Great Way to Celebrate 50 Years of Varsity Women’s Sports at South Carolina – University of South Carolina Athletics

The women’s track & field team continued to re-write the record books and competed in the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships.

Sophomore JaMeesia Ford earned the Commissioner’s Trophy at the SEC Outdoor Championships after taking gold the 100 meter and 200 meter events and joined senior Jayla Jamison, and sophomores Cynteria James and Zaya Akins in taking gold in the 4×100 meter relay and 4×400 meter relay events. She also won gold in the 200m at the SEC Indoor Championships and was named the SEC Women’s Runner of the Year after the Outdoor Championship. Sophomore Salma Elbadra won the SEC Outdoor title in the 1500 meter event and was the SEC Women’s Newcomer Runner of the Year.

The Gamecocks sent eight competitors to the NCAA Outdoor Championship in Eugene, Oregon. where Ford was crowned champion in the 200 meters, while Jamison finished seventh in event, allowing both to take All-American honors. Jamison, James, Akins, and Ford were also the runner-up in the 4×100 meter relay, clocking a program record 42.40 to take silver as well as First Team All-American honors.

Ford captured her third All-America nod at the National Championship event after finishing as the runner-upin the 100 meters, running 11.14 and finishing just .003 seconds behind Southern California’s Samirah Moody. Salma Elbadra and Cheyla Scott were each named to the Second Team All-American squad after placing in the Top 16 in their respective events.

As a team, South Carolina finished with 28 points and took seventh place in the overall standings. This was the first Top 10 finish since placing 10th in 2019 and marks the best team finish since 2006 when the Gamecocks placed third.

Rest up and get ready for the 2025-2026 academic year!