Mobolade Ajomale
Mike Gullett

Men's Track & Field

Mobolade Ajomale Defends 60m, 200m National Titles

2018 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Championships (Final Results)

16985PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Mobolade Ajomale proved he was the fastest man at 60m and 200m in NCAA Division II for the second consecutive year on the final day of the Indoor Track & Field National Championships back inside Pitt State's Robert W. Plaster Center. Capturing his fifth and sixth career national titles in less than two hours, Ajomale became an 11-time All-American with Saturday's results.

Beginning the day in the final of the 60m, Ajomale matched his season-best from the day prior, by going 6.60 en route to first overall. It was not without a challenge from Tiffin's Jonte Baker who posted a 6.61, but for the third straight year, Ajomale was crowned the champion.

Another successful title defense came in the 200m where Ajomale dropped a 20.91. The mark was 0.05 in front of Ashland's Myles Pringle (20.96) from the same heat and put the redshirt junior from Richmond Hill, Canada into elite company as he became one of two NCAA male student-athletes to win back-to-back titles in the 60m and 200m as well as one of just three men to win a total of five career individual indoor event titles.

"Bolade had a really good meet," said head coach Kevin LaSure. "It is really special to for him to do something only one other person as done in the history of Division II track & field in winning both the 60m and 200m in consecutive years."


16989Combining Ajomale's 20 points toward the team score (10 for each first-place finish) with Michane Ricketts' five points in the long jump from Friday, Academy of Art collectively finished eighth overall.

After moving into second place at the end of the first triple jump flight with a season-best 39-9.75 (12.13m) in her last attempt, Rian Young-Werner found herself ninth overall starting the final. She would proceed to match that mark in her final jump, but it did not move her into All-American territory as she remained ninth at the event's conclusion.

In the women's 3000m, Swann Phelippeau delivered a 9:50.46 to claim the 15th spot overall.

The day ended with the men's and women's 4x400m relays where Michael Houston, Christian Carter, Kaze Poitier, and Ajomale went 3:15.49 for 11th overall. On the women's side of the 4x400m, Marion Presigny, Schae Graham, Jasmine Grace, Young-Werner posted a 3:52.36 for 11th overall.

Academy of Art will soon be back on the track to continue its outdoor season on Mar. 16-17 with Sacramento State's Hornet Invitational.

Players Mentioned

Jasmine Grace

Jasmine Grace

Sprints
5' 7"
Redshirt Junior
R-Jr./R-Jr.
Schae Graham

Schae Graham

Sprints
5' 10"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Marion Presigny

Marion Presigny

Sprints/Hurdles
5' 6"
Graduate Student
Gr./Gr.
Rian Young-Werner

Rian Young-Werner

Jumps
5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
R-Jr./R-Jr.
Swann Phelippeau

Swann Phelippeau

Distance
5' 6"
Sophomore
So./So.
Mobolade Ajomale

Mobolade Ajomale

Sprints
5' 11"
Redshirt Junior
R-Jr./R-Jr.
Christian Carter

Christian Carter

Sprints
5' 10"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Michael Houston

Michael Houston

Sprints
5' 11"
Redshirt Senior
R-Sr./R-Sr.
Kaze Poitier

Kaze Poitier

Sprints
5' 10"
Sophomore
So./So.
Michane Ricketts

Michane Ricketts

Jumps
5' 11"
Senior
Sr./Sr.

Players Mentioned

Jasmine Grace

Jasmine Grace

5' 7"
Redshirt Junior
R-Jr./R-Jr.
Sprints
Schae Graham

Schae Graham

5' 10"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Sprints
Marion Presigny

Marion Presigny

5' 6"
Graduate Student
Gr./Gr.
Sprints/Hurdles
Rian Young-Werner

Rian Young-Werner

5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
R-Jr./R-Jr.
Jumps
Swann Phelippeau

Swann Phelippeau

5' 6"
Sophomore
So./So.
Distance
Mobolade Ajomale

Mobolade Ajomale

5' 11"
Redshirt Junior
R-Jr./R-Jr.
Sprints
Christian Carter

Christian Carter

5' 10"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Sprints
Michael Houston

Michael Houston

5' 11"
Redshirt Senior
R-Sr./R-Sr.
Sprints
Kaze Poitier

Kaze Poitier

5' 10"
Sophomore
So./So.
Sprints
Michane Ricketts

Michane Ricketts

5' 11"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Jumps