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Orange and Purple Invitational
Avery Fraley broke the program's 11-year-old heptathlon record
Fraley Record Highlights Pirates at Orange & Purple Invite
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CLEMSON, S.C. - The East Carolina track & field program saw another record fall at Clemson's Orange & Purple Invite on Friday and Saturday in the Palmetto State as Avery Fraley downed an 11-year old heptathlon mark. The Pirates had five other top-10 marks in program history and a big event win from star rookie sprinter Kelly Ufodiama.
Fraley got off to a strong start on Friday, besting the program heptathlon event mark in the 60m with a time of 7.14, previously set at 7.16 by Alexander Mobley-Hollie. He also tied the heptathlon high jump mark at 1.89m (6-2.25) which had been done twice previously. The freshman picked back up with a flash on Saturday, throttling the program heptathlon event record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.45 seconds, bettering Rodney Johnson's 8.60 from 2014. He went on to finish the day with a point total of 4,905, taking down Dylan Spadaccini's 4,895 points from 2014.
Ufodiama was dominant as usual on the weekend, finishing second in the 60m with a time of 7.31 seconds after running 7.27 in the prelim, just missing her own program record. The freshman got back atop the podium with a win in the 200m on Saturday, running a time of 23.21 seconds.
Also on the track, Kailey Elliott ran a 60m hurdles prelim of 8.30 in the semifinal round, just missing out on the final but registering the fifth-best time in program history in the process.
On the distance side, Kaylee McCullough ran the ninth-fastest 5,000m in program history in 17:22.64 as Erin Pope just missed out on the top 10 in 17:24.31, finishing second and third, respectively.
For the men, Dominique Alexander ran a 21.23 200m, finishing eighth on the day but fifth in program history.
The last Pirate individual with a top-10 mark in program history was a great one as Faith Spencer just barely missed the program record in the triple jump with a leap of 13.03m (42-9), missing the record by just 0.02m. She finished third in the meet.
The ECU women closed out the meet in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:42.52, good for third in program history. The team of Elliott, Ufodiama, Emma Hall and Amaya Pleas finished sixth in the event.
Up Next
The Pirates compete at South Carolina on Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb. 1.
Fraley got off to a strong start on Friday, besting the program heptathlon event mark in the 60m with a time of 7.14, previously set at 7.16 by Alexander Mobley-Hollie. He also tied the heptathlon high jump mark at 1.89m (6-2.25) which had been done twice previously. The freshman picked back up with a flash on Saturday, throttling the program heptathlon event record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.45 seconds, bettering Rodney Johnson's 8.60 from 2014. He went on to finish the day with a point total of 4,905, taking down Dylan Spadaccini's 4,895 points from 2014.
Ufodiama was dominant as usual on the weekend, finishing second in the 60m with a time of 7.31 seconds after running 7.27 in the prelim, just missing her own program record. The freshman got back atop the podium with a win in the 200m on Saturday, running a time of 23.21 seconds.
Also on the track, Kailey Elliott ran a 60m hurdles prelim of 8.30 in the semifinal round, just missing out on the final but registering the fifth-best time in program history in the process.
On the distance side, Kaylee McCullough ran the ninth-fastest 5,000m in program history in 17:22.64 as Erin Pope just missed out on the top 10 in 17:24.31, finishing second and third, respectively.
For the men, Dominique Alexander ran a 21.23 200m, finishing eighth on the day but fifth in program history.
The last Pirate individual with a top-10 mark in program history was a great one as Faith Spencer just barely missed the program record in the triple jump with a leap of 13.03m (42-9), missing the record by just 0.02m. She finished third in the meet.
The ECU women closed out the meet in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:42.52, good for third in program history. The team of Elliott, Ufodiama, Emma Hall and Amaya Pleas finished sixth in the event.
Up Next
The Pirates compete at South Carolina on Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb. 1.
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