Pirates Compete at Charlotte Invitational Friday and Saturday

Friday, April 25

Charlotte, NC

East Carolina University

Charlotte Invitational

Pirates Compete at Charlotte Invitational Friday and Saturday

April 24, 2025 | Track & Field

Live Results Meet Schedule

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina track & field team is set to compete at the Charlotte Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Irwin Belk Track & Field Center.

Coming off of a brief break in competition, the Pirates will look to build on what has already been a record-setting regular season as they bring a full contingent of athletes to the Queen City.

With Kaylee McCullough being the lone Pirate competing last week—the graduate student finished second in the 10,000m at the Virginia Challenge—the team will be entering fresh with several athletes entered who have already nabbed top 10 marks in program history. One who will be trying to make it official is freshman Kelly Ufodiama who has the fastest 100m time in program history already this season but will be looking to make it wind legal this time out.

Other athletes to watch for include Jocelyn Pringle who has been flirting with breaking 60m in the hammer this season; Terence Booth, Jr., who remains a threat at any point to break the program record in the 110m hurdles; Kailey Elliott, who broke the ECU record for the 60m hurdles indoor and will look to take down the 100m hurdles record outdoors; and the men's throws duo of Shakiel Dacres and Brandon Gayle who both rank in the top 10 in program history in the shot put, with Dacres also owning the fourth-best discus mark from earlier this season.

Live results for the meet will be available via timinginc.com.

ECU Entries
Women
100m: Kelly Ufodiama, Jaidyn Ramsey, Aaliyah Brown-Muhammad, Andralyn Livingston
200m: Kailey Elliott, Skyler Harrelson, Alyssa Croke
400m: Amaya Pleas
800m: Madelyn Mead, Katrina Ford, Brianna Winsett, Eliza Greengrass
1,500m: Lily Schlossberg, Abrielle Schweitzer, Navaya Zales
5,000m: Kaylee McCullough, Hayley Whoolery, Erin Pope, Bella Wood
100mH: Elliott, Brown-Muhammad, Emma Hall, Isabelle Dely
400mH: Hall, Kamoy Campbell
Pole Vault: Sarah Smith, Adeline Woodward
Long Jump: Harrelson, Croke
Triple Jump: Faith Spencer
Shot Put: Croke
Discus: Sashoy Benbow
Hammer: Jocelyn Pringle, Lydia Simmons, A'riana Crumpler

Men
100m: Terence Booth, Jr., Jonathon Willis
200m: Willis, Mason Scott
400m: Blake Moody, Scott
1,500m: Alex Sawyer, Sam Dewar, Ashton Tolson
5,000m: Judah Lacroix, Will Palopoli, Zac Norton
110mH: Booth, Justin Leaston
3,000m Steeple: Nick Willer, Zach Willer
Triple Jump: Jared Harrell
Shot Put: Brandon Gayle, Shakiel Dacres
Discus: Gayle, Dacres
Hammer: Brock Lasure

Last Time Out
The Pirates competed at the Duke Invitational on April 10-12.

Shakiel Dacres was the highlight of the meet for the Pirates with a third-place finish in the men's discus with a toss of 53.10m (174-2). The mark is less than a meter off of his PR which already ranks fourth in program history. Six other Pirates earned top 15 finishes, including Brandon Gayle also in the discus with a 14th-place finish with a mark of 45.91m (150-7).

On the women's side, Sashoy Benbow finished 11th in the discus with a toss of 41.84m (137-3) while Jocelyn Pringle earned a 13th-place finish in the hammer with a mark of 52.48m (172-2).

Sarah Smith finished 13th in the B section of the women's pole vault with a clearance of 3.55m (11-7.75).

On the track, Nick Willer and Zach Willer took 12th and 14th in the 3,000m steeple with times of 9:23.88 and 9:27.06, respectively.