Eagles Win Two Individual Titles at Wolverine Invitational

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's track and field team captured a pair of individual titles at the Wolverine Invitational Saturday, Jan. 11, inside the U-M Indoor Track Building.

Junior Owen Richardson (Basingstoke, England-The Costello School) claimed first prize in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.53 seconds, and was part of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished in second place with a 3:18.55 clip. Redshirt junior Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed (Arlington, Va.-Fishburne Military) also shined for the Eagles as he earned a podium place in two field events, winning the triple jump with a mark of 15.59 meters and ranking third in the long jump with a 7.24-meter leap.

EMU earned its first medal of the day in the 60-meter hurdles, as redshirt junior Devonte Findlay (Lauderhil, Fla.-Blanche Ely) secured the runner-up spot with a time of 8.02 seconds. Meanwhile, two Eagles finished in third place in their respective field events, with junior Chukwusom Enekwechi (Valley Stream N.Y.-Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences (Monroe College)) recordeing a 17.18-meter heave in the shot put, and freshman Kappa Bedoui (Doha Qatar (Aspire Academy)) ending the weight throw with a release of 19.79 meters.

Senior Sean Beckom II (Saginaw, Mich.-Heritage) qualified for the 60-meter dash final and placed fourth with a time of 6.95, while freshman Trent Barron (Flint, Mich.-Carman-Ainsworth) clinched fourth position in the 400-meter dash when he crossed the line in 50.51. From there, junior Derek Jones (Erie, Pa.-Cathedral Preparatory), redshirt freshman Ronald Brandal (Huron, Ohio-Huron), and sophomore Joe Ingram (Cincinnati, Ohio-Anderson) notched fifth place in the 600-meter (1:21:01), 800-meter (1:59.11), and 3000-meter runs (8:51.61), respectively.

Eastern will host the Can-Am International Saturday, Jan. 25 at Bob Parks Track inside Bowen Field House.

EMU Individual Results

60m Hurdles Prelims
4. Devonte Findlay 8.11q
5. Alec Frymier 8.20q
11. Skyler Lester 8.46

60m Hurdles Final
2. Devonte Findlay 8.02!
6. Alec Frymier 8.27

60m Dash Prelims
4. Sean Beckom 6.97q
9. Alec Frymier 7.05
10. Kyle Martin 7.16
11. Alex Trower 7.17
-- Terrance Hinds DNS

60m Dash Final
4. Sean Beckom II 6.95

400m Dash
4. Trent Barron 50.51

600m Dash
5. Derek Jones 1:21.01
8. Charlie Young 1:22.48
9. Roderic Wilson 1:22.67

800m Run
5. Ronald Brandal 1:59.11

200m Dash
1. Owen Richardson 21.53
9. Kyle Martin 22.60
-- Frankie Grey DQ (lane violation)

3000m Run
5. Joe Ingram 8:51.61

4x400m Relay
2. EMU A (Young, Richardson, Barron, Jones) 3:18.55
6. EMU B (Lester, Wilson, Brandal, Martin) x3:27.67

Weight Throw
3. Kappa Bedoui 19.79m
4. Taige Bryant 19.53m
7. Chukwusom Enekwechi 17.26m
11. Omar Ibrahim 15.26m
-- Zach Harkey FOUL

Shot Put
3.Chukwusom Enekwechi 17.18m
6. Omar Ibrahim 15.52m
-- Brian Jones ND

Long Jump
3. Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed 7.24m!
7. Carlos Sanchez Juan 6.83m
10. Skyler Lester 6.43m

Triple Jump
1.Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed 15.59m
5. Renfei Chang 12.08m

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Players Mentioned

Trent Barron

Sean Beckom II

Kappa Bedoui

Ronnie Brandal

Taige Bryant

Renfei Chang

Chukwusom Enekwechi

Devonte Findlay

Alec Frymier

Frankie Grey

Zach Harkey

Omar Ibrahim

Joe Ingram

Brian Jones

Derek Jones

Skyler Lester

Kyle Martin

Owen Richardson

Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed

Carlos Sanchez Juan

Roderic Wilson

Charlie Young

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