Columbia, SC - The USC Gamecock Opener was set in the books for the Warriors this past weekend as the team set new season PRs and broke standing school records.

How It Happened

Track Results
60m: Makayla Wilson led the Warriors in the 60m prelims with a time of 8.08.  Freshman Alyse Davis followed behind with a time of 8.29.  Kyla Johnson ran a time of 8.43.  Cianna Laginestra finished with a time of 8.59 and Meshayla Maddox finished with a time of 8.98.

60m Hurdles: Kayla Lema ran a time of 10.1 in the hurdles and finished in 36th.  A couple seconds behind Lema, TraVon Lay finished in 44th with a time of 12.0.

200m: In the 200 meters, Makayla Wilson opened up with a season best of 26.54 to claim 26th.  Wilson was followed by Lauryn Tate and Kyla Johnson.  Tate placed 39th with a time of 27.43 and Johnson was closely behind in 40th with a time of 27.45.  Alyse Davis and Kayla Lema went back-to-back with Davis in 43rd after a time of 27.53 and Lema in 44th with a time of 27.56.  TraVon Lay finished in 43rd with a time of 27.70 and Cianna Laginestra finished in 53rd with a time of 27.93.

400m: Lauryn Tate led the Warriors in the 400 meters with a time of 1:03.70 finishing 27th overall.

800m: Evelyn Gordon claimed 11th overall with a time of 2:24.62.  Gordon was followed by Ava LaBrant who ran a personal best time of 2:33.44 to all her to finish in the top 20.  Janey Dixon finished in 23rd with a time of 2:47.36.  Divinity Ervin finished closely behind with a time of 2:53.04 taking 25th, and Nicole Feagan took 29th after running a time of 3:10.00.

Mile: Haley Morgan finished in 25th with a time of 6:01.53 and Divinity Ervin finished 27th with at ime of 6:08.90.  Janey Dixon finished 31st after running a time of 6:19.19.  She was followed by Gisselle Lopez and Nicole Feagan.  Lopez ran a time of 6:56.70 to finish in 33rd, and Feagan finished closely behind with a time of 6:57.69 in 34th place.

3000m: Abbey Frock finished 23rd after a time of 11:10.38 and Emma Dixon finished in 29th with a time of 12:07.07.

Field Results

Long Jump: Zy'Adria Johnson jumped a personal best of 4.93 placing her in 23rd with Makayla Wilson finished in 31st after a jump of 4.53m.

Pole Vault: Ava LaBrant finished in 16th in the pole vault after clearing a height of 2.92 meters.

Shot Put: Alexandria Luther finished in 25th after her personal best throw of 9.61m.  Gracie Wilson finished in 29th after a throw of 8.89m, Lakin Long finished 34th with a throw of 8.16m and Layla-Grey Bennett finished 37th after a 7.55m

Weight Throw: Lakin Long had a personal best of 10.93 meters finishing just within the top 20 in 19th place.  Gracie Wilson followed behind her with a throw of 8.99 meters in 28th place.  Alexandria Luther and Layla-Grey Bennett were the next two Warriors to finish.  Luther finished in 30th with a throw of 7.72 meters and Bennett in 32nd with a throw of 7.19 meters.

What's Next

A select group of Warriors will travel to compete in Virginia at the VMI Invitational on January 19th.