New York, NY & Boston, Mass.- The Montclair State University Women's Indoor Track and Field team competed at the NYU DII Invite and the BU Valentine Invite on Saturday.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- At the Boston University Valentine Invite, the Red Hawks were represented by ABIGAIL CHURCHILL and JULIA ACEVEDO. Churchill competed in the mile and broke her school record when she clocked a 5:17.44. Acevedo competed in the triple jump and compiled a mark of 10.64m (34' 11").
- At the NYU DIII Invite, Montclair was led by TORI SUTERA and DENISSE AGUILAR. Sutera posted a mile time of 5:20.02 that was good for a third-place finish. Aguilar placed fifth in the 3000-meter run with a time of 10:45.30.
- MAILE O'NEILL and MCKAY ALBY each qualified for the 60-meter dash finals with times of 8.04. In the finals, O'Neil clocked a time of 8.03 to place sixth. Alby placed eighth with a time of 8.13.
- The Red Hawks earned their best time of the year in the 4x400 relay. The quartet of KAELYN RODRIGUEZ, ALEXA ALI, MICHELLE ITOUA, and ODALYS GUERRERO-DOMINQUEZ clocked a time of 4:09.47. That earned a second-place finish at the meet.
INSIDE THE RESULTS
- Churchill breaks the record she set this season at the Ramapo Opener of 5:22.17. Sutera's run becomes the second fastest time in program history. Churchill's time also places her in the top 10 in the Metro Region and fourth in the NJAC.
- Montclair's 4x400 team time today ranks fourth in the NJAC and Metro region after today
FROM THE RACE
"Great weekend for the team, our last stop before we head into NJACs. We had some really big jumps in some events. It was really cool to have teammates both break a school record back to back. Excited to get after it at conference next weekend." - Head Coach Peter Tuohy
UP NEXT
Montclair State University now heads into the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships with the two-day event starting on Saturday, February 22.
