Blue Raiders complete day one of CUSA Indoor Championships

2/23/2024 7:39:00 PM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field

By: @MTAthletics

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Middle Tennessee men's and women's track and field teams completed the first day of the Conference USA Indoor Championships on Friday with multiple qualifiers for Saturday's finals.

Men's Team Score – 23 – Third Place
Women's Team Score – 41 – Third Place

Men's Top Performances

· Brady Daniels ran a personal best in the 60-meter prelims of 48.33s to qualify for finals. Daniels also qualified for the 400-meter finals with a personal best in the prelims of 48.33s.
· Brian Kiptoo placed second in the 5000-meter finals with a personal best time of 14:11.85s. Habtamu Geta placed third running a 14:24.01s. Vincent Yegon also scored in sixth place running a 14:40.99s.
· Kiptoo also placed second in the one-mile prelims to qualify for the finals with a time of 4:17.48s.
· Joel Iheakolam placed third in the long Jump with a mark of 7.22m for a new personal best.
· Geta qualified for the men's 800-meter finals running a 1:54.11s.
· Stephen Eloji qualified for the 60-meter Hurdles finals by placing second in the prelims with a 7.89s.
· Wail Bourahli qualified for his first CUSA Finals placing first in the 800-meter prelims running a 1:52.93s time.

🏆 2024 ITF Men's 5000m Champions 🏆

🥇Edwin Kiprop - @Liberty_XCTF
🥈Brian Kiptoo - @MT_TrackField
🥉Habtamu Geta - @MT_TrackField #NoLimitsOnUs pic.twitter.com/YL9BlPu81r
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 24, 2024

Women's Top Performances

· Brooke Studnicki ran a personal best in the women's one-mile prelims of 4:58.76s (Q).
· In the women's long jump finals, Lyn'Nikka Vance placed second tying her personal best of 5.93m, Lakesha Smith placed third with a personal best 5.89m, and Viktoria Rusnakova placed fifth with a personal best 5.81m.
· Freshman Tamia Waters qualified for her first CUSA Finals in the 60-meter hurdles with a personal best in the prelims of 8.53s.
· Odilia Jepchumba placed second in the 5000-meter finals with a personal best 16:46.52s.
· Pamela Milano placed second in the 800-meter with a time of 2:12.94s.
· The women's 4000 Distance Medley Relay team of Nyathi, Leonie Beu, Milano and Jepchumba placed second with a 11:37.54s time.

🏆 2024 ITF Women's Long Jump Champions 🏆

🥇Makenzy Mizera - @Liberty_XCTF
🥈Lynnika Vance - @MT_TrackField
🥉Lakesha Smith - @MT_TrackField #NoLimitsOnUs pic.twitter.com/TMxOpxkrfS
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 23, 2024

🏆 2024 ITF Women's 5000m Champions 🏆

🥇Adelyn Fairley - @Liberty_XCTF
🥈Odilia Jepchumba - @MT_TrackField
🥉Joyce Kemboi - @UTEPTrack #NoLimitsOnUs pic.twitter.com/MWXPt9Vxbf
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 24, 2024

Next up

One day remains in the Conference USA Indoor Championships in Lynchburg, Va. with the finals taking place on Saturday.

Final Results

View the final results from Friday's events here.

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