Charleston Southern travels to Columbia for its final regular season meet. The USC Indoor Open is a one-day event scheduled for Friday, February 17.

Time

The action starts at 12:30pm with the High Jump. The track events follow an hour later, with the 3K starting at 1:30pm.

Weekend Preview

With just one meet remaining before the Big South Indoor Championships, the Buccaneers are in good shape on the Big South leaderboards. 

Destiny Wallace and Lauryn James rank in the conference's top three in both the 60m and 200m. Wallace is top in the 60m (7.51) and third in 200m (24.32) while James is second in both the 60m (7.52) and the 200m (24.23). Chaneal Harris also ranks third in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.60.

Dylann Core currently has the third best 400m time of 56.47 while Anne Akagi is fourth in the 800m at 2:14.32. Sarah McCartney is in the top five in two events, holding the third-fastest mile (4:54.19) and the fifth-fastest 3K (9:44.55) in the Big South. Similarly, Zemaya Carson is in the conference top ten in both throws events, sixth in the weight throw (16.50m) and seventh in the shot put (13.63m). Chloe Greene is top ten in the long jump and high jump, but also leads the Big South with her pentathlon score of 3507.

The Facility

The Carolina Indoor Track & Field Complex was renovated and completed in 2019. It boasts a banked, six-lane 200m Mondo track, a separate indoor throws area, two pole vault areas, two jumps runways, and two high jump areas along with an eight-lane, 60m straight track on the infield.