Pirates to Compete at Duke Invitational

Thursday, April 10

Durham, NC

East Carolina University

Duke Invitational

April 09, 2025 | Track & Field

Live Results Meet Info

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina track & field team will compete at the Duke Invitational on Thursday, April 10 through Saturday, April 12 at Morris Williams Stadium in Durham, N.C. Live results will be available via FlashResults.

The three-day competition begins on Thursday with the first events of the decathlon and heptathlon, as well as the men's and women's hammer throw. Alyssa Croke is slated to make her heptathlon debut and will be joined on the opening day by Jocelyn Pringle, Lydia Simmons and A'riana Crumpler in the women's hammer and Brock Lasure in the men's. Pringle will be looking to become the fifth Pirate ever to break the 60m barrier in the event having thrown personal bests in the last two meets, including her 59.59m toss at Florida last weekend.

Friday begins the bulk of the competition, including the Norm Ogilvie Distance Carnival which will see more than a dozen Pirates competing in events from 1,500 to 5,000m. Day two will also see a handful of field events, the 100m, 100m hurdles and 110m hurdles prelims, as well as the conclusion of the combined events.

The meet wraps up with the remainder of the field events as well the remaining mid-distance and sprints events, concluding with the 4x400m relays at 4:35 p.m. on Saturday. Faith Spencer, who narrowly missed the program record in the triple jump indoors, will be looking to improve her lifetime best in the event while Sarah Smith will be looking to improve on a phenomenal indoor season as she competes in the pole vault.

ECU Entries
Women
100m: Andralyn Livingston
400m: Natalie Mial
800m: Madelyn Mead, Katrina Ford, Brianna Winsett, Eliza Greengrass
1,500m: Abrielle Schweitzer
5,000m: Hayley Whoolery, Bella Wood
100mH: Naturi Robinson, Isabelle Dely
3,000m Steeple: Erin Pope
Pole Vault: Sarah Smith, Adeline Woodward
Triple Jump: Faith Spencer
Discus: Sashoy Benbow
Hammer: Jocelyn Pringle, Lydia Simmons, A'riana Crumpler
Heptathlon: Alyssa Croke

Men
800m: Sam Dewar
1,500m: Alex Sawyer, Ryan Tarapchak, Ashton Tolson
5,000m: Judah Lacroix, Will Palopoli
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 Pepsi Florida Relays at the James G. Pressly Stadium at Percy Beard Track. Kelly Ufodiama broke the program record at 200m and ran the fastest 100m time in ECU history to pace the Pirates while three other athletes and one relay team registered top 10 marks in program history.

Jocelyn Pringle had the highlight of day one with her personal-best effort in the women's hammer throw, tossing a mark of 59.59m (195-06.00). That throw moves Pringle up to fifth in program history in the event and inches her ever closer to becoming the fifth Pirate ever to break to 60-meter barrier. She would also become the third thrower in program history (Kayla Padgett, Raqurra Ishamar) to eclipse both 60m in the hammer and 20m in the weight throw indoors.

Terence Booth, Jr., who tied the program's record in the 60m hurdles during the indoor season, narrowly missed the ECU mark in the 110m hurdles, running at time of 13.68 seconds for sixth place. Hector Cotto owns the record at 13.66 seconds, set in 2016.

In the women's 100m hurdles, Kailey Elliott raced to a time of 13.35 seconds to move to fourth in program history. She finished 12^th in the event on the day.

Ufodiama continued her torrid freshman campaign, breaking the program record in the 200m with a wind-legal time of 22.80 seconds on Friday. Melicia Mouzzon owned the prior program mark with her 22.85-second effort last season. The rookie finished sixth in the event.

The Round Rock, Texas native kept her success going on Saturday, finishing second in the 100m with a time of 11.13 seconds with a tailwind of 2.7m/s. Though not wind legal for record purposes, Ufodiama's time is the fastest all-conditions time in program history and is eligible for regional qualifying purposes.

In the women's 4x400m, the team of Emma Hall, Elliott, Amaya Pleas and Kamoy Campbell raced to a time of 3:39.40. Though they did not advance to the final, the result ranks fifth in program history.