STATEN ISLAND, NY / NEW YORK, NY – The Monmouth University Men's and Women's Track & field teams competed Friday at the UAlbany Winter Classic in Staten Island, NY. The Hawks also sent four throwers to New York City for the 113^th Millrose Games at The Armory on Thursday.
 
Fifth-year senior Kyle Mueller broke his second Monmouth indoor record of the season, this time in the 3000-meters. The Brick, NJ native crossed the line in a time of 8:12.79, winning the race by eight seconds.
 
Senior Mariah Hubbard (Galloway, NJ / Absegami) won in the long jump at Ocean Breeze, winning on a jump of 5.72m and beating second place by a narrow .02 meters.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
"Mixed bag of results today for both teams. We had some stellar performances and some learning experiences. Kyle Mueller's performance in the 3k was definitely a highlight.  He rolled to a new 3k indoor school record. As a team, we have some things to work on this week as we continue our march towards the championship portion of our season. Our next meet is our home meet. We'll look to sharpen up as the MAAC championship will be coming up next."
-Monmouth head coach Mike Nelson
 
UALBANY WINTER CLASSIC
-Sophomore Louis DiLaurenzio (Hazlet, NJ / Raritan) finished fifth in the 800-meters, crossing the line with a time of 1:53.00
-Freshman Sammi Ragenklint (Tinton Falls, NJ / Monmouth Regional) ran the 3000-meters in a time of 10:00.09, earning third place
-In the pole vault, sophomore Lauren Saifi (Mountainside, NJ / Governor Livingston) finished second place, earning a height of 3.50m.
-On the men's side, sophomore Randy Showmaker (Southampton, PA / William Tennent) had a jump of 4.65 in the pole vault, finishing in third place.
-Sophomore DJ Jackson (Summit, NJ / Summit) had a long jump of 7.24m, good enough for second place
-For the men's shot put, Monmouth took place's two through five in the meet. Fifth-year senior Andrew Tumino finished in second with a toss of 16.31m, followed by Daniel Gilligan (16.11m), Brandon Davis (16.07m), and Andrew Huisman (15.55m)
-Davis went on to finish in second place in the men's weight throw, earning the spot with a mark of 17.45m.
 
 
113^TH MILLROSE GAMES
-In the weight throw, juniors Chibuzo Amonu (Ewing, NY / Ewing) and Montel Johnson (Gibbstown, NJ / Bishop Eustace Prep) both finished second in the meet. Johnson finished with a throw of 18.79m while Amonu had a toss of 17.75m.
-Sophomore Alexis Uzuro (Ridgewood, NJ / Ridgewood) came in fourth in the weight throw, ending with a long throw of 16.06m
-Senior Daniel Gilligan (Toms River, NJ / Toms River East) finished with a throw of 17.77m, good enough for seventh place.
 
NEXT UP
-The Blue & White return to action next Friday and Saturday as they will host the Monmouth Winter Collegiate Invitational at the OceanFirst Bank Center. Event begin at 6 PM on Friday and 10 AM on Saturday.