MT sets two school, facility records to cap weekend

Friday, January 13

Nashville, Tenn.

Middle Tennessee

Commodore Invitational

1/14/2017 7:54:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

Three Blue Raiders clock personal bests

By: @MTAthletics

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On the final day of the Commodore Invitational, a pair of school records and a facility record was broken as the Blue Raiders capped their third meet of the season.

On the men's side Sampson Laari led the way for one of the best races of the day and set a new school record in the 3000 meter run with a time of 8:05.88.

Kigen Chemadi and Jacob Choge followed Laari in the 3000 meter with fifth and sixth places finishes, clocking times of 8:06.49 and 8:11.97, respectively.

Ifiok Umoh ran a personal best in the 400 meter with a finishing time of 48.07.

For the women, Abike Egbeniyi clocked a 2:04.47 800 meter, which broke the previous school record set by teammate Agnes Abu last season and established a new facility record at Vanderbilt's multipurpose facility of its Recreation Center.

"Abike set a school record in the 800 with Sampson posting a first for us," Coach Dean Hayes said. "Those were two really great races for us today."

Following Egbeniyi, Abu finished third with a time of 2:05.56.

The women's 4x400-meter relay squad of Taylor Day, Agnes Abu, Janet Amponsah and Abike Egbeniyi also nabbed a second-place finish with a time of 3:40.17.

Middle Tennessee will return to Nashville next weekend for the Vanderbilt Invitational and seeks to improve its times with a few new faces in the rotation.

"We'll have a few kids coming back from break," Hayes said. "Hopefully we will have a few additions next week."

Men's Results

Women's Results

60 Meter:
28. Chaz Simmons, 7.21

200 Meter:
16. Ifiok Umoh, 22.46
35. Kendrick Williams, 24.13

400 Meter:
8. Ifiok Umoh, 48.07
23. Greg Cantrell, 51.45
35. Donald Clay, 54.66

800 Meter:
29. Trevon Sanders, 1:59.96
30. Nathan Mack, 2:01.35

3000 Meter:
4. Sampson Laari, 8:05.88
5. Kigen Chemadi, 8:06.49
6. Jacob Choge, 8:11.97
19. Hillary Rono, 8:27.90

60-Meter Hurdles:
8. Atsu Nyamadi, 8.37
16. Greg Cantrell, 9.02

4x400-Meter Relay:
8. Greg Cantrell, Trevon Sanders, Eliud Rutto, Umoh Ifiok; 3:19.01

High Jump:
3. Jacob Patten, 2.00m
6. Atsu Nyamadi, 1.90m

Long Jump:
6. Atsu Nyamadi, 7.16m
11. Phillip Smith, 6.38m

Triple Jump:
10. Jacob Patten, 13.64m

Shot Put:
16. Atsu Nyamadi, 13.66m

60 Meter:
25. Janet Amponsah, 7.76
45. Brina Serafino, 8.17

200 Meter:
16. Janet Amponsah, 24.64
36. Taylor Day, 25.70
61. Barbara Vilson, 26.85
65. Brina Serafino, 27.13

400 Meter:
14. Taylor Day, 57.00

800 Meter:
1. Abike Egbeniyi, 2:04.47
3. Agnus Abu, 2:05.56

3000 Meter:
26. Julia Jelagat, 10:18.83
28. Rachel Kigen, 10:21.28
37. Sharon Kibiwott, 10:47.42

60-Meter Hurdles:
21. Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad, 8.99

4x400-Meter Relay:
2. Taylor Day, Agnes Abu, Janet Amponsah, Abike Egbeniyi; 3:40.17

High Jump:
11. Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad, 1.61m
14. Barbara Vilson, 1.61m

Long Jump:
11. Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad, 5.87m
17. Atarah Abdullah-Muhammad, 5.59m
19. Jessica Howell, 5.56m

Shot Put:
17. Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad, 8.19m