Pirates Send Contingents to Virginia Tech and South Carolina

Friday, February 2

Blacksburg, VA

East Carolina University

Doc Hale Virginia Tech Invite

Photo by: Tom Connelly

Pirates Send Contingents to Virginia Tech and South Carolina

February 01, 2024 | Track & Field

Virginia Tech Live Results South Carolina Live Results

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina track & field program will send athletes to the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Invite and the South Carolina Invite on Friday and Saturday in Blacksburg, Va. and Columbia, S.C. respectively.

The Pirates enter the weekend after a successful outing at the Camel City Invite last time out which saw ECU take home 10 event wins and two top-10 marks in program history. Those two marks came from a pair of newcomers with Carlmelo Martin taking the win in the 60m with a time of 6.75 seconds, good for 10^th in ECU history, and Shakiel Dacres winning the shot put with a launch of 16.57m, tying him with Logan Carroll for sixth in program history.

Dacres will be back in action in the shot put this week at Virginia Tech along with a plethora of other Pirate event winners and top-10 holders, including the ever-dominant Naadiya Faison in the women's shot put.

Martin will also be back in action as he heads down to South Carolina along with Royal Burris for the 60m and 200m in Columbia. Melicia Mouzzon will also be back in action at South Carolina alongside Calandra Henry and Teliyah James in the 60m and 200m. Sydni McMillan and Terence Booth, Jr. will compete in the 60m hurdles as well.

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"This is our third indoor meet of the indoor track season," said Director of Track & Field Curt Kraft. "This is about the time of the year when everyone should be starting to achieve some consistency with their marks. I have always told our teams, that you can't wait until the conference championships to achieve a personal best. They have to prove to us, and to themselves that they can achieve a high mark before they get to the conference championships. We will be splitting our teams this weekend. The split squads will be up against some stiff competition at both places. Just like the last two weekends, both teams continue to be excited and hungry to compete."

ECU Entries
Virginia Tech
Women
60m: Rosalynd Hollingsworth, Makhia Jarrett, Naturi Robinson, Skyler Harrelson
200m: Natalie Mial, Alaya Gillespie, Jarrett, Hollingsworth
400m: Nyah Gore, Sarah Ann Miller, Jordyn Jeffers
800m: Lily Schlossberg, Katrina Ford, Miller
1 Mile: Navaya Zales, Abrielle Schweitzer, Brianna Winsett
3,000m: Alyssa Zack
60mH: Robinson
High Jump: Molly Stecker
Pole Vault: Rileigh Cardin, Sarah Smith
Long Jump: L'Nya Carpenter, Stephanie Robson, Harrelson
Triple Jump: Elizabeth Taylor, Carpenter, Robson
Shot Put: Naadiya Faison, Jocelyn Pringle
Weight Throw: Nyah Edwards, A'riana Crumpler, Rebekah Bergquist, Faison

Men
60m: Cameron Moore, Everton Muir, Jared Harrell
200m: Blake Moody, Jaelyn Green, Moore, Muir
400m: Moody
1 Mile: Alex Sawyer, Zach Willer, Nick Willer
3,000m: Ted Sielatycki, Cooper Kleckner
Long Jump: Nate Williams, Javariante Core
Triple Jump: Harrell, Williams, Core
Shot Put: Shakiel Dacres
Weight Throw: Brock Lasure
Heptathlon: Starrett Vesper

South Carolina
Women
60m: Calandra Henry, Melicia Mouzzon, Teliyah James
200m: Sydni McMillan, Mouzzon, Henry, James
60mH: McMillan

Men
60m: Royal Burris, Carlmelo Martin
200m: Burris, Martin
60mH: Terence Booth, Jr.