New York, NY…Fresh off of their 11th straight New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships earlier in the week, The College of New Jersey women’s indoor track and field team was back on the track competing at the New York University. The Lions had plenty of qualify performances at the event with three NCAA provisional marks and a host of ECAC worthy times. The event held at the 168th Street Armory.
Junior Stephanie Herrick (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) placed fourth in the one-mile run with a school-record time of 4:56.25 and was the top NCAA Division III finisher in the race. That time was also a NCAA provisional cut.
Junior Kristen Tricocci (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) posted a NCAA provisional distance of 5.45 meters in the long jump to place seventh overall and was also part of TCNJ’s 4×400 relay team that met NCAA provisional standards. She was joined on that team by senior Jessica Bonelli (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic), sophomore Jianna Spadaccini (Butler, NJ/Butler) and freshman Meryl Wimberly (Farmingdale, NJ/Colts Neck) as the quartet combined for a time of 3:57.55.
Junior Martine McGrath (West Long Branch, NJ/Shore Regional) placed second overall in the 5,000 meters with an ECAC worthy time of 17:39.31, while Wimberly took 10th in the 800 meters in 2:19.11 and Spadaccini was 16th in 2:20.16. Both of those times met ECAC standards.
The Lions received another top-10 finish in the weight throw as sophomore Ashley Krauss (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) had a personal-best and ECAC distance of 13.48 meters.
TCNJ had three more ECAC qualifiers as Bonelli posted a time of 59.86 seconds in the 400 meters, Michelle Wallace (Emerson, NJ/Emerson) in the 3,000 (10:49.64) and junior Justine Carnevale (Oceanport, NJ/Shore Regional) in the 1,000 (3:08.96).
Junior Kirsten Gerbehy (Califon, NJ/Voorhees) had a solid meet for the Lions with a personal-best effort of 9.67 seconds in the 600-meter high hurdles and cleared a height of 1.5 meters in the high jump.
Men’s 4×400 hits ECAC mark…
TCNJ’s 4×400 relay team boasted season-best and ECAC qualifying time of 3:20.18 to place eighth overall in the event. Running the event for the Lions were junior Rob McGowan (Monroe Twp., NJ/Monroe Twp.), sophomore DeShard Stevens (Jersey City, NJ/James T. Ferris), senior Steve Murray (East Windsor, NJ/Hightstown) and freshman Kyle Gilroy (Oak Ridge, NJ/West Milford Twp.).
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