Dancy and Jones Pace Bears at USC Open

Saturday, April 17

Columbia, S.C.

All Day

Mercer University

USC Open

Results (PDF)

Photo by: Larry Dancy

4/17/2021 9:52:00 PM | Track & Field

Dancy was Mercer’s highest finisher in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash. Jones set the 400-meter program record.

By: Kraig Doremus

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Lauryn Dancy led the Mercer Bears in the 100 and 200-meter dash races at the USC Open, and for the second consecutive week Carlandra Jones set the 400-meter dash program record.

On Saturday afternoon, Jones cut 0.32 seconds off her previous 400-meter record, finishing eighth in the event with a time of 55.26 seconds.

Mercer's second event on Saturday was the 100-meter dash, and Dancy paced the Orange & Black with a 16^th-place effort and time of 12.39 seconds. Chidimma Uwaomah (29^th, 12.71), Kennedi Weston-Shields (31^st, 12.75), Ceylani Rembert (33^rd, 12.78) and Hannah Cooper (50^th, 13.13) also ran in the race. Tara Davis was the lone Bear to compete in the 800-meter run, and she secured a 14^th-place finish, crossing the finish line in 2:20.08, the seventh fastest time in program history.

Five Bears – Dancy, Weston-Shields, Rembert, Uwaomah and Cooper – ran in the 200-meter dash. Dancy once again led Mercer, coming home 22^nd with a time of 25.46 seconds, while Weston-Shields (25.96) and Rembert (26.06) finished 29^th and 32^nd. Rembert's time of 26.06 seconds was a new personal record. Uwaomah also set a new PR with a time of 26.35 seconds, as did Cooper. She finished the race in 26.95 seconds.

In a stacked field, the Bears' 4x400-meter relay squad of Weston-Shields, Davis, Jones and Rembert, rounded out the top five with a time of 3:50.92, which is now the third best time in Mercer track and field history.

RESULTS
400-Meter Dash
8. Carlandra Jones – 55.26 seconds

100-Meter Dash
16. Lauryn Dancy – 12.39 seconds
29. Chidimma Uwaomah – 12.71 seconds
31. Kennedi Weston-Shields – 12.75 seconds
33. Ceylani Rembert – 12.78 seconds
50. Hannah Cooper – 13.13 seconds

800-Meter Run
14. Tara Davis – 2:20.08

200-Meter Dash
22. Lauryn Dancy – 25.46 seconds
32. Kennedi Weston-Shields – 25.96 seconds
34. Ceylani Rembert – 26.06 seconds
42. Chidimma Uwaomah – 26.35 seconds
55. Hannah Cooper – 26.95 seconds

4x400-Meter Relay
5. Kennedi Weston-Shields, Tara Davis, Carlandra Jones and Ceylani Rembert – 3:50.92

UP NEXT
Mercer will not compete again until the Southern Conference Championships on May 1-2. The championships will take place on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C.

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