Gamecocks Secure 17 Victories in Outdoor Opener
COLUMBIA, S.C. (March 22, 2025) – Gamecock Track & Field squad the 2025 outdoor season on Saturday, hosting the Weems Baskin Invitational at the Sheila & Morris Cregger Track. South Carolina had a busy season opener with 17 wins overall.
The men’s team was responsible for nine of the 17 wins on the day. Josiah Wrice captured a win in the 200m sprint in his first outdoor event, running 20.89 (4.1). Fellow freshman Elijah Poore won both the 1500m (3:53.47) and the 5K (15:27.81). A pair of hurdlers came through victorious for South Carolina as David Warmington claimed the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.01 (1.6) and Josue Richardson Salazar clocked 53.55 for the top spot in the 400-meter hurdles.
The Gamecock men captured three wins in the jumps during the season opener, including Nate Figgers who cleared a personal best in the high jump at 2.16m (7-1) for the seventh best outdoor high jump in South Carolina history. His high jump counterpart, Channing Ferguson, came away with a win in the long jump with a wind-legal, personal-best distance of 7.69m (25-2.75). Spencer Eison was the final jumper to claim a win on Saturday, doing so in the triple jump with a personal best distance of 15.15m (49-8.5).
The final win for the men came from the 4×400 meter relay squad of Wrice, Richardson Salazar, Bryson Miller and Devan Crumpton. The quartet stopped the clock at 3:10.66 for the season-opening win.
South Carolina’s women’s squad captured eight wins, including five on the track. Cynteria James started her season off on a high note with a win in the 100m dash, crossing the finish line at 11.23 (0.4). The Gamecocks were also victorious in the 200m sprint as Imani Rivas ran 24.28 (-0.1) in her first outdoor race as a Gamecock. Sinead Joyce walked away with the win in the 1500m, running 4:37.27 and Sarah DiVasta captured another distance victory for the Gamecocks in the 5K, clocking 18:16.14. The final win on the track for Carolina came from Josyln Hamilton in the 100-meter hurdles finals, posting a wind-aided time of 13.26 (4.7).
The Gamecock women captured three more wins in the field events in the form of Cameran Gist in the long jump (5.83m/19-1.5), Hannah Togami in the pole vault (3.75m/12-3.5) and Ella Lucas in the discus throw at 49.18m (161-4).
South Carolina’s javelin squad set program Top 10 marks to open the outdoor season as Ellis Neighbors threw 62.77m (205-11) and Jalen Barry launched the javelin 62.43m (204-10). Neighbors finished third overall in the event as his throw now ranks ninth all-time in program history, while Barry finished fourth overall with the 10th best javelin throw in Gamecock history. Hailey Sharkey turned in a bronze performance in the women’s javelin, throwing a personal best distance of 41.42m (135-10) to rank sixth all-time in program history.
South Carolina will return to the track next week at the Raleigh Relays where the Gamecocks will be represented by their distance group. The three-day meet will start on Thursday, March 27 and conclude on Saturday, March 29.
Men’s Individual Results
100 Meters (Prelims)
10. Antwan Hughes Jr. – 10.55 (1.1)*
16. Prescott Jefferson – 10.70 (2.4)
200 Meters
1. Josiah Wrice – 20.89 (4.1)*
7. Devan Crumpton – 21.50 (2.6)*
11. Antwan Hughes Jr. – 21.81 (3.4)*
15. Prescott Jefferson – 22.01 (4.1)
24. David Warmington – 22.64 (0.7)
400 Meters
13. Bryson Miller – 49.41*
800 Meters
2. Carlos Lanzagorta-Ruiz – 1:54.29
8. Ethan Mathis – 1:56.43*
12. Sean Sanders – 1:58.59*
— Ricky Circelli – DNF
— Noah Contreras – DNF
1500 Meters
1. Elijah Poore – 3:53.47*
2. Marcellus Mines – 3:55.95*
5. Ricky Circelli – 3:58.56*
7. Sam Kolowith – 4:01.38*
— Noah Contreras – DNF
— Carlos Lanzagorta-Ruiz – DNF
5000 Meters
1. Elijah Poore – 15:27.81*
4. Sam Kolowith – 15:49.48*
4×400 Meter Relay
1. Wrice, Richardson Salazar, Miller, Crumpton – 3:10.66
5. Jefferson, Hughes Jr., Mathis, Circelli – 3:21.74
110-Meter Hurdles (Prelims)
1. David Warmington – 14.25Q (4.1)
110-Meter Hurdles (Finals)
1. David Warmington – 14.01 (1.6)
400-Meter Hurdles
1. Josue Richardson Salazar – 53.55
High Jump
1. Nate Figgers – 2.16m/7-1*
2. Channing Ferguson – 2.11m/6-11
Long Jump
1. Channing Ferguson – 7.69m/25-2.75 (0.7)*
11. Jalen Clark – 6.64m/21-9.5 (0.7)
— Nate Figgers – NM
Triple Jump
1. Spencer Eison – 15.15m/49-8.5 (-1.5)*
Pole Vault
2. Parker Samuelson – 4.60m/15-1
Shot Put
3. Brandon Dennis – 17.42m/57-2*
Discus Throw
7. Blake Cooke – 42.54m/139-6*
Javelin
3. Ellis Neighbors – 62.77m/205-11*
4. Jalen Barry – 62.43m/204-10*
Women’s Individual Results
100 Meters (Prelims)
1. Cynteria James – 11.34Q (2.9)
3. McKenzie Travis – 11.89Q (0.5)*
4. Imani Rivas – 11.89Q (2.1)
7. Hailey Duncan – 12.06q (0.5)
100 Meters (Finals)
1. Cynteria James – 11.23 (0.4)
3. Imani Rivas – 11.81 (0.4)*
6. Hailey Duncan – 12.05 (0.4)*
200 Meters
1. Imani Rivas – 24.28 (-0.1)
4. Hailey Duncan – 24.67 (1.4)*
5. Madison Childress – 24.84 (1.6)
12. Kennedy Flynn – 25.71 (0.5)*
800 Meters
2. Maddie White – 2:16.22*
10. Ally Wilson – 2:22.15
— Sofie Kurzawa – DNF
1500 Meters
1. Sinead Joyce – 4:37.27*
2. Sofie Kurzawa – 4:41.10*
4. Lily Weeks – 4:44.48*
6. Brooke Donoghue – 4:48.88
7. Elle Mehltretter – 4:53.41*
8. Maddie Smith – 4:59.37*
— Eliza Brand – DNF
5000 Meters
1. Sarah DiVasta – 18:16.14*
2. Lauren Horwitt – 18:24.45*
4. Molly Parker – 18:34.54*
5. Caitlin Gemmill – 18:35.68
— Eliza Brand – DNF
— Lily Weeks – DNF
4×400 Meter Relay
4. Rivas, Duncan, Hamilton, Sinead Joyce – 3:55.24
10. Wilson, M. White, Flynn, Childress – 4:08.99
100-Meter Hurdles (Prelims)
2. Joslyn Hamilton – 13.85Q (2.0)*
5. Kennedy Flynn – 14.22Q (3.8)
100-Meter Hurdles (Finals)
1. Joslyn Hamilton – 13.26 (4.7)*
3. Kennedy Flynn – 13.41 (4.7)*
High Jump
9. Olivia Gramblin – 1.51m/4-11.5*
Long Jump
1. Cameran Gist – 5.83m/19-1.5 (1.9)
2. Maliya Kinard – 5.68m/18-7.75 (0.9)*
4. Madison Childress – 5.51m/18-1 (1.3)
6. Maleah Tidwell – 5.32m/17-5.5 (2.4)*
Triple Jump
3. Maleah Tidwell – 11.76m/38-7 (1.0)*
Pole Vault
1. Hannah Togami – 3.75m/12-3.5
3. Rachel Valentine – 3.35m/10-11.75
5. Madelynn Cohen – 3.20m/10-6*
— Julia McBride – NH
— Lena Richardson – NH
— Emma Stone – NH
Discus Throw
1. Ella Lucas – 49.18m/161-4
Javelin
3. Hailey Sharkey – 41.42m/135-10*
* – denotes outdoor PR
