MT sets personal, school records to cap weekend

Friday, January 20

Nashville, Tenn.

Middle Tennessee

Vanderbilt Invitational

1/21/2017 7:49:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

By: @MTAthletics

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On the final day of the Vanderbilt Invitational, Middle Tennessee's Sampson Laari captured a school record, and Agnes Abu grabbed a first-place finish to conclude a successful weekend.

Laari clocked a 4:01.31 in the mile run to break the previous school-best time of 4:03.47 set in 1982, while finishing second in the event. Laari's time also set a new indoor record for his home country of Ghana. Kigen Chemadi was right on Laari's heels as he finished third with a time of 4:01.55. Eliud Rutto and Jacob Choge also recorded top-15 finishes with times of 4:07.00 and 4:07.78, respectively.

In the 3000-meter run, Geoffry Cheruiyot turned in a fourth-place finish with a personal-best 8:20.16 mark.

In the 4x400, the tandem of Adeniji Adedamola, Sampson Laari, Eliud Rutto and Ifiok Umoh took seventh place with a relay time of 3:14.18.

On the women's side, Abu continued the Blue Raiders' success in the 800-meter event. The former C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Week took first place and set a personal best with a time of 2:05.13.

Janet Amponsah also excelled in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.59, good for a third-place finish.

To close the day, MT's women's relay squad of Loveth Odia, Agnes Abu, Janet Amponsah and Abike Egbeniyi clocked a fourth-place finish with a time of 3:40.23.

Middle Tennessee will return to action next weekend at the Kevin Stephen Invite next weekend. The all-day event begins Sunday at 9 a.m.

Men's Results
200 Meter:
10. Ifiok Umoh, 22.10
25. Adeniji Adedamola, 22.57
27. Charles Okeze, 22.59
40. Greg Cantrell, 23.05
52. Kendrick Williams, 24.14

400 Meter:
28. Adeniji Adedamola, 49.27
41. Trevon Sanders, 50.28
48. Nathan Mack, 51.16

800 Meter:
11. Hillary Rono, 1:54.32

Mile Run:
2. Sampson Laari, 4:01.31
3. Kigen Chemadi, 4:01.55
11. Eliud Rutto, 4:07.00
13. Jacob Choge, 4:07.78
20. Hillary Rono, 4:14.17

3000 Meter:
4. Geoffry Cheruiyot, 8:20.16

4x400 Meter Relay:
7. Adeniji Adedamola, Sampson Laari, Eliud Rutto, Ifiok Umoh; 3:14.18
19. Greg Cantrell, Chaz Simmons, Donald Clay, Trevon Sanders; 3:26. 83

High Jump:
6. Jacob Patten, 2.09m

Triple Jump:
14. Jacob Patten, 13.93m
15. Phillip Smith, 13.56m

Women's Results
60 Meter:
3. Janet Amponsah, 7.59

200 Meter:
19. Loveth Odia, 25.22
39. Taylor Day, 25.83
51. Barbara Vilson, 26.79

400 Meter:
12. Shaina Johnson, 56.26
21. Taylor Day, 57.50

800 Meter:
1. Agnes Abu, 2:05.13

Mile Run:
27. Julia Jelagat, 5:09.18
45. Sharon Kibiwott, 5:16.46
48. Rachel Kigen, 5:25.66

60-Meter Hurdles:
23. Jessica Howell, 8.97

4x400 Meter Relay:
4. Loveth Odia, Agnes Abu, Janet Amponsah, Abike Egbeniyi; 3:40.23

Long Jump:
16. Jessica Howell, 5.65m
17. Atarah Abdullah-Muhammad, 5.59m