Women's Track & Field 3/26/2022 12:00:00 AM

Two School Records Fall to Open Outdoor Season at Stockton Invite

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RESULTS

Galloway, N.J. – The Holy Family University women's track & field team broke a pair of school records and tallied three first-place finishes as the Tigers opened the Outdoor Track & Field season on Saturday at the Stockton Invite hosted by Stockton University.

Meet Highlights

* Freshman Emma McNamee broke the school record in the 3,000-meters as she finished sixth overall with a time of 11:41.83. The previous standard was held by Molley Finnegan who recorded a time of 12:48.01 at the 2011 Golden Ram Invitational. Junior Julia Lloyd (Middletown, Del./Appoquinimink) also bettered Finnegan's time as she finished seventh overall in the event with a time of 11:45.23 to set a new personal-best.

* Junior Jillian Gatley (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) improved on her own school record in the pole vault event. Gatley finished second overall with a distance of 9' 0.25" (2.75m). Her previous top mark was 8' 11.75" (2.74m) set last season at the Oscar Moore Invitational.

* Freshman Kahdia Jones (Daytona Beach, Fla./Atlantic) won the 100-meter dash as she finished in 12.75 seconds. Jones also took part in the 200-meter dash and finished second overall in a time of 26.14 seconds.

* In the 400-meters, freshman Genelle Heyward (Queens, N.Y./Francis Louis) picked up the victory with a winning time of 1:01.39.

* Freshman Damani Reyolds took home first place honors in the long jump event after finishing with a winning distance of 16' 7.25" (5.06m).

* Senior Nyoki Jones (Jersey City, N.J./Snyder) finished second overall in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 17.58 seconds. Jones also recorded a fourth-place showing in the 200-meters with a time of 26.44 seconds.

* Sophomore Taylor Cotter (Fairfax, Va./Paul VI Catholic) finished second overall in the 800-meters as she set a personal-best in the event with a time of 2:25.88. Cotter also took part in the 200-meters and finished seventh with a time of 27.16 seconds.

* Sophomore Ariel Salkey (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis) recorded two personal-bests in both the 100-meters and the 400-meters. In the 100-meters, Salkey finished third overall in 13.42 seconds. She finished fourth overall in the 400-meters with a time of 1:02.24.

* Junior Korryn Braxton-Young (Wilmington, Del./Hodgson Vo-Tech) finished third overall in the shot put with a distance of 39' 2.25" (11.94m), while finished seventh in the discus with a new personal-best distance of 89' 7" (27.30m).

Next Up
Holy Family returns to action on Friday, April 1 as the Tigers compete at day one of the Danny Curran Invitational hosted by Widener University.

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Players Mentioned

Korryn Braxton-Young: Shot Put; 5' 5"; Sophomore

Jillian Gatley: Pole Vault; 5' 7"; Sophomore

Nyoki Jones: Sprints/Mid-Distance; 5' 8"; Junior

Julia Lloyd: Mid-Distance; 5' 5"; Sophomore

Taylor Cotter: 5' 9"; Freshman

Ariel Salkey: Sprints; 5' 4"; Freshman

Genelle Heyward: Mid-Distance; 5' 8"; Freshman

Kahdia Jones: Sprints; 5' 3"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Korryn Braxton-Young
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: Shot Put

Jillian Gatley
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: Pole Vault

Nyoki Jones
: 5' 8"; Junior
: Sprints/Mid-Distance

Julia Lloyd
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: Mid-Distance

Taylor Cotter
: 5' 9"; Freshman

Ariel Salkey
: 5' 4"; Freshman
: Sprints

Genelle Heyward
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: Mid-Distance

Kahdia Jones
: 5' 3"; Freshman
: Sprints

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Players Mentioned

Players Mentioned