PSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Queens College men's and women's Indoor Track and field teams returned to action Friday (Jan. 19) afternoon competing in the New York City Gotham Cup at Ocean Breeze Complex in Staten Island.
 
Competing against tough competition, several Knights went on to produce new personal bests throughout the event.

Men's Highlights

1. Newcomer Diara Guy kicked off his Knights career on a positive note as he produced the fifth fastest time among the East Coast Conference in the 60m Dash with a time of 7.13.
   1. While in the 200m dash, he earned a time of 23.78.
2. Damilola Babalola set two new career-best times as he recorded a time of 8.98 in the 60m Hurdles Preliminaries to make the Finals.
   1. In the 60m Dash, he set a new time of 7.42 on the day.
3. Kadeem Patterson continues to set new times in every meet as he recorded a new career-best in the 200m Dash with a time of 22.93 (4^th best in the ECC).
   1. Patterson recorded a new PR in the 60m Dash with a time of 7.30.
4. Juan Lopez recorded a new PR with a time of 27.78 in the 200m Dash.
5. Juan Cruz Ladino set a new PR in the 400m Dash with a time of 53.43.
6. In the One Mile Run, Abdi Mohamed recorded a new career-best time of 4:47.82, while Peter Hoffman set a PR of 5:00.66.
7. Fabian Tan recorded two new career bests in the 200m Dash with a time of 26.31 and a jump of 6.02m in the Long Jump event.

Women's Highlights

1. Jennifer Salazar recorded a new PR with a time of 1:14.35 in the 400m Dash.
   1. Salazar matched a career-best time in the 200m Dash with a time of 31.91.
2. Maria Flores recorded a new time of 400m Dash with a time of 1:16.27.
3. Fatima Morrobel recorded the second fastest time in the ECC in the 800m Run with a time of 2:24.30.
4. While Nicole Colombi completed the 800m Run with a time of 2:50.66 to set a new season-best time.
5. In the One Mile Run Rachel Mow set a new career-best time of 5:55.04, while Ashley Rodriguez Perez recorded a new PR with a time of 6:45.55
6. In the Shot Put, Madelyn McMath recorded a new career-best mark of 7.62.
   1. In the Weight Throw, McMath recorded a mark of 7.56m.
7. In the 3000m Run, Joy Leong set a new PR with a time of 12:40.33.
8. Competing in the Distance Medley Relay for the second time, the team of McMath, Moisa Moneus, Morrobel, and Mow rounded the track in 14:09.64 to record a new PR on the season.

Up Next:

The next meet will be announced later this week.

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