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Drummond wins long jump, German sets school shot record as Bucs open Big South Championships
2/21/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Charleston Southern's Braxton Drummond won a Big South Conference Championship in the men's long jump and was the top qualifier in the 200-meters to highlight the first day of the 2013 Big South Conference Indoor Track Championships at JDL Fast Track.
Drummond tied the JDL Fast Track record on his second jump of the day with a jump of 7.32 meter to win the event. He follows Lavon Allen who is the conference record holder in the long jump as the Bucs win their third-straight long jump title.
Junior shot putter Richie German set the school record in the shot put with a throw of 14.78 meters in his fourth attempt of the day. He breaks his own coach's record, Josh Aydlette, who held the record for almost a decade.
Sprinter Rozzie Johnson will highlight Saturday's lineup after impressing in today's preliminaries.
The Bucs are set up for potentially a big Friday in the 60 meters. Johnson finished first in qualifying with a 6.82 as three Bucs reached the finals. Freshman Jeff Jones and sophomore Braxton Drummond are both also in the 60 meter final after running times under seven seconds to qualify fourth and fifth, respectively.
Three Bucs are set to run in the finals of the 200-meter dash. Drummond had the top qualifying time, winning his heat at 21.86 and narrowly edging out teammate Johnson at 21.88. The two had the two top qualifying times in the event. Jeff Jones also will run in the finals after qualifying seventh to give CSU three scorers on Friday.
CSU had two sprinters in the 400 meter final on Friday. Dantwan Spreads and Justin Gorbea qualified sixth and seventh respectively. Spreads ran the second fastest qualifying time but finished second in his heat with a 49.48, just behind Campbell's Jayshawn Campbell at 49.35, who topped qualifying.
Jumper Avery Coe scored for the Bucs in the long jump finishing seventh. Coe went 6.78 meters.
The Bucs also picked up a point in the distance medley relay, as Scott Morrison, Tyre Hines, Khalid Powell, and Justin Gorbea finished in 10:32 to claim eighth.
Friday's slate of events begins with the men's and women's mile at 10 a.m.
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