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School Record Highlights Track Trip to Georgia Tech
4/18/2026 6:51:00 PM | Track and Field
Freshman Cheyenne Hill headlined a list of seven top 10 program marks over the weekend at a deep field at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
Hill posted a time of 13.971 in the 100 Meter Hurdles to win her heat and take 13th overall in the field of 60 competitors. Tori Mack posted the seventh-fastest time in program history at 14.46 to finish 33rd in the field.
Viola Jepleting was 10th in the 1500 Meters in 4:26.16, good for the second-best time in program history. Claudia Marquez posted the fifth-fastest time in program history at 4:35.34 to take 26th in the field of 104 finishers.
Amiyah Johnson, Cheyenne Hill, Jaliah Loving, and Ella-Grace Edwards won their heat and were third overall in the 4x100 in a time of 45.35. That time is the second-best in program history. Johnson won her heat and was 10th overall in the 100 Meter Dash in a time of 11.74 seconds for the fourth-fastest time in program history.
In the 5000 Meters, freshmen Mercy Jebet and Faith Kurgoi were sixth and seventh, respectively in times of 17:35 and 17:42. Jebet posted the fifth-fastest time in program history.
In the Javelin, Aliyah Gidharry took eighth with a best mark of 42.32 meters on her first attempt.
The Gamecocks will compete again on Friday at the Josh Reidinger Classic at UAB.
Hill posted a time of 13.971 in the 100 Meter Hurdles to win her heat and take 13th overall in the field of 60 competitors. Tori Mack posted the seventh-fastest time in program history at 14.46 to finish 33rd in the field.
Viola Jepleting was 10th in the 1500 Meters in 4:26.16, good for the second-best time in program history. Claudia Marquez posted the fifth-fastest time in program history at 4:35.34 to take 26th in the field of 104 finishers.
Amiyah Johnson, Cheyenne Hill, Jaliah Loving, and Ella-Grace Edwards won their heat and were third overall in the 4x100 in a time of 45.35. That time is the second-best in program history. Johnson won her heat and was 10th overall in the 100 Meter Dash in a time of 11.74 seconds for the fourth-fastest time in program history.
In the 5000 Meters, freshmen Mercy Jebet and Faith Kurgoi were sixth and seventh, respectively in times of 17:35 and 17:42. Jebet posted the fifth-fastest time in program history.
In the Javelin, Aliyah Gidharry took eighth with a best mark of 42.32 meters on her first attempt.
The Gamecocks will compete again on Friday at the Josh Reidinger Classic at UAB.
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