Raiders Shine on Big Stage in Blazer and Vulcan Invites

Friday, January 11

Birmingham, AL / Birmingham Crossplex

All Day

Middle Tennessee

UAB Blazer/Vulcan Invites

1/13/2019 9:55:00 AM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

Blazer Invite Results Vulcan Invite Results

Middle Tennessee saw several spectacular performances over the weekend as they competed in Birmingham at the UAB Blazer and Vulcan Invites. The venue was the Birmingham Crossplex, the site of both the Conference USA and NCAA Indoor Championships. Facing strong competition, some of the Blue Raiders return to Murfreesboro with their names in the meet and NCAA record books.

Notable Results

ATHLETE	EVENT	TIME/MARK	PLACE
SPRINTS
LaMarco Petty	200 Meters (M)	21.72s	2^nd
Jaquez Torian	400 Meters (M) 500 Meters (M)	46.99s 1:02.46s	1^st 2^nd
Tre'Von Sanders	600 Meters (M)	1:18.79s	1^st
Abike Egbeniyi	400 Meters (W) 600 Meters (W)	53.70s 1:27.80s	1^st 1^st

Torian's time in the 400 tied meet record set last year at the Vulcan Invite. He now ranks owns one of the top 10 best times in this event this year. Similarly, Tre'Von Sanders' win in the 600 was the 6th fastest mark by an American this season.

Abike Egbeniyi had a stellar weekend. She set the meet record in the 400 meters after running the 600 in 1:27.80, a time that is the 8th best in NCAA history.

MID-DISTANCE
Brian Rono	800 Meters (M) 1 Mile (M)	1:53.49 4:14.46	2^nd 1^st
Patience Akanwogba	800 Meters (W)	2:14.84	2^nd
Quanisha Marshall	800 Meters (W)	2:16.09	3^rd
Jacob Choge	1 Mile (M)	4:15.88	1^st
Thobile Mosito	1 Mile (M)	4:17.19	2^nd
Eusila Chepkemei	1 Mile (W)	5:01.67	2^nd

MT saw multiple podium finishes over the weekend in mid-distance events as the Blue Raiders continued to showcase their strength in these events. Brian Rono, Jacob Choge, and Thobile Mosito raced their way to the podium in both meets.

DISTANCE
Thobile Mosito	3K (M)	8:21.55	1^st
Jacob Choge	3K (M)	8:21.74	2^nd
Joice Jebor	3K (W)	10:05.59	3^rd
Julia Jelagat	5K (W)	18:48.99	1^st

The Blue Raiders' distance crew also peformed well, with Mosito and Choge going 1-2 in the men's 3K and Julia Jelagat winning the women's 5K by five seconds.

RELAYS
Relay Team A (M)	4 x 400 Relay (M)	3:12.12	1^st
Relay Team A (W)	4 x 400 Relay (W)	3:42.41	3^rd

Both of the MT relay teams competed in the Blazer Invite relays, with the men taking home another title, their third in a row this season.

JUMPS
Jacob Patten	Triple Jump (M)	14.83m	2^nd

Jacob Patten, better known as the Blue Raiders' high jumper, finished on the podium in the triple jump.

THROWS
Isaac Odugbesan		Shot Put (M) (Blazer) Shot Put (M) (Vulcan)	17.37m 18.04m	2^nd 1^st

Odugbesan competed in both shot put events this weekend, and improved on his second-place mark from the Blazer by nearly 0.7 meters to win the event and crush the meet record in the Vulcan Invite.

Up Next

The Blue Raiders will make a much shorter trip next weekend when they travel to Nashville for the third time this season in a return to Vanderbilt for the Vanderbilt Invitational on January 18-19.