13 Chants earn SBC all-conference honors; Jefferson and Ejumeta earn top individual awards
CCU track and field wins most all-conference honors since 2017 CCU s Melissa Jefferson and David Ejumeta were named the Sun Belt s outstanding track and field athletes for the outdoor season. (Source: Coastal Carolina Athletics) By Coastal Carolina Athletics | May 19, 2021 at 4:12 PM EDT - Updated May 19 at 4:12 PM
NEW ORLEANS â Coastal Carolina sprinter Melissa Jefferson and long jumper David Ejumeta were tabbed with 2021 Sun Belt Track and Field season-ending individual awards on Wednesday, announced by the conference.
The 13 all-conference honorees are the most the Chantsâ track and field team garnered since they earned 15 during the 2017 season.
CCU earns six gold medals on final day of 2021 Sun Belt Championships
Chants close out the SBC championships with seven gold medals, the most since 2015 Socastee product Jermaisha Arnold (Source: Coastal Carolina Athletics) By Coastal Carolina Athletics | May 15, 2021 at 10:52 PM EDT - Updated May 15 at 10:52 PM
MOBILE, Ala. - The Coastal Carolina track and field team closed out the 2021 Sun Belt Track and Field Championships at Jaguar Track on Saturday as they earned six gold medals between the menâs and womenâs teams.
WOMEN (5 of 11 â 81 points)
Freshman Jermaisha Arnold was part of three gold medal and bronze medal finish on the day as she bookended the final day of the SBC Championships with a pair of relay-race victories.
CCUâs Ejumeta wins Sun Belt championship in the long jump
Six Chanticleers earn berths in Saturdayâs final CCUâs David Ejumeta. (Source: Coastal Carolina Athletics) By CCU Athletics | May 14, 2021 at 10:59 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 10:59 PM
MOBILE, Ala. - On Friday, senior David Ejumeta earned the Chanticleerâs track and field team their first Sun Belt Championship since the 2019 season on Friday during day two of the 2021 Sun Belt Track and Field Championships at the Jaguar Track.
MEN (7 of 10 - 14 points)
Ejumeta gave the Chanticleers ten team points with a school record 7.97 meters (0.0) and tied the Sun Belt Championship record by Rolf Pienaar of Arkansas State in 2014. The Berin City, Nigeria, native gave CCU its first SBC long jump championship since Marquez Moore in 2017. Two-sport athlete Alex Spillum also earned CCU team points (2) when he placed seventh overall with a personal-best mark of 7.33 meters (-1.8).