberry’s victory. Shawn Cunningham rounded out Carolina’s top-ten finishers by placing eighth in the 800m with a time of 1:53.44.