Glassboro, NJ – Sophomore JOHN GRIFFITH set a new school record in the discus while junior COURTNEY DALTON was victorious in the 3000 meters highlighting Montclair State's season-opening appearance at the Oscar Moore Invitational on Saturday.

Griffith, the NJAC Outdoor Rookie of the Year in 2021, picked up where he left off, posting a distance of 49.83 meters to win the event while also breaking the 11-year-old mark held by Mario Morrison-Bird (48.96 meters at Penn Relays). Griffth would also finish second in the shot put at 14.48 meters and was seventh in the hammer throw 41.34 meters.

Meanwhile Dalton posted a time of 11:08.30 to win the 3000 meters and was one of three Red Hawks n the Top 10. KELLY WECKSTEIN (11:32.87) was seventh the CHRISTIANA CAPRIO (12:16.31) finishing 10^th. TARA MASTROIANNI recorded a personal best 34.57 meters in the discus, placing third overall.

DAMIEN VALENTINE threw 60.93 meters for third in the javelin with ANTHONY DIMAULO leaping 6.98 meters for a third-place finish in the long jump. CAMERYN MARTIN and VANCE THELEMAQUE were in the Top 5 of the 110 hurdles. Martin ran 15.30 for second with Thelemaque running 16.81 seconds for fifth. Thelemaque was also seventh in the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.15).

MARCUS LENNON was third in the 100 meters posting a time of 11.70 seconds and SEBASTIAN CORTES was ninth in the 400 meters (52.35 seconds).

AURELIA SHANGA leaped 1.29 meters for a seventh-place finish in the high jump while EVE ROSADO threw 16.16 meters for 10^th in the javelin. MIA PEGUERO (4.29 meters) and Sidney Whitestone (4.24 meters) were ninth and 11^th, respectively in the long jump and the women's 4x100 relay team was third posting a time of 54.50 seconds.

The Red Hawks will be back in action next Friday and Saturday, April 1-2 at the Ramapo Track and Field Invitational in Mahwah, NJ.