Texas A&M Completes LSU Alumni Gold, Acquah Sets School Record

Friday, April 23

Baton Rouge, La.

Texas A&M

LSU Alumni Gold

Deborah Acquah

Photo by: Texas A&M Athletics/Tyler Pounds

Apr 24, 2021 | Track and Field

Results (PDF)

By: Tyler Pounds, Athletics Communications

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Texas A&M No. 4 women's and No. 5 men's track & field teams competed against the No. 1 LSU men's and women's teams and other top competition including Texas, Alabama, and Auburn, Saturday at the LSU Alumni Gold at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium.

The Maroon & White dazzled fans while recording some of the nation's fastest times on the track and top marks in field events. Deborah Acquah highlighted the day in the field events winning the long jump at 22-4.25 (6.81m). Her mark bettered her previous school record by 7.25 inches and propelled her to No. 3 in the NCAA this season.

Charokee Young got the track hot for the Aggies by winning the 400m with an outdoor personal best time of 51.49, bettering her previous time by .3 seconds. Young remains No. 3 in the NCAA and moved up to No. 5 on the Aggie all-time top-12 outdoor list.

Deadmon followed suit in the men's 400m running an all-time personal best at 44.58, placing second in one of the nation's fastest races this season. Deadmon moved to No. 2 in the NCAA and is the third fastest performer in school history.

In the 400m hurdles, Dominique Mustin and Moitalel Mpoke recorded personal best times in their respective races. Mpoke placed second in the men's race at 49.61, the second fastest time in the NCAA this season and the seventh fastest by an Aggie. Mustin clocked 57.52 in the women's race, the eighth fastest time in the NCAA and fifth fastest in Texas A&M history.

The women's 4x400m of Tierra Robinson-Jones, Young, Jaevin Reed and Athing Mu won with a time of 3:27.16, the fifth fastest relay group in Aggie history. The men's 4x400m squad of Brandon Miller, Devin Dixon, Mpoke and Deadmon placed second at 3:03.86.

The Aggies men's 4x100m of Emmanuel Yeaboah, Devon Achane Jace Comick and Lance Broome finished as the second best collegiate team at 39.54.

Prior to the afternoon running events, Annie Fuller added her name to the Aggie all-time performer top-12 list. Fuller became the eighth best performer in school history with a second place finish in the 1,500m at a season best time of 4:24.94.

Acquah wasn't the only Aggie excelling in the field events, Lamara Distin (triple jump) and Sam Hankins (Javelin) each finished the day with personal bests and Texas A&M all-time performances.

Distin led a pair of Aggies that finished 2-3 in the triple jump, Distin bounded out to 43-5.25 (13.24m), the eighth best performer mark in school history. Distin is ranked No. 6 in the NCAA West Region and No. 14 overall in the NCAA. Ciynamon Stevenson placed third at 42-6.75 (12.97m).

Hankins had a breakthrough performance finishing third in the javelin with a throw of 230-1 (70.13m). He became the 12th best performer in Aggie history. His mark is currently ranked No. 11 in the NCAA West Region and No. 20 overall in the NCAA.

Josh Brown won the men's discus with a series best mark of 178-8 (54.46m).

Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Pat Henry
on the meet and competition:
"Great competition brings great things out in people and this was a great competition today. These are teams that are very competitive and have individuals on these teams that want to be the best there is. We've got those kind of people on our team as well. When you get together on a weekend like today, it's a great opportunity to do well. The weather was good today, it was hot, finally. From one week we go from the Yukon to the Sahara. I'm pleased with our team, we've still got a ways to go in certain things but we've got the people to do it. We've got the people that are starting to come around at the right part of time of the year. Track is about one time and our one time is coming. Today was another rehearsal that got us a little closer to being a complete team."

on Jaevin Reed filling in on the women's 4x400m "A" group:
"Jaevin [Reed] is an experienced runner, she did a very good job today. She didn't back off of anything and she hasn't ran that fast yet this year, but she did when the pressure was on. I did that on purpose, she had to be in there where she was going to have to run her best to keep us close and she did."

on coming back to LSU:
"I've spent 17 years in one place, I have deep feelings for LSU but I'm the Head Coach at Texas A&M and there isn't a better place on the planet than Texas A&M."