STATEN ISLAND, NY (Feb. 23, 2024) - For the final time Georgian Court Track and Field competed on the indoor track. The Last Chance meet lived up to it's name for a number of athlete's who set lifetime bests, moved up the GCU all-time top-10 and even set a new school record.
Distance
• Another school record fell and again it was done by
Kyle Spector. This time in the mile where Spector ran 4:20.31 to set a new school record. He finished 10th in the even.
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Joe Jamolawicz also hit a personal-best in the mile. He ran 4:48.57 for 41st place.
Max Salgado-Vidal was 46th in 5:04.71.
• All three Lion 800m runners set major personal-bests. Starting with the women,
Amirah Beasley ran 2:20.19 to finish in 13th place. That's a three-second PR for her.
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Madalin Jones finished in 31st place running 2:40.29 which is s seven-second personal-best.
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Ryan Pettrow became just the third Lion to ever run sub-2:00 indoors. He finished in 23rd running 1:59.55 which is nearly a five-second personal-best.
Throws
• Although they finished in the top-10 overall,
Robbie Babson and
Malicah Etienne came up a bit short of hitting the NCAA qualifying mark in the shot put. Babson took third overall throwing 51-6.5.
• Etienne finished seventh with his toss of 47-3.75 which he hit on his first attempt.
• For the women,
Ingrid Rivera-Zuniga had a personal-best in the shot put. She threw 32-7.25 for a ninth-place finish.
• In the weight throw,
Anthony Lorenzo threw nearly two feet further than his lifetime best. He threw 42-3 to take fifth place in the event.
• Also in the top-10 in the women's weight throw was
Chiamaka Wokocha. She was sixth throwing throwing a big personal-best 42-9. That came on her final throw of the day where she extended her best mark of the afternoon by more nearly two feet.
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Sabrina Halk finished in 14th place in the weight at 29-10.
Sprints
• Three Lion women ran the 60m dash. Senior
Aaliyah Thorpe, running her first ever 60m race for the Lions finished in ninth place with a time of 8.57.
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Molly Burns, also running the 60m for the first time took 14th in 8.70.
Samantha Lonseth placed 21st in 9.10.
• Burns also ran at 200m finishing 58th in 28.29, which is a personal-best.
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Wayne Robinson competed for the men at 200m. He took 41st place running 23.30.
• At 400m,
Seth Powell improved upon his personal-best running 51.96 or 22nd place.
James McCoy was 47th in 54.64.
• Two Lions also ran in the women's 400m.
Niya Barden was 21st in 1:03.45.
Selma Cazimoska 30th in 1:10.53.
Georgian Court will now prepare for the outdoor season. They'll have nearly a full month before their next competition. They'll take to the track again Friday, March 23 at Stockton.
