Indoor Track Opens Season at Vanderbilt

Saturday, December 3

Nashville, Tenn.

Middle Tennessee

Vanderbilt Indoor Opener

12/3/2016 6:16:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

Full Results

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In their first meet of the 2016-17 indoor track & field season, Middle Tennessee tallied 22 top-five finishes, while also capturing first in five events.

The Blue Raider men's squad claimed two of the first-place finishes in the mile and the 3,000 meter run.

Geoffry Cheruiyot was the lone Blue Raider in the men's mile and came out on top finishing in 4:14.29, a full six seconds faster than the next finisher.

Three Blue Raiders landed in the top five of the men's 3,000 meter with Kigen Chemadi taking the top spot (8:09.43). Jacob Choge and Hillary Rono finished fourth (8:23.76) and fifth (8:30.01) in the event.

On the women's side, Loveth Odia and Abike Egbeniyi each finished first in an event while helping the 4x400-meter relay team to a win.

Odia had a commanding performance in the women's 400 meter, finishing in 55.18, more than a second faster than the runner-up.

In the women's 800 meter run, a trio of Blue Raiders finished one, two, three. Egbeniyi took the top spot in 2:07.95 while Agnes Abu (2:09.38) and Shaina Johnson (2:12.61) rounded out the top three.

The Blue Raider women also took first in the 4x400-meter relay. The team of Taylor Day, Egbeniyi, Susan Aneno and Odia finished in 3:44.24.

Middle Tennessee is slated to compete again Jan. 8 at the Tennessee State Invitational in Nashville, Tenn.

Men's Results

Women's Results

60 Meter:
4. Ifiok Umoh (6.98)
7. Charles Okeze (7.11)

200 Meter:
8. Ifiok Umoh (22.42)
13. Greg Cantrell (23.02)

400 Meter:
5. Adeniji Adedamola (48.96)
11. Trevon Sanders (49.56)
25. Greg Cantrell (51.21)

800 Meter:
3. Nathan Mack (1:56.12)

Mile:
1. Geoffry Cheruiyot (4:14.29)

60-Meter Hurdles
4. Atsu Nyamadi (8.28)

3000 Meter:
1. Kigen Chemadi (8:09.43)
4. Jacob Choge (8:23.76)
5. Hillary Rono (8:30.01)

4x400-Meter Relay:
3. Okeze, Adedamola, Umoh, Laari (3:17.21)
5. Cantrell, Cheruiyot, Simmons, Chemadi (3:24.93)

High Jump:
2. Jacob Patten (7-0.25, 2.14m)
8. Atsu Nyamadi (6-2.75, 1.90m)
9. Phillip Smith (6-2.75, 1.90m)

Triple Jump:
8. Jacob Patten (44-7, 13.59m)

Shot Put:
21. Atsu Nyamadi (44-9.75, 13.81m)

60 Meter:
8. Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad (7.84)
25. Taylor Day (8.10)

200 Meter:
3. Loveth Odia (24.26)
5. Janet Amponsah (24.55)
18. Taylor Day (25.78)
21. Jessica Howell (25.86)
28. Barbara Vilson (26.18)
48. Brina Serafino (27.81)

400 Meter:
1. Loveth Odia (55.18)

800 Meter:
1. Abike Egbeniyi (2:07.95)
2. Agnes Abu (2:09.38)
3. Shaina Johnson (2:12.61)

3000 Meter:
4. Rhema Cheruiyot (10:21.97)
10. Julia Jelagat (10:46.79)
15. Sharon Kibiwott (11:15.99)
17. Rachel Kigen (11:32.55)

4x400-Meter Relay:
1. Day, Egbeniyi, Aneno, Odia (3:44.24)

High Jump:
4. Barbara Vilson (5-1, 1.55m)
10. Jessica Howell (5-1, 1.55m)

Long Jump:
3. Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammed (19-11, 6.07m)
15. Atarah Abdullah-Muhammad (17-9.75, 5.43m)
18. Taylor Day (17-6.75, 5.35m)

Triple Jump:
10. Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammed (37.2.25, 11.33m)

Shot Put:
35. Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammed (30-6.50, 9.31m)
35. Jessica Howell (30-6.50, 9.31m)