New Team Member Set to Make Immediate Impact

This spring, Arina Gerasimova joined the St John's track team. Arina graduated from the University of Albany last year and has enrolled in St John's for graduate studies.

While at Albany, Arina was a standout Triple Jumper and in the 2 meets she has had, since joining the Red storm, Arina has risen to the top of the Big East rankings in her favored event with a jump of 12.34m (40'-6") at the New Balance meet in the Armory last week.

St John's Big East Track & Field Reception

St. John’s Track and Field Alumni and Friends Reception

at the

2009 Big East Indoor Track and Field Championships

Come join former track and field teammates and current friends of the program and cheer on the 2009 Red Storm team as they compete in the Big East Championships at the Armory in New York City

When:
Reception: Saturday Feb 21, 2009 ----5:00pm
Meet Starts: 8:00 AM
Meet Ends: 6:00 PM

Where:
Armory Track and Field Center 216 Fort Washington Ave(one block west of Broadway between 168th and 169th streets in Manhattan) New York, NY (Our reception will be held in the HOSPITALITY ROOM on the Balcony Level of the Arena across from the main concessions stand)

Cost:
A minimum $25 donation to the St. John’s Track and Field Program is suggested to help defray the costs of the reception. (Please note that the Armory is also charging a separate meet entrance fee of $15).

Directions / Parking:
Please visit http://www.armorytrack.com/ for specific driving directions and parking information for the Armory Track and Field Center.

RSVP:
Please RSVP (required) by February 17 to Martin Nutty at nuttym@stjohns.edu or 917-415-1718.

Spread the Word:
If you are in touch with your former teammates, please forward this message to them. We look forward to building an alumni/friends network and running three events per year which will correspond with the Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track Seasons.

St John's University Women's Track & Field Team News:
To get the latest news on the STJ track team, please visit the women's track and field team home page at redstormsports.com. In addition, if you would like to receive current women's cross country and track and field news delivered straight to your own e-mail address, send an e-mail to Kristin Duffy at stjcommunications@stjohns.edu with "XC-TF E-mail" as the subject.

Further Questions:
If you have any questions about the event, please contact Martin Nutty at nuttym@stjohns.edu or 917-415-1718.

2nd Place Finish at Mets Jan 29, 2008

St John's improved from 5th place to 2nd in the Indoor Mets in Thursday Jan 29, 2009. The team scored 125 points in finishing 2nd to Seton Hall who scored 142 points.

A full meet report can be found at the Redstorm website. A full break down of the scoring can be found at the Mets results link.

The meet saw sophomore Bintou Dibba make a big breakthrough in the long jump with a winning leap of 19-0 3/4 or 5.81 meters which also qualified Bintou for the ECAC chamionships

Phobay Kutu-Akoy Burns Up the Track

Senior Phobay Kutu-Akoi has been burning up the track in the 60 meter dash. This past weekend at the New Balance meet in the Armory, Phobay had another PR of 7.47 in the Dash which ranks her 4th in the Big East rankings.

Recently Phobay was named Big East athlete of the week for her performances earlier in the year at the Penn state invitational.

Last week Phobay finished 2nd in the Mets in 200 meters with a new PR of 24.56.

Phobay is 3 hundreths of a second off the NCAA indoor provisional qualifer . Next week at the Big East could see her over the top in the Big East where the mettion will be stiff.

One Record Down Another to Go?

Priscilla Frederick took down the 24 year old record of Michele Holly at the Mets championships with a jump of 1.80 m (5-10 3/4). She did this while also debuting with a first place finish in the Mets Pentathalon. Priscilla also scared Theresa Jaeger's 29 year old STJ Pentathalon recod with a score of 3,684 points compared to TJ's 1980 mark of 3,803 points.

Priscilla followed up her Pentatalon win with a High Jump win the following day in addition to a fourth place finish in the Shot Put giving her a scoring tally of 25 points of the team's 125 points second place score at the Mets

For her recent efforts, Priscilla was named one of the Big East athletes of the week

Look out for Priscilla at the Big East early on Satuday morning Feb 21 at the Big East