Middle Tennessee State University announces Blue Raiders head to Birmingham for the Jaguar Invitational

Alaba Akintola
Alaba Akintola | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
By Prep News Wire Service

From 2/3/2023 post.


MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee's men's and women's track and field teams will compete in Birmingham, Ala. at the Jaguar Invitational on Feb. 5.  
 
Follow Along Live 
Results and highlights will be posted throughout the day on the
Blue Raiders Track and Field Twitter feed.  
 
Live Results from this Sunday's competition will be provided on South Alabama's website
here.
 
The Meet Schedule 
The Blue Raiders will start off the Jaguar Invitational on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. CT in the women's 5000m race. 
 
Click here to view the full meet schedule. 
 
The Meet Field 
A few of the programs that will be competing at the Jaguar Invitational are Alabama, Memphis, LA Tech, and South Alabama.  
 
Last Time Out for the Blue Raiders –
Full Recap 
Event Wins 
·      
 Esther Isa won the women's high jump final where she cleared 1.84m. That mark was good for the top overall in C-USA and nationally ranked top-10.  
·      
Alaba Akintola won the men's 60m final with a time of 6.61s. 
 
Men's Top Performances  
·      
Alaba Akintola placed second in the men's 200m race where he set a top overall C-USA time and a nationally ranked sixth best time of 20.63s. 
·      
 Benjamin Onyekwelu placed third in the men's long final where he jumped 7.50m. 
 
Women's Top Performances 
·      
 Lyn'Nikka Vance qualified for the women's long jump final with a mark of 6.08m and later in the evening placed third in the finals.  
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Esther Isa placed third in the women's triple jump final where she jumped a mark of 12.42m. 


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