Hood College announces Relay continues record-setting season

Evan Ellington
Evan Ellington | Hood Blazers
By Prep News Wire Service

From April 29, 2023 post.

The Hood College men's track team competed in split-squad action at both the Penn Relays at the University of Pennslyvania and the Paul Kaiser Classic at Shippensburg University.


Record Breakers

  • At the Penn Relays, the 4x100-meter relay team of Tofunmi Okuseinde (Baltimore, Md./Parkville), Evan Ellington (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti), Rell Asamoah (Frederick, Md./Tuscarora) and Jamel Mins (Columbia, Md./Atholton) broke the school record for the fifth time this season. The quartet placed third in the final with a time of 41.82 seconds. The time also ranks 37th overall in the nation in Division III. 

Highlights 

  • At SU, Chris Sappe (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) recorded a career best in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:03.57 to place 14th out of 42 participants.    

Notes 

  • No team scoring was tracked at either meet.

Up Next

The Blazers are back in action at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship Meet, hosted by York College of Pennslyvania on May 4-6. 

Original source can be found here.


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