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Track Notebook: Women Ranked 21st, Gamecock Youth Making an Impact
Gamecocks travel to Armory Collegiate Invitational in NY this week

 

Jan. 29, 2013


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South Carolina posted 10 wins and 39 total top-5 performances this weekend in Blacksburg, Va., at the Hokie Invitational. In the first two major events of the year, the Auburn Invitational and the Hokie Invitational, the Gamecock youth has made an impact.  At the Auburn Invitational on Jan.19, of 12 individual top-5 finishes, five came from underclassmen.  On day one in Blacksburg, of 18 individual top-5 performances, 11 of them were attributed to underclassmen.  The second day at the Hokie Invite saw seven underclassmen finish in the top-5 out of the 16 individual finishes in the upper echelon.


The Gamecocks travel to New York City to compete in the Armory Collegiate Invitational on Friday and Saturday.  Check Gamecocksonline.com on Thursday for a full preview.

Gamecocks in the Top 20

This season, the top 16 marks/times for each individual event qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships. For the relay events, the top 12 teams will qualify for the championships.



	
	


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 AthleteEvent Time/MarkDivision 1SEC


Damiere Byrd60m6.667th4th


Jarrod HutchenLong Jump25'2 // 7.67m7th4th


Clayton Gravesande400m47.2615th5th


Gravesande, Byrd, Carter Collier4x400m3:10.9715th5th




WOMEN


 AthleteEvent Time/MarkDivision 1SEC


Jeannelle ScheperHigh Jump6'2 // 1.88m5th2nd


Petra OlsenPole Vault13'7 1/4 // 4.15m11th3rd


Kierre Beckles60mH8.2716th3rd


Rucker, Rodriques, Brockington, Allen4x400m3:37.699th5th




Women's Squad Ranked

The South Carolina women's team dropped one spot to No. 21 in this week's USTFCCCA NCAA Division I National Championship Rankings. The Gamecocks, one of seven SEC squads in the rankings, were number 20 in last week's rankings.

The next round of computer rankings will be released Feb. 5.

USTFCCCA Women's Indoor Track and Field Rankings (Jan. 29, 2013)

1. Clemson

2. Kansas

3. Oregon

4. Arkansas 

5. LSU

6. Texas A&M

7. Florida 

8. Washington

9. UCF

10. Iowa State

11. Georgia

12. California

13. Arizona

14. Texas

15. Dartmouth

16. Stanford

17. Indiana State

18. Baylor

19. Florida State

20. Arizona State

21. South Carolina

22. Michigan State

23. San Diego State

24. Auburn

25. Connecticut
 









 




 













		

    

    
    

    
  
    
    

        
        




    

    



    

        
    
	
	        
        
	         
    


            
    
              
              
              
    
                 
    
                     

    
	
    
		
    
		
    
	
    
	
    
	
    
	
	
	
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