Pirates Conclude Regular Season at East Coast Relays, Eye Postseason

Friday, May 2

Jacksonville, FL

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East Coast Relays

Pirates Conclude Regular Season at East Coast Relays, Eye Postseason

May 03, 2025 | Track & Field

Results (Web)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The East Carolina track & field team wrapped up its 2025 outdoor regular season on Friday and Saturday at North Florida's East Coast Relays. The Pirates earned 16 top-10 event finishes on the weekend.

The women's relay groups might have been the highlight of the weekend as the foursome of Aaliyah Brown-Muhammad, Jaidyn Ramsey, Kelly Ufodiama and Kailey Elliott recorded the second fastest 4x100m time in program history with a 44.26-second effort which is now top 30 in the NCAA this season and third overall in the meet. Meanwhile, the group of Ufodiama, Elliott, Brown-Muhammad and Emma Hall won the 4x400m to finish the meet with a time of 3:40.15, the Pirate's third time under 3:41 this season and seventh in program history.

The team had measured success from the sprints group with Ufodiama taking third in the 200m with a run of 23.24 seconds. Ufodiama also took 10^th in the 100m with a time of 11.50 while Kailey Elliott and Justin Leaston both took 11th in the 100m and 110m hurdles, respectively, with times of 13.49 and 14.22. Though, none of those times, save for Ufodiama's 200m were wind legal for record purposes.

The Pirate distance group had another good weekend with Nick Willer and Zach Willer going 5-6 in the 3,000m steeple with times of 9:15.26 and 9:16.50. Nick's time was his best since 2023 and Zach's was a career best. The twins now rank second and third in program history in the event.

Zac Norton nearly broke 15 minutes for the first time in the 5,000m as he earned a heat win and a ninth-place overall finish with a time of 15:01.16 seconds.

Out of the throws group, Shakiel Dacres finally broke through the 55-meter barrier in the discus with a throw of 55.61m. The mark was good for fourth on the day and moved him past ECU Hall of Fame thrower Eric Frasure into third in program history. Dacres also finished eighth, with Brandon Gayle taking seventh, in the men's shot put.

In the horizontal jumps, fresh off of her program record, Faith Spencer took sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.59m.

Up Next
The Pirates head into postseason action with the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships on May 15-16 in Charlotte, N.C.