West Long Branch, N.J. -
Aniyah Russell, for the second-straight week, topped all-comers in the Long Jump, and
Julia Kirschnick tied her team record in the Pole Vault, as the Georgian Court women's track & field squad displayed its talents at the two-day Monmouth University Collegiate Winter Invitational (Fri-Sat).
Russell, who punched her ticket to next month's NCAA Division IIÂ Indoor Championships in Pittsburg, Kansas with a program-record leap of 6.05 meters a week ago at Boston University, followed that effort with a first-place finish of 5.97m at Monmouth. The sensational senior also placed third in the Triple Jump at 11.58m ... Russell's FIRST EVER career appearance in the event!
Kirschnick, who snapped the team Pole Vault mark in her collegiate debut back on Dec. 3 at the Fasttrack Season Opener, tied her mark of 3.35m in this event resulting in a fourth-place finish overall. The duo of
Tiffany Parajon and
Elena Martinez Rodriguez each tied for fifth in the High Jump with bar-clearing leaps of 1.50 meters.
On the track,
Haley Amogretti secured a fourth-place time of 9.42 seconds in the 60m Hurdles.
Aaliyah Thorpe finished ninth in the 400m Dash at 1:03.29.
Other Top-10 performances include:
Triple Jump
Shanae Rayside, 6th-place, 11.44m
Long Jump
Elena Martinez Rodriguez, 10th-place, 5.05m
Georgian Court closes out the indoor regular-season this Friday with an appearance in the Kutztown University Last Chance Meet (4:00 p.m.).
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