St. John’s Competes at the USF Alumni Invitational

Friday, March 15

Tampa, Fla.

St. John's University

USF Alumni Invitational

St. John’s Competes at the USF Alumni Invitational

3/16/2024 5:13:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Results

The Red Storm earned four top-10 finishes

TAMPA, Fla. – The St. John's track & field team opened its outdoor season at the USF Alumni Invitational this weekend in Tampa, Fla., at the Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center.

The Red Storm earned top-10 finishes in the 2,000-meter steeplechase, the 5,000-meter run, the 800-meter dash and the discus, while five athletes posted personal best marks across four events.

Claire Cushing put on a show in the 5,000-meter run, placing second with a 17.27.43 mark in her first race of the outdoor season. Gabriella Caronia continued the Johnnies' impressive performance in the distance events by notching a personal-best time of 7:17.04 for seventh place in the 2,000-meter steeplechase.

Nora Haugen logged an eighth-place finish in the 800-meter with a 2:08.82 effort.

Jamora Alves started her outdoor season with a fifth-place result in the discus. The Grenada product produced a 50.24-meter heave in the Red Storm's first outdoor meet of the year. Maja Henry made her collegiate debut in the discus, registering a 41.62-meter throw for 15^th in the event.

In the shotput, Alves registered a launch of 14.64 meters for 15^th place while Juliet Smith tallied a personal-record 13.12-meter throw in her first outdoor meet with St. John's.

Delicia Bent, Brooklyn Chestnut and Cassandra Lemus-Sodji all tied in the 100-meter dash with 11.92-second results. Lemus-Sodji's finish was a career-best. Tea Siehou also provided a personal best effort of 11.95 seconds for 20^th in the race. In their 100-meter dash debuts, Ava Spencer and Karese Lloyd each rang up 12.27 and 12.40-second results, respectively.

Amarachukwu Obi paced the 400-meter in 56.26 seconds for 11^th place, while Chinenye Onourah followed right behind her for 12^th place, sprinting the race in 56.29 seconds. Haugen rounded out the Johnnies' effort in the event with a 56.80-second mark.

Obi led the Johnnies in the 200-meter dash with a finishing time of 24.39 seconds. The Alabama transfer took 19^th in the event. Jalen Jackson completed the race in a personal-best 25.22 seconds.

The Red Storm will be back in action for its first home meet of the outdoor track & field season in the Big Hurt on Saturday, March 30^th. The annual meet will be held at DaSilva Memorial Field in Queens, N.Y.