The Chicago State men's and women's track and field teams opened the outdoor season this weekend at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Both the men and women were able to participate in their events Friday before inclement weather wiped out Saturday's schedule and cut short the two-day event. After 13 events, the Cougars men placed seventh out of 17 teams while the women placed 10th out of 16.
Mychah Spells qualified third in the 110m hurdles with a personal best 14.82 then finished third in the finals just below that clip at 14.96. Other highlights included second-place finishes by two relay teams with the Cougars 4x200 relay team of
Rikki Gray,
Sanaa Parker,
Myshell Hurse and
Shamauri Brackett ran 1:41.34 and the men's 4x400 squad of
Maxwell Mitchell,
Jovanni Avila,
Willie Merrick and
Boris Mojsa crossed the line at 3:28.98.
Compete results for both matches listed below.
The track & field teams will be back in action April 5-6 at the Tennessee Invitational at the Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge
hosted by Coastal Carolina
Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
March 8-9, 2024
Men's Team Scores (13 events scored)
1 Coastal Carolina 108
2 North Greenville 73
3 Albion 50.5
4 Wilmington (Del.) 48.5
5 Citadel 40
6 Concord 34
7 Chicago State 23
8 Rowan 20
9 Columbia International (S.C. 18
10 College Of Charleston 17
11 Westminster (Pa.) 13
12 Kentucky Christian 10
13 Denison 8
14 Marymount (Va.) 5
15 Covenant 4
16 Geneva 1
Penn State Behrend 1
Women's Team Scores (13 events scored)
1 Coastal Carolina 152
2 North Greenville 55.5
3 College Of Charleston 50.5
4 Citadel 47
Concord 47
6 Albion 17
7 Marymount (Va.) 16
8 Westminster (Pa.) 14.5
9 Geneva 13.5
10 Chicago State 13
11 Wilmington (Del.) 10
Columbia International (S.C. 10
13 Allegheny (Pa.) 9
14 Rowan 8
Covenant 8
16 Kentucky Christian 1
Women 100m Prelims
5
Shamauri Brackett, Chicago State, 13.05q
12 Hailey Hohenecker, Chicago State, 13.65
Women 100m Semis
11
Myshell Hurse, Chicago State, 12.46
20
Shamauri Brackett, Chicago State, 13.07
Men 100m Prelims
27
Jakai Smith, Chicago State, 11.81
28
Steven Jordan, Chicago State, 11.93
30 Joesph Deitering, Chicago State, 12.24
Women 100m Hurdles Prelims
20
Madison Morgan, Chicago State, 18.60
Men 110m Hurdles Prelims
3
Mychah Spells, Chicago State, 14.82q
8 Darus Olloway, Chicago State, 17.15q
Men 110m Hurdles Finals
3
Mychah Spells, Chicago State, 14.96
Women 4x200m Relay
2 Chicago State (Gray, Parker, Hurse, Brackett), 1:41.34
Men 5000m
8
Nicholas Negru, Chicago State, 16:03.79
Women 4x400m Relay
4 Chicago State (Canini, Limo, Hill, Jelimo), 4:37.58
Men 4x400m Relay
2 Chicago State "A" (Mitchell, Avila, Merrick, Mojsa), 3:28.98
6 Chicago State "B" (Dietering, Spells, Soneye, Tutson), 4:00.32
Men Long Jump
6
Nikai McNee, Chicago State, 6.53m
14
Darius Olloway, Chicago State, 5.87m
Men Triple Jump
4
Nikai McNee, Chicago State, 13.40m
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