LADY CHARGERS TRACK AND FIELD COMPETE AT RIDER INVITATIONAL

April 21, 2024

LADY CHARGERS TRACK AND FIELD COMPETE AT RIDER INVITATIONAL

Lawrenceville, N.J. (4/21/24) The Dominican University New York women's track and field team competed yesterday at the Rider Invitational held on the campus of Rider University.

The 4x400m relay team of Anjalice Arias (Middletown, N.Y.), Julia Dunne (Babylon, N.Y.), Anna Murphy (Holbrook, N.Y.) and Steffy Espejo (Tunja, Colombia) had the high finish of ninth place in the eventh with a time of 4:44.47.

Freshman Kiana Thomas (Riviera Beach, Fla.) took 10th place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:11.38 and 12th place in the 100n hurdles with a time of 17.01.

100 meters

14. Tiara Cargill (Queens, N.Y.) – 13.40

25. Jayda Jones (Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) – 13.90

42. Krystal Parris (Toronto, Canada) – 19.28

200 meters

22. Cargill – 27.72

400 meters

23. Anna Murphy (Holbrook, N.Y.) – 1:04.16

29. Julia Dunne (Babylon, N.Y.) – 1:06.24

34. Anjalice Arias (Middletown, N.Y.) – 1:10.61

800 meters

47. Murphy – 2:40.29

58. Patience Burgess (New City, N.Y.) – 2:50.79

1500 meters

52. Rachel Reagan (Dumont, N.J.) – 6:54.63

5000 meters

24. Steffy Espejo (Tunja, Colombia) – 21:21.72

100m hurdles

12. Kiana Thomas (Riviera Beach, Fla.) – 17.01

400m hurdles

10. Thomas – 1:11.38

4x400m Relay

9. Arias, Dunne, Murphy, Espejo - 4:44.47

Shot Put

20. Miranda Tucker (Nassau, Bahamas) – 10.32m (33' 10.25")

21. Julissa Velazquez (Ozone Park, N.Y.) – 10.26m (33' 8")

27. Tori Benson (Buffalo, N.Y.) – 9.05m (29' 8.25")

28. Chidinma Ndukauba (Brooklyn, N.Y.) – 29' 2.75")

Discus

24. Velazquez – 21.43m (70' 4")

Javelin

13. Tucker – 29.77m (97' 8")

24. Benson – 13.42m (44' 0")

UP NEXT

The Lady Chargers are slated to be in action twice this week as they compete in the Penn Relays on Thursday and the Vassar Invite on Friday.

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 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.