STATE COLLEGE, PA/WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The women's DMR team won and set a new school record with a time of 11:26 at the Penn State National Invitational. School records were also broken by Allie Wilson in the mile and Domoah Kutu-Akoi in the 60-meter dash. Chris Marco continued a strong start to his Monmouth career by winning the mile in 4:06.49. The men's and women's teams were also home for the Monmouth Winter Collegiate Invitational and won the meet.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
"We knew we need to move ourselves forward in every way this week and make the most of the opportunity in front of us, both at home in a smaller meet and for our group at Penn State facing national caliber competition," said Coach Joe Compagni. "We have a lot of work to do still, but in most areas we took strong steps forward for sure."
PENN STATE NATIONAL INVITATIONAL

• The women's distance medley relay team of Amber Stratz, Chandi Piiru, Brianna Stratz and Allie Wilson won and broke the school record in the event by finishing in 11:26.
• Kutu-Akoi finished second overall in the 60-meter dash and set a new school record in the preliminaries by finishing in 7.54 seconds.
• Kutu-Akoi also placed third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.07 seconds.
• Allie Wilson ran the mile in 4:47.22 to break a school record and place 6^th.
• Bryan Sosoo finished 4^th in the 60-meter dash in 6.76 seconds.
• Malcolm Chavis took third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.35 seconds.
• Sosoo placed 7^th in the 200-meter dash by finishing in 22.29 seconds.
• Bryan Cabral ran to a 4^th place finish in the open 800 meters by finishing in 1:53.81.
• Corey Murphy finished as the top collegian in the shot put with a mark of 60'8.5".
• Dylan Capwell finished second behind last year's national runner-up in the 800-meters with a time of 1:48.47.
• Chris Marco registered the fourth fastest time in program history in the mile to win in 4:06.49.
• Ryan Rafferty finished 4^th in the 1000-meters and qualified for the IC4A Championships with a time of 2:28.43.
• Tim Wilson placed 4^th in the weight throw with a toss of 63'6.25".

MONMOUTH WINTER COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL

• Casey Sturts won the women's pole vault by clearing 11'3.75".
• Chloe Angelini won the high jump with a height of 5'3".
• Allison Taub won the shot put with a mark of 44'7" to qualify for the ECAC Championships. Onnie Coles finished in second with a throw of 40'7".
• Kennisha Okereke (57'6.5") and Alicia Hester (54'6.5") finished first and second in the weight throw and surpassed the ECAC qualifying marks.
• Iyanna Jenkins won the 60-meter dash in 7.88 to beat fellow sophomore Emily Schroepfer (8.03).
• Viviane Orleans won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.92 seconds.
• Dayna Luma won the 800 meters by finishing in 2:29.3.
• Ashley McKinnon and Mariah Hubbard finished as the top collegian finishers with jumps of 38'.75" and 37'.5".
• For the men, Ben Pierce won the high jump by clearing 6'2.25".
• Vincent Santarsiero won the weight throw with a mark of 55'2".
• Brandon Davis and Andrew Tummino finished as the top collegian finishers in the shot put with IC4A qualifying marks of 54'8.25" and 53'8.5".
• Jake Howell won the mile with a time of 4:26.29.
• Miguerson Joseph won the 60-meter dash in 7.01 and just beat out teammate Peter Guerriero who finished in 7.06 seconds.
• Nick McFarland won the 1000 meters in convincing fashion and qualified for the IC4A Championships with a time of 2:30.02.
• Jack Grace and Patrick McGarty finished first and second in the 800 meters by finishing in 1:57.8 and 2:02.1.
• Freshman Eric Moul won the 400-meter dash in 51.70 seconds.
• Darius Howe just beat out teammate Michael Pepper by half an inch to win the triple jump 46'4.75".
• Tim Jacoutot finished the 200-meter dash in 22.72 seconds to win the event.

NEXT UP

• The Hawks will be split with some going to Boston for the Crimson Elite at Harvard and Scarlet & White Invitational at Boston University. Some will compete at the Villanova Invitational at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, NY.