Men's Track and Field Concludes Virginia Tech Invitational

Jacques Watson highlighted the day by winning the high jump

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Jacques Watson tied a personal-best indoor jump of 7'00.25

Jan. 16, 2010

Complete Results

Coastal Carolina University’s men’s track and field team concluded the Virginia Tech Invitational on Saturday, January 16 in Blacksburg, Va.

Redshirt-junior Jacques Watson highlighted the day for the Chants by winning the high jump event with a mark of 7’00.25”, tying a career-best in indoor. Junior Ross Graves also participated in the event, jumping a 6’04.75”.

In the long jump, redshirt-sophomore Chad Phillips placed 10th, reaching a mark of 22’08.50”. Teammates Ryan Edlich and Graves finished 20th and 22nd, respectively.

Redshirt-sophomore Corey Jameson had another strong showing by placing 14th in the 200-meter dash, finishing with a time of 22.69. Following Jameson in 16th was redshirt-junior Leonard Steed with a time of 22.80, and senior Kasheem Clifton finished with a time of 25.37 in the event.

In the 1600-meter relay, the Coastal Carolina team of Jameson, Shane Norris, Darren Tymczak and Jacob Scheuer finished 15th with a time of 3.30.03.

The Chanticleers will have a break until February 5-6 and when they travel to State College, Pa., for the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup at Penn State.