Red Storm Gears Up for Penn Select on Staten Island

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          QUEENS, N.Y. (Jan. 17, 2019) – After winning its first meet of 2019, the St. John's track & field team will look to repeat its success from a week ago this Saturday at the Penn 8-Team Select held at Staten Island's Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.

            Student-athletes from nine separate programs will compete at the meet: Fordham, Monmouth, Penn, Providence, Rutgers, Saint Joseph's, St. John's, Stony Brook and Wagner.

            St. John's took first place at the Lions Indoor Invitational last Saturday, as the 4x400m team of Torisha LaForce, Skyy Diop, Brianna Burkley and Kafi Ottley ran a 3:56.96 to clinch a victory over second-place Rutgers by two seconds in the race and seven points overall in the meet. At last year's Penn 8-Team Select, the Red Storm's 4x400 squad came in second behind Penn with a time of 3:54.19.

            Freshman jumper Ja'Tae Joyner is heading into the Penn 8-Team Select with BIG EAST Women's Field Athlete of the Week honors to her credit after taking first place in the triple jump. Her personal-best jump of 11.79 meters placed first among all BIG EAST competitors and second among Met schools.

            Last season, St. John's finished fifth at the Penn 8-Team Select. LaForce and Leah Anderson scored for the Red Storm last year, as Anderson finish fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.24 while LaForce placed sixth in the 400-meter run with a time of 57.61.

            The Johnnies' throwers also performed well last year in Staten Island, led by Nyla Woods' toss of 18.11 meters in the weight throw to finish second.

            Saturday's action will start at 4 p.m. and can be followed by clicking here.

Red Storm Gears Up for Penn Select on Staten Island

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Players Mentioned

Leah Anderson

Brianna Burkley

Skyy Diop

Ja'Tae Joyner

Torisha LaForce

Kafi Ottley

Nyla Woods

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