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Results (PDF) EUGENE, Ore. - The Clemson women’s track and field team collected two All-American honors on Saturday during the final day of competition at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. As a team, Clemson’s women finished 32nd overall after earning 8 points at this year’s championships. “It’s been a great season,” said Clemson’s Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Mark Elliott. “ It was big time to have both programs score [points]. We obviously want to feel good about it, but then we also have to start working towards the next season.” Barton capped an illustrious 2021 season on Saturday by finishing second overall during the women’s 800-meter final, crossing the line in 2:00.65 with 400m splits of 57.96 and 1:02.70. Barton’s final time is a personal best, makes her tied for No. 15 on the all-time collegiate performers list, and improves her No. 2 all-time mark on the Tigers’ top-10 list for the women’s outdoor 800m. By goi
EUGENE, Ore. - The Clemson track and field program collected three first-team All-America honors during the final day of men’s competition at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday evening. Clemson’s men finished in a tie for 20th overall after scoring 20 points as a team, making it the Tigers’ best team finish since the 2002 championships. Roje Stona earned first-team All-American honors in the men’s discus after finishing as the national runner-up after throwing 61.94 meters (203 feet, 2inches) in the second round. Friday evening saw Stona complete a series of 55.55m-61.94m-X-57.89m-60.35m-61.20m. Stona’s final result allowed him to become the first Tiger to collect first-team honors in the event since Jack Harkness finished second overall at the 1982 championships. In men’s program history, this is just Clemson’s fourth first-team honor in the discus. The Tigers’ 4x100m relay put together one of its best efforts of the season, as the te
Results (PDF) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The Clemson track and field program concluded its competition at the NCAA East Region Prelims on Saturday by having five individuals and one relay qualify for the upcoming the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. The four-day meet in Jacksonville has seen Clemson advance 11 athletes across 10 individual events, along with 3 relay teams. “It has been a great four days, and I’m very proud of the way all the kids competed,” said Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Mark Elliott following the conclusion of the NCAA East Region Prelims. “The day [Saturday] didn’t end how we wanted it to [with the 4x400m relay], but that’s the way that championships are.” Veronica Fraley got the day’s action started by contesting the discus throw, and following three rounds of competition, the native of Raleigh, N.C., secured another ticket to Eugene after finishing ninth overall with her toss of 54.95 meters (180 feet, 3 inches). Fra
RALEIGH, N.C. Areya Campbell (heptathlon), Harleigh White (triple jump), Veronica Fraley (shot put), and Leah Disher (800 meters) each registered top 10 all-time marks at Clemson during the second day of competition at the 2021 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday. The final day of competition will begin on Saturday at 2 p.m. as Roje Stona contests the men’s discus.
Veronica Fraley placed third in the women’s shot put competition after throwing 16.46 meters (54 feet, 0 inches) during the second round. Fraley’s performance improved her mark as the program’s No. 2 all-time performer. The third-place finish gave the Raleigh native the first first-team All-ACC honor of her career.