East Carolina University
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ECU Successful In Coastal Carolina
March 18, 2007 | Women's Track and Field
March 18, 2007
Shamrock Invitational Results (PDF)
CONWAY, S.C. - The East Carolina University track and field teams completed their competition at the Shamrock Invitational hosted by Coastal Carolina University. ECU women athletes recorded 16 top-10 finishes on the day, while the men registered 14.
In the women's competition, Jennifer White had the highest finish of any Lady Pirate, placing third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:23.63. The 4X400 meter relay team of Kharya Brown, Jaslyn Grullon, Chalonda Silver and Camelia Morman placed fourth, posting a time of 4:07.33. The Lady Pirates also were fourth in the distance medley. Jennifer White, Brie Berkowitz, Samantha Lichtner and Tayleigh Davis combined to run the distance medley in 12:41.59. Danielle Eiler (shotput) and Morman (long jump), also recorded fourth place finishes with distances of 12.12 meters and 5.57 meters, respectively. ECU also finished fourth in the 4X100 meter relay with Chalonda Silver, Brown, Shalic Anderson and Aisha Bilal-Mack completing the race in 48.03.
In the men's competition, the Pirates finished first and second in the 4X100 meter relay with a time of 40.62 and 42.09. The winning team was comprised of Adian Sanderson, Jerek Hewitt, David Rucker and Kevin Thompson. In second place was Travis Covington, Brandon Small, Akintunde Abisogun and Anthony Green. East Carolina finished second in the 4X400 meter relay, just .43 seconds shy of first place Liberty. Michael Harris, Sanderson, Christopher Richardson and Brandon Small recorded a time of 3:16.52. In the 400-meter dash, the Pirates' Richardson and Sanderson placed third and fourth with a time of 47.99 and 48.98, respectively.
ECU will travel to Winston-Salem, N.C. to compete in a meet from March 23-24, hosted by Wake Forest.
