CSU Men's & Women's Track and Field Compete at Sycamore Open

The Chicago State men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Sycamore Open in Terre Haute, Indiana hosted by Indiana State University. On the women's side, Yasmin Grace finished second with a lead of 11.85m in the triple jump which earned eight points. The women's team finished ninth with 25 points in the 12-team field. On the men's side, Joseph Ogunbode (triple jump) and Jonnathan Fernandez (5000m) both captured first place in their respective events which boosted the men's team to a fourth-place finish out of 13 teams.

Indiana State won the men's competition with 211 points, followed by Eastern Illinois (125), Butler (70.50), Chicago State (67) and Indianapolis (51) rounded out the top five. Indiana State also won the women's team title with 125 points, outdistancing Indianapolis (105), Butler (89 and IUPUI tied at fourth with Saint Louis (69).

The Cougars now look forward to the Bob Harris Open which will take place on May 7th in South Bend, Indiana and will be hosted by the University of Notre Dame at the Harris Family Track and Field Stadium. Complete events and times of all Cougars listed below.

Sycamore Open
Terry Haute, Indiana

Final Women's Team Scores
1) Indiana State - 125
2) Indianapolis - 105
3) Butler - 89
4) St. Louis - 69 
     IUPUI - 69
6) Eastern Illinois - 62 
7) Bradley - 34
8) DePauw - 30 
9) Chicago State - 25
10) Evansville - 24
11) Vincennes - 13
12) Heartland CC - 1

Final Men's Team Scores
1) Indiana State - 211
2) Eastern Illinois - 125 
3) Butler - 70.5
4) Chicago State - 67
5) Indianapolis - 51 
6) Vincennes - 48
7) St. Louis - 32.5
8) Evansville - 27
9) DePauw - 20 
10) Bradley - 19
11) IUPUI - 10
12) Heartland CC - 9
13) Wabash - 3

Women Triple Jump
2) Yasmin Grace - 11.85 m

Women Triple Jump
2) Yasmin Grace - 11.85 m

Men Long Jump
13) Ricordo McKenzie - 5.84m

Men Triple Jump
1) Joseph Ogunbode - 14.56m

Men 5000 Meter Run
1) Jonnathan Fernandez - 15:34.25

Men 4x100 Meter Relay
1) Ricordo McKenzie, Olesson Cesalien, LaVell Patterson, Jalen Jones - 42.53
4) Stephon Jackson, Malachi Spells, Mikhail Watson, Wesley Keith - 44.21

Women 4x100 Meter Relay
2) Zaria Criswell, Miahna Harden, Toniann Ewen, Yasmin Grace - 49.46

Men 1500 Meter Run
10) Kevin Castruita - 4:12.56
17) Derrick Kipchumba - 4:17.47

Men 110 Meter Hurdles
6) Mychah Spells - 15.19

Men 100 Meter Dash
2) Ricordo McKenzie - 10.64
5) LaVell Patterson - 10.79
9) Olesson Cesalien - 10.99

Women 100 Meter Dash
5) Zaria Criswell - 12.61
14) Kendra Chambers - 13.65

Men 400 Meter Dash
3) Wesley Keith - 50.62
7) Javon Bruce - 53.19
13) Jakai Smith - 55.89

Women 400 Meter Dash
11) Jayda Ireland - 1:06.60

Men 800 Meter Run
12) Brian Kiptanui - 2:01.66
20) Lance Hubert - 2:07.72

Women 800 Meter Run
17) Faith Rotich - 2:42.88
18) Angelica Moreno - 2:44.86

Men 200 Meter Dash
5) Jalen Jones - 21.87
11) Olesson Cesalien - 22.48
15) Malachi Spells - 22.78

Women 200 Meter Dash
4) Toniann Ewen - 25.70

Men 4x100 Meter Relay
1) Wesley Keith, Olesson Cesalien, Javon Bruce, Lance Hubert - 3:26.71
3) Jalen Jones, Brian Kiptanui, Stephon Jackson, Rahim Burell - 3:38.16

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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