Track & Field

Track Competes at CTC Championships

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. (4/20/08) - The Kean University men's and women's outdoor track and field teams competed at the CTC Championships at DeSales University, as both teams finished in 12^th place.

Sophomore Jan Bush (Abington, Pa.) and junior Erin Jones (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) paced the women's team, each with a pair of top eight finishes, while junior Jason Staggers (Jackson, N.J.) placed in all three jumping events.

In the pole vault, Jones vaulted a school-record 3.10 meters (10-2) to qualify for the ECAC Division III Outdoor Championships.  She also added an eighth place finish in the 100-meter hurdles (17.48), after qualifying for the finals in 17.01 seconds.

Bush had a solid showing in the throwing events, placing third in the javelin throw (32.54 meters/106-9) and fifth in the shot put (11.33 meters/37-2.25).  Rookie Jamie Grenger (Hazlet, N.J.) added a fourth-place finish in the javelin (29.49 meters/96-9).

Staggers finished second in the long jump with a ECAC qualifying leap of 6.60 meters (21-8), and added a fifth place finish in the triple jump (12.61 meters/41-4.5) and eighth place finish in the high jump (1.75 meters/5-8.75).

Freshman John Badala (Scotch Plains, N.J.) finished fourth in the shot put (13.63 meters/44-8.75), while freshman Josh Chavanne (Elizabeth, N.J.) was fourth in the pole vault (3.95 meters/12-11.5). 

Junior Sean Oyelaja (Lagos, Nigeria) rounded out the Kean place-winners, finishing sixth in the 100-meter dash in the 11.42 seconds.