Track Standout Muhammed Ahmed breaks 48 year old 5k record.
Muhammed Ahmed put his stamp in the Chabot College record books in his track 5k debut at Occidental College Saturday evening with a time of 14:30.19.
March 14, 2023
Muhammed Ahmed put his stamp in the Chabot record books in his track 5k debut at Occidental College Saturday evening with a time of 14:30.19.
The 48-year-old record was held by Chabot and Cal State Hayward legend Ted Quintana (14:30.44).
Ahmed, a Newark Memorial HS alum, will next sets his sights on significantly surpassing the college's 10k record at the Mike Fanelli Invitational in three weeks at San Francisco State.
The Glads sent a split squad to what was supposed to be sunny Southern California this past weekend. Sprints and hurdles spent the day at the Ben Brown Invitational hosted by CSU Fullerton. In what has been an extremely cold and wet start of the season many seasonal best marks were achieved.
On the men's side, the duo of Zion Mayo and Marcell Anderson dipped under 11 seconds in the 100. Mayo had a time of 10.86 and Anderson at 10.97. Both would come back with strong 200 performances on wet day, Mayo (21.99) and Anderson (22.23).
On the women's side, freshman pair Egypt Hughes and Aniya Shields ran 12.72 and 12.75 for the 100.
Jumpers, vaulters, and distance attended the Ben Brown Invitational where many personal bests were achieved. Rowen Connelly achieved a 12 second personal best in the 1500 of 4:27. Freshmen Tad Kawabata ran 4:05.71 over that same distance. Ariana Chavez and Mason Romant both ran seasonal bests in the 800, Chavez with a time of 2:22.38 and Romant 1:59.04. The evening would be capped off with some blazing times over the 5,000 meter distance. Logan Phulps posted a time of 16:20, and Daniel Trampe with a State A standard of 15:16.
Ahmed, a Newark Memorial HS alum, will next sets his sights on significantly surpassing the college's 10k record at the Mike Fanelli Invitational in three weeks at San Francisco State.
The Glads sent a split squad to what was supposed to be sunny Southern California this past weekend. Sprints and hurdles spent the day at the Ben Brown Invitational hosted by CSU Fullerton. In what has been an extremely cold and wet start of the season many seasonal best marks were achieved.
On the men's side, the duo of Zion Mayo and Marcell Anderson dipped under 11 seconds in the 100. Mayo had a time of 10.86 and Anderson at 10.97. Both would come back with strong 200 performances on wet day, Mayo (21.99) and Anderson (22.23).
On the women's side, freshman pair Egypt Hughes and Aniya Shields ran 12.72 and 12.75 for the 100.
Jumpers, vaulters, and distance attended the Ben Brown Invitational where many personal bests were achieved. Rowen Connelly achieved a 12 second personal best in the 1500 of 4:27. Freshmen Tad Kawabata ran 4:05.71 over that same distance. Ariana Chavez and Mason Romant both ran seasonal bests in the 800, Chavez with a time of 2:22.38 and Romant 1:59.04. The evening would be capped off with some blazing times over the 5,000 meter distance. Logan Phulps posted a time of 16:20, and Daniel Trampe with a State A standard of 15:16.