STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Holy Family University women's track & field team repeated as East Coast Conference (ECC) indoor track & field champions on Sunday night.
 
Ahead by 4.33 points entering the final event of the evening, the 4x400m relay, HFU left little doubt in defending its title as Nyoki Jones (Jersey City, N.J./Snyder), Ariel Salkey (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis), Kenisha Greenwood (Jamaica/) and Shania Le Maitre (Champs Fleurs, Trinidad & Tobago/Holy Name Convent) set a new meet record, 3:54.68, to defeat the next closest quartet by over 10 and a half seconds. 
 
That left the Tigers with 10.33 more points than second place Georgian Court, 119-108.67.  
 

• Holy Family won the distance medley too, and therefore 10 points, as Teresa Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Prep), Desiree Draper (Philadelphia, Pa./John W. Hallahan Catholic), Le Maitre and Emma McNamee (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) set a new school record of 12:43.59
• Le Maitre also captured gold as an individual, topping the field of 16 in the 800m with a new school record of 2:17.14 
• Korryn Braxton-Young (Newark, Del./Hodgson Vo-Tech) won gold as well, beating out 24 others in the shot put with a mark of 11.79
  • HFU won a team-high 19 points in the event as Samaria Ward (Upper Marlboro, Md./Largo) was right behind her with a collegiate personal record (PR) of 11.33m, and Donya Baxter (Philadelphia, Pa./Cheltenham) marked sixth at 10.75m
• Braxton-Young also earned bronze and six points in the weight throw, breaking her own school record after her furthest toss traveled 13.67m
• Holy Family won 16 points in the 400m, bolstered by Kenisha Greenwood (Jamaica/) (58.82) and Kahdia Jones (Daytona Beach, Fla./Atlantic) (1:00.16) crossing back-to-back in second and third and Genelle Heyward (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis) (1:01.96) placing fifth
• The Tigers had five of the top seven finishers in the 500m to earn 15 points, with N. Jones (1:16.61) breaking her own school record to cross second
  • Jade Jones (Jamaica) (collegiate PR 1:21.22), Shanell Pusey (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Matanzas) (1:23.89) and Brianna Coates (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) (1:26.47) clocked in fourth through sixth
• Pusey (9.44) and N. Jones (9.54) qualified for the 60m hurdle final with top five times, before finishing second (collegiate PR 9.33) and fourth (9.39) for 12 points
• McNamee (3:11.63) claimed a bronze medal and six points in the 1000m, with Teresa Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Prep) (3:13.08) joining her in the top five for two more points
• Jillian Gatley (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) cleared 2.45m in the pole vault to place fourth for four points
• Ariel Salkey (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis) (8.03) and Sydonia Turner (Philadelphia, PA) (collegiate PR 8.04) both qualified for the 60m final, with Mikayla Hall (Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton West) (8.14) missing out by .01 seconds
  • Salkey would go on to place fifth in the final, finishing in 7.98 for two points
• Salkey also posted a top-five finish in the 200m, crossing fourth in a collegiate PR 26.03 for four more points
• Hall (4.89) placed fifth too, in the long jump, for two points
• Hager Khowessa (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations) (high jump and long jump) set two collegiate PRs on the day, with Turner (high jump) Donya Baxter (Philadelphia, Pa./Cheltenham) (60m), Amber Fisgaer (Philadelphia, Pa./Bensalem) (mile), Ashley Fisgaer (Philadelphia, Pa./Bensalem) (mile), Paris Hayden (Brooklyn, N.Y./Pocono Mountain East) (500m), Julia Lloyd (Middletown, Del./Appoquinimink) (1000m) all setting one

 
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Qualifying Tigers will compete at the 2023 NCAA Division II Championships in Virginia Beach, Va. From March 9-11. 
 
Holy Family Results (# Entries)
 
60H Prelims (17)
3. Shanell Pusey (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Matanzas) – 9.44
5. Nyoki Jones (Jersey City, N.J./Snyder) – 9.54
16. Hager Khowessa (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations) – 11.33
17. Brianna Coates (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) – 11.43
 
60H Finals (8)
2. Shanell Pusey (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Matanzas) – 9.33 (eight points) (collegiate PR)
4. Nyoki Jones (Jersey City, N.J./Snyder) – 9.39 (four points)
 
60m Prelims (25)
6. Ariel Salkey (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis) – 8.03 
7. Sydonia Turner (Philadelphia, PA) – 8.04 (collegiate PR)
9. Mikayla Hall (Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton West) – 8.14 (collegiate PR)
12. Shaunajah Davis (Mays Landing, N.J./Oakcrest) – 8.34
13. Kimoya Henry-Ellis (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon) – 8.36
14. Donya Baxter (Philadelphia, Pa./Cheltenham) – 8.38 (collegiate PR)
 
60m Finals (8)
5. Ariel Salkey (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis) – 7.98 (two points)
7. Sydonia Turner (Philadelphia, PA) – 8.16
 
200m (22)
4. Ariel Salkey (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis) – 26.03 (four points) (collegiate PR)
10. Kenisha Greenwood (Jamaica/) – 26.68
11. Kahdia Jones (Daytona Beach, Fla./Atlantic) – 27.14
12. Genelle Heyward (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis) – 27.35
13. Kimoya Henry-Ellis (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon) – 27.81
 
400m (10)
2. Kenisha Greenwood (Jamaica/) – 58.82 (eight points)
3. Kahdia Jones (Daytona Beach, Fla./Atlantic) – 1:00.16 (six points)
5. Genelle Heyward (Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis) – 1:01.96 (two points)
 
500m (9)
2. Nyoki Jones (Jersey City, N.J./Snyder) – 1:16.61 (eight points) (school record)
4. Jade Jones (Jamaica) – 1:21.22 (four points) (collegiate PR)
5. Shanell Pusey (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Matanzas) – 1:23.89 (two points)
6. Brianna Coates (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) – 1:26.47 (one point) (collegiate PR)
7. Paris Hayden (Brooklyn, N.Y./Pocono Mountain East) – 1:28.19 (collegiate PR)
 
800m (16)
1. Shania Le Maitre (Champs Fleurs, Trinidad & Tobago/Holy Name Convent) – 2:17.14 (10 points) (school record)
7. Desiree Draper (Philadelphia, Pa./John W. Hallahan Catholic) – 2:32.68
9. Zane' McNeil (Pleasantville, N.J./Charter Tech) – 2:35.84
 
1000m (18)
3. Emma McNamee (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) – 3:11.63 (six points)
5. Teresa Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Prep) – 3:13.08 (two points)
10. Julia Lloyd (Middletown, Del./Appoquinimink) – 3:28.79 (collegiate PR)
17. Paris Hayden (Brooklyn, N.Y./Pocono Mountain East) – 4:12.23
 
Mile (13)
11. Amber Fisgaer (Philadelphia, Pa./Bensalem) – 6:30.33 (collegiate PR)
12. Ashley Fisgaer (Philadelphia, Pa./Bensalem) -6:53.37 (collegiate PR)
 
4x400m Relay (7)
1. N. Jones, Salkey , Greenwood, Le Maitre – 3:54.68 (10 points) (meet record)
 
Distance Medley (6)
1. Faust, Draper, Le Maitre, McNamee – 12:43.59 (10 points) (school record)
 
High Jump (12)
9. Sydonia Turner (Philadelphia, PA) – 1.45m (collegiate PR)
11. Hager Khowessa (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations) – 1.40m (collegiate PR)
 
Pole Vault (6)
4. Jillian Gatley (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) -2.45m (four points)
 
Long Jump (18)
5. Mikayla Hall (Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton West) – 4.89m (two points)
8. Sydonia Turner (Philadelphia, PA) – 4.79m
11. Hager Khowessa (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations) – 4.64m (collegiate PR)
16. Ghynaia Morgan (Bloomfield, Conn./Capital Preparatory Magnet School (Tennessee-Martin)) – 4.16m

Triple Jump (13)
9. Mikayla Hall (Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton West) – 9.72m
 
Shot Put (25)
1. Korryn Braxton-Young (Newark, Del./Hodgson Vo-Tech) – 11.79m (10 points)
2. Samaria Ward (Upper Marlboro, Md./Largo) – 11.33m (eight points) (collegiate PR)
6. Donya Baxter (Philadelphia, Pa./Cheltenham) – 10.75m (one point)
 
Weight Throw (23)
3. Korryn Braxton-Young (Newark, Del./Hodgson Vo-Tech) – 13.67m (six points) (school record)
11. Samaria Ward (Upper Marlboro, Md./Largo) – 11.93m