QUEENS, N.Y. – The Queens College men's and women's outdoor track & field team continued their season as they competed in The Big Hurt meet hosted by Division I St. John's University Saturday afternoon at DaSilva Memorial Field.
In the men's long jump,
Hakeem Griffiths (Portmore, Jamaica) earned a third-place finish with a season-high jump of 5.84m.
In the women's Shot Put field event,
Zae Jackson (Queens, N.Y.) placed fifth with a season-high mark of 8.14m.
In the men's team 4x100 meter race, the team of Griffiths,
Daniel Fuzailof (Queens, N.Y.), Albert Wheeler (Mastic, N.Y.), and
Doris Desir (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) took first place with a season-best time of 43.97.
In the men's 100 meter dash, Desir placed first career-best time of 11.25 overtaking his previous best time of 11.72 set last season.
While Fuzailof placed second with a time of 11.41 to set a new career benchmark.
In the men's 110 meter hurdles,
Damilola Babalola placed second with a time of 15.85 to set a new career high.
In the women's 400 meter run,
Fatima Morrobel (Long Beach, N.Y.) placed fifth with a time of 1:05.85.
In the women's 4x400 meter relay, the team of Mahaillia Spencer,
Khareena Primus (St. Andrew, Grenada), Jacklyn Diel (Stony Brook, N.Y.), and Morrobel placed third with a time of 4:48.39.
In the men's 400 meter dash,
Myles Jackson (San Juan, Trinidad, and Tobago) placed second as he set a new career high with a time of 51.63, while
Juan Cruz Ladino (Cali, Colombia) placed sixth with a time of 54.00
UP NEXT: Head Coach
Greg Welch and the Knights return to action on Sunday (Apr. 2) morning as the Knights travel to Kings Point, N.Y. as they compete in the Coach Omeltchenko Invitational hosted by United States Merchant Marine Academy.
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