Natalie Warner
Freshman Timara Chapman leaps over the final hurdle as she finishes 17th overall in the women's 100m hurdles. Her time was 14.77 at the Raleigh Relays on Paul Derr Track on Friday, March 29, 2019.
The NC State track and field team had another record-breaking and successful weekend at the Bob Pollock Meet in Clemson, South Carolina Jan. 28-29.
Perhaps the biggest highlight of the weekend was senior Timara Chapman’s day-one performance. She placed fifth or higher in all of her events, including a first-place finish in shot put and third place in both high jump and 60-meter hurdles. With 4008 total points, she broke the NC State pentathlon record and earned a top-10 national mark for a second-place finish.
Redshirt senior Mikieja Covington finished fifth in the pentathlon including a PR in long jump with 5.87 meters.
On the men’s side, graduate student Von Douglas was one of the other Wolfpack athletes to be represented on the podium throughout the meet with a PR of 8.08 meters in the men’s long jump for the second-best mark in program history and a first-place finish.
Junior Chris Alexander set a new PR of his own in the men’s triple jump at 15.78 meters for another first-place podium finish for the Pack while tying for 12th-best in the nation and recording the record for seventh-best in school history
Numerous other athletes set personal records throughout the weekend highlighted by graduate student Jada Griffin who ran a 55.03 in the women’s 400 meter for the second-fastest time in school history, and all three representatives in the men’s 800 meter, who each recorded a PR. Sophomore Jake Toomey came out just ahead with a 1:52.44 run while sopohmore Zach Hughes ran a 1:53.08 and freshman Grant Howlett ran a 1:56.05.
Also of note was the performance of the NC State women’s long jumpers, who saw three more personal records broken over the weekend. Junior Jirah Sidberry recorded the seventh-best jump in school history at 6.20 meters while sophomore Nahsheeda Facey grabbed a mark of 5.46 and freshman Zahra Bichara earned a 5.43.
As the team continues its indoor season, it will travel just a few hours down the road to Winston-Salem, NC for its next meet to compete in the Camel City Invitational Feb. 4-5.