Four Blue Raiders Qualified for NCAA Indoor T&F Championships

Friday, March 11

Birmingham, AL

Middle Tennessee

NCAA Championships

3/2/2022 10:07:00 AM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

By: Braydin Sik, MT Athletic Communications

INDIANAPOLIS – Four Blue Raiders have qualified for the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships. The two-day meet will be hosted by UAB in Birmingham, Ala. Friday, March 11^th, and Saturday, March 12^th.

Alaba Akintola
Akintola took home Freshman of the Meet, High Point Scorer of the Meet, and First Team All-Conference USA on the men's side of the C-USA Championship. Akintola was nothing short of electric this season, erasing a 17-year-old record in the men's 200 meter with a time of 20.72 seconds. His program-best 200-meter time is tied for 14^th best in the nation.

Akintola will compete in the semifinals on Friday, March 11^th at 5:25 p.m. CT. If he qualifies for the finals, Alaba will compete again on Saturday, March 12^th at 4:50 p.m. CT.

Eusila Chepkemei
This indoor season, Chepkemei became the first female in Conference USA history to sweep the 800-meter, mile, and 3000 meter. Chepkemei's three first-place finishes on day two of the C-USA Championship included a program record-breaking performance in the 3000 meter that helped her secure the High Point Scorer of the Meet award and First Team All-Conference USA honors. Last week at the Boston Last Chance Meet, Chepkemei set another program record but this time in the one mile, solidifying her spot in the NCAA Championships with the fifth-best time in the country.

Chepkemei will compete in the semifinals of the women's one mile at 7:00 p.m. CT on Friday, March 11^th. If she qualifies for the finals, she will compete again at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 12^th.

Omamuyovwi Erhire
Erhire is currently tied for the fifth-best mark in the nation for the high jump with 2.23m. At the C-USA Championship Omamuyovwi tied for the highest mark but took home Second Team All-Conference USA. He sits only .03 meters away from the top mark in the nation.

Erhire will start finals competition on Friday, March 11^th at 12:30 p.m. CT.

Esther Isa
Esther Isa took first place in the women's triple jump with a personal best length of 13.48 meters at the C-USA Championships, earning Isa First Team All-Conference USA honors. Isa also took second in the women's high jump with a final height of 1.78m, .01 meters from her personal best. Isa's season-best mark in the triple jump is the 12^th best mark in the nation.

Isa will compete in the prelims/finals on Saturday, March 12^th at 6:45 p.m. CT.

NCAA Championship Meet Information
Meet Schedule
Live Results
Day One Watch – ESPN3
Day Two Watch – ESPN3

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