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Amecia Pennamon

  • position Sprints
  • class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Forsyth, Ga.
  • High school Mary Persons
  • position Sprints
  • class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Forsyth, Ga.
  • High school Mary Persons

Amecia Pennamon Bio

ACADEMIC HONORS
2018, 2019, 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2020
Indoors: Did not compete.
Outdoors: Cancelled.

2019
Indoors: Had her best indoor season as a member of the Gamecocks… Posted a personal record in the 60m at the SEC Championships with a time of 7.53 to take 22nd… Had her best finish in the 60m at the Orange & Purple Elite, finishing in 10th place… Clocked under 24 seconds for the first time in her collegiate career indoors at 23.96 at the Carolina Challenge… Posted a personal record in the 200m, and second-straight under-24, at the Tiger Paw Invitational, taking second place… Appeared at the SEC Championships in the 200m… Ran the 4x400m relay twice during the indoor season… Helped win the 4x400m relay at the Clemson Opener… Ran to a second-place finish at the USC Indoor Open in the 4x400m relay. 
Outdoors: Ran in her first individual event at the NCAA East Regional in the 100m… Appeared on the 4x100m relay team six times during the outdoor season… Aided in two victories for the 4x100m relay at the Spec Towns Invitational and the USC Outdoor Open… Helped the Gamecocks score points at the SEC Championships with a seventh-place finish in the 4x100m relay… Won the 4x200m relay at the 125th Penn Relays with a time of 1:32.78… Competed individually in seven meets during the outdoor season in the 100m and 200m… Finished as the runner-up at the Buccaneer Invitational in the 100m… Clocked a personal-best time in the 100m at the Gamecock Invitational at 11.57… Posted a time of 23.87 at both the Black and Gold Challenge and the Gamecock Invitational.

2018
Indoors: Ran both the 60m and the 200m over the course of her first active season… got better in both events as the season went on… came in eighth in the 200m in her collegiate debut, running 25.34 at the Navy Winter Invitational… finished fifth in the 60 and seventh in the 200 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational… ran the 60 at the UCS Invitational, finishing third… ran her best times of the season at the SEC Championships… finished 31st in the 60 with a mark of 7.60… placed 32nd in the 200 with a time of 24.50.
Outdoors: Ran the 100m and 200m individually while also competing in the 4x100m relay… had her best 100 time of 11.76 at the Tennessee Relays… finished second in the 200 and third in the 100 at the USC Open… ran her top 200 time at the USC Open, 23.60… guided the Gamecocks to a 4x100m relay victory at the USC Open… came in 31st in the 100 and 25th in the 200 at the SEC Championships… part of a scoring effort in the 4x100m relay at the SEC meet, as the team finished eighth… was an alternate for the Gamecocks at the NCAA East Regional and NCAA Championships.

2017
Did not compete.

High School
Won the 100m and 200m at the Georgia state meet in 2016… placed second at state in the 100m and third in the 200m in 2015… One year earlier, took second in the 100m and third in the 200m… Won the 100m and 200m at the Taco Bell Classic, and was also region champion in both events… Was part of a relay team that finished second in the 4x100m relay at the New Balance Nationals… Also competed in the 100m and 200m at New Balance Nationals… Was on the honor roll and was inducted into the Beta Club… Participated in Future Business Leaders of America and was active in community service endeavors, including the Special Olympics.

Personal
Daughter of Dwan Pennamon and Amelia Hansford… Has four siblings: Nakia, Ajayla, Kameron and Jatyia… Chose South Carolina over Kennesaw State, Southeast Missouri and Ole Miss… Plans to major in retail marketing and chose the Gamecocks because of the tremendous opportunities in the Darla Moore School of Business.

Indoor Personal Records
60m
7.53 (2/22/19 SEC Championships)
200m
23.82 (2/9/19 Tiger Paw Invitational)
Outdoor Personal Records
100m
11.57 (+1.6) (4/13/19 Gamecock Invitational)
200m
23.60 (+2.8) (4/21/18 USC Open)