April 21, 2012

The Minnesota men’s track and field team closed out the weekend at both the Iowa Musco Twilight and the Mt. Sac Relays. Both meets did not have a team score kept, but the Gophers captured three titles in Iowa.

Musco Twilight

Results

The highlight of the day came in the hammer throw, where junior Quentin Mege won the event after landing a career best mark of 215-0 (65.54m). His throw also bumps him up to number two on the all-time list and only nine inches behind current throwing coach Lynden Reder , who holds the school record with a distance of 215-9 (65.76m). As of Saturday night Mege’s distance is also ranks first in the Big Ten Conference.

Oladipo Fagbemi added another title to his collection this afternoon in the triple jump. Fagbemi leaped a season best mark of 49-0 ¼ (14.94m) to finish first.

The final first place finish for the Golden Gophers at the Musco Twilight came from Cameron Boy in the 200 meter dash. Boy matched his time from a week ago (21.39) at the Cretzmeyer Track and Field Complex.

Team Results

Mt. Sac Relays

Results

Minnesota finished with runners in the 800 meters. Harun Abda clocked in a season best time of 1:47.20 for a fourth place finish. David Pachuta finished with a time of 1:50.38 for the Golden Gophers.