The Chicago State men's and women's track and field teams competed today for the second straight day in the WAC Championships in Seattle, Washington at the Husky Track. The competition began yesterday and will run through Saturday. On the men's side, Mychah Spells came in at tenth place in the Men 110 Hurdles, while on the women's side, Alysha Pulliam-Robin also captured tenth place in the Women 100 Dash.
The Cougars spring back to action tomorrow for the final day of the WAC Championships. All the events and times of Cougars who participated in events today are listed below.
Women Long Jump
17) Miahna Harden - 5.26m
Men 110 Hurdles
10) Mychah Spells - 15.05
Men 800
24) Lance Hubert - 1:57.94
26) Brian Kiptanui - 1:56.61
27) Derrick Kipchumba - 1:58.90
Women 800
23) Faith Rotich - 2:39.00
24) Angelica Moreno - 2:43. 95
Men 400 Dash
22) Wesley Keith - 51.19
25) Javon Bruce - 51.66
27) Olesson Cesalien - 51.96
Men 100 Dash
22) Lavell Patterson - 11.24
24) Jalen Jones - 11.26
26) Malachi Spells - 11.29
30) Mikhail Watson - 11.63
31) Jakai Smith - 12.02
Women 100 Dash
30) Zaria Criswell - 12.91
35) Alysha Pulliam-Robinson - 13.39
35) Destiny Forbes - 13.88
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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