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Ellis Neighbors

  • position Throws
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Florence, S.C.
  • High school West Florence HS
  • position Throws
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Florence, S.C.
  • High school West Florence HS

Ellis Neighbors Bio

Season and Career Results

2025

Indoor

Did not compete during the indoor campaign.

Outdoor

Threw the javelin in eight different meets during the season … Tossed 63.68m (208-11) to close his season out at the NCAA East Regional, finishing 24th overall … Just missed out on scoring at the SEC Outdoor Championship after he placed 10th with a distance of 63.61m (208-8) … Made his first outdoor collegiate appearance in the Weems Baskin Invitational, finishing third overall in the javelin after throwing 62.77m (205-11) … Threw the seventh farthest distance in Gamecock history at the Florida Relays, tossing 64.11m (210-4) to place ninth … Won the Gamecock Invite javelin throw after throwing 61.00m (200-1).

Pre- South Carolina
High School
Earned three letters in track & field, three letters in football and four letters in the marching band at West Florence High School in Florence, S.C. … Threw the javelin, discus and shotput for the Knights, holding the school record in the javelin with a throw of 181 feet … Won the 2024 All-State Javelin Award and is a two-time West Florence Field MVP winner (2023 & 2024) … 2024 Javelin All-American and was a 2024 South Carolina 4A Javelin State Champion … 2024 South Carolina 4A Javelin Lower State Champion as well as Region 6 Javelin Champion … 2024 South Carolina 4A Region 6 discus champion as well … Three-time SC 4A Region 6 Track & Field Champion (2022-24) … 2023 South Carolina 4A Track & Field State runner-up.

Personal
Son of Nathan and Ashley Neighbors, born on May 8th, 2006 … Has two siblings, Anderson and Luke … Was part of the Beta Club and the National Honors Society … Was awarded the Principal’s Award … Plans to major in Exercise Science with the career goals of becoming a physical therapist … Comes to Carolina as a Palmetto Fellow Scholar, Meeting Street Scholar, Dean’s Scholar, Capstone Scholar and has earned the USC STEM Scholarship.

Personal Records

Outdoor

Javelin 64.11m/208-11 (4/4/25)