WOMEN'S TRACK HEAD TO ARMORY LAST CHANCE MEET

February 23, 2020

WOMEN'S TRACK HEAD TO ARMORY LAST CHANCE MEET

New York, N.Y. (2/23/20) The Dominican College women's track and field team traveled to the Armory Last Chance Meet held this past Friday at the Armory Track & Field Center.

New York, N.Y. (2/23/20) The Dominican College women's track and field team traveled to the Armory Last Chance Meet held this past Friday at the Armory Track & Field Center.

The 60m dash saw sophomore Jada Hammond (Nyack, N.Y.) finish in 16th place with a time of 9.11. Judy Auguste (Westbury, N.Y.) took 25th place with a time of 9.53. Djazmina Jean-Pierre (Spring Valley, N.Y.) competed in the preliminiaries where she finished in 19th place in Heat #2.

In the 200m dash, junior Cheneda Jemedy (Brockton, Mass.) had the high finish of 34th place with a time of 27.64, while Jean-Pierre took 39th place with a time of 27.95. Sophomore Desiree Joseph-Jarvis (Livingston, N.J.) ran a time of 28.77 to finish in 50th and Hammond finished in 65th place with a time of 31.02.

Jemedy also competed in the 400m dash where she finished in 28th place with a time of 1:04.47 and Joseph-Jarvis took 34th place with a time of 1:06.66.

The shot put event saw Auguste take 18th place overall with a throw of 8.97m (29 feet, 5.25 inches)

Dominican returns to action on March 27th when they travel to Ramapo Invitational.

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.