HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Akeem Mustapha won the Mountain East Conference Championship in the long jump on Sunday afternoon, while Kamar Sutherland and Luke McKenna set school records on Day 1 of the 2025 Mountain East Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships at Marshall University.
 
Mustapha, the currently school record holder in the long jump, finished with a Mountain East Conference meet record of 7.39m to become the first Division II conference champion in Point Park history on Sunday. He additionally qualified for Monday's finals in the 60m and 60m Hurdles with his prelim performances in both events.
 
Also, in the 60m Hurdles, Kamar Sutherland quailed as the three seed in the event with a school record and NCAA qualifying standard time of 8.16. He will join Mustapha in Monday's event final.
 
Luke McKenna finished 12^th in Sunday's 5000m, improving his school record time in the event to 15:17.77.
 
In the 400m prelims, Juan Barrera moved on to Monday's final as the No. 4 seed with a time of 50.22.
 
Point Park capped the opening night of competition with a school record time of 10:17.94 in the Distance Medley Relay. The Pioneer DMR team of Jannik Windelband, Joshua Maurer, Emile Raphael and Chase Bowen finished fifth in the event.
 
The MEC Indoor Track & Field Championships will continue on Monday with a full slate of competition beginning at 11 a.m.
 
Day 1 Top Performances

• 60m (Prelims – H1) – 8^th Seed – Akeem Mustapha (6.94) – 2^nd in school history
• 60m Hurdles (Prelims – H2) – 3^rd Seed – Kamar Sutherland (8.16) – SCHOOL RECORD (NCAA Prov.)
• 60m Hurdles (Prelims – H1) – 6^th Seed – Akeem Mustapha (8.50)
• 400m (Prelims – H4) – 4^th Seed – Juan Barrera (50.22)
• 5000m – 12^th Place – Luke McKenna (15:17.77) – SCHOOL RECORD*
• Long Jump – 1^st Place – Akeem Mustapha (7.39m) – MEET RECORD
• Long Jump – 5^th Place – Maxwell Goode (6.95m) – 5^th in school history
• Shot Put – 5^th Place – Chevaughn Fletcher (15.00m)
• Shot Put – 7^th Place – David Attram (14.72m) – 2^nd in school history
• DMR – 5^th Place – Windelband, Maurer, Raphael, Bowen (10:17.94) – SCHOOL RECORD

 
*Improved "own" school record time/mark