St. John's completed a great track & field weekend with Priscilla Frederick placing second in the collegiate High Jump at Penn Relay's at Franklin Field in Philadelphia with a 5'7" leap and alumnus DeWayne Barrett anchoring Jamaica's national 4 x 400m team against Jeremy Wariner in a blazing 45.25. The women's 4 x 800m was moving up well when the baton got bumped from Tyneka Greene's grasp with 200m to go on the opening leg. After a few bounces Greene was able to recover the baton but the pack had moved well up the track. Quality efforts by Pam Petruski, Kim Piard, and Sarah Sudbury could not make up ground over the 2nd, 3rd, and fourth legs.
On Sunday the Red Storm drove north to Yale University in New Haven where, despite cool weather and threatening skies, Maxcine Foster cruised to victory in the 400m and Phobay Kutu-Akoi exploded to win the 100m with a Big East and ECAC qualifying mark of 12.13. Frosh Bintou Dibba took second in the long jump and Tyneka Greene did likewise in the 800m. Asia Davy and Vanessa Thompson both scored in the 400 Hurdles and Kayla Reguliski recorded a PR in the 1500m. Frosh Rene Cousins scored in both the 400m and 200m and thrower Dominique Eason posted PR's in both the Hammer and Discus.
The Relays and Yale should set up the Red Storm for the Big East Championships at Villanova this coming weekend. Fourteen STJ athletes will contest for Big East titles in the 100, 400, 400IH, High Jump, 4 x 100m, 4 x 400m, and 4 x 800m.
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