Middle Tennessee State University announces Four Blue Raiders to compete in NCAA East Preliminaries

From 5/23/2023 post.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee's men's and women's track and field teams will have four athletes competing at the NCAA East Preliminaries on May 24-27 in Jacksonville, Fla.
 
Follow Along Live
 
Results and highlights will be posted throughout the day on the Blue Raiders' Track and Field Twitter feed.
 
Live Results for the NCAA East Preliminaries will be provided by the NCAA each day of competition. The livestream will start Wednesday on ESPN+.
 
The Meet Schedule
 
The outdoor meet will kick off on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. CT with the men's 110m Hurdles.
 
Click here to view the full meet schedule.
 
Last Time Out for the Blue Raiders – C-USA Championships
 
Faith Nyathi was named the C-USA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship Freshman of the Meet
 
Men's Top Performances 
· Alaba Akintola placed first in the men's 100m and 200m. In the 100m he ran a time of 10.05s and in the 200m a 20.43s.
· Stephen Eloji won the men's 110m Hurdles with a new C-USA Championship record time of 13.50s.
 
Women's Top Performances
· Faith Nyathi finished first in the women's 5000m with a time of 16:50.26 and second place in the 10000m with a time of 36:24.46s to earn Freshman of the Meet.
· Lyn'Nikka Vance earned a bronze medal in the women's long jump with a mark of 6.04m.
 
Quote from head coach Keith Vroman
"Stephen Eloji has come a long way, very happy for him to compete at this conference championships. Faith is very coachable, today she raced as smart as any freshman has ever raced, her future is bright."

Original source can be found here.