NEW YORK, NY – Junior Yasmeen Tinsley broke the school record in the women's 60m hurdles with a time of 8.56 at the Rutgers Holiday Classic at the Armory in New York City as the Monmouth University Men's and Women's Track and Field Teams opened their 2023-24 indoor seasons on Friday.

Tinsley adds a school record to go along with her four freshman records at Monmouth. The Arlington, Va. native not only won the 60m hurdles event Friday but also claimed first place in the women's 400m with a time of 56.33.
 
Joining Tinsley with an event win at the meet hosted by Rutgers was freshman Aiden Baldelli, who posted a 22.33 in the men's 200m. Baldelli was also a key piece of a sweep for the Hawks in the 4x400m relay, where the men (Baldelli, Jordan Ricketts, Will Freeman Jr., Jordan Hart) posted a winning time of 3:20.58 and the women (Brianna Rubio, Hannah Birdsall, Annie Rutledge, Rachael Collins) earned first place with a time of 3:59.20. Veronica Chainov won the lone field event for the Hawks with a clearance of 1.70m in the women's high jump.

In addition to six even wins, eighth Hawks jumped up in the Monmouth All-Time Top Tens List for their respective events, highlighted by five new appearances in the 600m. At the first of four trips Monmouth will take to the Armory, a total of 35 Hawks recorded a top-five finish.
 
EVENT WINNERS
Women's 60mH: Yasmeen Tinsley – 8.56
Men's 200m: Aiden Baldelli – 22.33
Women's 400m: Yasmeen Tinsley – 56.33
Men's 4x400m Relay: Baldelli, Ricketts, Freeman Jr., Hart – 3:20.58
Women's 4x400m Relay: Rubio, Birdsall, Rutledge, Collins – 3:59.20
Women's High Jump: Veronica Chainov – 1.70m

ALL-TIME TOP-TENS
Men's 60mH: A.J. Brooks – 8.27, tenth
Women's 60mH: Yasmeen Tinsley – 8.56, SCHOOL RECORD
Women's 200m: Brianna Rubio – 25.05, fifth
Men's 600m: Jordan Ricketts –1:22.14, tied-sixth
Men's 600m: Scott Peterson – 1:22.87, eighth
Men's 600m: Will Freeman Jr. – 1:22.96, ninth
Women's 600m: Hannah Birdsall – 1:36.27, sixth
Women's 600m: Lucy Shennan –1:37.09, eighth
 
QUOTES
"Today's meet at the NYC Armory was a very solid opener for our squad. The goal for the first meet is to establish a mark and then learn from the experience. Overall, we had some outstanding performances including a school record by Yasmeen in the 60m hurdles. 
 
As I told the group after the meet, how they did today matters, but what matters even more is that we take the info we learned and we use it to get better. Our program is built on development, and we want to get better each time we visit the Armory this winter. Today we got off to a good start. Fly Hawks!"– Head Coach Mike Nelson
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will compete in two meets next weekend. Monmouth will take a squad to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex for the Wagner Seahawk Shootout on Friday, December 8, and will also send members to the Lehigh Combined Event for a two-day meet hosted by Lehigh University.