Athletics
Sowe sets record
- Monday, 08 October 2012
- Modou Lamin Beyai
On a rainy Sunday in New Jersey, the Monroe College Men's and Women's cross country teams continued to improve on their times in the Highlander XC Challenge, Hosted by NJIT.
Two-time champion Ansu Sowe finished second, setting a school record and nearly besting the course record. The 25 competing teams included Farleigh Dickinson, St. Peter's, Felician, NYIT and St. Thomas Aquinas.
On the men's side, Ansu Sowe ran the fastest time ever for a Mustang in a cross country meet. His time for the 8K race (almost 5 miles) of 25:15.12 was also the second fastest all time in this race.
Comments (Sowe wins Ramapo College Cross Country run
- Tuesday, 25 September 2012
- Modou Lamin Beyai
Gambian marathon runner Ansu Sowe has continued to display class in the United States of America and did just what he thought of the Ramapo College Cross Country Invitational run with a top notch finish.
For Sowe, winning is getting to be a habit and for the second time this season – he has won a cross country meet. He finished first at Saturday’s inaugural Ramapo College Cross Country Invitational in Wet Patterson, NJ.
But this was not Monroe’s only achievement of the day. Both of the Mustangs Cross Country teams – the men and the women – had their best showings of the season at Ramapo.
Comments (Gambian distance runner Ansu Sowe becomes Monroe’s first Cross Country winner
- Sunday, 02 September 2012
- Modou Lamin Beyai
His potential is unlimited and on Friday afternoon in the West Point Open on the scenic West Point golf course, Monroe distance star, Gambian sophomore Ansu Sowe, showed why as he became the first Mustang to ever win a Cross Country race.
Running the just-over 5K course in 17:11:30, Sowe bested more than 100 runners from ten different colleges including West Point, Ramapo College, SUNY Maritime, Kings Point, and the College of New Rochelle. Freshman Jessica Barrera was the first Monroe finisher for the women in a time of 23:56. She was 17th overall out of 60 runners.
Comments (Suwaibou Sanneh sets a new 100m national record
- Sunday, 05 August 2012
- Modou Lamin Beyai
For the second time in as many days, Suwaibou Sanneh set a new national record for the men’s 100m on Sunday in the semifinals at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Sanneh, 22, the first Gambian to qualify for the race, clocked 10.18s in finishing eighth behind the American winner Justin Gatlin and Churandy Martina of Netherlands, automatic qualifiers to the final, and Jamaican Asafa Powell, who went through as fastest loser.
Comments (Suwaibou Makes Olympic Semis
- Saturday, 04 August 2012
- Modou Lamin Beyai
History was made at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Saturday when Suwaibou Sanneh became the first Gambian to qualify for the semifinal of the 100m race.
The Gambian 100m record holder set a new best time of 10.21 in finishing fifth in his first round heat and qualified as one of only three fastest losers. It’s a dream come true for the 22-year-old from the Gambia’s Lower River Division town of Soma as reaching the semifinal of one of the toughest races of the Olympics was his target in London.
“My aim is to reach the semifinal,” he consistently told Gambia Sports Online in recent days, adding: “And if I cannot make it to the semis I want to improve my timing.”
On a glorious Saturday morning, with millions watching around the world, Suwaibou, who’s often been criticized for a slow start, bolted out of his starting block in lane 9 in the day’s third heat race, which included the American Ryan Bailey and Africa’s fastest man, Ben Youssef Meite who finished one and two with Canadian Justyn Warner and Kemar Hyman from the Cayman Islands coming in third and fourth respectively.
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