Blue Raider Distance Runners are Heading to the Raleigh Relays

Thursday, March 24

Raleigh, NC

Middle Tennessee

Raleigh Relays

3/23/2022 11:00:00 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

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Five Middle Tennessee track and field distance runners are making their way to the Raleigh Relays hosted by North Carolina State in Raleigh, N.C. from Thursday, March 24, to Friday, March 25.

Eusila Chepkemei, Mercy Chepkurui, Joice Jebor, Habtamu Geta, and Vincent Yegon are the five Blue Raiders that will represent MT in a field of 150 schools.

Raleigh Relays' Meet Schedule
Geta and Yegon are running in the men's 5000m on Friday between 6:00 p.m. and 9:05 p.m.

Chepkemei and Chepkurui are scheduled to be running the women's 5000m between the times of 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. or 7:29 p.m. and 9:05 p.m. on Friday afternoon.

Jebor will be participating in the women's 3000m steeplechase on Friday between the times of 5:50 p.m. and 6:36 p.m.

Watch Link – Thursday (7 p.m. - 9 p.m.)
Watch Link – Friday (7:15 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.)

Last Time Out for the Blue Raiders
Graduate student Abigail Kwarteng in her first official meet as a Blue Raider took first place with a high-jump height of 1.84m. Her height of 1.84m ranks second in the nation and her Conference USA Women's Field Athlete of the Week honors.

Senior Akera Benton started her outdoor season off with her first outdoor first-place finish with a triple-jump length of 11.99m. Benton's 11.99m would rank top-15 in the nation heading into this weekend.

The Jebor sisters, Joice and Francisca, finished in the top two for the women's 1500m with times of 4:42.81 and 4:57.95 respectively.

Freshman Naomy Limatukei led the way for Middle Tennessee in the 3000m dash with a second-place time of 9:59.95. Junior Mercy Chepkurui and graduate student Caitlin Cunningham took third and fifth respectively with times of 10:05.13 and 10:13.94 respectively.

Junior Habtamu Geta ran a time of 3:55.35 in the men's 1500m dash to take first place. Not far behind Geta was the freshman Vincent Yegon in second with a time of 3:57.04. Both times are top 100 in the nation heading into the weekend.

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