Scotland Becomes Back-to-Back ACC Champion as Clemson Closes out Day One of ACC’s

ACC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson Track & Field opened the ACC Indoor Championships with Shyhiem Scotland becoming the first champion for the Tigers, becoming a back-to-back ACC Indoor Champion in the men’s high jump. The Tiger men finished the day in fourth place with 22 points while the women were tied for 11^th with three.

Scotland won the men’s high jump with a season-best height of 2.14m / 7’ – 00.25”, followed up by Brandon Pottinger who placed second with the same height. Scotland is the second man in Clemson history to win the high jump in consecutive years. Adam Linkenauger won the event three straight years from 2004 – 2006. Both Scotland and Pottinger earned First Team ACC for their performances. Jacob Carruthers also placed seventh in the event with a height of 2.08m / 6’ – 09.75”.

Matthew Philips also scored for Clemson, tying for seventh in the pole vault with a PR height clearance of 5.00m / 16’ – 04.75”.

In the men’s 200m prelim, five of the seven competing athletes qualified for the finals. Grant Holliday won the prelims with a time of 20.71 seconds which ties current sprints coach Tevin Hester for seventh on Clemson’s All-Time Top 10 list. Jalen Johnson (20.78), Cameron Bobcombe (20.82, PR), Ian Johnson (20.92) and Daniel Kidd (21.18, PR) also qualified.

ACC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY ONE TRACK RESULTS

Men’s 200m Prelims

• First Place | Holliday – 20.71 seconds (qualified, tied seventh on CU Top 10 with Tevin Hester)
• Second Place | J. Johnson – 20.78 seconds (qualified)
• Fourth Place | Bobcombe – 20.82 seconds (qualified, PR)
• Fifth Place | I. Johnson – 20.92 seconds (qualified)
• Eighth Place | Kidd – 21.18 seconds (qualified, PR)
• Tenth Place | Ayomide Oyetunji – 21.28 seconds

Women’s 200m

• Fifth Place | Aniyah Kitt – 23.62 seconds (qualified)
• Eighth Place | Sadé Gray – 23.82 seconds (qualified, SB)
• Ninth Place | Shantae Foreman – 23.84 seconds
• Tenth Place | Aleksandra Stoilova – 24.00 seconds

Men’s 5000m

• Fourteenth Place | Brendan Gomez – 14:15.65 (PR)

Women’s 5000m

• Thirteenth Place | Lowa Branth – 16:42.21

Men’s DMR

• Eighth Place | Clemson A (Kiplimo, Kidd, Kweyei & Ndiwa) – 9:43.90 (SB)

Women’s DMR

• Tenth Place | Clemson A (Timms, Buelow, Clarke-Giddings & Dinneen) – 11:18.74

ACC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY ONE FIELD RESULTS

Men’s High Jump

• First Place | Scotland – 2.14m / 7’ – 00.25” (ACC Champion, SB)
• Second Place | Pottinger – 2.14m / 7’ – 00.25” (PR)
• Seventh Place | Carruthers – 2.08m / 6’ – 09.75”

Men’s Pole Vault

• Tied for Seventh Place | Phillips – 5.00m / 16’ – 04.75” (PR)

Men’s Weight Throw – 18.19m

• Eleventh Place | Matthew Auble – 20.23m / 66’ – 04.50”

Women’s Weight Throw – 17.78m

• Seventh Place | Kendra Dye – 19.79m / 64’ – 11.25”
• Eighth Place | Ella Brooks – 19.76m / 64’ – 10.00” (PR, remains sixth on CU all-time top 10 list)

ACC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY ONE HEPTATHLON RESULTS

Men’s 60m

• Twelfth Place | Dillon Kaulback – 7.41 seconds (PR) [742 points]

Men’s Long Jump

• Tenth Place | Kaulback – 6.49m / 21’ – 03.50” (PR) [695 points, 1,437 total]

Men’s Shot Put

• Thirteenth Place | Kaulback – 10.85m / 35’ – 07.25” (PR) [537 points, 1,974 total]

Men’s High Jump

• Tied for Eighth Place | Kaulback – 1.85m / 06’ – 00.75” [670 points, 2,644 total]

Up Next

The Tigers return for day two of competition tomorrow.

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