Track & Field

Track and Field Competes at Princeton Relays

PRINCETON, N.J. (1/26/08) - The Kean University men's and women's indoor track and field teams competed at the Princeton Relays hosted by Princeton University on Saturday afternoon.

Freshman Marques Wallace (Vauxhall, N.J.) led the Cougars with a pair of top five finished in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes.  Wallace posted a team-high fourth-place finish in the 200, crossing the finish line in 23.47 seconds.  In the 60-meter dash, Wallce finished in 7.29 seconds to place fifth, while junior Seun Oyelaja (Lagos, Nigeria) placed seventh in 7.41 seconds. 

Other top 10 men's finishers included junior Reggie James (Willingboro, N.J.) and freshman Matt Gough (Jefferson, N.J.) placing eighth (53.84) and ninth (54.06), respectively, in the 400-meter dash.  Freshman Brian Vanderstad (Pompton Lakes, N.J.) placed ninth in the shot put with a distance of 14.41 meters (47-03.50), while the men's 1600-meter relay team of James, Oyelaja, freshman Chris Pegeron (Plainfield, N.J.) and junior Chris Kosinski (Jersey City, N.J.) placed ninth in a time of 3:49.54.

On the women's side, the 1600-meter relay team of freshman Asha Winters (Ewing, N.J.), freshman Alyssa Crosby (Hackensack, N.J.), junior Erin Jones (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) and sophomore Tyher'Rah Thomas (South Plainfield, N.J.) finished sixth in a time of 4:52.23. 

Thomas added a 10^th-place finish in the 1000-meter run (3:36.16), while Jones finished seventh in the 500-meter dash (1:44.12).

The Cougars return to action on Saturday, February 2, when they participate in the Frank Colden Invitational at Ursinus College.