Chester, PA. – Seven members of the Holy Family University men's track and field teams took at the podium at the Widener Invitational held on April 22-23 at Elizabeth J. Hirschmann Field at Leslie C. Quick Jr. Stadium.
Freshman JoJo Smith (Kingston, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) finished first in the 110 hurdles in 15.04 seconds, to set the new school record that was set earlier this year by Terrence Jones (Newark, N.J./William Allen) at the Danny Curran Invitational.
Freshman Udoka Odoemene (Sicklerville, N.J./Overbrook (Rowan Univ.)) finished first in the shot put with a distance of 50' 4.59"(15.38M). His personal best so far this outdoor season is 52'3.75" (15.94m).
Freshman Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College HS) finished in third place in the long jump with a distance of 21' 09.5"(6.43M). His personal best so far is 22' 1" (6.73M).
Micah Cooper (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot) finished third in the pole vault with a height of 14' 10.7"(4.30M).
Team of Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West), Sophomore Rojay Silburn (Brooklyn, N.Y./Boys & Girls), Senior Brian Dietz (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) and Pierre finished third in the 4x400m in 3:22.78 seconds just shy of the school's record set in 2014 with a time of 3:20.74.
Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) came in fifth in the high jump with a distance of 6'13.5"(1.87M).
Freshman Ty Brown (North Bergen, N.J./North Bergen) finished fifth int the high jump with a distance of 5' 97.1"(1.82M). He also finished eighth in the 110 hurdles in 16.14 seconds.
Sophomore Noah Chinye (Largo, Md./Skylight HS (Prince George's CC)) came in eighth place in the 400 meter dash in 50.43 seconds.
Sophomore Reymond Reyes (Jersey City, N.J./William L. Dickinson) finished in ninth place at the 110 Hurdles in 16.26.
Sophomore Mike Correa (Brooklyn, N.Y./La Salle Academy) finished the 10,000 meters in 36:49.07 to finish in ninth place.
Tigers return back to action they compete at the historic Penn Relays on April 28 - April 30 at Franklin Field.
