COLUMBIA, S.C. – USC Upstate track and field competed in the Big South Indoor Championship on Friday and Saturday. The meet was a great success for the Spartans, including six podium finishes, two broken school records, and 24 new personal bests. The men's team finished third overall, and the women's team finished fifth.

Day One:
Rachel Davis was the first Spartan on the podium, earning silver in the women's shotput with a throw of 13.77m. Khalif Walston earned himself a spot in the men's 400m final after breaking the school record in the prelims with a time of 47.94. Concluding the first-day success of the Spartans, the men's distance medley relay team of Jason Heusinger, Elias Harrison, Adrian Wilmot, and Sam Shimanskiy finished third on the podium.

Day Two:
Four different Spartans secured top-three finishes for the final day of competition. Rachel Davis defended her women's weight throw champion title, earning the gold with a throw of 19.21m, a new school record. Jessa Beach took the silver with a throw of 17.34m. Next on the podium was Xavier Stone, finishing third in the men's triple jump with a jump of 14.27m. Gabe Walker earned bronze in the men's weight throw with a distance of 18.09m. Addison Stone and Maureen Ortiz each earned a spot on the All-Academic team.

Top Performances (Women)
Rachel Davis – Weight Throw – 19.21m – 1st Place (school record)
                                    Shot Put – 13.77m – 2nd place
Jessa Beach- Weight- 17.34m - 2nd place 
Taylor Thomas – Shot Put -13.37m - 4th place 
                                   Weight- 15.56m - 7th place
Destiny Pryor - 60m – 7.72 - 4th place - (7th all-time in school history)
Grace Glassmeyer, Paden Bell, Adalie Harrison, Jordan Thornton - DMR – 6th place (3rd all-time in school history)
Jenelda Aristhil- Weight Throw - 16.10m- 6th place
                                  Shot Put - 12.17m - 8th place 
Tiara Cox- 60m- 7.75 - 6th place (9th all-time in school history)  
Aubrielle Cook- High Jump- 1.49m - 7th place 
Tiara Cox, Carleigh Vaughn, Paden Bell, Nia Glover - 4x400m - 4:03.01- (7th place all-time in school history)
Carleigh Vaughn - 400m - 58.31 – (3rd all-time in school history) 
Naizja Redding  - 60m Hurdles - 9.15 – (10th all-time in school history)
 
Personal Bests (Women)
Grace Glassmeyer - 800m & 3000m 
Adalie Harrison - 800m 
Maureen Ortiz - 800m  
Maleah Cornelius - 200m 
Destiny Pryor - 200m & 60m 
Naizja Redding - 60m Hurdles 
Jenelda Aristhil - Shot 
Karis Harper - 60m Hurdles 
Carleigh Vaughn - 200m 
Rachel Davis – Weight
 
Top Performances (Men)
Jason Heusinger, Elias Harrison, Adrian Wilmot, Sam Shimanskiy – DMR - 3rd place (3rd all-time in school history)
Xavier Stone - Triple Jump - 14.27m - 3^rd place
Gabe Walker- Weight- 18.09m - 3rd place (3rd all-time in school history)
Khalif Walston - 400m - 48.71- 6^th place 
                                  400m - 47.94 – prelims (school record)
Tavaris Taylor – Shot Put - 15.29m - 7^th place (3rd all-time in school history)
Andre Green, Shriyaan Krishnaraj, Khalif Walston, Jeremiah Harris - 4x400m - 3:15.46- 4th place (school record)
JerVaris Rice - 60m - 6.90 - 4^th place 
AJ Aun – Heptathlon - 3938pts - 4^th place (3rd all-time in school history)
Jeremiah Harris - 200m - 21.55 - 4^th place
Jamarcus Askew - Triple Jump - 14.18m - 4^th place 
                                      High Jump - 1.89m - 7^th place
Nic Connor - 60m - 6.97 - 5^th place
Cam Phillips - Heptathlon - 3597pts - 6th place (4th all-time in school history)
Michael Moody - Long Jump - 5th place 
Andrew Bilderback - Long Jump - 6th place 
Brycen Means - High Jump - 1.94m - 6th place 
                                 Long jump – 6.62m - 7th place 
                                 Triple Jump - 13.64m - 6th place 
Antonio Bryan - 60m Hurdles - 8.83 - 6th place
Elias Harrison - 800m 1:54.31 - 7th place (3rd all-time in school history)
Shriyaan Krishnaraj – 400m - 49.79 - 8^th place 
                                   400m prelims – 48.45 (2nd all-time in school history) 
Gabe Parks - 200m - 21.98 (6th all-time in school history) 
Sam Shimanskiy - 800m - 1:54.94 – (4th all-time in school history) 
Demetrius Reeves – Shot Put - 14.21m (7th all-time in school history) 
Pierce - Shot Put PR (8th all-time in school history)
Jason Heusinger – Mile - 4:24.80 – (8th all-time in school history)
 
Personal Bests (Men)
Elias Harrison - 800m 
Clay Davis - Shot
Joshua Sterling- Shot 
Jervaris Rice - 60m 
Gabe Parks - 60m & 200m 
Andre Green - 400m   
Khalif Walston - 400m
Shriyaan Krishnaraj - 400m
Tavaris Taylor - Shot 
Jason Heusinger - Mile 
Brycen Means - High Jump 
Gabe Walker- Weight 
Cam Phillips - Heptathlon
AJ Aun - Heptathlon
 
UP Next for the Spartans
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