Ghana’s Martha Bissah crossed the finish line Saturday and waited for 22 seconds.
That’s how fast the sophomore from Ghana was. She won the MEAC cross country meet in record time, finishing the 5,000-meter race at Delaware State in 17 minutes, 16.3 seconds. Hampton’s Faith Keitany was second in 17:38.6.
Bissah’s fast finish helped the Spartans to third place with 99 points, their best showing since 2010. Florida A&M won with 46 points, ahead of Hampton (63).
The young athlete Won a gold medal in the Girls 800m race at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in a time of 2 minutes, 4.9 seconds … That marked the first track and field gold medal by a Ghanaian in any international Olympic event.
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