South Carolina Collects 10 Wins in Gamecock Invitational
COLUMBIA, S.C. (April 6, 2024) – South Carolina Track & Field was back at it again on Saturday, competing on their home turf at the Sheila & Morris Cregger Track. The Gamecocks came away with 10 event wins on Saturday, as well as a pair of Top-10 program marks.
The women secured six of the team’s 10 wins on Saturday, beginning with the women’s 4x100m relay as the quartet of Jayla Jamison, Cynteria James, Zaya Akins and Jahnile Registre clocked a time of 43.94 for the victory. The Gamecock women claimed two individual wins on the track in the form of distance events. Anya Arroyo ran her first collegiate 1500m and clocked a time of 4:44.29 to lead the charge for the Gamecocks who turned in six personal bests in the event. Gabriella Gait-Smith won the 5000m race after running a season best time of 17:24.18 as Carolina went one through five in the event.
Three Carolina women won field events on the afternoon beginning with Hannah Togami in the women’s pole vault. The South Carolina native opened the meet with a 3.85m clearing in the pole vault, resulting in her first outdoor win of the season. Following Togami’s win, Prommyse Hoosier earned her first win in a Carolina uniform in the women’s long jump. The Tennessee transfer jumped a season-best distance of 6.13m (20-1.5) for the seventh best jump in Carolina history and now sits 23rd in the East Region. The final win for the women came from Ella Lucas in the discus, coming away with her second win in three meets after throwing 46.78m (153-5).
The Gamecock women also had six more Top-3 finishes on the day, highlighted by Macey Dowe in the women’s javelin after throwing a new personal best distance of 39.37m (129-2) for the seventh longest throw in program history.
South Carolina’s men’s team earned four wins on the afternoon, including three in the field events. The Gamecocks opened up the day with a win in the 4x100m relay with Jasauna Dennis, Nyck Harbor, Prescott Jefferson and Anthony Greenhow dominating with a time of 39.49.
Ridge Dowe, Channing Ferguson and Dylan Targgart each notched wins in their respective events as well. Dowe secured his first win of the season in the men’s hammer after throwing a season best 52.27m (171-6). Ferguson notched his fourth overall win and his second in the men’s high jump when he cleared 2.11m (6-11). The final win of the day came from the veteran thrower, Dylan Targgart, in the men’s discus. The Michigan native ended the day with a throw of 54.95m (180-3) to win by 1.5 meters for his second discus win of the season.
South Carolina’s men’s team also came away with six more Top-3 finishes on the day, including runner-up finishes by David Warmington in the men’s 110-meter hurdle (14.04), Nate Figgers in the men’s high jump (2.06m/6-9) and Parker Samuelson in the men’s pole vault (4.75m/15-7).
South Carolina returns to the Sunshine State next weekend when the Gamecocks head back down to Gainesville, Fla. for the second time in three weeks to compete in the Tom Jones Invitational. The two-day meet will start on Friday, April 12 and conclude on Saturday, April 13.
Men’s Individual Results
100 Meters (Prelims)
5. Jasauna Dennis – 10.30wQ (3.1)*
9. Theo Mudzengerere – 10.68wq (3.1)*
100 Meters (Finals)
3. Jasauna Dennis – 10.32 (1.9)*
9. Theo Mudzengerere – 10.70 (1.9)*
200 Meters
15. David Warmington – 22.09 (1.7)*
800 Meters
5. Jackson Dawson – 1:56.38
4×100 Meter Relay
1. Dennis, Harbor, Jefferson, Greenhow – 39.49
9. Mudzengerere, Figgers, Clark, Ferguson – 42.47
110-Meter Hurdles (Prelims)
1. David Warmington – 14.01wQ (3.1)
110-Meter Hurdles (Finals)
2. David Warmington – 14.04 (1.9)
400-Meter Hurdles
3. Josue Richardson Salazar – 54.19*
High Jump
1. Channing Ferguson – 2.11m/6-11
2. Nate Figgers – 2.06m/6-9
Long Jump
— Jalen Clark – NM
Pole Vault
2. Parker Samuelson – 4.75m/15-7
— Dillon McCarthy – NH
Shot Put
3. Brandon Dennis – 15.86m/52-0.5*
Discus
1. Dylan Targgart – 54.95m/180-3
Hammer Throw
1. Ridge Dowe – 52.27m/171-6
— Brandon Dennis – NM
Women’s Individual Results
100 Meters (Prelims)
7. Anastasia Sumpter – 11.72Q (1.7)
100 Meters (Finals)
8. Anastasia Sumpter – 11.81 (2.0)
200 Meters
8. Madison Childress – 24.65w (2.2)*
11. Jahnile Registre – 25.06 (1.7)
400 Meters
3. Jahnile Registre – 53.99
7. Ashton Lindley – 57.70*
800 Meters
4. Sofie Kurzawa – 2:19.08
11. Brooke Donoghue – 2:23.60*
13. Greta White – 2:25.37
15. Maddie Smith – 2:30.16*
1500 Meters
1. Anya Arroyo – 4:44.29*
2. Maria Lombardi – 4:46.93*
3. Ella Zeigler – 4:47.56*
4. Brooke Donoghue – 4:48.49
5. Maddie White – 4:49.06*
6. Sarah Neville – 4:58.03*
8. Sarah DiVasta – 5:00.10*
— Emma Torbert – DNF
5000 Meters
1. Gabriella Gait-Smith – 17:24.18
2. Hope Dominique – 17:55.42
3. Caitlin Gemmill – 18:14.98*
4. Anna Boyd – 18:29.65
5. Katerina Hendrix – 18:43.31
— Sarah DiVasta – DNF
— Sofie Kurzawa – DNF
— Emma Torbert – DNF
— Greta White – DNF
4×100 Meter Relay
1. Jamison, James, Akins, Registre – 43.94
Long Jump
1. Prommyse Hoosier – 6.13m/20-1.5 (1.5)
4. Madison Childress – 5.40m/17-8.75 (2.0)
Pole Vault
1. Hannah Togami – 3.85m/12-7.5
5. Rachel Valentine – 3.35m/10-11.75
6. Julia McBride – 3.35m/10-11.75*
— Mia Joseph – NH
— Lena Richardson – NH
— Emma Stone – NH
Javelin
2. Macey Dowe – 39.37m/129-2*
7. Hailey Sharkey – 34.90m/114-6
8. Sienna Lydon – 34.60m/113-6*
Discus
1. Ella Lucas – 46.78m/153-5
* – denotes outdoor PR
