Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
Friday, January 20
Nashville, TN
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Vanderbilt Invitational
Blue Raiders Back in Action at Vanderbilt Invitational
1/19/2023 10:47:00 AM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee men's and women's track and field teams are back in Nashville for the Vanderbilt Invitational on Friday, Jan. 20 to Saturday Jan. 21.
Follow Along Live
Results and highlights will be posted throughout each day on the Blue Raider Track and Field Twitter feed.
Live results from this weekend's competition will be provided on Vanderbilt's website here.
The Meet Schedule
The Blue Raiders will start off the Vanderbilt Invitational on Friday with the women's high jump at 1:00 p.m. CT. Saturday's events begin with the men's and women's triple jump at 11:00 a.m. CT.
Click here to view the full meet schedule.
The Meet Field
A few of the programs that will be competing at the Vanderbilt Invitational are Belmont, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt.
Last Time Out for the Blue Raiders – Full Recap
The women's team claimed one event title in the high jump from Abigail Kwarteng, while the men's team took three event titles.
Alaba Akintola had two great days last weekend at the Commodore Challenge, resulting in Conference USA Men's Track Athlete of the Week honors. Akintola finished first overall in the men's 60m race with a time of 6.59s, which set a new school record and is a top-five time nationally. Akintola won two event titles himself by taking first in the 200m race as well. The other first-place finisher was Hillary Kimaiyo in the 1000m with a time of 2:26.34.
For the Blue Raider women's team, Lesego Mphse finished second in the 3000m race. Mphse's second place finish came with a time of 9.59.99. In the women's mile run, Mercy Chepkurui placed 11th with a time of 5:04.14.
Follow the Middle Tennessee Track & Field Team
Keep up with Blue Raider track & field on Facebook (Middle Tennessee Blue Raider XC/Track & Field), Twitter (@MT_TrackField), and Instagram (@mt_trackfield).
Keep up with Blue Raider track & field on Facebook (Middle Tennessee Blue Raider XC/Track & Field), Twitter (@MT_TrackField), and Instagram (@mt_trackfield).
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