Complete USC Indoor Open results

Columbia, S.C.----The Wingate University men's and women's indoor track and field teams had 27 top-15 performances in the USC Indoor Open Friday, hosted by the USC Gamecocks at the Carolina Indoor Track and Field Facility.
 
Women's notes
 
- Meg Rapley (2:17.11) and Vennise Shelton (2:24.25) both earned top eight finishes in their 800 meters flight
- Rapley was fourth, while Shelton placed eighth
- Tamica Jooste won her 800 meters flight with a time of 2:26.42
- Enora Toupin finished third in the mile run (5:26.47)
- Neva Hippert was 10th in the same race (5:43.14)
- Mollie Scott finished fourth in the 3000 meters (10:04.54)
- Esma Pajt earned a fifth-place finish in the weight throw (15.50 meters)
 
Men's notes
 
- Wingate had four runners in the 800 meters' top five
- Ben Aris (1:57.53) and Jakob Rettschlag (1:57.80) finished second and third, respectively
- Brent Surratt (1:57.95) and Leo Freeland (1:57.96) placed fourth and fifth, respectively
- Bastian Mrochen finished second in the 3000 meters (8:30.47)
- Tucker Mullis claimed a silver medal in the shot put (15.61 meters)
- Tom Kalliske finished fifth in the same event (15.08 meters)
- Dennis Trukawka earned a bronze medal in the long jump (7.17 meters)
 
Wingate University
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a laboratory of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina. Wingate offers 38 undergraduate majors as well as seven master's and four doctoral degrees. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences; the Levine College of Health Sciences; the Byrum School of Business; the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences. 

Wingate is a leader in healthcare education, and nearly one in five Wingate undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 25 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award for 14 years straight. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.