Meet: South Carolina Invitational
Location: Columbia, S.C. (Carolina Indoor Track and Field Complex)
Full Results (PDF)
 
The Short Story: Junior Christian DuBois and freshman David Coles collected top-3 finishes in their respective events to lead the Rams at the South Carolina Invitational over the weekend.
 
SPRINTS/HURDLES
 

• Senior JeVon Waller ran a time of 6.93 in the 60-meter dash semifinals. Waller doubled back in the 200-meter dash, clocking 22.19. Junior Noah Hackerson and sophomore Lewis Freeman followed, turning in times of 22.42 and 22.44, respectively
• Freeman also grabbed an eighth-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.05
• Sophomore Marcus Wilson tied his personal best of 8.28 in the 60-meter hurdles semifinals
• Senior Sebastian Evans ran a time of 36.12 in the 300-meter dash. The event featured Olympic gold medalist and world champion Steven Gardiner
• Freeman, Emmanuel Waller, Evans, and Hackerson ran 3:18.67 to place eighth in the 4x400-meter relay

 
 
JUMPS
 

• DuBois cleared 1.95m to win the high jump. He sits at no. 4 in the Atlantic 10
• Coles grabbed a runner-up finish in the triple jump, setting a personal best of 14.62m. He currently sits at no. 2 in the Atlantic 10 in the event
• Senior Camron Browne leaped to a fourth-place finish in the invitational section of the long jump, recording a mark of 7.17m, good for no. 2 in the Atlantic 10

 
 
UP NEXT
The Rams travel to Blacksburg, Va. to compete at the Virginia Tech Doc Hale Elite Meet. Action begins Friday, Feb. 4.