Gamecocks Conclude Home Season with 15 Wins at Gamecock Invite
COLUMBIA, S.C. (April 12, 2025) – South Carolina Track & Field concluded it outdoor home season on Saturday afternoon, taking home 15 wins in the Gamecock Invite at the Sheila & Morris Cregger Track.
The men’s team was responsible for 10 wins in the home finale, including six on the track. The men’s 400 meter stole the show as Jasauna Dennis, Josiah Wrice and Devan Crumpton finished 1-2-3, respectively. Dennis ran a new personal best 45.94 for the win, finishing eighth in the NCAA East Region and posted the seventh fastest time in program history. Wrice set a new personal best, clocking 46.02 for the eighth fastest time in Gamecock history and the ninth best time in the region. Crumpton just missed out on a top 10 program time but was able to run the 12th best time in the East Region after stopping the clock at 46.17.
Ricky Circelli, Marcellus Mines and Sam Kolowith handled business of their own, turning in wins in the 600m, 1500m and the 5000m. Circelli posted a win in the rare 600m, running 1:19.12, while Mines registered a time of 3:58.11 for the victory in the 1500m. Kolowith posted a new personal best in the 5K, crossing the finish line in 14:38.82.
The final two wins on the track for the men came from Elijah Poore in the 3000-meter steeplechase and the men’s 4×100 meter relay. Poore was able to walk away with the win, running 9:37.95 for a new personal best. The relay quartet of Antwan Hughes, Wrice, Dennis and Anthony Greenhow secured a time of 39.83 to rank 30th in the East Region.
South Carolina men capped off the home event with four wins in the high jump, triple jump, pole vault and the javelin. Nate Figgers won his second home high jump event of the season, clearing 2.11m (6-11) for the triumph. Meanwhile in the triple jump, Theo Mudzengerere made his outdoor season debut and was victorious after jumping a distance of 16.01m (52-6.5) for the fourth best triple jump in the East Region. Parker Samuelson registered the top spot in the men’s pole vault after clearing a new outdoor personal best height of 4.87m (15-11.75), while Ellis Neighbors (61.00m/200-1) won his first career javelin event after edging out teammate Jalen Barry (59.62m/195-7).
The women’s team secured five wins on the day, with four coming in the track and one on the field. JaMeesia Ford continued her collegiate dominance after running a personal best 100 meter time of 11.06 (1.4) in the finals, coming away with the gold medal as well as the third fastest time in program history and the second fastest mark in the East Region. Ford was also the anchor leg of the women’s 4×100 meter relay, joined by Jayla Jamison, Cynteria James and Zaya Akins as the quartet clocked 43.37 for the win and the third fastest time in the region. Jamison and Akins also captured regional marks of their own, with Jamison running 23.14 in the 200m for the 11th best mark and Akins clocking 51.45 in her 400m opener for the third best time in the region.
Eliza Brand and Elle Mehltretter captured a pair of distance wins in the 1500m and the 5000m. Brand came away with a new personal best in the 1500m, running 4:35.50 for the top slot in the event. Meanwhile, Mehltretter also clocked a new 5K personal best of 18:01.15 for the win.
The lone field event victory for the Garnet & Black came out of the long jump as Cameran Gist jumped 6.08m (19-11.5) for the top spot and the 27th best jump in the East Region.
The Gamecocks will have a busy week ahead of them next week, competing in three separate meets. The sprinters and jumpers will head to Waco, Texas to compete in the Michael Johnson Invite (April 18-19). The distance squad will travel to Winston-Salem, N.C. to take part in the Wake Forest Invitational (April 17-18). Lastly, the throwers will travel back down to Gainesville, Fla. for the Tom Jones Invitational (April 18-19).
Men’s Individual Results
100 Meters (Prelims)
1. Anthony Greenhow – 10.24* (-1.6)
4. Jasauna Dennis – 10.40 (0.5)
15. Prescott Jefferson – 10.74 (1.8)
17. Antwan Hughes Jr. – 10.76 (0.5)
100 Meters (Finals)
2. Anthony Greenhow – 10.36 (1.4)
200 Meters
3. Anthony Greenhow – 20.79w (2.6)
6. Devan Crumpton – 21.22 (1.7)*
13. Antwan Hughes Jr. – 21.82 (1.7)*
16. Prescott Jefferson – 21.94 (0.4)
17. David Warmington – 21.95 (0.4)*
400 Meters
1. Jasauna Dennis – 45.94*
2. Josiah Wrice – 46.02*
3. Devan Crumpton – 46.17*
600 Meters
1. Ricky Circelli – 1:19.12*
2. Aidan Hatton – 1:19.67*
800 Meters
3. Ethan Mathis – 1:53.05*
1500 Meters
1. Marcellus Mines – 3:58.11
2. Sean Sanders – 4:02.18*
— Sam Kolowith – DNF
5000 Meters
1. Sam Kolowith – 14:38.82*
4×100 Meter Relay
1. Hughes Jr., Wrice, Dennis, Greenhow – 39.83
4×400 Meter Relay
2. Wrice, Crumpton, Richardson Salazar, Dennis – 3:09.14
8. Hatton, Mathis, Mines, Circelli – 3:23.35
110-Meter Hurdles (Prelims)
5. David Warmington – 14.32q (1.0)
110-Meter Hurdles (Finals)
2. David Warmington – 13.99 (0.2)
400-Meter Hurdles
3. Josue Richardson Salazar – 52.68*
3000 Meter Steeplechase
1. Elijah Poore – 9:37.95*
High Jump
1. Nate Figgers – 2.11m/6-11
2. Channing Ferguson – 2.06m/6-9
Long Jump
3. James Clark – 7.00m/22-11.75 (0.0)
7. Channing Ferguson – 6.21m/20-4.5 (1.5)
— Nate Figgers – NM
Triple Jump
1. Theo Mudzengerere – 16.01m/52-6.5 (1.5)
3. Spencer Eison – 14.52m/47-7.75w (2.3)
Pole Vault
1. Parker Samuelson – 4.87m/15-11.75*
— Conor Reilly – NH
Shot Put
2. CJ Licata – 19.92m/65-4.25
3. Dylan Targgart – 18.87m/61-11
4. Brandon Dennis – 17.42m/57-2*
Discus
5. Blake Cooke – 41.18m/135-1
Javelin
1. Ellis Neighbors – 61.00m/200-1
2. Jalen Barry – 59.62m/195-7
Women’s Individual Results
100 Meters (Prelims)
1. JaMeesia Ford – 11.20Q (0.7)
2. Cynteria James – 11.24Q (1.3)
4. Madison Childress – 11.73q (1.3)
10. Hailey Duncan – 12.14 (-0.6)
100 Meters (Final)
1. JaMeesia Ford – 11.06 (1.4)*
2. Cynteria James – 11.25 (1.4)
4. Madison Childress – 11.70 (1.4)*
200 Meters
2. Jayla Jamison – 23.14w (2.8)
5. Madison Childress – 24.74 (1.9)*
7. Hailey Duncan – 24.97 (1.9)
9. Kennedy Flynn – 25.42w (2.8)*
400 Meters
2. Zaya Akins – 51.45
4. Sylvia Chelangat – 54.06
6. Joslyn Hamilton – 55.77
10. Imani Rivas – 57.57*
600 Meters
4. Sylvia Chelangat – 1:28.77*
800 Meters
2. Maddie White – 2:14.66*
3. Ally Wilson – 2:20.95
1500 Meters
1. Eliza Brand – 4:35.50*
2. Ella Zeigler – 4:35.93*
3. Sofie Kurzawa – 4:36.26*
4. Lily Weeks – 4:39.58*
5. Molly Parker – 4:43.83*
6. Brooke Donoghue – 4:45.67
7. Caitlin Gemmill – 4:46.40*
8. Elle Mehltretter – 4:49.21*
9. Lauren Horwitt – 4:52.19*
10. Aubrey Pierontoni – 5:08.48*
— Maddie White – DNF
— Ally Wilson – DNF
5000 Meters
1. Elle Mehltretter – 18:01.15*
2. Maddie Smith – 18:11.65*
3. Madelyn Gomez – 18:39.52*
4×100 Meter Relay
1. Jamison, James, Akins, Ford – 43.37
4×400 Meter Relay
4. Rivas, Hamilton, Duncan, Flynn – 3:53.81
100-Meter Hurdles (Prelims)
4. Joslyn Hamilton – 13.78q (1.5)
6. Kennedy Flynn – 13.95q (1.1)
100-Meter Hurdles (Finals)
6. Kennedy Flynn – 13.95w (2.6)
— Joslyn Hamilton – DNF
High Jump
9. Olivia Gramblin – 1.40m/4-7.0
Long Jump
1. Cameran Gist – 6.08m/19-11.5 (1.2)
2. Maliya Kinard – 6.04m/19-9.75 (1.6)*
8. Madison Childress – 5.29m/17-4.25 (0.0)
Triple Jump
2. Maleah Tidwell – 12.14m/39-10 (1.0)*
Pole Vault
2. Hannah Togami – 3.92m/12-10.25
4. Lena Richardson – 3.82m/12-6.25
6. Emma Stone – 3.72m/12-2.5*
7. Julia McBride – 3.47m/11-4.5*
8. Rachel Valentine – 3.32m/10-10.75
— Madelynn Cohen – NH
Javelin
2. Hailey Sharkey – 38.57m/126-6
* – denotes outdoor PR
