By: By Hunter McKay
Final Results | ASUN Recap | Photo Gallery
Jacksonville, Fla. – The Kennesaw State men's track and field team won its fifth consecutive ASUN Conference Outdoor team championship in dominant fashion on Saturday, May 13 at Hodges Stadium on the campus of the University of North Florida. This win is the program's eighth ASUN Outdoor title, which breaks a tie with Troy for the most in conference history.
Team Scoring
The men scored an ASUN Championship record 327 points, beating second-place by Lipscomb by 196 points.
Akindele Named ASUN Most Valuable Performer
Dayo Akindele was named Most Valuable Performer of the meet after collecting 38 points for the Owls in the two-day meet. Akindele won the gold medal in the long jump on Friday. On Saturday, Akindele won gold in the triple jump with a leap of 15.20m (49'10.50) and the high jump after he cleared 1.90m (6'2.75). He would also collect a silver medal in the 110m-hurdles with a time of 14.05 seconds. Akindele is fifth different Owl to win this award since it began being awarded in 2009.
Combined Events
Men's Decathlon (Final Five Events)
• Josh Mulder won the decathlon with 7012 points
• Mulder won four of the five decathlon events on the last day of the meet
• The senior set an ASUN decathlon and school decathlon record with a clearance of 5.00m (16'4.75) in the pole vault.
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Paris Williams finished second in the decathlon scoring a career-best 6578 points.
• He grabbed a second place finish in the decathlon javelin throw with a career-best toss of 44.36m (145'06).
• Freshman
David Lott secured the bronze medal scoring a career-best 6124 points.
Medal Winners (Non-Combined Events)
Field Events
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Fabeon Tucker won the gold medal in the discus throw setting a school and conference record with a toss of 53.11m (147'03).
Drew Anderson grabbed the silver medal with a toss of 44.68m (146'07) while
Chuck McConville landed a throw of 41.70m (136-10) to earn the bronze medal.
• The Owls would sweep the medal stand in both the triple jump and high jump as Qwazon Al-Khaliq (15.14m, 49-8'25) and
Tariq Bradford (14.43m, 47'4.25) won the silver and bronze medals in the triple jump. Bradford and
Paris Williams both jumped 1.85m (6'0.75) to earn Bradford the silver medal and Williams the bronze medal in the high jump.
• Tucker collected the silver medal in the javelin with a throw of 50.18m (164'07).
Track Events
• Senior
Terrell Singleton won the gold medal in the 110m-hurdles in a new ASUN Championship meet record time of 13.92 seconds.
• Singleton,
Sean Blassingame,
Cameron Bolden and
Chandler Nichols earned gold medals in the 4x100m relay in a time of 41.01 seconds.
• Bolden won the gold medal in both 100m (10.42 seconds) and the 200m (21.35 seconds).
• Joining Bolden on the medal stand were
Chandler Nichols who was second in the 100m with a time of 10.56 seconds and
Nick Grant in the 200m who finished third in 21.79 seconds.
• To close out the evening, the men's 4x400 relay team of
Braden Canamare,
Jonathon Womack,
Nick Grant and
Joshua Mulder won a tight race in 3:13.65 that was very close at the end.
Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Andy Eggerth's Thoughts on the Final Day of the ASUN Championship
"I'm rarely surprised by what our athletes accomplish. Working with them on a daily basis helps me understand well what they are capable of, but this weekend our men surprised me. I never expected them to break the ASUN scoring record of 320 points. But over and over again this weekend they just kept bringing dominating performances. It was really fun to watch."
Next Up
Athletes that are in the top 48 in the East Region in an event will get the opportunity to compete in the preliminary rounds of the NCAA Championships. The preliminary rounds are May 25-27 at the UK Outdoor Track and Field Complex in Lexington, Kentucky for the NCAA East Region
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