EMMITSBURG, Md. (January 19, 2025) – Sophomore Bah Abdoulaye and freshman Atebeh Awungjia headline the efforts of Mount St. Mary's track & field at Catholic's Cardinal Track & Field Classic.
 
Abdoulaye swept the 60 meter and 200 meter dashes with respective times of 6.90 seconds and 22.61 seconds. Both times are good for third-best among Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) competitors this year. Awungjia took the long jump with a 6.89 meter effort, which stands fifth among conference athletes.
 
In addition to his individual accolades, Abdoulaye joined Gunnar Williams, Abdulazeez Iyiola, and Maximus Zitnay to place second in the 4x400 relay, compiling a time of 3:29.23.
 
The relay team is part of a slew of Mountaineers to take runner-up in their events. Kalani Pu'uloa finished behind Abdoulaye in the 200 metes with 22.80 seconds, as did Caleb Nelson for the long jump behind Awungjia at a distance of 6.61 meters. Joseph Poleate finished with 8.47 seconds in the 60 hurdles, and Darren Hook threw the shot put for 13.04 meters. The women's team had Jacey Hentz finish the 60 hurdles in 9.25 seconds along with a 3.35 meter pole vault accomplishment. Rebecca Weir took second in the high jump with a 1.62 meter effort.
 
Team scoring did not impact the meet.
 
As a result of the winter storm, Mount St. Mary's elected not to travel to Ursinus College for Sunday's scheduled Collegeville Invitational. The next meet on the schedule is the Bucknell Gulden Invitational on January 25.