St. John’s Opens Outdoor Season at USF Alumni Invitational

Friday, March 21

Tampa, Fla.

10 a.m.

St. John's University

USF Alumni Invitational

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St. John’s Opens Outdoor Season at USF Alumni Invitational

3/22/2025 7:08:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Results

The Red Storm posted top-10 finishes in the 800-meter run, 5,000-meter run, 400-meter dash, shot put and discus

TAMPA, Fla. – The St. John's track & field team opened its outdoor season at the USF Alumni Invitational this weekend at the USF Track & Field Stadium in Tampa, Fla.

As a team, the Johnnies posted four top-10 finishes in the 800-meter run, 5,000-meter run, 400-meter dash, shot put and discus in its first outdoor meet of the season.

Leyre Campo de Quevedo shined and broke the program record in the 5,000-meter run, coming in third place on a time of 17:01.22 in her first career appearance in the event. The freshman's mark shattered Eva Shield's record of 17:13.0 from the 1985 Colonial Relays by nearly 12 seconds. Ezgi Yasar and Naiara Garcia also excelled in the distance events. Yasar tallied a personal-record 4:42.84 effort for 27^th in the 1,500-meter run while Garcia recorded a time of 4:46.91 for 30^th in her event debut.

Nora Haugen kicked off her outdoor season with a bang, posting a second-place effort in the 800-meter run on a 2:04.71 finishing time. Naiara Garcia came in 23^rd place on a 2:11.98 effort while Leilani Robinson finished in 27^th on a time of 2:14.35.

In the shot put, Jamora Alves continued her monstrous junior season with a 15.42-meter throw, good enough for fourth place. Juliet Smith finished in second for the Red Storm off a heave of 12.58 meters, while Desiree Pagan rounded out the Johnnies showing in the event, registering a 10.91-meter throw.

Alves continued her fantastic outdoor debut, logging a seventh-place finish in the discus. The junior produced a heave of 48.41 meters in the event. Maja Henry ended her outing in the contest with a 16^th place finish from a 42.56-meter toss while Pagan placed 34^th on a throw of 37.29 meters.

Chinenye Onuorah registered an eighth-place result in the 400-meter dash, on a 54.18-second finish. Haugen came in 12^th from a 54.63-second pace, while Leilani Robinson ended the race in 32^nd off a personal-record 56.56 finishing time. Nyla Henderson notched a 57.06-second finishing time for 25^th before Ryana Dennis and Jalen Jackson placed back-to-back on times of 57.48 and 57.66 seconds, respectively. Maddie Kelso-Heap and Djassi Dean capped off the event for the Johnnies, going around the track in 57.86 and 59.33 seconds.

In the triple jump, Fia Viklund rang up a leap of 11.72 meters for 13^th place in the event. Ashley Sadler tied her career-best leap of 1.60 meters, for 13^th in the high jump. Ruth Smith posted a jump of 1.55 meters in the event for 19^th.

Cassandra Lemus-Sodji opened her outdoor season with a leap of 5.48 meters in the long jump for 13^th place. Jade Dockery finished in 26^th, producing a jump of 5.14 meters in her first-ever collegiate outdoor meet.

Colette Metcalf kicked off her outdoor pole vault season by producing a mark of 3.45 meters for 20^th place.

Kelso-Heap led the Red Storm in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing the race in 1:02.59 for 23^rd place. Djassi Dean placed second on the Red Storm and 27^th overall, off a 1:03.30 finish, while Ciara Wiltshire and Sophia Leslie rounded out the Johnnies' participation in the event with marks of 1:07.36 and 1:07.67, respectively.

In the hammer throw, Pagan registered a career-best toss of 47.57 meters for 25^th place in the event. Smith followed behind her with a heave of 39.43 meters.

In the 100-meter dash, Lemus Sodji sprinted the race in 12.20 seconds for 34^th place. Onuorah paced the Red Storm in the 200-meter dash, racing the event in 24.52 seconds for 40^th place.

The Red Storm will return home next weekend to host its annual home meet, The Big Hurt, at DaSilva Memorial Field in Queens, N.Y.