Blue Raiders Claim Nine Top-Finishes at Joey Haines Invitational

Friday, March 30

Raleigh, NC

Middle Tennessee

Raleigh Relays

3/31/2018 6:46:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Blue Raiders claim nine top-finishes at the Joey Haines Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

Solomon Afful and Lamarco Petty opened the invitational with a one-two finish in the 100-meter dash. Afful claimed the first place finish with a time of 10.80 while Petty finished in second close behind Afful at 10.86.

Likewise on the women's side Cecilia Francis inked a top finish (11.92) in the 100-meter dash while Ida Mensah (12.38) claimed a third place finish.

The men and women also claimed a pair of first place finished in the 400-meter dash. Abike Egbeniyi (53.14) crossed first for the women, while Jaquez Torian led the men with a time of 48.10, in their respective events.

Patience Akanwogba (2:17.10) inked her first top-finish of the outdoor season in the 800-meter. Likewise, Joice Jebor finished first in the 1,500-meter event.

Meanwhile, six Blue Raiders competed in Raleigh, North Carolina at the Raleigh Relays. Geoffry Cheruiyot (9:06.46) posted the top-finish for the Blue Raiders this weekend in Raleigh with a 10th place finish in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Joey Haines Invitational – Final Results
Men's Results
Triple Jump – 8 Troy Valadray (12.24m)
High Jump – 5 Troy Valdary (1.75m)
Discus – 17 Isaac Odugbesan (37.72m)
Shot Put – 2 Isaac Odugbesan (18.06m)
100-meter dash – 1 Solomon Afful (10.80), 2 Lamarco Petty (10.86), 8 Keyon Hugle (11.19)
400-meter dash – 1 Jaquez Torian (48.10), 2 Matthew Stewart (48.93)
400-meter hurdles – 4 Greg Cantrell (57.99)
800-meter – 1 Trevon Sanders (1:53.41), 5 Julio Acevedo (1:57.17)
1,500-meter run – 13 Vincent Kibet (4:19.67), 15 Alan Bowers (4:23.27), 18 Betwel Kimutai (4:33.01)
4x100 Relay – 1 Hugle, Adedamola, Petty, Afful (41.41)
Women's Results
Javelin – 9 Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad (30.10m), 10 Jasmeen Phillips (25.65m)
Long Jump – 3 Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad (5.92m)
100-meter hurdles – 2 Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad (15.43),
100-meter dash – 1 Cecilia Francis (11.92), 3 Ida Mensah (12.38)
400-meter dash – 1 Abike Egbeniyi (53.14)
800-meter – 1 Patience Akanwogba (2:17.10), 11 Pamela Kosgei (2:28.74), 13 Joice Jebor (2:30.05)
1,500-meter run – 1 Joice Jebor (4:44.12), 5 Pamela Kosgei (4:48.25)
4X100 Relay – 1 Castor, Mensah, Francis, Odiong (47.39)

Raleigh Relays – Final Results
Men's Results
3,000-meter steeplechase – 10 Geoffry Cheruiyot (9:06.46)
10,000-meter – 11 Jacob Choge (29:25.31), 70 Amos Cheruiyot (30:56.84)
Women's Results
3,000-meter steeplechase – 37 Rachel Kigen (11:32.37)
5,000-meter – 64 Julia Jelaget (17:19.76), 93 Gladys Kipchumba (17:41.39)