Bowen Sets NCAA Provisional in Long Jump as Men’s Track & Field Closes Out 2022 Schedule

STATEN ISLAND – Making his collegiate debut, freshman Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) set an NCAA provisional with a school record to win the long jump as HFU men's track & field closed out the 2022 calendar year at the Wagner Seahawk Shootout hosted at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Friday.

Bowen topped the field of 41, marking at 7.22m to break Shane King's school record of 6.91m set in Feb. 2015 and move into fifth in Division II
- Bowen also ran the 60m in 7.12 to place 14th out of 65, and he was sixth out of 17 in the high jump after clearing 1.90m
Fellow freshman Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) broke the school record in the 300m in his collegiate debut, registering the 11th-fastest time, 35.41, amongst 76 entries
Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) set two collegiate personal records (PRs) on the day, marking at 6.45m in the long jump to join Bowen in the top-10 and clearing 1.80m in the high jump
Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) also finished in the top-third of the 300m with a collegiate PR of 36.50, while his mark of 6.30m in the long jump was in the top-half of the field as well
Nadir Paige (Pennsauken, N.j/Pennsauken) crossed .03 seconds after Bowen in the 60m for the 19th-fastest time
Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) placed sixth out of 19 in the triple jump with a mark of 13.67m, while also marking in the top-half of the field in the long jump (6.34m)
JoJo Smith (Kingston, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) and Jones both finished in the top-third of the 60m hurdles, with respective times of 8.34 and a collegiate PR 8.41
Mike McGerry (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) placed 13th out of 32 in the 1000m after running 2:43.31, while Dom Prestipino (Connellsville, Pa./Connellsville) set a collegiate PR of 2:46.28 in the event
The sprint medley relay team of Paige, Anyika, Zollicoffer and Matthew Davis (Bloomfield, Conn./Bloomfield) missed out on the school record by .19 seconds, while the 4x400m relay team of Jade Acevedo (Bronx, N.Y./Mount Saint Michael Academy), Alex Pawlowski (Allentown, Pa./William Allen), Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) and Prestipino set HFU's new season-best (3:40.28)

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Holy Family next competes in the New Year, returning to Ocean Breeze for the St. Thomas Invite on Jan. 13.

Holy Family Results

60m (Field of 65)
14. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 7.12
19. Nadir Paige (Pennsauken, N.j/Pennsauken) – 7.15
54. Akim Cobham (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Towne Charter) – 7.79

60H (24)
6. JoJo Smith (Kingston, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) – 8.34
8. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 8.41 (collegiate PR)
22. Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 10.82
23. Hakeem Hall (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations Charter) – 11.21

300m (76)
11. Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) – 35.41 (school record)
27. Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) – 36.50 (collegiate PR)

600m (42)
24. Alex Pawlowski (Allentown, Pa./William Allen) – 1:29.22
25. Matthew Davis (Bloomfield, Conn./Bloomfield) – 1:29.53
31. Jade Acevedo (Bronx, N.Y./Mount Saint Michael Academy) – 1:30.40
36. Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 1:34.06
40. Hakeem Hall (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations Charter) – 1:38.21

1000m (32)
13. Mike McGerry (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) – 2:43.31
20. Dom Prestipino (Connellsville, Pa./Connellsville) – 2:46.28 (collegiate PR)
30. Tyler Burke (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Towne Charter) – 3:09.12

3000m (29)
18. Anthony Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Preparatory School) – 9:24.41

4x400m (20)
16. Acevedo, Pawlowski, Sanchez, Prestipino – 3:40.28

Sprint Medley Relay (13)
7. Paige, Anyika, Zollicoffer, Davis – 3:46.84

High Jump (17)
6. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 1.90m
9. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 1.80m (collegiate PR)

Long Jump (41)
1. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 7.22m (NCAA Provisional) (school record)
10. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 6.45m (indoor collegiate PR)
14. Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – 6.34m
17. Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) – 6.30m
24. McCarthy Doe (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) – 5.99m
26. Hakeem Hall (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations Charter) – 5.81m
36. Akim Cobham (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Towne Charter) – 5.32m

Shot Put (37)
22. Shymir Harris (Philadelphia, Pa./Academy at Palumbo) – 10.53m

Triple Jump (19)
6. Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – 13.67m
McCarthy Doe (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) - Foul

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