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Gamecocks Wrap Up 2021 SEC Indoor Championships
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Gamecocks Wrap Up 2021 SEC Indoor Championships

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The University of South Carolina track and field wrapped up its time at the 2021 SEC Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, seeing nine events earn points between the men’s and women’s teams with Evan Miller’s fourth-place finish highlighting Saturday’s competition. 

“It really was a great weekend, we would of liked to finish high but the efforts were there from our entire team,” South Carolina head coach Curtis Frye said. “It was a totally different atmosphere after we competed at home for almost the entire indoor season. It was a great year, to get through the struggles that went along with COVID and go through the pandemic with a team of 100 student-athletes was a challenge. The SEC stepped up and managed this so well. My staff, I’m so happy with them, getting our kids through this and performing at a high level.”

Saturday’s action got started with sophomore Filip Demsar in the 60m hurdles final. In his first final’s appearance the Slovenian earned a pair of points for the Gamecocks with a seventh-place finish in a time of 7.86. 

In the men’s 800m it was Blake Newcomb, a walk-on junior, who found himself among the lead pack during his first SEC final. Newcomb nearly matched his personal record he set on Friday in the prelims but settled for a 1:50.89 to finish in sixth overall and three points for Carolina. 

Evan Miller was South Carolina’s final men’s individual on Saturday, competing in the 200m. After posting a lifetime best on Friday Miller matched his previous personal best of 20.93 to help him finish fourth overall after a disqualification. Miller’s fourth-place finish is the highest for Carolina in the 200m since Ncincilili Titi in 2018.

The men’s competition concluded with the 4x400m relay with the Gamecocks’ team of Bailey Rogers, EJ Richardson, Jackson Junkins and William Spencer Jr., running an eighth-place time of 3:08.96 in the first of three heats of the final. 

The Carolina women got underway with the women’s shot put later in the day. It was KD Young and Alycia Springs who both qualified for the final in the event with Young eventually earning points for the Gamecocks with her seventh-place toss of 15.73m (51-7 1/4). Springs settled for ninth with her toss of 15.61m (51-2 3/4). 

The women’s 4x400m relay capped off the three-day championship meet with an outstanding showing, improving their season-best time by three full seconds to earn themselves a fifth-place finish. The combination of Knowledge Omovoh, Rachel Glenn, Ashton Lindley and Stephanie Davis was highlighted by Davis’ 51.5 anchor leg split. 

Next the Gamecocks will wait until Wednesday, March 3, to see what declarations will be made in the NCAA. The Gamecocks have a number of student-athletes that are among the 12-20 range in regards to rankings in those individual events. For more information on the Gamecocks this season continue to check back with GamecocksOnline.com.

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FEB. 25-27 • SEC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS • MEN’S LINEUP
60m
Gatlin Lawson 16th. 6.95
200m
Evan Miller 4th. 20.93 (20.87 in prelims)
400m
Jackson Junkins 17th. 48.20
EJ Richardson 15th. 47.74
William Spencer Jr. DQ
Bailey Rogers 12th. 47.04 (PR)
800m
Hayden Cobbe 8th. 1:50.27 (PR)
Blake Newcomb 6th. 1:50.89 (1:50.14 in prelims)
Mile Run
Sean Petersen 17th. 4:13.99
60m Hurdles
Filip Demsar 7th. 7.86 (7.80 in prelims)
Stephon Torrence 14th. 8.36
DMR
Newcomb, Leacock, Cobbe, Petersen 12th. 9:54.99 (SB)
4x400m
Rogers, Richardson, Junkins, Spencer Jr. 8th. 3:08.96
Weight
Malik Paul 10th. 20.16m (66-0 1/2)
High Jump
Kobe Franklin 10th. 2.03m | 6-8 (T-PR)
Jackson Marseille T3. 2.08m | 6-9 3/4
Long Jump
Christian Lewis 13th. 7.24m | 23-9
Pole Vault
Jonathan Togami –. NH
Dillon McCarthy –. NH
Heptathlon 60m
Elisha Brooks 1st. 6.88 (PR)
Benjamin Womble 14th. 7.32 (PR)
Heptathlon Long Jump
Elisha Brooks 13th. 6.68m (PR)
Benjamin Womble 17th. 6.24m
Heptathlon Shot Put
Elisha Brooks 12th. 11.40m
Benjamin Womble 10th. 11.49m
Heptathlon High Jump
Elisha Brooks 15th. 1.72m 
Benjamin Womble 16th. 1.69m (PR)
Heptathlon 60m Hurdles
Elisha Brooks 6th. 8.28 (PR)
Benjamin Womble 16th. 9.48 (PR)
Heptathlon Pole Vault
Elisha Brooks 15th. 3.25m 
Benjamin Womble 12th. 4.05m (PR)
Heptathlon 1000m
Elisha Brooks 11th. 2:51.23 (PR)
Benjamin Womble 14th. 3:04.46
Heptathlon (Through Four Events)
Elisha Brooks 12th. 4878 points (PR)
Benjamin Womble 15th. 4442 points (PR)
FEB. 25-27 • SEC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS • WOMEN’S LINEUP
400m
Stephanie Davis 11th. 53.29
Angel Frank 17th. 56.46
Ashton Lindley 13th. 54.48
Knowledge Omovoh 10th. 53.17 (PR)
Shaianne Sipsey 18th. 59.38
5000m
Brooke Wilson 11th. 17:02.67 (PR)
Heather Stone 15th. 17:29.64
60m Hurdles
Caitlyn Little 15th. 8.49
Destinee Rocker 6th. 8.20 (8.18 in prelims)
4x400m
Omovoh, Glenn, Lindley, Davis 5th. 3:31.86
Pole Vault
Hailey Sweatman 10th. 4.05m | 13-3 1/2
Kelsey Worthington –. NH
High Jump
Dymier Jeffery –. NH
Rachel Glenn 5th. 1.80m | 5-10 3/4
Long Jump
Synclair Savage 13th. 5.50m | 18-0 1/2
Shot Put
Alycia Springs 9th. 15.61m | 51-2 3/4
KD Young 7th. 15.73m | 51-7 1/4
Carisma Holland 15th. 14.38m | 47-2 1/4
Weight
KD Young 13th. 18.19m | 59-8 1/4