Pirates Set to Compete at Gamecock Challenge Saturday

Saturday, February 1

Columbia, SC

East Carolina University

Gamecock Challenge

Photo by: Michael Wade

January 30, 2025 | Track & Field

Live Results

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina track & field team is back in action on Saturday at South Carolina's Gamecock Challenge. AdkinsTrak Timing will be providing live results for the meet.

The competition begins at 10 a.m. with the first field events while running events kick off on the track at 11 a.m.

The Pirates will be aiming to continue what has already been a record-setting season with three program records going down and 18 other changes made to the program's all-time top 10s list.

The team will have another exciting contingent of athletes in action on Saturday highlighted to record-setting freshman Kelly Ufodiama and Avery Fraley.

ECU Entries
Women
60m: Jaidyn Ramsey, Kelly Ufodiama, Brianna Clayton, Aaliyah Brown-Muhammad, Kailey Elliott
200m: Clayton, Ramsey, Emma Hall
400m: Kamoy Campbell, Amaya Pleas
600m: Lily Schlossberg
800m: Lily Schlossberg, Madelyn Mead, Abrielle Schweitzer
3,000m: Erin Poppe
5,000m: Hayley Whoolery
60mH: Sydni McMillan, Brown-Muhammad, Elliott, Hall
Pole Vault: Sarah Smith
Long Jump: Elizabeth Taylor, Skyler Harrelson
Triple Jump: L'Nya Carpenter, Taylor
Weight Throw: Jocelyn Pringle, Lydia Simmons

Men
60m: Carlmelo Martin, Jonathon Willis, Dominique Alexander
200m: Alexander, Willis, Mason Scott
400m: Jaelyn Green
600m: J Henry Lyon, Alex Sawyer
1 Mile: Lyon, Sawyer
5,000m: Judah Lacroix
60mH: Terence Booth, Jr., Justin Leaston, Avery Fraley
High Jump: Avery Fraley
Shot Put: Shakiel Dacres, Brandon Gayle, Avery Fraley
Weight Throw: Brock Lasure

Last Time Out
The team saw yet another record fall at Clemson's Orange & Purple Invite last 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.