The Chicago State men's track & field teams competed today in the Aurora Grand Prix in Aurora, IL as they competed in individual events. The Cougars established new school indoor records in two events. Allan Kipruto broke the Men's 3000m indoor record, which had stood from 2018, with a time of 8:44.75, while the men's distance medley relay team of Meshack Kimutai, Maxwell Mitchell, Alex Vandor and Collines Chelak set a new school record in the Distance Medley Relay with a time of 10:21.23. Lavell Patterson recorded a PR in the Men's 60m dash placing second with a time of 6.97. The women's track and field team will compete tomorrow throughout the day.
Check out Full Men's Grand Prix Results below.
Men's Grand Prix Final Results
Men's 60m - Prelims
7. Lavell Patterson - 7.09q
39. Wesley Keith - 7.41
45. Malachi Spells - 7.46
58. Willie Merrick - 7.60
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Men's 60m Hurdles - Prelims
5.
Mychah Spells - 8.56q
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Men Distance Medley
2. M. Kimutai, M. Mitchell, N. Vendor, C. Chelak - 10:21.23
Men 60m - Finals
2. Lavell Patterson - 6.97
Men 60m Hurdles - Finals
4.
Mychah Spells - 8.45
Men 400m
17.
Wesley Keith - 51.21
31.
Jakai Smith - 53.54
45.
Malachi Spells - 54.34
62.
Jalen Jones - 57.68
Men 800m
36.
Daniel Kiptoo - 2:06.99
Men 200m
11. Lavell Patterson - 22.68
56.
Mychah Spells - 24.00
70.
Jalen Jones - 24.36
78.
Willie Merrick - 24.83
Men 3000m
10.
Allan Kipruto - 8:44.75
Men Long Jump
13.
Jakai Smith - 5.79m
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 won the 2011 Great West regular season and tournament championship and earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational. The 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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