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Music City Challenge
Blue Raiders set for Music City Challenge
4/25/2024 10:29:00 AM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee will travel to Nashville to compete in the Music City Challenge on April 26-27.
The final meet for the Blue Raiders before the CUSA Outdoor Championships in El Paso, Texas on May 10.
Follow Along Live
Live results here
Results and highlights will be posted throughout the day on the Blue Raider Track and Field twitter feed (@MT_TrackField).
Meet Schedule
Friday's action will begin with the field events at noon and the running events starting at 5:30 p.m. CT. The competition will begin at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday with the field events and the running events will follow.
The meet schedule for the Music City Challenge can be found here.
The Music City Challenge is hosted by Vanderbilt with teams such as Georgia, Blemont an Western Kentucky also competing.
Last Time Out – Bryan Clay Invitational
A pair of nationally ranked times highlighted the competition this weekend at the Bryan Clay Invitational. Odilia Jepchumba and Faith Nyathi both ran top-40 times in NCAA in the women's 5k.
Men's Top Performances
· On Friday, Vincent Yegon ran a personal best in the 10,000-meter run in his 15th place finish of 30:04.96s.
· Habtamu Geta added another personal best in the 5k on Friday in his eighth-place finish of 14:09.57s.
· Wail Bourahli also ran a personal best time in the 800-meter on Friday of 1:50.06s.
· Brian Kiptoo would place 44th in the men's 1500-meter on Saturday night with a personal best time of 3:48.30. The fastest time for men's team in the 1500-meter this season.
· Carmelo Cannizaro finished top-100 out of 255 entries in the 1500-meter with a personal best of 3:50.55s.
Women's Top Performances
· Purity Sanga ran a top-50 time in the nation on Thursday in the 10k of 33:23.07s.
· Nancy Maiyo would run a personal best on Friday in the 5k of 16:55.91s to finish 17th.
· Friday night featured the women's 5k group that included Jepchumba and Nyathi who both ran top-40 times in NCAA. Jepchumba placed second with a personal best time of 16 minutes flat. Nyathi placed fourth with a personal best of 16:03.77s.
· Jepchumba would win heat number two on Saturday night in the 1500-meter for the fifth fastest time overall of 4:24.89s.
· Nyathi placed 24th overall in the 1500-meter at 4:27.49s for a new personal best.
· Leonie Beu tied her previous personal best in the 400-meter 10th place finish of 54.25s. She would also run a personal best in the 200-meter of 24.19s to finish 13th.
· Eleanor Towe finished first place in the women's 1500 meter on Saturday night with a personal best 4:29.72s. The fastest time this season for the women's team in the 1500-meter.
Follow Us
Keep up with Blue Raider cross country and track and field on Facebook (Middle Tennessee Blue Raider XC/Track & Field), Twitter (@MT_TrackField), and Instagram (@mt_trackfield).
The final meet for the Blue Raiders before the CUSA Outdoor Championships in El Paso, Texas on May 10.
Follow Along Live
Live results here
Results and highlights will be posted throughout the day on the Blue Raider Track and Field twitter feed (@MT_TrackField).
Meet Schedule
Friday's action will begin with the field events at noon and the running events starting at 5:30 p.m. CT. The competition will begin at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday with the field events and the running events will follow.
The meet schedule for the Music City Challenge can be found here.
The Music City Challenge is hosted by Vanderbilt with teams such as Georgia, Blemont an Western Kentucky also competing.
Last Time Out – Bryan Clay Invitational
A pair of nationally ranked times highlighted the competition this weekend at the Bryan Clay Invitational. Odilia Jepchumba and Faith Nyathi both ran top-40 times in NCAA in the women's 5k.
Men's Top Performances
· On Friday, Vincent Yegon ran a personal best in the 10,000-meter run in his 15th place finish of 30:04.96s.
· Habtamu Geta added another personal best in the 5k on Friday in his eighth-place finish of 14:09.57s.
· Wail Bourahli also ran a personal best time in the 800-meter on Friday of 1:50.06s.
· Brian Kiptoo would place 44th in the men's 1500-meter on Saturday night with a personal best time of 3:48.30. The fastest time for men's team in the 1500-meter this season.
· Carmelo Cannizaro finished top-100 out of 255 entries in the 1500-meter with a personal best of 3:50.55s.
Women's Top Performances
· Purity Sanga ran a top-50 time in the nation on Thursday in the 10k of 33:23.07s.
· Nancy Maiyo would run a personal best on Friday in the 5k of 16:55.91s to finish 17th.
· Friday night featured the women's 5k group that included Jepchumba and Nyathi who both ran top-40 times in NCAA. Jepchumba placed second with a personal best time of 16 minutes flat. Nyathi placed fourth with a personal best of 16:03.77s.
· Jepchumba would win heat number two on Saturday night in the 1500-meter for the fifth fastest time overall of 4:24.89s.
· Nyathi placed 24th overall in the 1500-meter at 4:27.49s for a new personal best.
· Leonie Beu tied her previous personal best in the 400-meter 10th place finish of 54.25s. She would also run a personal best in the 200-meter of 24.19s to finish 13th.
· Eleanor Towe finished first place in the women's 1500 meter on Saturday night with a personal best 4:29.72s. The fastest time this season for the women's team in the 1500-meter.
Follow Us
Keep up with Blue Raider cross country and track and field on Facebook (Middle Tennessee Blue Raider XC/Track & Field), Twitter (@MT_TrackField), and Instagram (@mt_trackfield).
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