Five Blue Raiders Notch Top Finishes in Birmingham

Sunday, January 28

Birmingham, Ala.

Middle Tennessee

Kevin Stevenson Invite

1/29/2018 10:30:00 AM | Track & Field/Cross Country

By: Brendan English, Athletic Communications Assistant

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Five Blue Raiders posted top finishes on Sunday at the Kevin Stevenson Invite in Birmingham.

Sophomore Trevon Sanders inked a personal-best and a first place finish in the 800 meter event crossing the finish line with a time of 1:52.99. Similarly, junior Kigen Chemadi finished first in the mile run with a time of 4:13.57.

On the women's side Janet Amponsah, Pamela Kosgei, and Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad recorded first place finishes in their respective events. Amponsah finished with a time of 23.96 in the 200-meter while Abdullah-Muhammad jumped 1.62m in the high jump. Kosegi ran in the 3,000-meter event to post a time of 10:09.33 to clinch her first collegiate victory.

Likewise, Jacob Patten posted a personal-best in the high jump this weekend with a height of 2.15m.

Junior Joycelyn Assafuah also continues to improve every meet this season, inking a new personal-best in the 400-meter event this weekend with a time of 55.65.

Quotable

"Overall this meet was important," said head coach Dean Hayes. "The Conference USA Indoor Championships will be held at the Birmingham Metro CrossPlex this season and it was important for our newer athletes to gain experience on a banked track. This weekend, Jacob Choge and Issac Odugbesan got us off to a great start this weekend followed by great performances by Joycelyn, Dadzie, and Sanders".

Results

Men's Results
60 Meters
14 Solomon Afful, 6.97
16 Ifiok Umoh, 6.99
21 Lamarco Petty, 7.06

60 Meter Hurdles
6 Braam Bisschop, 8.59

200 Meters
3 Solomon Afful, 21.51
11 Lamarco Petty, 21.98
24 Jaquez Torian, 22.47
38 Braam Bisschop, 22.93

400 Meters
12 Jaquez Torian, 49.26
20 Adeniji Adedamola, 50.05

800 Meters
1 Trevon Sanders, 1:52.99
4 Geoffry Cheruiyot, 1:56.11
14 Julio Acevedo, 2:00.02
16 Nathan Mack, 2:01.97

Mile
1 Jacob Choge, 4:13.57
14 Vincent Kibet, 4:42.32

3,000 Meters
3 Timothy Kimeli, 9:03.44
4 Amos Cheruiyot, 9:03.92

High Jump
2 Jacob Patten, 2.15m

Triple Jump
2 Jacob Patten, 14.63m

Shot Put
4 Isaac Odugbesan, 16.09m

Weight Throw
9 Issac Odugbesan, 14.75m

Women's Results
60 Meters
3 Cecilia Francis, 7.41
4 Janet Amponsah, 7.47
5 Ida Mensah, 7.56
6 Edidiong Odiong, 7.69

60 Meter Hurdles
2 Elizabeth Dadzie, 8.62
6 Lauren Epps, 8.91

200 Meters
1 Janet Amponsah, 23.96
4 Ida Mensah, 24.78
5 Edidiong Odiong, 25.10
6 Cecelia Francis, 25.10

400 Meters
2 Joycelyn Assafuah, 55.65
11 Loveth Odia, 57.76

Mile
4 Rachel Kigen, 5:05.18
6 Racheal Kosgei, 5:13.10
8 Julia Jelaget, 5:14.96

3,000 Meters
1 Pamela Kosgei, 10:09.33
5 Gladys Kipchumba, 10.18.79

4x400 Meter Relay
1 Assafuah, Amponsah, Abu, Egbeniyi, 3:43.96

High Jump
1 Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad, 1.62m

Long Jump
2 Elizabeth Dadzie, 5.84m

Shot Put
16 Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad, 9.02m