Nyckoles Harbor off to a strong start in track
South Carolina dual-sport athlete Nyckoles Harbor is already putting up some impressive numbers on the track for first-year Gamecocks track coach Tim Hall.
At the Tiger Paw Invite in Clemson last week, Harbor advanced all the way to the final round in the 60-meter spring. In the seminal round, Harbor clocked a new personal best time of 6.61 seconds in the event. That mark was good for second in the semifinals and lready has Harbor in the record books at South Carolina.
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That PR ranks Nyckoles Harbor second in South Carolina history in the 60-meter sprint. At the event last week, he finished sixth overall in the finals, clocking a 6.64.
Harbor currently sits right behind South Carolina great Terrence Trammell, a former Olympian, in the school record books for the 60-meter spring.
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The 200-meter time for Harbor at his last event was 20.83, which put him as sixth-best on Friday.
For Shane Beamer’s football program, Nyckoles Harbor caught 12 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown as a true freshman.
He was the highest-ranked prospect for the Gamecocks’ 2023 recruiting class. The On3 Industry Ranking – a weighted average of all four major recruiting services – rated Harbor as the 21st-best football prospect in the country and as the nation’s number-one athlete.
“Nyck is a tremendous dual-sport athlete that I just can’t wait to have the opportunity to work with,” head coach Tim Hall said last summer. “I can’t wait to talk with (football) Coach (Shane) Beamer to formulate a plan that will be conducive to both sports.”
