Four Blue Raiders Claim Gold at Final Day of C-USA Championships

Thursday, May 10

Houston, Texas

Middle Tennessee

Conference USA Outdoor Championships

5/13/2018 9:40:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

HOUSTON, Texas – Four Blue Raiders claimed top-finishes during the final day of the C-USA Championships in their respective events.

Abike Egbeniyi inked the championship title in the women's 800-meter event. Egbeniyi crossed the line at 2:04.91 to record a new Conference USA Championship record in the event.

Simiarly, Edidiong Odiong notched a gold medal finish in the women's 200-meter event with a time of 23.14. Meanwhile, Pamela Kosgei claimed the first place finish in the 5,000-meter event crossing the line at 17:08.00.

On the field, Isaac Odugbesan claimed the C-USA Champion title in the men's shot put event recording a distance of 18.57-meters.

Likewise, the women's 4x100 relay of Mirlege Castor, Loveth Odia, Cecilia Francis and Edidiong Odiong claimed the title after recording a time of 44.80. Similarly, the women's 4x400 relay team (Castor, Assafuah, Odiong, Egbeniyi) clinched the title running the relay in 3:37.22.

Meanwhile, Joycelyn Assafuah inked a second place finish in the women's 400-meter finals crossing the line at 53.16. Similarly, Cecilia Francis claimed the silver medal in the 100-meter dash, posting a tome of 11.58.

Overall, the women claimed the second place title at the C-USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships while the men finished in seventh place.

Men's Triple Jump – 13 Jacob Patten, 14.15m
Men's 100-meter dash – 8 Solomon Afful, 10.55, 7 Lamarco Petty 10.64
Men's 200-meter dash – 5 Lamarco Petty, 21.12
Men's 400-meter dash – 6 Adeniji Adedamola, 46.98; 8 Jaquez Torian, 47.09
Men's 800-meter run – 4 Trevon Sanders, 1:50.37
Men's 1,500-meter run – 8 Geoffry Cheruiyot, 3:56.22
Men's 5,000-meter run – 13 Geoffry Cheruiyot, 15:18.10; 19 Amos Cheruiyot 15:25.56
Men's 4x100 relay – 6 Hugle, Afful, Stewart, Petty, 40.67
Men's 4x400 relay – 4 Adedamola, Umoh, Torian, Sanders, 3:09.02
Women's 100-meter dash – 5 Edidiong Odiong, 11.66; 6 Mirlege Castor, 11.68
Women's 100-meter hurdles – 6 Lauren Epps, 14.37
Women's 1,500-meter run – 6 Joice Jebor, 4:28.99
Women's 5,000-meter run – 6 Joice Jebor, 17:23.52; 14 Rachel Kigen, 18:11.88; 16 Glady Kipchumba, 18:17.02; 17 Julia Jelaget, 18:17.20
Women's Triple Jump – 12 Omolayo Omosola, 11.93m; 18 Qetuwrah Abdullah Muhammad, 10.90m