Chemadi Inks New School Record at Camel City Invite

2/5/2018 4:00:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

By: Brendan English, Athletic Communications Assistant

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Five Blue Raiders represented Middle Tennessee at the Camel City Invitational this past weekend.

Kigen Chemadi inked a personal-best in the men's 3,000-meter event to notch a new school record. The Kenya native recorded a sixth place finish with a time of 7:52.92 to improve upon his previous best of 7:58.46 at the Commodore Invitational earlier this season.

After his most recent performance, Chemadi ranks third nationally and first in conference action in the 3,000-meter race.

Likewise, Jacob Choge (8:15.57) and Geoffry Cheruiyot (8:40.96) also competed in the 3,000-meter event to ink a twelfth and fourteenth place finish.

On the women's side, junior Abike Egbeniyi recorded a personal-best time of 2:04.11 in the 800-meter race. Egbeniyi ranks sixth in the nation and first in Conference USA in the respective event.

Similarly, Agnes Abu competed in the 800-meter event to clinch an eighth place finish with a time of 2:09.32.