Track & Field

Track Opens Indoor Season at Seton Hall Open

South Orange, N.J. (12/2/07) - The Kean University Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field team competed at the Seton Hall Open held on Sunday, December 2, 2007.

The indoor season got underway as junior Jason Staggers (Jackson, N.J.) placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 6.47 meters followed by freshman Ray Mendez (Middlesex, N.J.) who finished in ninth place with a jump of 6.29 meters.  Mendez also placed eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.66 meters followed by Staggers in 10^th place at 12.55 meters.  In the high jump, freshman Josh Chavanne (Elizabeth, N.J.) placed ninth with a jump of 1.77 meters.  Freshman Brian Vanderstad (Pompton Lakes, N.J.) (pictured right) and John Badala (Scotch Plains, N.J.) finished back-to-back in 11^th and 12^th place in men's shot put with distances of 11.65 and 11.5 meters respectively. 

Highlighting the women's side, freshman Jamie Grenger (Hazlet, N.J.) placed 14^th in the women's 200 meter dash with a time of 28.13 seconds.  In the long jump, junior Demeka Pressley (Trenton, N.J.) finished ninth with a leap of 4.71 meters and in the shot put freshman Elizabeth Hatos (Egg Harbor Twp, N.J.) finished 10^th with a distance of 8.26 meters.