Men's Outdoor Track & Field 5/3/2025 7:38:00 PM

Men's Outdoor Track & Field team captures 2025 CUNYAC title; Women's team claims second place

The Medgar Evers Cougars reached the top of the outdoor track and field mountain once again, capturing the 2025 CUNYAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championship at Icahn Stadium by scoring a whopping 273 points. The Cougars captured the championship in dominating fashion, finishing 103 points ahead of second place Hunter (166 points). CCNY followed in third (63 points), and York (26 points) rounded out the field.

Coming off a dominant indoor season that resulted in the program's second consecutive league title under the guidance of head coach Hugh Reid, Medgar Evers rode that momentum into the outdoor campaign and solidified its second straight CUNYAC outdoor crown.

Medgar Evers' women's team put forth a hearty effort in an attempt to make it a clean sweep of the outdoor championships, but the Cougars had to settle as the runners-up, coming in second place to champion Hunter College. The Hawks claimed the outdoor title by scoring 227 points, while the Cougars finished close behind, with 213. CCNY (106), Lehman (26) and York (6) rounded out the field.

Men's Meet Highlights

Chrisnel Nicolas was named Championship Most Valuable Performer. Nicolas took first place in the discus (31.21 meters) and the pole vault (3.40 meters) while coming in second in the shot put and the javelin. He also registered third place finishes in the long jump and the high jump.

The Cougars won a total of 11 events on the afternoon and set three CUNYAC championship records. The men's 4x100 relay, consisting of Jahiem Johnson, Reco Griffith, Zion Young and Omari Hinds, captured the event in 42.54 seconds, breaking the record of 42.67 seconds set by Kingsborough CC in 2009.

Griffith also had a pair of solo championship records as he took gold in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes. In the 100, after running a championship-record 10.64 seconds in the prelims, he took first in the final with a 10.67-second effort. That mark broke a 25-year old record set by Marvin Primo of BMCC in 2000. In the 200 Griffith placed first with a 21.71-second effort, besting Trent Toussaint's (KCC) 21.77 set in 2002.

Rupert-Luard Charles was first in the 400 (50.42) and in the long jump (6.27 meters). Hinds placed first in the high jump (1.83 meters) and the triple jump (12.17 meters). The Cougars' 4x400 relay also came in first with a 3:32.38 effort.

Dontay Washington was victorious for Medgar Evers in the 110 hurdles (17.39), with Michael Ortega winning the hammer throw with a toss of 32.71 meters.  Joshua Felix had the top javelin throw with a 42.42-meter mark.

Women's Meet Highlights

Medgar Evers' Rinnah Brown was named the meet's Most Valuable Performer after collecting points for the Cougars in eight events. She took first place in the 100-meter hurdles (16.61) while finishing second in the 400, 400 hurdles and 200, while tying for second in the high jump. Brown was also part of MEC's winning 4x100 (49.54) and 4x400 (4:27.62) relays.

Thenica Thompson came in first in both the 200 (27.54) and the 400 (1:03.74).

Nia Butler had the top discus mark of the day (23.24).

Nana Samake came in first in the 10,000-meter run (48:29.87).

Up Next for the Cougars

The Cougars' outdoor track and field teams will resume their season next Saturday, as the teams will travel to Williamstown, MA to compete in the Farley Inter Regional, hosted by Williams College.

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