Record-Breaking Pirates Find Success at Tiger Paw, Pre-Nationals

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Record-Breaking Pirates Find Success at Tiger Paw, Pre-Nationals

February 15, 2025 | Track & Field

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CLEMSON, S.C. / VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. – The East Carolina track & field team had an historically successful weekend with athletes splitting up to the Tiger Paw Invitational in South Carolina and D1 Pre-Nationals in Virginia. Four program records were set on the weekend with several victories and program top 10s in between.

First, the records:

At Pre-Nationals, Terence Booth, Jr. had a breakout meet with a stunning run of 7.79 seconds in the finals of the men's 60m hurdles. It gave him not only a dominant victory, but helped him match Joseph Samuels' 2012 program record in the event.

At the Tiger Paw Invite, Kailey Elliott came out of nowhere to break the program record in the women's 60m hurdles. Elliott, a junior transfer, took a chunk out of her previous personal best with a time of 8.16 to best Erin Tucker's 2014 record.

Also in Clemson, the Kelly Ufodiama Experience continued as the rookie sensation broke both of her own records in the 60m and 200m with times of 7.20 seconds and 22.76 seconds, respectively. Both of those times rank in the top 10 in the NCAA this season and her 200m record means that she has now taken 0.62 seconds off of the prior program record in the event. That time stands at third in the nation as of writing.

Then, there were a host of other fabulous results on the weekend:

At Pre-Nationals, Jocelyn Pringle continued a breakout season with a victory in the women's weight throw, going 1-2 with A'riana Crumpler. Her heave of 20.36m made her the fourth ECU thrower ever to break 20 meters in the event.

On the men's side, Brock Lasure made it a sweep with a 17.32m victory in the weight throw.

Also in the field events, Sarah Smith cleared 3.80m in the pole vault to move into a tie with Mia Alamo-Worley for fourth in program history. In the horizontal jumps, Elizabeth Taylor took a victory in the women's triple jump with a leap of 11.84m.

The distance squad had a good weekend in Virginia as well with Lily Schlossberg and Abrielle Schweitzer going 2-3 in the women's mile with the No. 9 and 11 times in program history at 5:00.13 and 5:00.91 while Alex Sawyer ran the ninth fastest men's 800m in program history with a time of 1:53.48.

That group kept it going on Saturday when Sawyer ran it back in the 3,000m with a victory in 8:16.23, good for third in program history. On the women's side, Hayley Whoolery took second in the event, just missing out on sub-10 with a finish of 10:01.31.

At Tiger Paw, Aaliyah Brown-Muhammad moved up one spot to tie Sydni McMillan for third all-time in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.27 seconds while Skyler Harrelson had another successful outing and just missed her PR in the long jump with a leap of 5.95m. Harrelson made the final in the event in an excellent field of nearly 50 competitors.

On the men's side, Dominique Alexander closed things out on Saturday in the men's 200m with a time of 21.11 seconds, third best in program history.

Up Next
The Pirates enter postseason action at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships on Feb. 28-March 1 in Birmingham, Ala.