Raiders Finish Strong at Indiana Relays

Friday, January 31

Bloomington, IN

Middle Tennessee

Indiana University Relays

2/1/2020 7:46:00 PM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

Meet Results

By: @MTAthletics

Bloomington, Ind. - The Middle Tennessee track and field teams wrapped up the weekend at the Indiana University Relays with five podium finishes and 17 top-10 finishes overall.

Sprints
Athlete	Event	Time/Mark	Place
Cecilia Francis	60 Meter Dash (W)	7.52s	6th
Ida Mensah	200 Meter (W)	25.12s	13th
Shawkia Iddrisu	200 Meter (W)	25.13s	14th
Cecilia Francis	200 Meter (W)	25.54s	17th
Agnes Abrocquah	200 Meter (W)	25.82s	21st
Matthew Stewart	200 Meter (M)	22.66s	18th
Shawkia Iddrisu	400 Meter (W)	56.10s	6th
Quanisha Marshall	400 Meter (W)	58.64s	17th
Willington Wright	400 Meter (M)	47.12s	1st
Jaquez Torian	400 Meter (M)	49.86s	14th
Lamarco Petty	400 Meter (M)	50.44s	19th
Seth Crowder	400 Meter (M)	54.00s	28th

Cecilia Francis qualified for the 60-meter dash finals and finished sixth overall with a time of 7.52s. Willington Wright was quick in the men's 400-meter dash, winning the event with a time of 47.12s.

Mid-Distance
Athlete	Event	Time/Mark	Place
Quanisha Marshall	600 Meter (W)	1:35.11	6th
Brian Rono	800 Meter (M)	1:51.18	7th
Nathan Mack	800 Meter (M)	1:56.83	23rd
Titus Lagat	800 Meter (M)	1:56.99	25th
Stephen Mengich	800 Meter (M)	1:58.12	27th
Eusila Chepkemei	1 Mile Run FS (W)	4:59.92	10th
Francisca Jebor	1 Mile Run FS (W)	5:02.78	14th
Faith Rono	1 Mile Run FS (W)	5:11.69	23rd

Quanisha Marshall's time of 1:35.11 in the women's 600-meter run marks a new career-high for the sophomore.

Distance
Athlete	Event	Time/Mark	Place
Mercy Chepkurui	3000m (W)	10:01.37	2nd
Julia Jelagat	3000m (W)	10:53.53	21st
Joice Jebor	3000m FS (W)	9:28.65	4th
Pamela Kosgei	3000m FS (W)	9:59.98	22nd
Jacob Choge	3000m FS (M)	8:10.39	10th
Kigen Chemadi	3000m FS (M)	8:13.78	13th
Thobile Mosito	3000m FS (M)	8:34.12	21st

Freshman Mercy Chepkurui showed out in the women's 3,000-meter run, finishing second overall with a personal best time of 10:01.37. In the women's 3,000-meter fast section event, Joice Jebor claimed fourth with a time of 9:28.65, which is also a new personal record. Pamela Kosgei also competed in the event and finished 22nd with a time of 9:59.98.

For the men, Jacob Choge broke his personal record in the men's 3,000-meter fast section with a time of 8:10.39, finishing 10th in the event. Kigen Chemadi followed close behind, finishing 13th with a time of 8:13.78.

Jumps
Athlete	Event	Time/Mark	Place
Akera Benton	Long Jump (W)	5.94m	3rd
Willington Wright	Long Jump (M)	6.94m	7th
Esther Isa	High Jump (W)	1.78m	1st
Akera Benton	Triple Jump (W)	11.43m	8th

Junior Esther Isa continues to impress as she claimed the gold in the women's high jump with a mark of 1.78m, a new personal best.

"Esther Isa in the high jump will be a huge plus for us," said head coach Dean Hayes. "She did a good job with that yesterday."

Akera Benton showed her experience in the women's long jump, finishing third overall and just shy of her personal best,5.96m. Benton also claimed eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 11.43m.

Willington Wright competed in the men's long jump and took seventh place after jumping a distance of 6.94m.

Throws
Athlete	Event	Time/Mark	Place
Roland Turner	Shot Put (M)	13.17m	26th

"We had several individual events that went real well," Hayes said. "In some of those distance runs, they didn't get high places, but they got their lifetime bests, so that's the main thing."

The Blue Raider women had one compete in the indoor pentathlon, Regina Yeboah, who finished seventh overall with 3,434 total points. She placed ninth in the 60-meter hurdles, third in the high jump, sixth in shot put, eighth in long jump and fourth in the 800-meter run.

Choge, Wright, Brian Rono and Chemadi placed fourth overall in the men's distance medley relay with a time of 9:37.85.

The men's 4x400-meter relay concluded the meet and the Blue Raider men's relay A team (Matthew Stewart, Lamarco Petty, Jaquez Torian, Willington Wright) took the gold with a time of 3:12.60. The women's relay A team finished seventh in the women's 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:50.78.

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