JEAN-PIERRE AND CHEMEDY WIN AT ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE SPRING OPENER

Patchogue, N.Y. (3/24/19) Dominican College women's track runners, Djazmina Jean-Pierre (Spring Valley, N.Y.) and Cheneda Jemedy (Brockton, Mass.) won the 100m and 200m dash events at the St. Joseph's College Spring Opener held yesterday.

March 24, 2019

Patchogue, N.Y. (3/24/19) Dominican College women's track runners, Djazmina Jean-Pierre (Spring Valley, N.Y.) and Cheneda Jemedy (Brockton, Mass.) won the 100m and 200m dash events at the St. Joseph's College Spring Opener held yesterday.

Jean-Pierre took the top spot in the 100m dash with a time of 13.67. She also competed in the 200m dash where she finished in fifth place with a time of 29.25.

Sophomore Chemedy ran the 200m dash in a time of 28.11 to finish in first place. Chemedy also took part in the 400m dash where she finished in second place with a time of 1:06.99.

Kaitlynn Connor (Warwick, N.Y.) finished in second place in the 5000m run with a time of 21:58.57.

Freshman Desiree Joseph-Jarvis (Livingston, N.J.) competed in the 400m dash where she took fifth place with a time of 1:13.33 and the 100m dash where she finished in 11th place with a time of 30.41.

Jada Hammond (Nyack, N.Y.) finished in sixth place 100m dash with a time of 14.19 and Adji Ndiaye (Bronx, N.Y.) took ninth place with a time of 14.70. Junior Judy Auguste (Westbury. N.Y.) ran a time of 14.95 to finish in 11th place. All three also competed in the 200m dash where Ndiaye took 17th place with a time of 31.91, Auguste finished in 21st place with a time of 33.06 and Hammond ran a time of 33.53 to finish in 22nd place.

Freshman Marissa Murphy (Bethpage, N.Y.) ran in the 400m dash with a time of 1:14.99 to finish in 10th place and Ann McCormack (Pearl River, N.Y.) finished in 12th place with a time of 1:17.26. Both also competed in the 800m run where McCormack took 11th place with a time of 3:06.84 and Murphy finished in 12th place with a time of 3:12.76

Megan Childs (Huntingdon, Pa.) took part in the 1500m run where she finished in 10th place with a time of 6:29.97.

The Lady Chargers are scheduled to travel to the Monmouth Outdoor Season Opener next weekend.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.