Blue Raiders Win 13 Events at Ed Temple Classic

Sunday, January 6

Nashville, TN / Gentry Center

All Day

Middle Tennessee

Ed Temple Classic

1/6/2019 9:24:00 PM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

Results

By: Photo by Dr. Andrew Owusu

The Blue Raiders competed in Nashville for the second time in the young Indoor Track & Field Season on Sunday. In the end, MT took home 13 first place finishes at the Ed Temple Classic.

Notable Results

ATHLETE	EVENT	TIME/MARK	PLACE
SPRINTS
Keyon Hugle	55 Meters (M)	6.41s	1^st
LaMarco Petty	55 Meters (M) 200 Meters (M)	6.49s 22.11s	3^rd 2^nd
Willington Wright	200 Meters (M)	22.10s	1^st
Mirlege Castor	55 Meters (W) 200 Meters (W)	7.08s 25.96s	3^rd 4^th
Cecilia Francis	55 Meters (W) 200 Meters (W)	7.03s 25.52	2^nd 1^st
Ida Mensah	55 Meters (W)	7.21s	4^th
Jaquez Torian	400 Meters (M)	48.48s	1^st
Matthew Stewart	400 Meters (M)	49.19s	2^nd
Tre'Von Sanders	400 Meters (M)	49.79s	4^th
Abike Egbeniyi	400 Meters (W)	54.56s	1^st
Patience Akanwogba	400 Meters (W)	57.21s	3^rd

The Blue Raiders had multiple podium finishes in each of the six sprint events they competed in and had the top athlete in all but one of the events. Willington Wright also won the men's long jump event.

MID-DISTANCE
Jacob Choge	800 Meters (M)	1:56.53	1^st
Nathan Mack	800 Meters (M)	1:57.42	2^nd
Julio Acevedo	800 Meters (M)	1:58.66	4^th
Thobile Mosito	800 Meters (M)	2:00.33	5^th
Eusila Chepkemei	800 Meters (W)	2:16.10	1^st
Quanisha Marshall	800 Meters (W)	2:21.66	4^th
Joycelyn Assafuah	800 Meters (W)	2:16.90	2^nd
Caden Hercules	1 Mile (M)	4:43.52	1^st
Joice Jebor	1 Mile (W)	5:15.77	1^st
Pamela Kosgei	1 Mile (W)	5:19.75	3^rd
Rachael Kosgei	1 Mile (W)	5:29.66	4^th

Once again, MT ran well in the the Mid-Distance events with both the men's and women's winning the 800 meters and the mile. The men had four runners in the top five of the 800 while the women placed three in the top four of both events.

RELAYS
Relay Team A (M)	4 x 400 Relay (M)	3:15.82	1^st

The men's relay team won their second race in as many meets.

JUMPS
Willington Wright	Long Jump (M) Triple Jump (M)	7.21m 13.86m	1^st 4^th
Omolayo Omosola	Long Jump (W)	5.46m	2^nd
Akera Benton	Long Jump (W) Triple Jump (W)	5.36m 10.85m	3^rd 2^nd
Jacob Patten	Triple Jump (M) High Jump (M)	15.11m 2.05m	2^nd 1^st

Willington Wright and Jacob Patten won the long jump and high jump respectively and both finished in the top five in the triple jump.

THROWS
Isaac Odugbesan		Shot Put (M)	17.55m	1^st

Odugbesan won his second shot put competition of the season.

Up Next

The Blue Raiders will be back in action on Friday when they travel to Birmingham for the UAB Blazer Invite.