MIDDLETOWN, CT – Senior sprinter
Nnaemeka Ibeh won the 55-meter title and Rutgers-Newark’s freshman trio of female shot putters finished 2-3-4 to highlight a strong showing by the Scarlet Raiders in the CTC Indoor Championships in Bacon Field House on the campus of Wesleyan University.
CTC Indoor Championship Results
Rutgers-Newark Results At 2010 CTC Indoor Championships (PDF)
Ibeh lowered his own school record by .13 to finish first a field of 34 runners while freshman
Shariff Stubbs clocked a 6.81 to come in tenth.
Alisha Gray (11.50 meters),
Naima Graham (personal best 11.49) and
Danay Wood (personal best 11.21) finished together in a field of 25 throwers as the Scarlet Raiders piled up 19 points in the shot put.
Freshman
Kevon Brown qualified for the ECAC Indoor Championships, finishing fourth in a field of 23 in a school-record time of 8.00 in the 55-meter hurdles. He also rolled to a 23.20 time in the 200-meter dash to finish fourth in the field of 27 runners – one spot behind Ibeh who clocked a 23.13.
Freshman
Corey Graves lowered his own R-N record in the 500-meter run with a time of 1:08.53 to finish eighth in a field of 21. Senior
Robert Ezewuiro clipped over five seconds off of the R-N record in the 3000-meter run, coming in at 9:36.39.
Freshman
Saymah Nah ran a 7.61 in the 55-meter dash finals, taking eighth in a field of 25 sprinters, while senior
Cierra Farquharson clocked a 1:03.51 to finish eighth in the 400-meter dash.
Rutgers-Newark now gears up to compete in the New Jersey Athletic Conference Indoor Championships on Monday, February 22, in the NYC Armory. The meet is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.