Pirates Set for Pepsi Florida Relays on Friday and Saturday

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Pirates Set for Pepsi Florida Relays on Friday and Saturday

April 03, 2025 | Track & Field

Meet Information Live Results

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina track & field team continues its outdoor campaign at the Pepsi Florida Relays on Friday and Saturday at the James G. Pressly Stadium at Percy Beard Track.

The Pirates will be looking to build on the success they found at the Bill Carson Invitational last weekend in which the team took home 10 event wins as well as six marks which rank in the top 10 in program history.

Live results will be available from PrimeTime Timing. The meet's collegiate events are set to begin with field events at 11 a.m. on Friday with the gun going off for the final event of the day, the men's 5,000m, at 8:45 p.m. Competition resumes at 9 a.m. on Saturday on the field with the 4x400m closing things out at 6:09 p.m.

ECU Entries
Women
100m: Jaidyn Ramsey, Kelly Ufodiama
200m: Ramsey, Ufodiama
800m: Lily Schlossberg
1,500m: Schlossberg, Abrielle Schweitzer, Navaya Zales
5,000m: Kaylee McCullough, Erin Pope, Hayley Whoolery
100mH: Aaliyah Brown-Muhammad, Kailey Elliott, Emma Hall
400mH: Kamoy Campbell
Hammer: A'riana Crumpler, Jocelyn Pringle, Lydia Simmons
Discus: Sashoy Benbow
Long Jump: Skyler Harrelson, Elizabeth Taylor
Triple Jump: Faith Spencer, Taylor

Men
1,500m: Alex Sawyer
100mH: Terence Booth, Jr., Justin Leaston
Hammer: Brock Lasure
Discus: Shakiel Dacres
Shot Put: Dacres, Brandon Gayle
Long Jump: Jared Harrell
Triple Jump: Harrell

Last Time Out
The Pirates hosted the 11th Annual Bill Carson Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Bate Foundation Track & Field Facility. The team earned 10 event wins in the event.

In a break from tradition, team scores were not kept for the 2025 edition of the meet.

The Pirates got off to a strong start during the first day of competition on Friday with four event champions across the men's and women's teams.

In the throws, Shakiel Dacres took the men's discus and Jocelyn Pringle took the women's hammer throw, both in new lifetime bests. Dacres throw of 53.16m (174-5) improves upon his position, already holding the No. 6 spot in program history while for Pringle, a throw of 58.93m (193-4) is good for a personal best by more than five meters and seventh in program history. The ECU women went 1-2-3 in the women's hammer with Lydia Simmons and A'riana Cumpler taking second and third.

In the jumps, Jared Harrell returned to competition with a splash and a victory in the men's long jump with a mark of 7.16m (23-6).

Emma Hall also made her mark on Friday with a victory in the 400m hurdles in a time of 1:00.81, good for eighth in ECU history.

The Pirates saw similar success on day two on Saturday with six event victories and several more historical marks for the program. Ironically, the two were not coincidental.

Brandon Gayle highlighted the day with his 17.07m (56-0) toss in the weight throw which was good for fourth in program history, but just shy of making him victorious. Hall, after her success in the 400m hurdles on day one, also notched a program top-10 mark with her 13.79 second effort in the 100m hurdles, ninth in program history.

Though, some Pirates did get their wins atop major PRs. Faith Spencer leapt her way to victory while moving into fifth all time in the triple jump with a mark of 12.62m (41-0.5).

Others just flat out won. On the track, Kaylee McCullough went 1-2 in the 5,000m with Erin Pope, taking the victory in a time of 17:29.46 while Amaya Pleas also pulled a 1-2 sweep with Natalie Mial in the 400m with her winning time of 56.08. That result was a PR for Pleas.

Pleas finished her day and the meet as part of a 4x400m team with Kamoy Campbell, Hall and Kailey Elliott taking the victory in a time of 3:42.97.

On the men's side, Alex Sawyer won the 800m smoothly in his first race since topping The American in the mile at the conference championships, racing to a time of 1:53.80.

Back in the field events, Sarah Smith rounded out the victorious Pirates with her 3.53m (11-7) clearance in the pole vault. The win was Smith's second in a row at the Bill Carson Invitational.