Eastern Michigan Athletics
Saturday, February 8
Ann Arbor, Mich.
10 a.m.
Eastern Michigan University
at
Michigan Invitational
Track & Field Set to Make Second Stop at Michigan Saturday
2/6/2025 5:16:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
The meet will begin with field events at 10 a.m. and running events at 11:30 a.m.
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – For the second time this season, the Eastern Michigan University track & field programs will compete at Michigan, this time in the Michigan Invitational Saturday, Feb. 8. The meet will start will field events at 10 a.m. and running events will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Fans can follow along with live results here and a live stream here. A post-meet recap will be posted to EMUEagles.com with official results attached. Be sure to stay tuned to EMU cross country/track & field social medias on Instagram, X, and Facebook at @EMUXC_TF Eastern track & field content.
Fans interested in accessing a full meet schedule, meet information, performance list, or heat sheet can do so here.
LAST TIME AT MICHIGAN INVITATIONAL
Last season at the Michigan Invitational, Jan. 26-27, the Eagles program's combined to set 15 personal-bests and land two times inside the program top 10 on the women's side as Paige Marchant (London, Ontario/Catholic Central) ran the program's sixth-fastest indoor mile in 4:41.93 and Saraiah Walkes (Manatee County, Fla./The-Out-of-Door-Academy) won the 200m in 24.06, the eighth-best time in program history. Overall, EMU won two events and added three more second place finishes and one third place in the women's meet while the men won three events, finishing second twice and third once.
LAST TIME OUT: AT JET'S PIZZA INVITATIONAL & MEYO INVITATIONAL, JAN. 31-FEB. 1
Freshman multi athlete Shay Clemetson (Naples, Fla./Barron Collier) highlighted the Eagles' performances at the Jet's Pizza Invitational, hosted by Saginaw Valley State winning the pentathlon with 3,379 points, the third-highest score in the MAC this season. Samuel Jeffery (Fonthill, Ontario/E.L. Crossley Secondary) placed second in the heptathlon for the men with a conference-best 4,924 points.
Kian Wiles (Hull,England/St. Mary's College) and Marta Moreno (Wassenaar, Netherlands/American School of The Hague) headlined the Eastern performances at the Meyo Invitational, hosted by Notre Dame. Wiles placed second out of 37 student-athletes in the open mile in 4:03.26, a time that stands as the top in the MAC and a personal-best while Moreno raced against elite competition in the 3000m final, finishing 11th out of 27 student-athletes while shattering her previous personal-best by nearly 27 seconds, finishing in 9:18.92. Her time stands as fifth-best in program history and the fourth-fastest in the conference.
TOP CONFERENCE TIMES/MARKS: MEN
The EMU men currently own 23 marks that rank inside the conference top five.
Event Name Mark Rank
400m Bamidele Ajayi 48.41 5
800m Carson McCoy 1:52.66 2
800m Lachlan Cornelius 1:52.74 4
800m Jimmy Geller 1:52.92 3
Mile Kian Wiles 4:03.26 1
Mile Ronan Codyre 4:08.83 4
Mile Ty Dailey 4:09.32 5
5000m Sam Peterson 14:22.88 1
5000m Kian Wiles 14:33.07 2
5000m Ronan Codyre 14:56.02 5
60mH Matt McKnight 8.27 4
60mH Leo Ignacio 8.29 5
4x400m Gaspersic, Bass, Hawkins, Flake 3:24.91 4
High Jump Lucky Fiaku 2.10m 1
High Jump Ousman Kamara 2.05m 4
High Jump Brendan Hill 2.05m 4
Long Jump Formula Thompson 7.52m 1
Long Jump Samuel Jeffery 7.15m 3
Triple Jump Formula Thompson 15.07m 2
Weight Throw Jake McEachern 18.64m 2
Hep Samuel Jeffery 4,924 1
Hep Cason Doolittle 4,427 2
Hep Julien Badoo 4,152 3
TOP CONFERENCE TIMES/MARKS: WOMEN
The EMU women currently own 13 marks that rank inside the conference top five.
Event Name Mark Rank
60m Saraiah Walkes 7.46 1
200m Josephine Oloye 24.06 3
400m Josephine Oloye 54.68 3
400m Saraiah Walkes 54.79 4
800m Chloie Musta 2:11.00 4
3000m Marta Moreno 9:18.92 4
5000m Marta Moreno 16:31.78 3
4x400m Walkes, Arscott, Biehl, Oloye 3:43.59 1
DMR Musta, Biehl, Emin, Henderson 11:52.52 2
Long Jump Alimot Alowonle 5.90m 5
Triple Jump Mariia Yelanska 12.18m 3
Pent Shay Clemetson 3,379 3
Pent Maleah Scott 2,994 4
USTFCCCA RANKINGS
The EMU women's team is ranked as the best team in the MAC according to the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), while the men are ranked as the second-best team in the conference. Regionally, the women check in as the 10th ranked team in the Great Lakes Region and the men slot 12th.
USTFCCCA EVENT SQUAD RANKINGS
The Eastern men rank in the top 25 nationally in the high jump, slotting 20th. Lucky Fiaku (Nimo, Nigeria/Busy International Secondary) holds the top high jump of the season from the men's team with a 2.10m (6-10.75) bounce.
The Eastern women rank 14th in the triple jump with Mariia Yelanska (Dnipro, Ukraine) possessing the best jump with a 12.18m (39-11.50) mark. They also rank inside the top 25 nationally in the 5000m, as they slot 16th in America. Moreno owns the squad's best 5000m in 16:31.78.
EMU WOMEN IN THE PROGRAM TOP-10
The Eagles saw their sixth top 10 program mark of the season as Moreno ran the program's fifth-fastest 3000m run in 9:18.92. Along with Moreno, Clemetson tabbed three program top 10 marks in the pentathlon 60m hurdles (No. 2 – 8.79), long jump (No. 5 – 5.50m), and shot put (No. 7 – 10.22m).
EMU MEN IN THE PROGRAM TOP-10
Jeffery raked in five heptathlon top 10 times, doing so in the 1000m run (No. 4 – 2:47.13), long jump (No. 5 – 6.81m), day one scoring (No. 5 – 2,825), day two scoring (No. 7 – 2,099), and high jump (No. 8 – 1.88m). Joining him with program top 10 heptathlon marks was Cason Doolittle (Findlay, Ohio/Liberty Benton), who set the heptathlon program record in the 1000m, finishing in 2:44.01, before recording the ninth-best 60m hurdles time in 8.76. Freshman Julien Badoo (Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley) also wrote his name in the record book with the seventh-best heptathlon 1000m run in 2:54.10.
Previously Noted
AT WOLVERINE INVITATIONAL, JAN. 11
The Eagles most recently competed at the Wolverine Invitational, Jan. 11. Sophomore Josephine Oloye (Iwaro-Oka, Nigeria/Geomi Secondary School/Tayelolu Memorial) highlighted the EMU women's performances as she broke the program record in the 300-meter dash, tying for first in 38.05. Kyra Buffen (Columbus, Ga./Buford/Benedict) joined her with a first-place finish in the triple jump with an 11.79-meter (38-08.25) bound. For the men, Formula Thompson (St. Catherine, Jamaica/Jamaica College/Nebraska) placed first in the triple jump with a mark of 15.07-meters (49-05.50) while both Carson McCoy (Pittsburgh, Pa./Deer Lakes) and Fiaku earned second-place outings. McCoy earned silver in the 600-meter dash in 1:19.25 while Fiaku collected his second consecutive second-place finish in the high jump, leaping 2.06-meters (6-09.00).
FIAKU AND OLOYE: MAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Nigeria natives Fiaku and Oloye were each named MAC Athletes of the Week, Dec. 10. Fiaku earned the honor for the first time after starting his collegiate career with a second-place 2.09-meter (6-10.25) performance in the high jump at the GVSU Holiday Open, Dec. 6. Fiaku's bounce stands as the best in the MAC thus far and 44th-best in the NCAA. Furthermore, his second-place finish came with the first-place finisher, GVSU's Eli Kosiba, tying the NCAA Division II record with a 2.30-meter (7-06.50) leap.
Oloye also captured her first athlete of the week honors with a first-place outing in the 400-meter dash at the GVSU Holiday Open, Dec. 6. Oloye crossed the finish line in 54.68, a time that ranks as the third-best in the MAC thus far, 39th-fastest in the NCAA, stands ninth in EMU program history, and marks a personal-best for the sophomore.
EMU WOMEN IN THE PROGRAM TOP-10
Oloye and Walkes ran the No. 9 and No. 10 fastest indoor 400-meters in EMU women's history, respectively. Oloye finished first in 54.68 while Walkes placed second in 54.79. Moreno clocked the program's eighth-fastest indoor 5000-meter with a fourth-place finish in 16:31.78. Aleah Johnson (Botkins, Ohio/Botkins) started her season strong, tossing Eastern's seventh-farthest weight throw with a 16.65-meter (54-07.50) mark. The Eagles saw their fifth top 10 program mark of the season as freshman Faith Moore (Farmington Hills, Mich./Farmington) wrote her name into the weight throw top 10 with the program's sixth-best indoor mark at 16.89 meters (55-04.90).
AT GVSU HOLIDAY OPEN, DEC. 6
In a meet that had no team scoring, the women led the way as they posted 13 top-three finishes and set four marks that landed inside the program top-10, while the men notched four top-three finishes. In total, the Eagles recorded 52 collegiate personal-best marks with the men setting 27 and the women 24.
DEFENDING THE CROWN
The Eagles' women's team captured its ninth MAC title at the 2024 MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. It is looking to secure its 10th title in the 2025 indoor season. A victory at the MAC Indoor Championships would mark the first three-peat from the women's team in program history.
RETURNING MAC CHAMPS
The men return one former MAC Champion in Thompson. He won the long jump at the indoor championships with a 7.68m (25-02.50) jump and the triple jump at the outdoor championships, bounding 15.57m (51-01.00).
On the women's side, EMU returns former MAC champions Buffen, Walkes, and Marchant. Buffen won the triple jump at both the indoor and outdoor conference meets with her best mark coming at the outdoor meet, leaping 12.64m (41-05.75). Walkes captured individual conference titles in the indoor season in the 200-meter dash (24.15) and the 60-meter dash (7.44). Marchant earned three individual championships at the MAC Indoor Championships, winning the 800-meter (2:10.26), mile (4:49.67), and 3000-meter (9:25.38). She also set the women's indoor mile record last season, finishing the race in 4:38.91, Feb. 10. Tijana Japundzic (Belgrade, Serbia/Technical School "New Belgrade"), Oloye, and Walkes also earned titles in the 4x400m relay, as they crossed the finish line in 3:44.74.
2024 MAC HONORS
Marchant was named the MAC Women's Most Valuable Track Performer and Most Outstanding Track Performer in the indoor season. Now Associate Head Coach, Sue Parks was named MAC Women's Coach of the Year while former Associate Head Coach and now Co-Director of Cross Country/Track & Field, Chris Best, earned Women's Assistant Coach of the Year after the indoor championships.
ALL-MAC RETURNERS – INDOOR SEASON
Eastern returns 11 All-MAC honorees from the indoor season.
Women's All-MAC Returners
Kyra Buffen
Tijana Japundzic
Paige Marchant
Josephine Oloye
Saraiah Walkes
Men's All-MAC Returners
Formula Thompson
Shelton Bass
Eric Haddock Jr.
Brendan Hill
Tajay Roberts
Gabe Singh
ALL-MAC RETURNERS – OUTDOOR SEASON
The Eagles return seven All-MAC athletes from the outdoor season.
Women's All-MAC Returners
Kyra Buffen
Paige Marchant
Saraiah Walkes
Josephine Oloye
Men's All-MAC Returners
Formula Thompson
Gabe Singh
Jake McEachern
NEW COACHES
The Eagles have adjusted their coaching staff ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Chris Best and Sterling Roberts have been promoted to Directors of Cross Country/Track & Field. Best will take on the head coaching duties for the women's team while Roberts will do so for the men's. Sue Parks opted to return to hands-on coaching duties and will serve as an Associate Head Coach while still acting as the Head Women's Cross Country Coach. Eastern added two newcomers to the coaching staff in Austin Whitelaw (distance) and Nia Henderson (throws). Whitelaw comes to Ypsilanti after most recently serving as an assistant track & field/cross country coach as well as recruiting coordinator for the University of Connecticut (2022-24). Henderson brings five years of NAIA coaching experience with her as she oversaw nine NAIA All-Americans at nearby Madonna University. She was also named Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Assistant Coach of the Year in 2023.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Eastern thrower McEachern excelled at the Canadian U20 track & field championships. He won the hammer throw (67.32m – 220-10), shotput (15.93m – 52-03.16), and discus (49.22m – 161-05) events at the Canadian U20 Track & Field Championships. Joining him in competing nationally was Thompson, who saw action at the Jamaican Olympic Trials in the long and triple jump. Kayenn Mabin (Kalamazoo, Mich./Kalamazoo Central) also earned himself a spot at the USA U20 Track & Field Championships in the 110-meter hurdles.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will head west to compete at the GVSU Big Meet, hosted by Grand Valley State, at the Kelly Family Sports Center, in Allendale, Mich. Friday, Feb. 14.
FOLLOW US
For updates on all things EMU cross country/track & field, continue to check EMUEagles.com or follow the team on Instagram, X, and Facebook at @EMUXC_TF.
Fans can follow along with live results here and a live stream here. A post-meet recap will be posted to EMUEagles.com with official results attached. Be sure to stay tuned to EMU cross country/track & field social medias on Instagram, X, and Facebook at @EMUXC_TF Eastern track & field content.
Fans interested in accessing a full meet schedule, meet information, performance list, or heat sheet can do so here.
LAST TIME AT MICHIGAN INVITATIONAL
Last season at the Michigan Invitational, Jan. 26-27, the Eagles program's combined to set 15 personal-bests and land two times inside the program top 10 on the women's side as Paige Marchant (London, Ontario/Catholic Central) ran the program's sixth-fastest indoor mile in 4:41.93 and Saraiah Walkes (Manatee County, Fla./The-Out-of-Door-Academy) won the 200m in 24.06, the eighth-best time in program history. Overall, EMU won two events and added three more second place finishes and one third place in the women's meet while the men won three events, finishing second twice and third once.
LAST TIME OUT: AT JET'S PIZZA INVITATIONAL & MEYO INVITATIONAL, JAN. 31-FEB. 1
Freshman multi athlete Shay Clemetson (Naples, Fla./Barron Collier) highlighted the Eagles' performances at the Jet's Pizza Invitational, hosted by Saginaw Valley State winning the pentathlon with 3,379 points, the third-highest score in the MAC this season. Samuel Jeffery (Fonthill, Ontario/E.L. Crossley Secondary) placed second in the heptathlon for the men with a conference-best 4,924 points.
Kian Wiles (Hull,England/St. Mary's College) and Marta Moreno (Wassenaar, Netherlands/American School of The Hague) headlined the Eastern performances at the Meyo Invitational, hosted by Notre Dame. Wiles placed second out of 37 student-athletes in the open mile in 4:03.26, a time that stands as the top in the MAC and a personal-best while Moreno raced against elite competition in the 3000m final, finishing 11th out of 27 student-athletes while shattering her previous personal-best by nearly 27 seconds, finishing in 9:18.92. Her time stands as fifth-best in program history and the fourth-fastest in the conference.
TOP CONFERENCE TIMES/MARKS: MEN
The EMU men currently own 23 marks that rank inside the conference top five.
Event Name Mark Rank
400m Bamidele Ajayi 48.41 5
800m Carson McCoy 1:52.66 2
800m Lachlan Cornelius 1:52.74 4
800m Jimmy Geller 1:52.92 3
Mile Kian Wiles 4:03.26 1
Mile Ronan Codyre 4:08.83 4
Mile Ty Dailey 4:09.32 5
5000m Sam Peterson 14:22.88 1
5000m Kian Wiles 14:33.07 2
5000m Ronan Codyre 14:56.02 5
60mH Matt McKnight 8.27 4
60mH Leo Ignacio 8.29 5
4x400m Gaspersic, Bass, Hawkins, Flake 3:24.91 4
High Jump Lucky Fiaku 2.10m 1
High Jump Ousman Kamara 2.05m 4
High Jump Brendan Hill 2.05m 4
Long Jump Formula Thompson 7.52m 1
Long Jump Samuel Jeffery 7.15m 3
Triple Jump Formula Thompson 15.07m 2
Weight Throw Jake McEachern 18.64m 2
Hep Samuel Jeffery 4,924 1
Hep Cason Doolittle 4,427 2
Hep Julien Badoo 4,152 3
TOP CONFERENCE TIMES/MARKS: WOMEN
The EMU women currently own 13 marks that rank inside the conference top five.
Event Name Mark Rank
60m Saraiah Walkes 7.46 1
200m Josephine Oloye 24.06 3
400m Josephine Oloye 54.68 3
400m Saraiah Walkes 54.79 4
800m Chloie Musta 2:11.00 4
3000m Marta Moreno 9:18.92 4
5000m Marta Moreno 16:31.78 3
4x400m Walkes, Arscott, Biehl, Oloye 3:43.59 1
DMR Musta, Biehl, Emin, Henderson 11:52.52 2
Long Jump Alimot Alowonle 5.90m 5
Triple Jump Mariia Yelanska 12.18m 3
Pent Shay Clemetson 3,379 3
Pent Maleah Scott 2,994 4
USTFCCCA RANKINGS
The EMU women's team is ranked as the best team in the MAC according to the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), while the men are ranked as the second-best team in the conference. Regionally, the women check in as the 10th ranked team in the Great Lakes Region and the men slot 12th.
USTFCCCA EVENT SQUAD RANKINGS
The Eastern men rank in the top 25 nationally in the high jump, slotting 20th. Lucky Fiaku (Nimo, Nigeria/Busy International Secondary) holds the top high jump of the season from the men's team with a 2.10m (6-10.75) bounce.
The Eastern women rank 14th in the triple jump with Mariia Yelanska (Dnipro, Ukraine) possessing the best jump with a 12.18m (39-11.50) mark. They also rank inside the top 25 nationally in the 5000m, as they slot 16th in America. Moreno owns the squad's best 5000m in 16:31.78.
EMU WOMEN IN THE PROGRAM TOP-10
The Eagles saw their sixth top 10 program mark of the season as Moreno ran the program's fifth-fastest 3000m run in 9:18.92. Along with Moreno, Clemetson tabbed three program top 10 marks in the pentathlon 60m hurdles (No. 2 – 8.79), long jump (No. 5 – 5.50m), and shot put (No. 7 – 10.22m).
EMU MEN IN THE PROGRAM TOP-10
Jeffery raked in five heptathlon top 10 times, doing so in the 1000m run (No. 4 – 2:47.13), long jump (No. 5 – 6.81m), day one scoring (No. 5 – 2,825), day two scoring (No. 7 – 2,099), and high jump (No. 8 – 1.88m). Joining him with program top 10 heptathlon marks was Cason Doolittle (Findlay, Ohio/Liberty Benton), who set the heptathlon program record in the 1000m, finishing in 2:44.01, before recording the ninth-best 60m hurdles time in 8.76. Freshman Julien Badoo (Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley) also wrote his name in the record book with the seventh-best heptathlon 1000m run in 2:54.10.
Previously Noted
AT WOLVERINE INVITATIONAL, JAN. 11
The Eagles most recently competed at the Wolverine Invitational, Jan. 11. Sophomore Josephine Oloye (Iwaro-Oka, Nigeria/Geomi Secondary School/Tayelolu Memorial) highlighted the EMU women's performances as she broke the program record in the 300-meter dash, tying for first in 38.05. Kyra Buffen (Columbus, Ga./Buford/Benedict) joined her with a first-place finish in the triple jump with an 11.79-meter (38-08.25) bound. For the men, Formula Thompson (St. Catherine, Jamaica/Jamaica College/Nebraska) placed first in the triple jump with a mark of 15.07-meters (49-05.50) while both Carson McCoy (Pittsburgh, Pa./Deer Lakes) and Fiaku earned second-place outings. McCoy earned silver in the 600-meter dash in 1:19.25 while Fiaku collected his second consecutive second-place finish in the high jump, leaping 2.06-meters (6-09.00).
FIAKU AND OLOYE: MAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Nigeria natives Fiaku and Oloye were each named MAC Athletes of the Week, Dec. 10. Fiaku earned the honor for the first time after starting his collegiate career with a second-place 2.09-meter (6-10.25) performance in the high jump at the GVSU Holiday Open, Dec. 6. Fiaku's bounce stands as the best in the MAC thus far and 44th-best in the NCAA. Furthermore, his second-place finish came with the first-place finisher, GVSU's Eli Kosiba, tying the NCAA Division II record with a 2.30-meter (7-06.50) leap.
Oloye also captured her first athlete of the week honors with a first-place outing in the 400-meter dash at the GVSU Holiday Open, Dec. 6. Oloye crossed the finish line in 54.68, a time that ranks as the third-best in the MAC thus far, 39th-fastest in the NCAA, stands ninth in EMU program history, and marks a personal-best for the sophomore.
EMU WOMEN IN THE PROGRAM TOP-10
Oloye and Walkes ran the No. 9 and No. 10 fastest indoor 400-meters in EMU women's history, respectively. Oloye finished first in 54.68 while Walkes placed second in 54.79. Moreno clocked the program's eighth-fastest indoor 5000-meter with a fourth-place finish in 16:31.78. Aleah Johnson (Botkins, Ohio/Botkins) started her season strong, tossing Eastern's seventh-farthest weight throw with a 16.65-meter (54-07.50) mark. The Eagles saw their fifth top 10 program mark of the season as freshman Faith Moore (Farmington Hills, Mich./Farmington) wrote her name into the weight throw top 10 with the program's sixth-best indoor mark at 16.89 meters (55-04.90).
AT GVSU HOLIDAY OPEN, DEC. 6
In a meet that had no team scoring, the women led the way as they posted 13 top-three finishes and set four marks that landed inside the program top-10, while the men notched four top-three finishes. In total, the Eagles recorded 52 collegiate personal-best marks with the men setting 27 and the women 24.
DEFENDING THE CROWN
The Eagles' women's team captured its ninth MAC title at the 2024 MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. It is looking to secure its 10th title in the 2025 indoor season. A victory at the MAC Indoor Championships would mark the first three-peat from the women's team in program history.
RETURNING MAC CHAMPS
The men return one former MAC Champion in Thompson. He won the long jump at the indoor championships with a 7.68m (25-02.50) jump and the triple jump at the outdoor championships, bounding 15.57m (51-01.00).
On the women's side, EMU returns former MAC champions Buffen, Walkes, and Marchant. Buffen won the triple jump at both the indoor and outdoor conference meets with her best mark coming at the outdoor meet, leaping 12.64m (41-05.75). Walkes captured individual conference titles in the indoor season in the 200-meter dash (24.15) and the 60-meter dash (7.44). Marchant earned three individual championships at the MAC Indoor Championships, winning the 800-meter (2:10.26), mile (4:49.67), and 3000-meter (9:25.38). She also set the women's indoor mile record last season, finishing the race in 4:38.91, Feb. 10. Tijana Japundzic (Belgrade, Serbia/Technical School "New Belgrade"), Oloye, and Walkes also earned titles in the 4x400m relay, as they crossed the finish line in 3:44.74.
2024 MAC HONORS
Marchant was named the MAC Women's Most Valuable Track Performer and Most Outstanding Track Performer in the indoor season. Now Associate Head Coach, Sue Parks was named MAC Women's Coach of the Year while former Associate Head Coach and now Co-Director of Cross Country/Track & Field, Chris Best, earned Women's Assistant Coach of the Year after the indoor championships.
ALL-MAC RETURNERS – INDOOR SEASON
Eastern returns 11 All-MAC honorees from the indoor season.
Women's All-MAC Returners
Kyra Buffen
Tijana Japundzic
Paige Marchant
Josephine Oloye
Saraiah Walkes
Men's All-MAC Returners
Formula Thompson
Shelton Bass
Eric Haddock Jr.
Brendan Hill
Tajay Roberts
Gabe Singh
ALL-MAC RETURNERS – OUTDOOR SEASON
The Eagles return seven All-MAC athletes from the outdoor season.
Women's All-MAC Returners
Kyra Buffen
Paige Marchant
Saraiah Walkes
Josephine Oloye
Men's All-MAC Returners
Formula Thompson
Gabe Singh
Jake McEachern
NEW COACHES
The Eagles have adjusted their coaching staff ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Chris Best and Sterling Roberts have been promoted to Directors of Cross Country/Track & Field. Best will take on the head coaching duties for the women's team while Roberts will do so for the men's. Sue Parks opted to return to hands-on coaching duties and will serve as an Associate Head Coach while still acting as the Head Women's Cross Country Coach. Eastern added two newcomers to the coaching staff in Austin Whitelaw (distance) and Nia Henderson (throws). Whitelaw comes to Ypsilanti after most recently serving as an assistant track & field/cross country coach as well as recruiting coordinator for the University of Connecticut (2022-24). Henderson brings five years of NAIA coaching experience with her as she oversaw nine NAIA All-Americans at nearby Madonna University. She was also named Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Assistant Coach of the Year in 2023.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Eastern thrower McEachern excelled at the Canadian U20 track & field championships. He won the hammer throw (67.32m – 220-10), shotput (15.93m – 52-03.16), and discus (49.22m – 161-05) events at the Canadian U20 Track & Field Championships. Joining him in competing nationally was Thompson, who saw action at the Jamaican Olympic Trials in the long and triple jump. Kayenn Mabin (Kalamazoo, Mich./Kalamazoo Central) also earned himself a spot at the USA U20 Track & Field Championships in the 110-meter hurdles.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will head west to compete at the GVSU Big Meet, hosted by Grand Valley State, at the Kelly Family Sports Center, in Allendale, Mich. Friday, Feb. 14.
FOLLOW US
For updates on all things EMU cross country/track & field, continue to check EMUEagles.com or follow the team on Instagram, X, and Facebook at @EMUXC_TF.
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