Blue Raiders wrap up outdoor meets in Raleigh and Gainesville

Thursday, March 28

Raleigh, NC

TBA

Middle Tennessee

Raleigh Relays

3/30/2024 5:20:00 PM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

By: @MTAthletics

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Middle Tennessee men's and women's track and field teams completed this weekend's meets. The sprinters and jumpers competed in Florida while the distance runners were in Raleigh, N.C.

School records were shattered over the weekend with Odilia Jepchumba running the fastest 10k in school history (33:16.76s) to rank 31st in NCAA. In the same event, Faith Nyathi would also break the school record and run the 37th fastest time in NCAA (33:27.42s).

Carmelo Cannizzaro's time (8:49.93s) at the Raleigh Relays in the 3000M Steeplechase is the 12^th fastest in the NCAA.

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 | Men's 3k Steeple

Carmelo Cannizzaro ran a 8:49.93s for the 12th fastest time in the nation! 👏 #BLUEnited | 📊 https://t.co/j4vHrAxiK9
— Middle Tennessee XC/Track & Field (@MT_TrackField) March 30, 2024

Men's Top Performances

· The men's 4x100 team ran a season best 40.37s with Stephen Eloji as the anchor. Eloji also finished fourth in the 100H finals with a 13.68s
· Brian Kiptoo ran a personal best in the men's 5000M of 14:08.52s
· John Sherman would run a personal best 21.45s in the 200M. He also ran a season best in the 100M with a 10.39s time for a top-50 time in NCAA.
· Sammy Sang would finish 10^th in the 1500M with a 3:51.74s time.

Women's Top Performances

· Freshman Nancy Maiyo would run the 96th fastest time in NCAA in the 10k of 34:56.90s.
· Purity Sanga would run the second fastest time in school history in the 5k and 64th fastest in NCAA of 16:19.68s.
· Brooke Studnicki ran a personal best in the 1500M of 4:31.39s
· Tamia Waters ran a personal best in the 200M with a 24.26s time. Waters also ran a personal best in the 100-hurdles of 13.83s.
· Leonnie Beu would run a personal best 52.35s time in the 400M.

Next up

The men's and women's teams will be in Knoxville for the Tennessee Relays on April 5-6.

Final Results

View the final results of this weekend's meet here.

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