COLUMBIA, S.C. — Argenta-Oreana product Kandie Bloch-Jones captured the high jump title Saturday at the Weems Baskin Invitational, a track and field event hosted by South Carolina.
Bloch-Jones recorded a leap of 5 feet, 10 inches to win the crown.
The Illini received a trio of second-place finishes as well.
Nicole Choquette was the 800-meter dash runner-up in 2 minutes, 8.63 seconds, Denise Branches placed second in the 1,500 with a time of 4:33.27 and Kortni Smyers-Jones cleared 39 feet, 9 3/4 inches to grab second in the triple jump.
Also faring well was the 400 relay team of Briana Driver, Jayla Stewart, Janile Rogers and Kymbriona Taylor.