The Chicago State men's and women's track & field teams began their indoor season by hosting the Windy City Invitational Friday at the Gately Indoor Track & Field Complex in Chicago. Several area schools competed in the non-team scoring event, including Aurora, Bradley, Calumet-St. Joseph, Concordia Chicago, Edgewood, Lewis, Purdue Northwest, Roosevelt, St. Francis (Ill.) and St. Xavier.
Complete results of the event can be found
HERE. Complete Chicago State results listed below:
FIELD EVENTS
Women's Long Jump
20 Karoline Riisnaes, Chicago State, 4.23m
22 Delaney Kenney, Chicago State, 4.09m
24 Brianna Sanchez, Chicago State, 3.59m
25 Veronika Avila, Chicago State, 3.51m
Men's Long Jump
23 Danail Sergiev, Chicago State, 5.17m
24 Eduardo Flores, Chicago State, 5.12m
26 Jethro Yumange, Chicago State, 4.86m
27 Jacob Huber, Chicago State, 4.55m
Men's Triple Jump
12 Kieran Hogarth, Chicago State, 10.35m
RUNNING EVENTS
Women's 60m
3
Miahna Harden, Chicago State, 7.74
9
Jayda Ireland, Chicago State, 8.10
29
Kendra Chambers, Chicago State, 8.49
Men's 60m
10
LaVell Patterson, Chicago State, 7.1212
15
Mikhail Watson, Chicago State, 7.22
21
Malachi Spells, Chicago State, 7.34
23
Wesley Keith, Chicago State, 7.37 PR
24
Jalen Jones, Chicago State, 7.38
27
Mychah Spells, Chicago State, 7.45
Men's Mile Run
14
Victor Curcuianu, Chicago State, 4:39.00
15 Nicolae Vendor, Chicago State, 4:41.57
Men's 60m Hurdles
2
Mychah Spells, Chicago State, 8.59
Women's 800m
6
Abigael Limo, Chicago State, 2:42.25
8 Stella Chiaradia, Chicago State, 2:44.70
Men's 800m
6 Kenny Spears, Chicago State, 2:04.44
8
Maxwell Mitchell, Chicago State, 2:09.46
Women's 200m
9
Myshell Hurse, Chicago State, 26.26
20
Jayda Ireland, Chicago State, 27.36
27
Kendra Chambers, Chicago State, 27.88
30
Sanaya Ross, Chicago State, 28.04
Men's 200m
17
LaVell Patterson, Chicago State, 23.41
18
Wesley Keith, Chicago State, 23.54
26
Jakai Smith, Chicago State, 24.13
Men's 3000m
4
Allan Kipruto, Chicago State, 8:49.94
Women's 4x400m Relay
1 Chicago State A (
Jayda Ireland,
Rikki Gray, Myshell Horse,
Miahna Harden), 4:05.59
Men's 4x400m Relay
3 Chicago State A (
Jakai Smith,
Malachi Spells, Kenny Spears,
Wesley Keith), 3:29.85
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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