Chester, PA. – The Holy Family University women's track and field team places six on the podium at the Widener Invitational held on April 22-23 at Elizabeth J. Hirschmann Field at Leslie C. Quick Jr. Stadium.
Sophomore Taylor Cotter (Fairfax, Va./Paul VI Catholic) (Fairfax, Va./Paul VI Catholic) finished first in the 400 meter dash in 57.58 seconds.
Freshman Kenisha Greenwood (Jamaica) (Jamaica) finished first in the 400 meter hurdles in 1:01.75 seconds breaking her own record set the week before at Bill Butler Invitational. Her performanced surpassed the NCAA Division II provisional minimum standard of 1:02.02 for the NCAA DII Nationals in May. She also came in third place in the 100 hurdles in 16.90 seconds.
Team of Kenisha Greenwood (Jamaica) (Jamaica), Cotter, K. Jones, and Le Maitre finished second in the 4x400 meter relay, setting a new school record from last weekend with a time of 3:50.92 seconds.
Freshman Kahdia Jones (Daytona Beach, Fla./Atlantic) came in second in the 400 meter dash in 57.81 seconds.
Junior Korryn Braxton-Young (Wilmington, Del./Hodgson Vo-Tech) (Wilmington, Del./Hodgson Vo-Tech) came in third place in the shot put with a distance of 40' 0.26"(12.20M).
Junior Shanell Pusey (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Matanzas) (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Matanzas) ran a personal best in both 100 hurdles and 400 meter hurdles. In the 100 hurdles, she finished third in 15.79 seconds and fourth in the 400 meter hurdles in 1:04.87.
Victoria Reid (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) finished the 10,000 meters in 45:49.00 to come in eight place.
Freshman Ashiek Sewell (Philadelphia, Pa./Northeast) finished in with place in the long jump with a distance of 15'5.83"(4.75M). She also came in ninth place in the 100 hurdles in 17.46 seconds. Sewell finished in 10th place in the triple jump with a distance of 32' 7.42"(9.98M).
Junior Shania Le Maitre (Champs Fleurs, Trinidad & Tobago/Holy Name Convent) came in ninth place in the 800 meter dash in 2:17.56 seconds.
Kaitlyn Durning (Glenolden, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) (Glenolden, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) came in ninth place in the 10,000 meters with a time of 53:59.54 seconds.
Freshman Genelle Heyward (Queens, N.Y./Francis Louis) finished in the 400 meter dash in 1:00.45 to come in 10th place.
Freshman Amber Fisgaer (Philadelphia, Pa./Bensalem) came in 10th place in the 10,000 meters with a time of 56:24.90 seconds.
Junior Julia Lloyd (Middletown, Del./Appoquinimink) set a new school record of 20:17.21 in the 10,000 meters. She also ran a personal best in the 1500 meter run with a time of 5:18.36.
Tigers return back to action they compete at the historic Penn Relays on April 28 - April 30 at Franklin Field.
