Raiders complete first 2015 meet at UAB

Saturday, January 10

Birmingham, Ala.

Middle Tennessee

UAB Invitational

1/10/2015 5:41:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

By: @MTAthletics

Complete Results

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Middle Tennessee track & field teams finished their first meet of the season at Birmingham Saturday, producing their top performances of the day in the mile at the UAB Blazer Invitational.

"We had some pretty good events, specifically the mile," said head coach Dean Hayes "The men had a great performance in the mile with Geoffry (Cheruyiot) winning and Hillary (Rono) placing second. The women also had a strong showing."

Geoffry Cheruiyot notched his first victory on the track as a Blue Raider, finishing the mile in 4:12.99, while Hillary Rono set a personal-best with his 4:13.63 performance for second.

For the women, Hannah Maina collected fourth in the mile (4:59.84) with Jackline Kiprono (5:01.10) and Rhema Cheruiyot (5:09.72) finishing fifth and sixth, respectively.

"It really is a good meet after coming off a long Christmas vacation," Hayes said. "We were able to do some good things and are starting to get back to where we need to be."

Tahir Walsh was the lone Blue Raider from Friday's preliminaries to advance to the finals, placing fifth in the 60-meter dash with his 6.90 second performance.

The Blue Raiders are slated to compete next in Nashville, Jan. 17 in the Vanderbilt Invitational.

Women's Results:
400 meter:
10. Bless Dupeh (58.54)
12. Shaina Johnson (58.65)
20. Crystal Gray (59.91)

Mile:
4. Hannah Maina (4:59.84)
5. Jackline Kiprono (5:01.10)
6. Rhema Cheruiyot (5:09.72)
13. Josephine Kiptebeny (5:25.59)
16. Lucy Kapkiai (5:29.25)

200 meter:
10. Sheniece Daphness (25.61)
17. Taylor Day (25.89)

3,000 meter:
11. Julia Kitevski (10:53.42)

Long Jump:
11. Pershawna Williams (5.56m)
23. Jessica Howell (5.30m)
24. Atarah Abdullah-Muhammad (5.27m)
27. Taylor Day (5.11m)

Shot Put:
38. Jessica Howell (10.63m)

Men's Results:
60-meter dash (finals):
5. Tahir Walsh (6.90)

Mile:
1. Geoffry Cheruiyot (4:12.99)
2. Hillary Rono (4:13.63)
5. Alden Dixon (4:26.13)
8. Amos Cheruiyot (4:30.93)

800 meter:
12. Kyle Lutz (2:01.08)

Shot Put:
12. Atsu Nyamadi (14.20m)
14. John Ampoman (14.13m)

Long Jump:
9. Phillip Smith (6.56m)
12. Vincent Okot (6.47m)

High Jump:
13. Phillip Smith (1.90m)