Meet: South Carolina Invitational
Location: Columbia, S.C. (Carolina Indoor Track and Field Complex)
Full Results (PDF)
 
The Short Story: The Rams turned in several personal bests and Atlantic 10 top performances in star-studded fields at the South Carolina Invitational over the weekend.
 
SPRINTS/HURDLES

• Sophomore Yasmine Silmon led VCU in the 300-meter dash, placing fourth in a race that featured 2020 Olympic gold medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn. SyVanna Metcalfe followed closely behind to grab fourth. Silmon and Metcalfe turned in times of 41.24 and 41.97, respectively
• Sophomore Simone Pierre ran 56.87 in the invitational section of the 400-meter dash to place 10^th in a field that featured three Olympians. Pierre returned to the track on Saturday afternoon to capture a third-place finish in the 200-meter dash, clocking 24.93
• Sophomore Karah Moore set a personal best of 57.88 to win her heat of the 400-meter dash, good for seventh overall
• Sophomore Lauryn Taylor placed 10^th in the 60-meter dash semifinals with a time of 7.60, just 0.01 seconds shy of her personal best. She currently sits at no. 3 in the Atlantic 10 in the event
• Taylor returned to the track Saturday, placing ninth in the invitational section of the 200-meter dash that also featured Camacho-Quinn. Taylor clocked 24.36, finishing as the fifth collegian in the field
• Sophomore Lauryn Freeman competed in the 60-meter hurdles semifinals, clocking 8.64
• Pierre, Moore, Silmon, and Metcalfe ran 3:56.38 in the 4x400-meter relay, placing fifth

 
JUMPS

• Nayome Shipp continued her stellar freshman campaign with a third-place finish in the invitational section of the high jump. Her personal-best clearance of 1.73m ranks first in the Atlantic 10 and places her at no. 4 on VCU's all-time list
• Sophomore Jailah Channer cleared 1.65m in the high jump for a new personal best, placing second
• Senior Amari Jackson set a personal best for the third meet in a row in the long jump. Her mark of 5.40m placed seventh overall. Jackson doubled back to capture first place in the triple jump with a mark of 11.72m
• Freshman Sydney Carr finished close behind Jackson in the triple jump, placing third with an 11.43m jump
• Junior Raquel Hawkins captured an eighth-place finish in the invitational section of the triple jump, recording a mark of 11.62m on her sixth and final jump
• Seniors Jessica Tucker and Courtney Higgins placed fourth and fifth, respectively, in the invitational section of the long jump

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