General 4/2/2022 9:00:00 PM

CSU Men’s & Women’s Track & Field Teams Compete at Joey Haines Invitational

Harden and Jones Establish New Personal Best Times in 100m

The Chicago State men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Joey Haines Invitational hosted by Southeast Missouri State University today at the Abe Stuber Track & Field Complex in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The men's team finished 11th out of 12 teams while the women finished ninth out of 13. Miahna Harden established a career best time in the 100m with a time of 12.28 good for an eighth-place finish and she also placed second in the long jump with a leap of 5.90m. On the men's side, Jalen Jones set a personal best, also in the 100m and run a sub-11 seconds for the first time in his career with a 10.96.

Southeast Missouri State won the men's competition with 186.5 points, followed by Southern Illinois (100), Harding (96.5), Lewis (74) and Tennessee-Martin (73) rounded out the top five while Murray State won the women's team title with 177 points, outdistancing Southern Illinois (113.5), Memphis (105), Southeast Missouri State (91) and Lewis (91). Complete team standing listed below.

The next competition for the Chicago State men's and women's indoor track and field teams will be at the SFA Carl Knight Invitational hosted by Stephen F. Austin at the Fletcher Garner Track located in Homer Bryce Stadium in Nacogdoches, Texas on April 8-9. Confirmed teams include Chicago State, Northwestern State University, Abilene Christian University, UT-Tyler, McNeese State University, Jacksonville College and host Stephen F. Austin.

The following are the events in which Chicago State competed, the winner of the event and the CSU place and performance.

Joey Haines Invitational

Hosted by Southeast Missouri State University

Abe Stuber Track & Field Complex

April 1-2, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Men's Teams

PL Team Pts

1 SE Missouri, 190.5

2 Southern Illinois, 98

3 Harding, 96.5

4 Lewis, 74

5 Tennessee-Martin, 73

6 SIU Edwardsville, 58

7 Memphis, 50

8 Western Illinois, 36

9 McKendree, 24

10 Southern Indiana, 14

11 Chicago State, 13

12 Murray State, 10

Women's Teams

PL Team Pts

1 Murray State, 177

2 Southern Illinois, 120.5

3 Memphis, 96

4 SE Missouri, 93

5 Lewis, 91

6 Harding, 72.5

7 Western Illinois, 29

8 Arkansas Tech, 20

9 Chicago State, 13
10 Tennessee-Martin, 9

11 SIU Edwardsville, 6

12 Southern Indiana, 5
13 McKendree, 2

Women Long Jump

1 Rachel Hagans, Murray State, 6.10m

2 Miahna Harden, Chicago State, 5.90m

Women 4x100m

1 Murray State (Malone, James, McSwain, Hagans), 45.67

8 Chicago State (Zaria Criswell, Tiffany Mack, Saskkia Wiggan, Miahna Harden), 51.70

Men 4x100m

1 Southern Illinois (Messiah, Hamilton, Sherrod, Johnson), 42.14

3 Chicago State (Malachi Spells, Lavell Patterson, Stephon Jackson, Jalen Jones), 42.45

Men 110m Hurdles

1 Brady Fry, Tennessee-Martin, 14.64

6 Mychah Spells, Chicago State, 15.30

Women 400m

1 Anne-Noelle Clerima, Harding, 56.55

21 Angelica Moreno, Chicago State, 1:09.57

22 Faith Rotich, Chicago State, 1:11.17

Men 400m

1 Brandon Bretz, SIUE, 48.65

9 Olesson Cesalien, Chicago State, 52.26

13 Lance Hubert, Chicago State, 52.89

16 Brian Kiptanui, Chicago State, 55.88

Women 100m

1 Faith Bostick, Unattached, 11.77

8 Miahna Harden, Chicago State, 12.28

17 Tiffany Mack, Chicago State, 12.66

24 Zaria Criswell, Chicago State, 13:02

26 Alysha Pulliam-Robinson, Chicago State, 13.08

33 Kendra Chambers, Chicago State, 13.78

34 Adaria Blackwell, Chicago State, 13.97

Men 100m

1 Tad Kirby, Harding, 10.72

10 Jalen Jones, Chicago State, 10.96

11 Lavell Patterson, Chicago State, 11.01

19 Stephon Jackson, Chicago State, 11.36

20 Malachi Spells, Chicago State, 11.38

24 Jakai Smith, Chicago State, 11.79

Men 800m

1 Ackeen Colley, Western Illinois, 1:50.04

23 Kevin Castruita, Chicago State-unattached, 2:03.15

28 Derrick Kipchumba, Chicago State, 2:07.66

Women 200m

1 Faith Bostick, Unattached, 24.93

14 Tiffany Mack, Chicago State, 26.46

20 Toniann Ewen, Chicago State, 26.81

26 Yasmin Grace, Chicago State, 27.41

28 Jayda Ireland, Chicago State, 27.45

35 Kendra Chambers, Chicago State, 28.85

Men 200m

1 Tad Kirby, Harding, 21.90

8 Jalen Jones, Chicago State, 22.73

14 Lavell Patterson, Chicago State, 23.25

17 Stephon Jackson, Chicago State, 23.44

19 Wesley Keith, Chicago State, 23.85

27 Jakai Smith, Chicago State, 26.24

Women 4x400m

1 Murray State (McSwain, Bell, Campbell, Bangala), 3:53.56

7 Chicago State (Toniann Ewen, Yasmin Grace, Jayda Ireland, Alysha Pulliam-Robinson), 4:08.77

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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