Ewing, NJ – Eight top ten finishes fueled the Montclair State University Women's Track & Field team at the TCNJ Rick McCorkle Invitational on Friday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Red Hawks were led by CALI RAE ONUSKA, who ranked second in the javelin throw with a mark of 39.94m. Camilla Revaitis placed ninth at 32.85m, with KAITLYN CHIRKIS (31.43m) and IZZIE DECREASE (29.26m) finishing 11th and 15th, respectively.
• A trio of Red Hawks landed in the top ten of the triple jump, led by MARYAM KARIYM in sixth at 10.56m. ZAIDA TAYLOR-BURCH and SARAH LUMAS slotted eighth and ninth at 10.30m, with CHARLEY KLINE ranking 11th at 9.90m. Taylor-Burch also collected a career-best in the long jump, finishing eighth at 5.28m.
• On the track, ALICIA RIGGINS clocked in at 15.16 seconds in the 100m hurdles to take sixth. JESSICA HOLLER notched a personal-best time of 13.05 seconds in the 100m, finishing eighth in the event.

INSIDE THE RESULTS

• The mark for Onuska ranks 32nd in Division III this season, also setting a new personal-best. Riggins' time in the 100m hurdles was also a career-best, ranking 90th in Division III. 
• In the 800m, LILIANA SNYDER (2:27.00), MACKENZIE COCHRAN (2:31.59), VIVIAN O'LOUGHLIN (2:37.83), and MAEVE WEBER (2:51.36) all registered personal-best times. The pair of MIA GERACE (5:23.48) and ALISSA TAYLOR (5:34.33) did the same in the 1500m.
• ABIGAIL CHURCHILL clocked in a season-best time of 4:50.33 in the 1500m seeded event, with Lumas notching a season-best mark of 1.43m in the high jump. DEANNA HEPPLE also recorded a new season-best, finishing the 400m at 1:04.26.

FROM THE MEET

"Strong day for our team today as we prepare for NJAC's next week. I'm really excited about where we are as a unit and can't wait to see how we perform next weekend." - Head Coach Rich O'Connor

UP NEXT

The Red Hawks will send a hammer throw group to the second day of the TCNJ Rick McCorkle Invitational, with the event slated to begin at 12:00 PM on Saturday, April 25.