Collegiate Track Conference Championship

Collegiate Track Conference Championship

Collegiate Track Conference Championship

Richard Stockton College - Pomona, N.J.

April 18-19, 2009


Pomona, N.J. - The men's team scored 66 points to tie for 6th place out of 16 scoring teams at the Collegiate Track Conference Championship at Richard Stockton College, in Pomona, N.J. The women's team scored six points to tie for 13th place out of 17 scoring teams.

The men's team won both the 4x100m and 4x400m Relays. They placed 4th in the 4x800m Relay, scoring 25 out of a possible 30 points in the relays. Junior Jermaine Carter (Rego Park, N.Y./Mount St. Michael Academy) ran on both winning relay teams and placed 3rd in the 400m (50.88). Junior Naveed Mohammed (Central Islip, N.Y./Central Islip) ran on the winning 4x100m Relay, placed 7th in the long jump with a leap of 6.20m (20' 4 1/2") and 6th in the 100m (11.28). Sophomore Qasim Ellis (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) placed 3rd in the triple jump in an ECAC qualifying 13.76m (45' 1 3/4") and is now #7 on the FSC All-Time List. Ellis also placed 6th in the long jump with a leap of 6.26m (20' 6 1/2")

Freshman James Owen (Riverhead, N.Y./Riverhead), competing in his first decathlon, placed 8th with 4,972 points. During the 10 event competition, Owen won the 1,500m in 4:41.71 and is now #6 on the FSC All-Time List.

Additional Highlights and Scores:

Men-
4x100m Relay - Jason Chin Chitty, Naveed Mohammed, Jermaine Carter, Joe Scher - FIRST PLACE (43.19)
4x400m Relay - Steven Brown, Greg Denis, John Bates, Jermaine Carter - FIRST PLACE (3:24.94)
Hammer - John Roselle - 3rd - 40.68m (133' 5") #3 on FSC All-Time List
Discus - John Roselle - 7th - 36.17m (118' 8")
Shot Put - John Roselle - 8th - 13.22m (43' 4 1/2") New Personal Best
110m High Hurdles - Steven Brown - 3rd (15.83)
High Jump - Steven Brown - 5th - 1.83m (6'0)
400m Intermediate Hurdles - Greg Denis - 8th (61.24)

Women-
3,000m Steeplechase - Sarah Pope - 6th (13:54.63) New Personal Best
Shot Put - Gina Pierre - 8.49m (27' 10 1/4") #9 on FSC All-Time List
Hammer - Gina Pierre - 8th - 37.92m (124' 5")
100m Hurdles - Nicole Zarek - 8th (17.29) Personal Best & now #7 on FSC All-Time List
Long Jump - Ali Smith - 8th - 4.18 (13' 8 3/4")
Discus - Deborah Harris - 12.61m (41' 4 1/2") #6 on FSC All-Time List

Team Places:
Men-
1. Sacred Heart - 154
2. Rowan - 113
3. DeSales - 104
4. Adelphi - 89
5. Kean - 68
T6. Farmingdale State - 66
T6. NJIT - 66

Women-
1. Sacred Heart - 243
2. Richard Stockton - 116
3. Rowan - 98.5
13. Farmingdale State - 6

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