THREE-PEAT COMPLETE! Men’s Track & Field Wins Third Consecutive ECC Championship

STATEN ISLAND – The HFU men's track & field won its third consecutive East Coast Conference (ECC) Championship on Sunday at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, totaling 147 points to runner-up Roberts Wesleyan's 133.

Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) won two golds, landing at a championship record 7.33m in the long jump and crossing in 6.89 in the 60m
Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) claimed two golds as well, landing at a championship record of 15.16m in the triple jump and clearing 2.03m in the high jump
Odane Smith (Saint Catherine, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) was top four in all three jumping events, including reaching NCAA provisionals in both the long jump (7.21m) and triple jump (14.53m)
Holy Family earned 66 points in the jumping events, including a team-high 24 in the long jump as Desi Stroud (Mays Landing, N.J./ACIT) (6.96m) and Pierre (6.81m) were fourth and fifth
- Bowen (indoor collegiate PR 14.02m) and Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) (13.91m) were fourth and fifth in the triple jump to give the Tigers 22 points in the event
- Isaiah Davenport (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) (1.98m) and Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) (1.88m) were third and sixth in the high jump for a total of 20 points
Mike McGerry (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge), Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield), Jonathan Hackshaw (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Spellman (Monroe College)) and Thelonius Lucien (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts) combined to win the distance medley relay in a school record 10:47.67, while Kimani Smith (Smithville, Jamaica/Edwin Allen), La'Marc Rex (Mays Landing, N.J./Oakcrest), Romar Scott (Westmoreland, Jamaica/Petersfield (Essex CC)) and Alexson Songor (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) claimed silver in the 4x400m relay after combining to finish in 3:22.63
- Lucien won silver in the 1000m with a time of 2:40.07, while La'Marc Rex (Mays Landing, N.J./Oakcrest) claimed bronze in the 800m with a collegiate PR of 1:58.83
HFU placed second through fourth – Raqeeb Somoye (Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman) (collegiate PR 8.40), JoJo Smith (Kingston, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) (8.67) and Mohammad Gaga (Levittown, Pa./Conwell-Egan) (collegiate PR 8.71) - in the 60m hurdles for a total of 18 points
- Somoye earned two more points in the 400m after finishing fourth in 50.52
The Tigers had three in the top five of the 500m too, tallying 14 points, led by Songor (1:06.79) winning silver and Hackshaw (1:07.99) and Scott (1:08.30 crossing fourth and fifth
Earning two points with a fifth place finish in the 1000m was Letlotlo Mohubedu (Pretoria, South Africa/Northern Academy Secondary School (Essex CC)) (2:42.46), while Theophilius Sample (Atlantic City, N.J./ACIT) (7.11) won one point in the 60m

Holy Family Results (Field of xx)

60H Prelims (16)
1. Raqeeb Somoye (Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman) – 8.50
2. Mohammad Gaga (Levittown, Pa./Conwell-Egan) – 8.62
5. JoJo Smith (Kingston, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) – 8.71
9. Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – 9.18

60H Final (8)
2. Raqeeb Somoye (Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman) – 8.40 (eight points) (collegiate PR)
3. JoJo Smith (Kingston, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) – 8.67 (six points)
4. Mohammad Gaga (Levittown, Pa./Conwell-Egan) – 8.71 (four points) (collegiate PR)

60m Prelims (42)
3. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 6.98
7. Theophilius Sample (Atlantic City, N.J./ACIT) – 7.11
9. Odane Smith (Saint Catherine, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) – 7.13
10. Desi Stroud (Mays Landing, N.J./ACIT) – 7.13 (collegiate PR)
12. Daniel Vizcaino (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) – 7.22
17. Ryder Benjamin (/) – 7.28
18. Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) – 7.30
34. Ernest Jallah (Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman) – 7.63 (collegiate PR)
FS. Mohammad Gaga (Levittown, Pa./Conwell-Egan)
FS. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College)

60m Final (8)
1. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 6.89 (10 points)
6. Theophilius Sample (Atlantic City, N.J./ACIT) – 7.11 (one point) (collegiate PR)

200m (40)
12. Theophilius Sample (Atlantic City, N.J./ACIT) – 23.13 (indoor collegiate PR)
16. Alexson Songor (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) – 23.32
18. Ryder Benjamin (/) – 23.41
22. Daniel Vizcaino (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) – 23.55
31. Ernest Jallah (Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman) – 24.81
35. Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 25.44

400m (27)
4. Raqeeb Somoye (Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman) – 50.52 (four points)
7. Peyton Engle (/) – 51.01 (collegiate PR)
12. Kimani Smith (Smithville, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) – 51.94
19. Brandon St. Martin (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 53.67
26. Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 56.35

500m (14)
2. Alexson Songor (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) – 1:06.79 (eight points)
4. Jonathan Hackshaw (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Spellman (Monroe College)) – 1:07.99 (four points)
5. Romar Scott (Westmoreland, Jamaica/Petersfield (Essex CC)) – 1:08.30 (two points)

800m (15)
3. La'Marc Rex (Mays Landing, N.J./Oakcrest) – 1:58.83 (six points) (collegiate PR)
7. Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) – 2:04.43

1000m (16)
2. Thelonius Lucien (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts) – 2:40.07 (eight points)
5. Letlotlo Mohubedu (Pretoria, South Africa/Northern Academy Secondary School (Essex CC)) – 2:42.46 (two points) (collegiate PR)
10. Mike McGerry (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) – 2:48.48

4x400m Relay (9)
2. K. Smith, Rex, Scott, Songor – 3:22.63 (eight points)

Distance Medley Relay (8)
1. McGerry, Wesley, Hackshaw, Lucien – 10.47.67 (10 points) (school record)

High Jump (11)
1. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – 2.03m (10 points)
3. Isaiah Davenport (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 1.98m (six points)
4. Odane Smith (Saint Catherine, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) – 1.93m (three points)
6. Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) – 1.88m (one point)

Long Jump (24)
1. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 7.33m (10 points) (championship record) (NCAA Provisional)
2. Odane Smith (Saint Catherine, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) – 7.21m (eight points) (NCAA Provisional) (collegiate PR)
4. Desi Stroud (Mays Landing, N.J./ACIT) – 6.96m (four points)
5. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – 6.81m (two points)
8. Theophilius Sample (Atlantic City, N.J./ACIT) – 6.45m (collegiate PR)
9. Isaiah Davenport (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 6.28m (collegiate PR)
19. Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) – 5.74m
Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – Foul
Ernest Jallah (Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman) – Foul

Shot Put (25)
11. Micah Walker (Mays Landing, N.J./Oakcrest) – 13.15m

Triple Jump (11)
1. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – 15.16m (10 points) (Championship record) (NCAA provisional) (school record)
3. Odane Smith (Saint Catherine, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) – 14.53m (six points) (NCAA provisional)
4. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 14.02m (four points) (indoor collegiate PR)
5. Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – 13.91m (two points)
8. Desi Stroud (Mays Landing, N.J./ACIT) – 13.21m

Weight Throw (20)
13. Micah Walker (Mays Landing, N.J./Oakcrest) – 13.06m

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