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Mutekanga Spearheads Track and Field at ECAC/IC4A Championships
Julius Mutekanga
Senior Julius Mutekanga took sixth in the 800-meter run finals.
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Princeton, N.J.
– Senior Julius Mutekanga finished sixth in the 800-meter dash to lead the Long Island University men’s and women’s track and field teams at the ECAC/IC4A Championships over the weekend in Princeton, N.J.

For the women, sophomore Jessie Gaines ran to a time of 13.83 in the 100-meter hurdles preliminaries before finishing 10th in the event semifinals. Sophomore Jazmin Waller ran a 14.61 in the prelims and took 14th overall in the semis. The quartet of Waller, sophomore Torrie Saunders, senior Ashley Veney and Gaines took 12th in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 46.83

In the triple jump, junior Danay Spencer grabbed sixth place overall after achieving a measure of 12.34 meters. Gaines leapt to a distance of 5.44 meters in the long jump en route to a 15th place showing.

On the men’s side, freshman Nickolei Mahlung ran to a time of 10.76 in the preliminaries of the 100-meter dash. Junior Samuel Egadu raced to a time of 48.05 and senior Shelden Goffe recorded a time of 48.25 in the 400-meter dash.

The Blackbirds 4x400-meter relay team placed ninth recording a time of 3:11.63. Freshman Brian Richards had a fifth-place showing in the long jump with a distance of 7.37 meters. Junior Corryl Boyd snagged 10th in the event with a mark of 7.11 meters.

Mutekanga and Richards both will participate in the NCAA Outdoor East Regionals hosted by North Carolina A&T.