Dustin Miller
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Men's Track and Field Geoff Goyne, assistant director of athletics

4x100, discus records set at Millersville

MILLERSVILLE, Pa. - The 4x100-meter relay set a record for the second straight week and Dustin Miller (Frederick, Md./Gov. Thomas Johnson) broke the discus record to lead the Hood College men's track and field team at the Millersville Metrics. 

Record Keeping
  • Tofunmi Okuseinde (Baltimore, Md./Parkville), Evan Ellington (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti), Rell Asamoah (Frederick, Md./Tuscarora) and Jamel Mins (Columbia, Md./Atholton) combined to run the 4x100 in 42.60 seconds. Not only did the quartet break the week-old record from the previous meet, but the Blazers also took the win in the event. 
  • Miller threw the discus 37.41 meters (122-9). He finished 15th overall but 0.75 meters (2-5) to Hood's previous record. 
Highlights
  • Mins was the runner-up in the 200-meter dash with a career-best time of 22.24. Asamoah placed ninth with a time of 23.16, tying him for fifth on Hood's all-time list in the 200. 
  • Chris Sappe (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) took third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:00.00, which was also third in program history. 
  • Ellington matched his time from the previous week in the 100-meter dash of 11.14. He finished eighth, just 0.01 seconds ahead of Mins. Mins moved up the Blazers' leaderboard in the event and is now third all-time. 
  • In the 10,000-meter run, Alex Seskar (Great Mills, Md./Great Mills) was sixth with a time of 35:35.94, which ranks fourth all-time at Hood. 
Notes
  • The meet was not scored. 
Up Next
Hood heads to the Oscar Moore Invitational at Rowan University on Apr. 8. 

 
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Players Mentioned

Evan Ellington

Evan Ellington

Sprints
6' 2"
Graduate Student
Jamel Mins

Jamel Mins

Sprints
5' 11"
Sophomore
Chris Sappe

Chris Sappe

Mid-Distance
5' 11"
First Year
Alex Seskar

Alex Seskar

Distance
5' 10"
First Year
Dustin Miller

Dustin Miller

Throws
6' 3"
Graduate Student
Tofunmi Okuseinde

Tofunmi Okuseinde

Sprints/Hurdles
6' 0"
First Year
Rell Asamoah

Rell Asamoah

Sprints
5' 7"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Evan Ellington

Evan Ellington

6' 2"
Graduate Student
Sprints
Jamel Mins

Jamel Mins

5' 11"
Sophomore
Sprints
Chris Sappe

Chris Sappe

5' 11"
First Year
Mid-Distance
Alex Seskar

Alex Seskar

5' 10"
First Year
Distance
Dustin Miller

Dustin Miller

6' 3"
Graduate Student
Throws
Tofunmi Okuseinde

Tofunmi Okuseinde

6' 0"
First Year
Sprints/Hurdles
Rell Asamoah

Rell Asamoah

5' 7"
First Year
Sprints