David Hemery Valentine Invitational 2025

Boston, MA

On Friday, Boston University held the David Hemery Valentine Invitational 2025 featuring men's track and field events.

Thirty-six (yes, 36) competitors in the men's mile race dipped under four minutes! What an outstanding number.

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In the men's 60 meter high hurdles, the top three places were swept by the men from Rowan University. Jamir Brown dipped under eight seconds to win the finals with a time of 7.92 seconds. His teammate Kwaku Nkrumah ran 8.01 for second with Marquis Young coming in third in 8.05. (Practices must be quite competitive at Rowan!)

In the men's 60 meter dash, unattached Mikkel Bassue ran the fastest time in the final to win the race, running 6.88. Sprint Tech BVI J'den Jackson placed second in 6.89 with Dwayne Fleming from Monroe University just one one-hundreth behind in 6.90. What a race and what a finish!

Mikkel Bassue (1407) in first with J'den Jackson (1224) in second with Dwayne Fleming (843) in third

You would have run (or jumped or thrown) really, really fast (or far) when you set a BU facility record. Tinoda Matsatsa of Georgetown did just that when he ran 1:45.21 to win the men's 800 meter run. That is the top time by a collegiate athlete in the 800M and only the professional competitors in the men's race at Millrose produced faster times. Cian McPhillips finished in second place, just a fraction behind Matsatsa, in 1:45.33. Hazem Miawad from Empire Elite TC finished in third in a fantastic time of 1:47.09

Tinoda Matsatsa heading into the final lap of the 800M race

Lean at the tape, Tinoda Matsatsa just ahead of Cian McPhillips

"Yes, that was me"