CSU Men's and Women's Track Compete in Second Day of Carl Knight Invitational

The Chicago State men's and women's track and field teams competed in the second and final day of competition at the Carl Knight Invitational in Nacogdoches, Texas, hosted by Stephen F. Austin State University.

In the 4x100 meter run, Zaria Criswell, Tiffany Mack, Miahna Harden and Toniann Ewen placed fourth with a time of 47.31. The Cougars women's team finished in a tie for eighth out of nine team while, on the men's side, Chicago State placed tied at sixth out of 14 teams.

The next competition for the Cougars will take place on April 22nd in Champaign, Illinois and will be hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The following are all the events the Cougars competed in today along with their place and times.

Women's Triple Jump
7 Ross, Sanaya, Chicago State, 11.09m

Men's Triple Jump
2 Joseph Ogunbode, Chicago State, 14.70m

Women's 4x100 Meter Relay
4 Chicago State (Zaria Criswell, Tiffany Mack, Toniann Ewen, Miahna Harden), 47.31

Men's 4x100 Meter Relay
6 Chicago State (Stephon Jackson, LaVell Patterson, Malachi Spells, Jalen Jones), 42.23

Men's 400 Meter Dash
12 Wesley Keith, Chicago State, 51.07
22 Malachi Spells, Chicago State, 53.00     

Women's 100 Meter Dash
13       Criswell, Zaria, Chicago State, 12.53
15       Mack, Tiffany, Chicago State, 12.64
22       Pulliam-Robinson, Alysha, Chicago State, 12.94      
23       Grace, Yasmin, Chicago State, 13.04
25        Ireland, Jayda, Chicago State, 13.17
27       Blackwell, Adaria, Chicago State, 13.33
31       Forbes, Destiny, Chicago State, 13.47

Men's 100 Meter Dash
18       Jones, Jalen, Chicago State, 10.87    
20       Patterson, LaVell, Chicago State, 10.93
23        Jackson, Stephon, Chicago State, 11.03
29        Ogunbode, Joseph, Chicago State, 11.87

Women's 800 Meter Run
35       Moreno, Angelica, Chicago State, 2:43.52             
36       Rotich, Faith, Chicago State, 2:43.56   

Men's 800 Meter Run
20        Hubert, Lance, Chicago State, 2:00.34
22       Kiptanui, Brian, Chicago State, 2:00.56
24       Castruita, Kevin, Chicago State, 2:02.20             
25       Kipchumba, Derrick, Chicago State, 2:03.17
27       Bruce, Javon, Chicago State, 2:03.49
35       Fernandez, Jonnathan, Chicago State, 2:10.79

Women's 200 Meter Dash
10       Harden, Miahna, Chicago State, 25.28
13        Mack, Tiffany, Chicago State, 25.75
21       Ireland, Jayda, Chicago State, 27.13

Men's 200 Meter Dash
16       Jones, Jalen, Chicago State, 22.13
22       Jackson, Stephon, Chicago State, 22.65        
23       Patterson, LaVell, Chicago State, 22.85
27       Spells, Malachi, Chicago State, 23.09
32       Spells, Mychah, Chicago State, 23.56

Women's 4x100 Meter Run
4 Chicago State (Brenda Jepkoech, Aleah Wilson, LiShaun Wilson, Aileen Lopez), 4:13.29              

Men's 4x100 Meter Run
3 Chicago State (Wesley Keith, Javon Bruce, Lance Hubert, Brian Kipanui), 3:26.74              

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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