Eloji sets new CUSA Record in 110H

Friday, May 10

El Paso, TX

TBA

Middle Tennessee

Conference USA

5/12/2024 10:59:00 PM | General, Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

By: @MTAthletics

EL PASO, Texas. – Middle Tennessee men's and women's track and field teams completed this weekend's meet at the Outdoor CUSA Championships in El Paso, Texas.

Stephen Eloji set a new Conference USA Outdoor Championships record in the 110-meter Hurdles of 13.28s to take home the gold and break his own previous record from a season ago.

The men's team finished with 105 total points while the women's team managed 104. Qualifiers for NCAA Regionals are set to be released Thursday, May 16.

Event Champion 🥇@lightningstevie sets a new Outdoor @ConferenceUSA Championships record in the 110H of 13.28s! #BLUEnited pic.twitter.com/QpcdAYrBdO
— Middle Tennessee XC/Track & Field (@MT_TrackField) May 13, 2024

Men's Top Performances

· Eloji advanced to the 110-meter Hurdles finals after he finished first in the prelims with a 13.60s time. He would go to take gold in the finals and set a new CUSA Outdoor Championships record of 13.28s. Eloji also took home gold in the 400-meter Hurdles.
· Carmelo Cannizzaro would win gold in the men's 3000-meter Steeplechase with Brian Kiptoo taking silver and Vincent Yegon with Bronze.
· Yegon also took home silver on Fiday night in the 10k race.
· Brian Kiptoo took silver in the 1500-meter with Habtamu Geta taking bronze. Kiptoo would also take home the gold in the 5k with Geta taking silver.

Women's Top Performances

· Lakesha Smith finished first in the long jump with a PB and CUSA best 6.07m.
· Faith Nyathi won the 1500-meter prelims to advance to the final with a 4:38.30s.
· Viktoria Rusnakova would win the triple jump on Sunday with a PB 12.62 mark and the second furthest in CUSA this season.
· Odilia Jepchumba won the 1500-meter race with Nyathi taking bronze.
· Pamela Milano finished second in the 800-meter finals with a 2:09.88s time.
· The 4x100 team of Lakesha Smith, Leonie Beu, Tamia Waters and Lyn'Nikka Vance took home bronze.
· Jepchumba also won silver in the 5k race with Nyathi winning bronze to wrap up the competition for the weekend.

Event Champion 🥇#BLUEnited pic.twitter.com/FbDZqAT2aE
— Middle Tennessee XC/Track & Field (@MT_TrackField) May 13, 2024

Next up

The NCAA Regionals will take place on May 22-25 in Lexington, Ky.

Final Results

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

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