Tigers Secure Three Top 10 Performances on Friday

TOM JONES MEMORIAL RESULTS | WAKE FOREST INVITE RESULTS

CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson finished day two of the Wake Forest Invitational and day one of the Tom Jones Memorial Friday evening, pulling together three top 10 performance and a tied freshman record between both sites.

Kendra Dye opened the weekend at the Tom Jones Memorial with a breakthrough in the women’s hammer throw, winning the event with a mark of 61.95m (203’ – 3.00”). The throw moved her to No. 4 on Clemson’s all‑time list. In the men’s pole vault, Matthew Phillips cleared 5.05m (16’ – 6.75”) to finish fourth and tie the Clemson freshman record. Clemson also claimed a victory in the men’s high jump, where Brandon Pottinger cleared 2.12m (6’ – 10.25”) to secure the event title. In the women’s shot put, Kimeka Smith placed ninth with a season best of 16.54m (54’ – 3.25”), a mark that elevated her to No. 4 in program history.

At the Wake Forest Invitational, distance standout Nancy Cherop continued her strong outdoor form, placing seventh in the invitational section of the women’s 1500m in 4:12.68. The performance is a season best that also keeps her at No. 4 on Clemson’s all‑time list.

TOM JONES MEMORIAL DAY TWO RESULTS

Men’s 200m Invite

• 12^th Place | Jalen Johnson – 20.67 seconds
• Tied for Sixth Place | Ian Johnson – 20.55 seconds
• 21^st Place | Kevin Collins – 20.91 seconds

Men’s 200m

• Sixth Place | Andre Hodge – 21.05 seconds
• 17^th Place | Ayomide Oyetunji – 21.35 seconds

Women’s 200m

• Second Place | Briana Campbell – 23.30 seconds
• 26^th Place | Sadé Gray – 23.90 seconds
• 41^st Place | Makhaila Mills – 24.30 seconds

Women’s 200m Invite

• 17^th Place | Aniyah Kitt – 22.99 seconds
• 33^rd Place | McKenzie Calloway – 23.55 seconds
• 38^th Place | Aleksandra Stoilova – 23.92 seconds

Men’s 1500m

• Third Place | Victor Ndiwa – 3:47.33 seconds
• Fourth Place | Gideon Kiplimo – 3:47.70 seconds

Men’s 400m Hurdles Invite

• 19^th Place | Jayden Brown – 53.24 seconds

Men’s 400m Hurdles

• 19^th Place | Sharvis Simmonds – 53.24 seconds

Women’s 400m Hurdles

• Fifth Place | Sophia Curtis – 58.77 seconds
• 20^th Place | Isabella Nebel – 1:03.49

Men’s High Jump Invite

• 12^th Place | Shyhiem Scotland – 2.05m / 6’ – 8.75”

Men’s High Jump

• First Place | Pottinger – 2.12m / 6’ – 10.25”
• Tied for Sixth Place | Jacob Carruthers – 2.06m / 6’ – 9.00”

Women’s Long Jump

• 14^th Place | Tia Stapleton – 5.81m / 19’ – 0.75”
• 23^rd Place | Shantae Foreman – 4.08m / 13’ – 4.75”

Women’s Hammer Throw

• First Place | Dye – 61.95m / 203’ – 03.00” (Fourth on Clemson’s all-time top 10 list)
• Seventh Place | Mary Ella Brooks – 56.04m / 183’ – 10.00”

Men’s Pole Vault

• Fourth Place | Phillips – 5.05m / 16’ – 6.75” (Ties Clemson freshman record)
• Sixth Place | Drake Risser – 4.90m / 16’ – 0.75”

Women’s Shot Put

• Ninth Place | Smith – 16.54m / 54’ – 3.25” (Fourth on Clemson’s all-time top 10 list)

WAKE FOREST INVITATIONAL DAY TWO RESULTS

Men’s 1500m Open 4

• Second Place | Trey Sullivan – 3:47.95
• 12^th Place | Knox Young – 4:00.11

Men’s 1500m Open 7

• Third Place | Garrett Brown – 3:44.95

Women’s 1500m Invite 1

• Ninth Place | Madison Roush – 4:25.75

Women’s 1500m Invite 2

• Eighth Place | Madison Timms – 4:27.50

Women’s 1500m Invite 3

• Seventh Place | Madelyn Dinneen – 4:21.46

Women’s 1500m Invite 6

• Seventh Place | Cherop – 4:12.68 (Remains fourth on Clemson’s all-time top 10 list)

WAKE FOREST INVITATIONAL DAY ONE RESULTS

Men’s 800m Open 1

• Fourth Place | Knox Young – 1:54.74

Men’s 800m Open 3

• Third Place | Charlie Stock – 1:53.98
• Fourth Place | Jacob Serra – 1:54.36

Women’s 800m Invite 3

• First Place | Gladys Chepngetich – 2:00.67
• Second Place | Judy Kosgei – 2:01.52

Women’s 800m Open 5

• Third Place | Madelyn Dinneen – 2:11.44
• Fourth Place | Madison Timms – 2:12.09

Women’s 10000m

• Seventh Place | Elizabeth Ilanda – 34:30.65 (Third on Clemson’s All-Time Top 10 list)
• Ninth Place | Emily Lamontagne – 34:34.33 (Fourth on Clemson’s All-Time Top 10 list)

Men’s 10000m

• 14^th Place | Dylan Nolan – 31:27.51

TOM JONES MEMORIAL WOMEN’S HEPTATHLON RESULTS

Women’s Heptathlon

• Sixth Place | Emma Fortuna – 4,608 points
  • Eighth Place | 100m Hurdles – 15.65 seconds (758 points)
  • Sixth Place | High Jump – 1.60m / 5’ – 3.00” (736 points)
  • Ninth Place | Shot Put – 10.69m / 35’ – 1.00” (575 points)
  • Seventh Place | 200m – 26.00 seconds (797 points)
  • Eighth Place | Long Jump – 4.80m / 15’ – 09.00” (506 points)
  • Eighth Place | Javelin Throw – 28.31m / 92’ – 10” (445 points)
  • Sixth Place | 800m – 2:22.45 (791 points)
• Eighth Place | Danya Spoor – 4,433 points
  • Ninth Place | 100m Hurdles – 16.09 seconds (703 points)
  • 11^th Place | High Jump – 1.48m / 4’ – 10.25” (599 points)
  • 11^th Place | Shot Put – 8.26m / 27’ – 1.25” (416 points)
  • Eighth Place | 200m – 26.33 seconds (769 points)
  • Seventh Place | Long Jump – 5.10m / 16’ – 8.75” (587 points)
  • 10^th Place | Javelin Throw – 26.27m / 86’ – 2.00” (406 points)
  • First Place | 800m – 2:10.82 (953 points)

Up Next

Clemson will conclude the Tom Jones Memorial tomorrow, April 18.

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