St. John's University Athletics
Three Track Athletes to Represent St. John’s at ECAC Indoor Championships
3/3/2022 2:22:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
Cushing, Diop and McKenzie will compete against the best student-athletes in the Northeast
QUEENS, N.Y.- Three members of the St. John's track and field team will travel to Boston to take part in the ECAC Indoor Championships. The three-day event will get underway on Friday at 12:00 p.m, at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center.
Coming off two personal bests and a silver medal at the BIG EAST Championships, Skyy Diop is poised to finish the indoor season on strong note after finishing with times of 24.61 and 54.25 in the 200 and 400-meter dashes, respectively.
Fellow sprinter Tatyana McKenzie posted her best performance of the season last week in Chicago, capturing a bronze medal in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.55.
Claire Cushing also notched a personal best in the 3,000-meter run. The junior out of Ontario finished with a time of 9:52.45, beating her previous top time by more than eight seconds.
McKenzie (200m) and Diop (200m, 400m) will compete in the preliminary heats on Saturday with the finals coming on Sunday. Cushing will lace up the spikes and race in the 3,000-meter run on Sunday afternoon.
Coming off two personal bests and a silver medal at the BIG EAST Championships, Skyy Diop is poised to finish the indoor season on strong note after finishing with times of 24.61 and 54.25 in the 200 and 400-meter dashes, respectively.
Fellow sprinter Tatyana McKenzie posted her best performance of the season last week in Chicago, capturing a bronze medal in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.55.
Claire Cushing also notched a personal best in the 3,000-meter run. The junior out of Ontario finished with a time of 9:52.45, beating her previous top time by more than eight seconds.
McKenzie (200m) and Diop (200m, 400m) will compete in the preliminary heats on Saturday with the finals coming on Sunday. Cushing will lace up the spikes and race in the 3,000-meter run on Sunday afternoon.
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