PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The University of South Carolina track & field team earned four victories on Friday at the 125th Penn Relays, finding a new level as the annual Carnival extravaganza kicked into high gear. Quincy Hall and Yann Randrianasolo collected individual titles, and the Gamecocks won Championship of America Invitational crowns in the women’s 4x200m and shuttle hurdle relays.

Through two days at Franklin Field, the Gamecocks own five victories in the City of Brotherly Love. Redshirt freshman Carisma Holland opened South Carolina’s scoring account Thursday with a win in the women’s college shot put.

Randrianasolo’s victory was historic, as he became just the seventh men’s long jumper in history to win three Penn Relays championship titles and the first to accomplish the feat since 1958. The senior is also just the second Gamecock to win three individual championship events at Franklin Field, joining Jason Richardson, who won the men’s 110m hurdles in 2006, 2008 and 2009. Randrianasolo battled rain on Friday to tally a winning jump of 7.65m (25-1 ¼).

“Penn Relays is a great atmosphere, so winning every time I came is special,” Randrianasolo said. “People come (to Penn Relays) from everywhere, so there’s big energy, even if it’s raining. It means a lot to me.”

The Gamecocks won their first Championship of America Invitational relay final of the weekend in the women’s 4x200m, where Stephanie Davis, Amecia Pennamon, Wadeline Jonathas and Aliyah Abrams controlled the opening heat with a time of 1:32.78. That was the lone sub-1:33 time of the day and earned the team’s fifth 4×2 victory at Penn Relays. It was Carolina’s first victory in the event since 2017.

Carolina added a second wagon wheel in the women’s shuttle hurdle relay. Mathilde Coquillaud-Salomon, Milan Parks, Jordan Fields and Caitlyn Little led from the outset of their heat, posting a time of 56.22 that withstood Duke’s second-heat effort of 56.66. The shuttle hurdles title is Carolina’s fourth on the women’s side and first since 2007.

The two Championship of America Invitational relay titles are the 22nd and 23rd in South Carolina history. The Gamecocks now own 17 wagon wheels from women’s events. This is the first time head coach Curtis Frye’s team has won multiple Championship of America titles at one Penn Relays since 2007, when the Gamecocks brought home the shuttle hurdles, 4×2 and 4×4 crowns on the women’s side.

Hall opened the day with the 400m hurdles, and he led wire-to-wire to score the early-morning victory. His time of 50.23 ranks first in the NCAA East Regional, sixth nationally and ninth all-time in the Gamecock record book.

Carolina’s first Championship of America final of the week was in the women’s 4x100m relay, where Davis, Makyla Stanley, Pennamon and Jonathas were on the track. The group posted a time of 44.52, finishing second behind Houston’s 44.11.

The Gamecocks also took second in the men’s shuttle hurdle relay Championship of America Invitational. Noah Walker, Hall, Kaden Briggs and Isaiah Moore finished in 57.49, with Moore’s final leg nearly catching Navy, who ran 56.96.

In prelims of the men’s 4x100m relay, the Gamecocks finished 18th to qualify for the college final. Randrianasolo, Darrell Singleton Jr., Evan Miller and Lavonte Valentine ran 41.40 and will go for the college flight title Saturday at 1:28 p.m.

The Gamecocks qualified for the Championship of America Invitational in the men’s 4x400m relay. Arinze Chance, Walker, Jeremiah Talbert and Ty Jaye Robbins ran the prelim, posting the fourth-best qualifying time, 3:07.98. Carolina competes for the title Saturday at 2:45 pm.

Individually, Moore was the top qualifier in the men’s 110m hurdles. Running into a headwind, he posted a time of 13.85. He’ll go for the Penn Relays crown Saturday at 3:20 p.m.

Moore is joined in the individual hurdle finals by Little, who qualified seventh in the women’s 100mH. Her run, which was also into a headwind, was timed at 13.81. Little’s final is scheduled for Saturday at 3:15 p.m.

Out at the throws complex, Eric Favors competed in the shot put championship on Friday afternoon and finished fourth. The redshirt junior’s last throw was his best one, and it was measured at 17.96m (58-11).

FROM THE COACH