MOUNT OLIVE, NC – The Lincoln University track and field teams opened the 2022 outdoor season, competing in the Fifth Annual Adidas Trojan Challenge, hosted by the University of Mount Olive.
Freshman
Kamani Johns (Chester, Pa./Chester) brought home the lone event victory, while the team posted seven other top 10 finishes. Johns won the 800-meter run in the time of 2:23.73.
Junior
Mikayla Clements (/) brought home an eighth-place finish in the high jump with a distance of 1.35 meters, while sophomore
Nakacee McNab (Freeport, N.Y./Freeport) placed ninth in the 400-meter run (1:01.26). Freshman
Aisha Carrington (Baltimore, Md./Franklin) was fourth in the prelims of the 400-meter hurdles (15.42 seconds) but didn't finish the event in the finals.
On the men's side, the Lions posted five top-five finishes with junior
Dominic George (Wyncote, Pa./Cheltenham) bringing home this highest finish, placing second in the 100-meter dash (11:07 seconds), and freshman
Jordan Hall (Randallstown, Md./Newtown) placed third in the 110-meter hurdles (15.53 seconds). The duo combined with senior
Glenn Butler, Jr. (Greenburgh, N.Y./White Plains) and freshman
Jude Butumbi (Philadelphia, Pa./Northeast) to finish third in the 4x100 meter relay (43.55 seconds).
Not to be left out of the scoring, the pair of field event athletes got into the action. Butler was fifth in the high jump (1.85 meters), while freshman
Jeremy Gyan (Bear, Del./Newark Charter) was fourth in the javelin (41.54 meters).
Lincoln returns to action Saturday at the Millersville Metrics.