WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD CONCLUDE SEASON AT CACC CHAMPIONSHIPS

May 5, 2024

WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD CONCLUDE SEASON AT CACC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Lakewood, N.J. (5/5/24) The Dominican University New York women's track and field team finished in eighth place at the 2024 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Track and Field Championships held yesterday and today at GCU Track & Field Complex and hosted by Georgian Court University.

Freshman Kiana Thomas (Riviera Beach, Fla.) took fourth place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:11.69.

Thrower Miranda Tucker (Nassau, Bahamas) also had a fourth place finish in the javelin with a throw of 34.59m (113' 6") and took sixth in the shot put with a throw of 11.16m (36' 7.5").

Jayda Jones (Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y.), Julia Dunne (Babylon, N.Y.), Thomas and Tiara Cargill (Queens, N.Y.) finished in fifth place in the 4x100m relay with a time of 51.59.

In the 3000m steeplechase, junior Anna Murphy (Holbrook, N.Y.) finished in seventh place with a time of 14:31.38.

The 4x400m relay team of Thomas, Anjalice Arias (Middletown, N.Y.), Dunne and Murphy took eighth place with a time of 4:21.37.

400m Hurdles

4. Thomas - 1:11.69

Javelin

4. Tucker - 34.59m (113' 6")

4x100m Relay

5. Jones, Dunne, Thomas, Cargill - 51.59

Shot Put

6. Tucker - 11.16m (36' 7.5")

3000 Steeplechase

7. Murphy - 14:31.38

4x400m Relay

8. Thomas, Arias, Dunne, Murphy - 4:21.37

5000m

11. Steffy Espejo (Tunja, Colombia) - 21:07.91

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.