MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – At the first meet of the 2024-25 Indoor Track & Field season, seven Blue Raiders took home first place, out of 11 events.
The Dean Hayes Classic began with the long jump where freshman Xarya Udoumana took home first on the women's side and Jason Smallwood won the men's competition. They finished with scores of 5.80m and 7.29m, respectively.
Next, was the one-mile race where sophomore Eleanor Towe blew out the competition, winning the event by 16 seconds. Towe finished with a time of 5:03.