Middle Tennessee State University announces Women place third, men place fifth at C-USA Championships

From 2/19/2023 post.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Middle Tennessee's track and field teams competed at the C-USA Championships over the weekend in Birmingham. The women placed third with 82 points, while the men placed fifth with 81.5 points.
 
Alaba Akintola won a pair of events himself in the 60m and the 200m races. Akintola set a new C-USA Championship record in the 200m race with a 20.59s time.
 
Event Wins 
·       Brian Rono won the men's 800m final with a time of 1:53.17.
·       Esther Isa  won the women's triple jump final with a mark of 13.08m.
·       Alaba Akintola took first place and set a new C-USA Championship record in the 200m with a time of 20.59s. Akintola also won the men's 60m final with a time of 6.63.
 
Men's Top Performances  
·       Stephen Eloji finished second in the mens 60m final after a time of 7.99s.
·       Benjamin Onyekwelu placed second in the men's long jump final with a mark of 7.43m.
 
Women's Top Performances 
· Glory Nyenke finished second in the women's 400m finals with a personal best time of 54.00s.
· Esther isa placed second in the women's high jump final and long jump final. In the high jump she had a mark of 1.77m and in long jump a mark of 6.41m.
· Lyn'Nikka Vance placed third behind Isa in the women's long jump final with a mark of 6.09m. In the women's 60m prelim, Vance ran her fasted time of the season with a 7.52s.
 
Quote from head coach Keith Vronman
"Courageous performance this weekend by both of our teams. So many records and personal bests were broken this weekend and I thought we represented MTSU well. Alaba Akintola grabbed another stellar performance in the 200m, which should qualify him for the the NCAA."

Next up 
 Middle Tennessee will head to Boston, Mass. For the Boston University Last Chance Meet on Sunday, Feb.26.  

Final Results
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Original source can be found here.