Tatyana Mills describes what it’s like to be part of the South Carolina track relay team that won a national title. By
As you watch them Tuesday night at Founders Park, Wadeline Jonathas wants you to remember one thing.
“I mean,” she said, “we’re track athletes for a reason.”
Jonathas is part of South Carolina’s latest national title team. A month ago, she ran anchor for the Gamecocks’ 4x400 meter relay team, moving USC past Texas A&M and Florida and into first place at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama.
As gold medals dangled from their neck during an interview with The State last week, Jonathas, Stephanie Davis, Aliyah Abrams and Tatyana Mills grinned about their next big challenge: Simultaneously throwing out the first pitch before South Carolina’s baseball game against Charlotte on Tuesday.