AUSTIN, Texas – Clemson track & field wrapped up day one of the Texas Relays Thursday evening, highlighted by multiple qualifiers, podium finishes and two relay victories.
The women’s 4x100 meter relay team of Aleksandra Stoilova, Aniyah Kitt, McKenzie Calloway and Briana Campbell advanced with a third‑place finish in 43.80 seconds. On the men’s side, the 4x100 squad of Andre Hodge, Ian Johnson, Kevin Collins and Jalen Johnson qualified eighth in 39.43, while the 4x400 group of Grant Holliday, Collins, Ayomide Oyetunji and Daniel Kidd moved on with a sixth‑place time of 3:09.60.
Sharvis Simmonds ran 13.67 seconds to place fourth in the men’s 110 meter hurdles prelims, and Khailan Vitalis also advanced with a ninth‑place finish in 13.82 seconds. Kitt added another standout performance in the women’s 100 meters, clocking 11.16 seconds with a +2.7 m/s wind to finish fifth and qualify for finals.
Clemson also earned strong results in the field events. Jacob Carruthers cleared 2.08 meters in the men’s high jump to finish third, matching the height of both the event winner and runner‑up. In the women’s triple jump, Sophia Curtis placed third with a mark of 12.03 meters.
The Tigers closed the day with two relay victories. The women’s 1600 meter sprint medley relay team of Kitt, Shanque Williams, Gladys Chepngetich and Judy Kosgei won in 3:40.62, while the women’s distance medley relay squad of Kosgei, Brynn Buelow, Shaneal Clarke Giddings and Nancy Cherop claimed the title in 11:28.95.
TEXAS RELAYS DAY TWO TRACK RESULTS
Men’s 100m Prelims
- 11th Place | Hodge – 10.20 seconds
- 16th Place | I. Johnson – 10.25 seconds
Men’s 100m Timed Final
- First Place | Collins – 10.25 seconds
Women’s 100m Prelims
- Fifth Place | Kitt – 11.16 seconds (+2.7 M/S, Qualified)
- 16th Place | Stoilova – 11.43 seconds
- 18th Place | Calloway – 11.47 seconds
- 27th Place | Makhaila Mills – 11.61 seconds
- 33rd Place | Sadé Gray – 11.70 seconds
Men’s 110m Hurdles Prelims
- Fourth Place | Simmonds – 13.67 seconds (Qualified)
- Ninth Place | Vitalis – 13.82 seconds (qualified)
Women’s 100m Hurdles Prelims
- 13th Place | Campbell – 13.43 seconds
Women’s 1600m SMR Invite
- First Place | Clemson (Kitt, Williams, Chepngetich & Kosgei) – 3:40.62
Women’s 4000m DMR
- First Place | Clemson (Kosgei, Buelow, Clarke Giddings & Cherop) – 11:28.95
Men’s 4x100m Relay Prelims
- Eighth Place | Clemson (Hodge, I. Johnson, Collins & J. Johnson) – 39.43 seconds (qualified)
Women’s 4x100m Relay Prelims
- Third Place | Clemson (Stoilova, Kitt, Calloway, Campbell) – 43.80 seconds (Qualified)
Men’s 4x400m Relay Prelims
- Sixth Place | Clemson (Holliday, Collins, Oyetunji & Kidd) – 3:09.60 (Qualified)
TEXAS RELAYS DAY TWO FIELD RESULTS
Men’s Discus Throw
- 17th Place | Chase Edwards – 45.70m / 149’ – 11.00”
Men’s High Jump
- Third Place | Carruthers – 2.08m / 6’ – 09.75”
Women’s Long Jump Section A
- Seventh Place | Aiya Webb – 5.99m / 19’ – 08.00” seconds
Women’s Long Jump
- Third Place | Tia Stapleton – 5.94m / 19’ – 06.00”
Women’s Triple Jump
- Third Place | Curtis – 12.03m / 39’ – 05.75”
TEXAS RELAYS DAY ONE TRACK RESULTS
Women’s 400m Hurdles Prelims
- 21st Place | Sophia Curtis – 59.56 seconds
TEXAS RELAYS DAY ONE FIELD RESULTS
Men’s Hammer Throw
- Sixth Place | Matt Auble – 61.73m / 202’ – 06.00”
Women’s Hammer Throw
- Eighth Place | Ella Brooks – 57.36m / 188’ – 02.00”
- Ninth Place | Kendra Dye – 57.10m / 187’ – 04.00”
Up Next
Clemson will close out competition at the Texas Relays tomorrow, April 4.
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