Raiders Earn Two Personal Bests in Boston

Sunday, February 24

Boston, MA / Boston University Track and Tennis Center

All Day

Middle Tennessee

Last Chance Invitational

2/24/2019 10:56:00 PM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

Results

Boston - Middle Tennessee sent a small section of the team to the Boston Last Chance Invitational for one final shot at improving their times and chances of making the NCAA Indoor National Championships in two weeks on March 8-9. Two individual runners achieved season bests along with the men's 4x400 meter relay team

Notable Results

ATHLETE	EVENT	TIME/MARK	PLACE
Willington Wright	400 Meters (M)	46.53	2^nd
Jaquez Torian	400 Meters (M)	46.74	3^rd
Abike Egbeniyi	800 Meters (W)	2:03.65	5^th
Thobile Mosito	5000 Meters (M)	14:21.66	3^rd
Jacob Choge	5000 Meters (Invite)	14:20.17	10^th
Men's Relay	4x400 Meters (M)	3:08.53	2^nd

Willington Wright turned in his best performance of his season in the 400 notching a personal best and now owns the team's best time this season. Abike Egbeniyi also turned in a stand-out performance with her personal best indoor 800 time. The men's 4x400 team finished second and just 0.4 seconds off their season best. Mosito and Torian also finished on the podium. Jacob Choge also competed as one of two collegiate runners among several professional runners in the invitational division of the Men's 5K.

Up Next

The Blue Raiders will compete in the NCAA National Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala. on March 8-9. Stay tuned to GoBlueRaiders.com to find out which Blue Raiders will be competing for national titles.