Hood College announces Two school records fall on final day at MACs

From May 6, 2023 post.

Hood College's men's track and field team were led by three all-conference performances and school records by the 4x400 relay team and Chris Sappe (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) on the final day of the Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by York College of Pennslyvania. 

Record Breakers

• Sappe bested his school record in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.77, placing second overall in the event by 0.002 seconds to LVC's Elijah McKell. He cut nearly three seconds off his previous record of 1:56.52 at the Bison Outdoor Invitational in early April. His placement gave the Blazers eight points and gave him All-MAC Second Team accolades.
• The 4x400 team of Tofunmi Okuseinde (Baltimore, Md./Parkville), Evan Ellington (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti), Chris Sappe (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) and Jamel Mins (Columbia, Md./Atholton) finished ninth with a time of 3:25.92. The time bested the previous school record that was set at the MAC Championships in 2018 by PJ Alexander, Zach Crossey, R.J. Tucker and AJ Lewis that ran a time of 3:28.39. 

All-MAC Honors

• Mins also finished second overall in the 100-meter dash, with a time of 10.81. The time scored eight points for the Blazers in the event and Mins received second-team all-conference honors. Mins also placed third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.92, just .01 seconds off of the school record and received third-team all conference accolades and six points for the Blazers.  
• Ellington joined Mins as All-MAC in the 100. He scored six points with a time of 10.89 that placed third overall and scored all-conference third team honors. The senior also finished fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.22 to receive four points for the Blazers. He and Mins again traded places on Hood's all-time list in the 100, with Mins retaking second after Ellington had taken the spot from him during the preliminaries.
• Okuseinde was the third Blazer to score points in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.10 to score one point for the Blazers.

Notes 

• The Blazers finished in 10th with 33 points overall. 
• Messiah won the team MAC Championships with 132 points.

Up Next

The Blazers are back in action on Friday, May. 12 in the ECAC Outdoor Championships at Goucher College.  

Original source can be found here.