LAKEWOOD, NJ (April 24, 2026) - Georgian Court Track and Field had one final tune-up before next week's CACC Championship meet. The Lions sent a couple to compete in the Penn Relays while a majority of the team was at the TCNJ Invitational.

TCNJ Invitational
Sprints / Hurdles
• It had been a couple of years, but Shalom Adzakro finally set a new personal-best in the 100m hurdles. She ran 15.29 for 10th place and is now in sole possession of sixth all-time in Lions history.
• Leela McConnell was the only Lion on the women's side running the short sprints. She was 27th at 200m running 27.95.
• Molly Burns ran the full lap around the track and finished in 19th place in 1:04.12.
• Running the 110m hurdles, Brian Kutney finished in ninth place with his time of 15.37.
• New school record holder Barone Vankline was back in action in the 100m dash. He finished fifth running 11.01.
• Nick Jordan finished in 28th in the event running 11.68 and Joshua Tipaldo was 50th in 12.76. Jordan also ran the 200m and was 38th in 23.81. 
• Leading the Lions at 200m was Marcos Murillo-Benavides. He ran 23.56. Two spots behind him was James McCoy who finished 35th in 23.74. 
• Brandon Rudder ran himself to second all-time last week in Lions history in the 100m and 200m. This week, he moved to second all-time in the 400m. Rudder finished third overall running 49.61, a new personal-best mark and the second fastest in Lions history.
• Also running at 400m was Sean Donnamaria. He finished 13th in 51.29. 
• Gary Boyd, Jr. competed in the 400m hurdles and finished in eighth place running 1:00.20. 

Distance
• Big day for Sophia Mauro in the 1500m. She set a new GCU school record running 4:51.30. That's a PR by 13 seconds and is third in the conference. She also finished third overall in the event.
• Nora Sprunger tried her hand at 1500m for the first time at GCU. She finished 38th in 5:46.11. Three spots behind Sprunger was Kerry Ann Hohenshilt who ran 6:25.52 for 41st place. 
• In the women's 5K, Brenna Sullivan ran 22:26.43 and finished in ninth place. 
• Ryan Pettrow qualified for the seeded 1500m run. He finished in 18th place running 4:04.37.
• Colin Broadbelt ran for the Lions in the open 1500m. He had a new PR time 4:29.29 and finished 41st overall.
• Zachary Spoonire set a new personal-best in the 800m. He ran 1:59.07 for 21st place. That time also moves him to eighth all-time in Lions history. 
• Abdullah Brown joined Spoonire at 800m. He finished 65th overall running 2:18.92.
• The Lion men had three run at 5,000m. Nolan Kus led the way in 17:11.51 for a sixth place finish.
• Matthew Schaub took eighth in 17:32.88 and Luke McCormick was 10th in 18:03.59. 

Jumps
• Georgian Court had three in the women's long jump and all three finished in the top-10. Daizhae' Brown led the group with a fifth place finish jumping 18-1.
• Sigurlaug Sveinsdottir finished seventh at 17-4.25.
• Shalom Adzakro had another personal-best jumping 17-1.25. It's her first time jumping 17 feet and moves into 10th all-time in Lions history.
• Sydney Hurley finished in ninth place in the pole vault. She jumped 10-0. 
• Juliana Dogostino was the Lions only high jumper. She cleared 4-6.25 for 16th place. 
• In the men's long jump. Chuck Smith had a ninth place finish with his mark of 21.6.
• GCU had two in the top-10 in the men's triple jump. Shona Mutokuto matched his season-best jumping 45-1.75 for fourth place and Matthew Sutton was seventh with his just of 42-0.75.
• Donnamaria's day wasn't done with his quarter mile. He also jumped in the pole vault and cleared 13-1.5 for fourth place. 

Throws
• Adrianna Fodera led the Georgian Court throwers. She finished fourth in the shot put with a new personal-best 39-10.75. That mark is eighth in program history.
• Also in the top-10 was Sigurlaug Sveinsdottir. She finished ninth throwing 38-9.75.
• Making her GCU debut in the shot put was Maeve Connell. She threw 35-4.50 in her first meet and finished 14th. 
• Fodera threw the javelin as well and threw another personal-best. Her mark of 112-6 had her placed seventh. 
• Guius Dabney had a big personal-best in the shot put. He threw 50 feet for the first time and finished fourth overall throwing 50-1.25. That throw moves him to seventh all-time in GCU history.
• Cameren Anderson also threw an outdoor PR in the shot put. His throw of 48-10.75 is his best mark this spring and put him sixth overall.
• Thomas Menegus finished 15th in the shot put competition throwing 42-0.75 and Anthony Lorenzo was 23rd at 39-3.75.
• Anderson also had a PR in the discus. He threw 151-11 for fourth place which is eighth all-time at GCU.
• Menegus threw the disc as well and placed eighth with his mark of 128-1.
• Amir Spruell-Everson rounded out the GCU throwers and placed 13th throwing 120-9.

Georgian Court elected not to compete in the hammer throw Saturday afternoon at TCNJ. 

Penn Relays
• Malicah Etienne competed in a pair of events at the famed Penn Relays. He was the only Lion to throw the shot put and finished 22nd at 50-2.75. He was also seventh in the discus throwing 167-1.
• Mark Linton finished one spot behind Etienne in the disc. He threw 165-7 for eighth.
• Kaydence Fischer threw the discus to represent the Lion women. She was 10th in the event throwing 131-5.