South Carolina State University Athletics

Junior Christopher Gaddist of Dorchester, SC, qualified in both the 110-meter hurdles (5:30 p.m. Friday) and the 400-meter hurdles (5 p.m. Thursday). Gaddist is 13^th nationally in the 400-meter hurdles (51.01) and 28^th in the 110-meter hurdles (13.99). His 51.01 clocking in the 400-meter hurdles -- which came at April 6 Vertklass Meeting at High Point, NC -- is just one second off the school mark of 51:00 established by Oliver Parker in 1990. His current mark in the 110-meter hurdles came at the recent MEAC Championships.