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Laari, Egbeniyi to compete for national championship

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Two Blue Raiders qualified for Saturday's NCAA Indoor Championship finals after a successful day in preliminaries on the track.

Junior Sampson Laari led off the day in the mile run by qualifying for Saturday's final. The Ghana native clocked a 4:00.73 time and finished fifth in the second heat and ninth overall.

Sophomore Abike Egbeniyi followed Laari by finishing fourth overall in the women's 800-meter run with a time of 2:04.78 to solidify a shot at Saturday's championship.

"Sampson and Abike both ran really good races," Head Coach said.