BOSTON, Mass. - The Clemson Tigers shined in the second day of the ACC Indoor Championships as ten athletes secured their places in Saturday's finals and Shantae Foreman received the silver medal in the women's long jump. Foreman becomes the second Tiger to earn a silver medal for Clemson. Along with the medal and the second place finish, Foreman was also crowned First Team All-ACC as she becomes the second Tiger to earn the honor. Four athletes have earned All-ACC honors so far this week as Daniel Cope was named First Team while Marie Forbes and Nia Christie were tabbed Second Team All-ACC. Saturday's events begin at 11 a.m. with the men's triple jump as the first track event will begin at 12 p.m. with the men's mile. The day will end with the men's 4x400 relay at 3:35pm and the women's 4x400 relay at 4 p.m. Clemson will look to medal in all events and secure the ACC Championship title on both the men's and women's side. The meet will be br
CLEMSON, S.C. - In their final home meet of the indoor season, the Clemson Tigers impressed all-around as the team recorded top-finishes and national marks in multiple events. Over 15 athletes recorded personal or season bests as the Tigers inch closer to the ACC Indoor Championships. Collectively from Friday and today, that is probably the best this team has performed, across the board, Track and Field Director Mark Elliot said. While track is an individual thing, it is still a team effort so just to see all the personal bests and impressive performances in all event areas is really good. The Tiger Paw is known through the track and field community as one of the best meets you will find in the country, it's almost like pre-nationals. When you have all the teams that are here, plus our team and are able to record top marks in a variety of events, you know you are doing something good. Headlining the meet was today's middle-distance group as Tarees Rhoden and Gladys Chepngetic
CLEMSON, S.C. Five women and two men on the Clemson track and field team earned selections to the All-ACC Academic Team, the conference announced on Friday. Among them were ACC Champions Trishauna Hemmings and Harleigh White, as well as All-Americans Devon Brooks and Guinove Joanus. Ockera Myrie, Kiara Grant and Courtney Williams round out the list of Tigers who earned the recognition. Hemmings, a senior studying women's leadership, won the ACC crown in the 100 meter hurdles. She went on to qualify for nationals and claim second team All-American honors. White came out on top of the field in the ACC triple jump championship, leaping 13.05 meters. She is a senior studying nursing while simultaneously working towards her MBA. Both of Grant and Myrie found themselves on the women's 4x100 meter relay squad that went to nationals and earned an All-American honorable mention. A senior, Grant studies Computer Science and Athletic Leadership while Myrie studies communications. As
BLACKSBURG, Va. – On the first day of competition at the ACC Championship Meet, Ethan Binnix set personal bests in all four of the day’s heptathlon events. His 7.29 in the 60 meter dash, 5.88m long jump, 10.39 shot put, and 1.53 meter high jump set on Thursday are all his new top marks. The day concluded with the women’s and men’s distance medley relay, with the Clemson team of Andrea Foster, Mackenzie Osher, Brynne Sumner and Josie Wirtz finishing the relay in 11:33.37. The men’s relay team of Cole Myers, Aman Thornton, Carson Tillman and Michael Smith finished with their season-best time of 9:51.67. Friday projects to be a thrilling day of competition, with 16 track events and seven field events to take place between noon and 7:20 p.m. Program Director Mark Elliott is looking forward to the continuation of an exciting weekend in Blacksburg. “I think the effort by everyone on the track was good… The men ran our best time all season, and that’s all you can ask for.
CLEMSON, S.C. The Tigers' penultimate home meet of the 2021-22 campaign saw 20 teams compete at the Clemson Indoor Track and Field Complex. The meet featured several ACC opponents as well as top-25 ranked teams, and was a great barometer for Clemson to gain an understanding of their position as the season marches further towards ACC Championships. Over the past two days we had some really good national marks. Conference wise, we're shaping up pretty good. I'm happy with the way the team is moving forward remarked Program Director Mark Elliott. He went on to single out Kenya Livingston, Dashinelle Dyer, Guinove Joanus and Trishauna Hemmings as performers he felt are progressing strongly and displayed their prowess this weekend. FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS Dashinelle Dyer set a PR and climbed into the top-10 list in the 60m dash. His time of 6.65 seconds is the best of his career and is tied for the eighth fastest mark in Clemson history. Alison D'Alessandro again launched h