Blue Raiders Travel to Two Meets this Weekend

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Blue Raiders travel to Cape Girardeau, Missouri for the Joey Haines Invitational this weekend. The field will consist of eight teams including instate foes Lipscomb, Memphis and University of Tennessee-Martin.

The weekend will commence on Saturday, March 31 at 11:00 a.m. with field events. Similarly, the track events will start at noon.

Meanwhile, six Blue Raiders will represent the Blue Raiders at the Raleigh Relays on Friday at the Paul Derr Track.

On the men's side, Kigen Chemadi will run in the 5,000-meter event while Geoffry Cheruiyot will represent Middle Tennessee in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Similarly, Jacob Choge and Amos Cheruiyot are slotted for the 10,000-meter run while Gladys Kipchumba and Julia Jelagat will represent the women in the 5,000-meter run.

Raleigh Relays Event Schedule | Friday, March 30
10:00 a.m. – 5,000-meter women's preliminary
11:25 a.m. – 5,000-meter men's preliminary
6:01 p.m. – 3,000-meter men's steeplechase
7:45 p.m. – 5,000-meter women's final
10:25 p.m. – 10,000-meter men's final

Joey Haines Invitational Event Schedule | Saturday, March 31
Field Events
11:00 a.m. – Shot Put (men followed by the women), Discus (women followed by the men), Long Jump (men followed by the women), High Jump (women followed by the men), Pole Vault (men)
2:00 p.m. – Pole Vault (women)
3:00 p.m. – Triple Jump (men followed by the women), Javelin (women followed by the men)
Track Events – all events start with women, followed by the men
12:00 p.m. – 3,000-meter Steeplechase
12:30 p.m. – 4x100 Relay
12:50 p.m. – 1,500-meter
1:25 p.m. – 100/110-meter Hurdles
1:45 p.m. – 400-meter dash
2:10 p.m. – 100-meter dash
2:55 p.m. – 800-meter run
3:30 p.m. – 400-meter int. Hurdles
3:50 p.m. – 200-meter dash
4:15 p.m. – 5,000-meter run
5:00 p.m. – 4x400 Relay

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Players Mentioned

Kigen Chemadi

Amos Cheruiyot

Geoffrey Cheruiyot

Jacob Choge

Julia Jelagat

Gladys Kipchumba

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