University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics
Hilton Garden Invitational
Jacobs Sets Another Upstate Indoor Record on Final Day of Hilton Garden Invitational
2/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Winston-Salem, N.C. – Junior Alexis Jacobs led the USC Upstate track and field team for the second straight day as the Spartans wrapped up competition at the Hilton Garden Invitational Saturday inside the JDL Fast Track.
Jacobs continues her impressive start at Upstate by breaking another of her school indoor records for the second consecutive day. She set a new school record, and personal-best, in the weight throw with her mark of 15.93-meters (52-03.25) to place sixth in the event. Jacobs eclipsed her own school record Friday in the shot put where she also finished sixth.
The performance by Jacobs capped off a day in which the Spartans achieved six new personal-bests and one other school record broken. The Upstate women had three personal-bests attained and one school record reached, while the men had two athletes set new personal-bests.
On the women's side, the 4x400-meter relay team of Heaven Briggs, Dominique Nock, Essence Jackson and Ashley Edmond broke the school's indoor record as they finished eighth with a time of 4:02.03. The previous mark was set by Nock, Briggs, Rebecca Elliott and Ashleigh Torres at last season's A-Sun Indoor Championships.
Anastasia Kolesnitchenko recorded a personal-best in the mile run with her time of 5:27.07 while Draneisha Griffin posted a new personal-best in the long jump following a leap of 5.32-meters (17-05.50).
The Spartan men saw personal-bests earned on Saturday by Ronald Collins for the second straight day and Theodore Kountourogiannis. Collins had a personal-best time during the semifinals of the 60-meters hurdles as he clocked in a time of 8.81. Kountourogiannis entered a personal-best time in the mile run of 4:32.20.
Jake McKown turned in the best performance for the Upstate men as he placed 15th in the heptathlon with 3,061 points. Jacobs had the highest finish overall for the second day in a row after her sixth-place finish in the weight throw. Briggs (200-meter dash seeded) and KeAndrea Ladson (pentathlon) both picked up top-10 finishes in their events.
The men's 4x400-meter relay team of Kyle Jones, Damian Grady, Matt Johnson and Cameron Pratt turned in a 10th-place finish with their time of 3:27.81.
The Spartans are slated to compete next weekend (Feb. 7-8) at the Mountaineer Open hosted by Appalachian State.
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