USF Athletics

Bulls Start Season in Solid Fashion at Wolverine Invitational

January 14, 2018

MEET RESULTS
 
By TOM ZEBOLD
USF Senior Writer

ANN ARBOR, Mich., JAN. 13, 2018 – USF opened the 2018 indoor season with two event victories and eight top-three finishes at the Wolverine Invitational on Saturday.

Chelsea Francis (Jacksonville, Fla.) won the women's 200 meters with a time of 24.62 seconds, which moved the junior into sixth place in the program's all-time indoor record book. USF set new top-10 program marks in five different events at Michigan's brand new indoor facility.

USF placed three in the top five of the women's long jump and senior Kaytlyn Gill (Charlotte, N.C.) won the event with a mark of 18-9.25, which ranks 10^th in USF indoor history. Freshmen Javonia Ellis (17-10.75) and Kaitlyn Kirby (17-9.50) placed fourth and fifth.

Quotable
Head coach Warren Bye's thoughts on the meet and season ahead:
"This was a solid opener for us this weekend at Michigan. It gave us an opportunity to compete at a high level and see where we are as a team. I was happy with our start. I thought overall we had some good things happen. Our coaches now have an idea of what we need to do and then work on those things this upcoming week. I want to see improvement from our team on a weekly basis and become better every day in our training sessions, as we prepare for our conference championship in February."

Other Notable Men's Results

• Junior David Bell placed second in the pole vault with a mark of 17-2.75, which now ranks second all-time at USF.
• USF student-athletes took second and third in the long jump with junior Jonah Daniels (22-3.00) edging out junior Raekwon Scott (22-1.50) in his runner-up finish.
• The 4x400 relay team consisting of Yohance Haynes, Derwin Moultrie, Tequon Terry and Maurice Nock placed second with a time of 3:17.79.
• Freshman Curtis Thomas took fourth place in the 60 meters with a time of 6.91 seconds. Thomas also placed fifth in the 200 meters with a time of 22.40 seconds.
• Senior Zach Diaczynsky placed eighth in the weight throw with a mark of 54-8.25 and eighth in the shot put (48-2.75).
• Sophomore Maurice Nock placed sixth in the 400 meters with a time of 49.15 seconds.

 
Other Notable Women's Results

• Junior Jada Massie placed third in the 60 meters with a time of 7.54 seconds, which ranks fifth on USF's all-time indoor chart. Junior Chelsea Francis finished fourth in 7.56 seconds, which is tied for the sixth-best time in the Bulls' history books.
• Senior Rachael O'Neil took third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.69 seconds, which is the seventh-best performance in USF women's indoor history.
• Aside from her win in the long jump, senior Kaytlyn Gill also placed fourth in the triple jump (37-5.25).
• Freshman Imani Carmouche placed third in the high jump with a mark of 5-4.25. Junior Kirby Powers tied for fourth in the event (5-2.25).
• Junior Stephanie Lambeth (11-11.75) finished second in the pole vault and was followed in third by junior Nicole Carroll (11-11.75).
• Junior Ashley Wilson placed seventh in the weight throw with a total of 53-8.25.
• Freshman Destiny Fairley finished sixth in the 400 meters with a time of 57.69 seconds. Sophomore Shenica Bazile (58.67) finished in 10^th place.
• The 4x400 relay team of Shenica Bazile, Destiny Fairley, Chelsea Francis and Kaitlyn Kirby placed seventh with a time of 3:57.26.