Bakare, Hinton-Ayodele Take First Place Finishes at Susquehanna Tune-Up

SELINSGROVE, Pa. - Tahira Bakare (Silver Spring, Md./Archbishop Carroll) took first in the women's 60-meter dash and Carter Hinton-Ayodele (Bowie, Md./Bowie) was first in the women's triple jump as the Goucher College men's and women's indoor track and field teams competed at the Susquehanna Tune-Up at the SU Fieldhouse on Saturday.

Bakare ran the third-fastest time in the preliminaries with a time of 8.23 seconds.  In the final she took first with a time of 8.13 seconds, her fastest of the season.  Bakare also placed second in the 200 with a 27.31-second effort.

Hinton-Ayodele took down first in the triple jump with a jump of 11.29 meters.

Dorian Cheney (Bryans Road, Md./North Point) placed third in the long jump with a leap of 5.10 meters.  She also placed seventh in the high jump, checking in at 1.42 meters.

For the men, Willensky Joseph (Salisbury, Md./Wicomico) finished 10th out of 53 in the 200 with a time of 24.14 seconds.  Sean Whitfield (Beltsville, Md./DeMatha Catholic) ran a 2:06.00 in the 800 to place 20th out of 55 runners.

Joshua Stevenson (Hyattsville, Md./Parkdale) placed 11th in the men's 60 prelims with a time of 7.41 seconds.  He also ran a 24.47 in the 200 to come in 16th.

Goucher returns to Susquehanna next Saturday for the 2023 Landmark Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.