St. John's University Athletics
St. John's University
Metropolitan Championship
Red Storm Places Second At The Metropolitan Championships
4/15/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
April 15, 2012
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Piscataway, N.J. -
St. John's track & field battled for first until the final relay and concluded a strong weekend of performances with a second place finish at the Metropolitan Championships for the second consecutive year.
"We posted numerous personal and season bests as well as BIG EAST and ECAC Championship qualifying marks," said head coach Jim Hurt. Senior Chanel King added two more Metropolitan Championships to her resume as she took the shot put and discus events, while narrowly missing the hammer throw title.
King now has eight career individual titles at the Metropolitan Championships. King put up ECAC-qualifying marks with 13.72 meters in the shot put and 52.50 meters in the hammer throw. Her winning throw of 41.33 meters in the discus was almost a full three meters ahead of the rest of the competition.
St. John's took the top four spots in the shot put with Natasha Amazan, LaTreace Johnson and Danette Hinton all trailing King. Amazan threw 13.10 meters, Johnson 12.82 meters and Hinton 12.23 meters. Gina Frisa finished at 10.11 meters. Johnson took sixth in the discus with a mark of 35.26 meters. Hinton threw 32.50 meters and Frisa recorded a 30.42 meter throw in the discus. Hinton was fourth in the hammer throw at 45.48 meters with Amazan not far behind at 43.98 meters. Frisa threw 38.26 meters and Johnson finished at 32.18 meters.
Samantha Meyerhoff got St. John's off to a strong, Friday start with a repeat championship in the 3K steeplechase. Meyerhoff ran an 11:23.74 to finish almost 10 seconds ahead of the competition. She also finished third in the 5000-meter run with a time of 18:40.65. Angela Jarvela returned for the 3K steeplechase and ran a 12:23.86. Chelsea Trant finished fourth in the 5000-meter at 18:48.14. Trant also competed in the 10000-meter run and achieved another fourth place finish at 38:55.13.
Priscilla Frederick was another member of the St. John's squad who excelled in the final Metropolitan Championships of her career. Frederick qualified for ECAC competition in the high jump with a winning mark of 1.74 meters. She also competed in the long jump and finished seventh at 5.64 meters. Teammate Stephanie Barnes finished eighth at 5.58 meters and Radiya Buchanan had a 5.00 meter jump. Barnes also had a sixth-place finish in the triple jump with a 11.72 meter mark.
Frederick also contributed to a couple of standout relay performances for St. John's as she ran on the winning 4x400 team and anchored the second place finish in the 4x100. Claire Mooney, Frederick, Trudy-Ann McLean and Shayna Presley earned an ECAC-qualifying time with a 3:46.91 first place finish in the 4x400. Rikka Lovely, Corrine Williams, Maya Lewis and Frederick were just short of beating Rutgers in the 4x100 but still qualified for ECACs with a 46.29 second finish.
Lovely also took the 100-meter individual title with a personal-best time of 11.59 seconds. Williams finished fourth with a time of 11.83 meters. The pair of sprinters also finished third and fifth in the 200-meter dash. Lovely ran a 24.30 second time and Williams finished at 24.45 seconds. Lewis ran 12.63 seconds in the 100-meters and 25.82 seconds in the 200-meters.
Presley won her first career 400-meter hurdles Metropolitan Championship with a personal-best time of 1:02.28. Brittany Petersen ran a 1:15.93 time in the event.
In the 400-meter dash Mooney was the highest Red Storm finisher with a fourth place time of 55.67 seconds. McLean ran a 56.84 seconds and Nastasya Rodriques finished at 59.17 seconds.
Alexis Bean ran a time of 2:20.14 in the 800-meters with senior Aryon Trujillo finishing shortly after at 2:21.59. In the 1500-meter run, Nicole Cocozza was seventh at 4:45.93 and Michelle Duffy followed in ninth at 4:47.68. The four then combined to run a fourth-place time of 9:52.78 in the 4x800-meter relay.
Adara Simonelli finished fourth in the javelin with a 36.98 meter effort. Frisa also competed in the javelin and recorded a 18.32 meter throw.
St. John's track & field will be split between two coasts next weekend as the majority of the team will compete at the Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton, N.J. while Frederick travels to Walnut, Calif. for the Mt. Sac Relays to compete in the Elite High Jump division.
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