Blue Raiders Tally 11 Podium Finishes at KMS Invitational

Sunday, January 27

Birmingham, AL / Birmingham Crossplex

All Day

Middle Tennessee

KMS Invitational

1/28/2019 9:35:00 AM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

Middle Tennessee raced at the Birmingham Crossplex for the second weekend in a row and again, found success in many. Overall, the Blue Raiders took home 11 podium finishes including four titles.

Notable Results

ATHLETE	EVENT	TIME/MARK	PLACE
SPRINTS
Keyon Hugle	60 Meters (M)	6.90s	4^th
Cecilia Francis	60 Meters (W)	7.47s	1^st
Mirlege Castor	60 Meters (W) 200 Meters (W)	7.55s 24.72s	2^nd 3^rd
LaMarco Petty	200 Meters (M)	21.64s	4^th
Joycelyn Assafuah	200 Meters (W) 400 Meters (W)	24.57s 54.29s	2^nd 2^nd
Jaquez Torian	400 Meters (M)	47.33s	2^nd
Willington Wright	400 Meters (M)	47.85s	3^rd

Cecilia Francis ran a season best by a tenth of a second in her 60 meter title with Mirlege Castor finishing second with a personal best of her own. Joycelyn Assafuah ran a season best in her 400 and a person record in the 200 during her pair of second place finishes.

MID-DISTANCE
Tre'Von Sanders	800 Meters (M)	1:53.51	1^st
Julio Acevedo	800 Meters (M)	1:57.28	4^th

Tre'Von Sanders won his second straight 800 meter title at the KMS Invitational with a win by more than two seconds.

JUMPS
Omolayo Omosola	Long Jump (W)	5.64m	3^rd
Willington Wright	Triple Jump (M)	14.21m	4^th
Jacob Patten	High Jump (M)	2.10m	1^st

A season best long jump earned Omosola a third place mark in long jump while Jacob Patten won the men's high jump.

THROWS
Isaac Odugbesan		Shot Put (M)	17.94m	1^st

Odugbesan won the shot put by nearly one meter with his second throw of the day.

Up Next

While some of the Blue Raiders will compete against professional runners in the Camel City Elite race on Saturday, February 2nd, much of the team will be racing at home the same date. The MTSU Invitational will take place at the Murphy Center.