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.
RALEIGH, N.C. The Clemson track and field program scored its first point of the 2021 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships and advanced eight athletes onto their respective finals during Thursday’s action at the Paul Derr Track Facility on the campus of NC State. Clemson will resume action on Friday at 12:30 p.m. as the final day of competition in the women’s heptathlon gets underway.
Ethan Cocco got the Tigers on the scoreboard by placing eighth in the men’s javelin throw to open the championships on Thursday morning. The freshman from Mt. Pleasant, S.C., threw a personal best of 63.18 meters (207 feet, 3 inches) in the second round to become No. 7 all-time at Clemson. Cocco entered the meet occupying the No. 8 position with his previous best of 61.61m set during the Tennessee Challenge earlier in May. On Thursday, Cocco eclipsed the 60-meter mark on four of his six throws.
Meet Central CLEMSON, S.C. The Clemson track and field program is set to compete at the 2021 ACC Outdoor Championships from May 13-15 in Raleigh, N.C., at the Paul Derr Track Facility on the campus of NC State. This week's competition will begin on Thursday, May 13, at 11 a.m. with the men's javelin and will conclude on Saturday, May 15, following the men's 4x400m relay at 8:40 p.m. All three days of this year's outdoor championships will be broadcast live on ACCNX. We're feeling good about the meet, said Clemson's Director of Track and Field Mark Elliott. Coming off of an off-week, we hopefully healed up all of the little aches and pains you get throughout the season, so we're ready to go. We're looking for points from every direction, and we have some people with the ability to win. We're looking for some conference champions! Thursday's action will get underway on the Javelin runway as Ethan Cocco and Luke Pauldine contest the ev
Seventy-Three Student-Athletes Set to Graduate This Week
CLEMSON, S.C. – Seventy-three student-athletes and 34 students in support roles and spirit squads are set to earn degrees from Clemson University during commencement ceremonies this week. The ceremonies are taking place from May 5-8 at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. The Athletic Department presented the graduating class with its traditional orange stoles in a ceremony in Littlejohn Coliseum on May 4.
Thirteen athletic programs are represented among the graduates, including Skip Prosser Award Winner Aamir Simms, a two-time All-ACC selection in basketball. The group also includes 11 from the football program, all of whom have won at least four ACC Championships and the 2018 National Championship. Will Swinney (marketing), the son of Head Coach Dabo Swinney, is among the graduates. The program expected to enter the 2021 fall with 18 graduates on its roster.
Tigers Find Success in Athens, Jacksonville on Friday
ATHENS, Ga. The Clemson track and field program collected six top 5 finishes on Friday evening during the first day of competition at the University of Georgia’s Torrin Lawrence Memorial. The Tigers had 12 athletes compete across five events in Athens, with five earning personal bests and three earning season bests following their efforts on the Spec Towns Track.
Antoinette van der Merwe secured her first collegiate victory this evening by winning the women’s 200m with a wind-legal time of 23.53 seconds. The mark for van der Merwe eclipsed her previous best by .43 seconds and came during her outdoor collegiate debut in the event. Serena Clark (23.99) and Courtney Williams (24.10) ran personal bests in Athens, with Clark’s time proving to be good enough for third overall. Marcus Parker finished second in the men’s 200m after running 20.79 with a legal wind of 1.60 meters-per-second.