Rutgers-Newark Athletics

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Rutgers-Newark’s 4 x 200-meter relay team clipped over 13 seconds off the school record to highlight the Scarlet Raiders’ showing in the Penn Relays on Franklin Field. 

R-N Results at Penn Relays (PDF) 

Seniors Nnaemeka Ibeh and Justin Booker joined freshmen Corey Graves and Kevon Brown to run a 1:31.13 time in the 4 x 200-meter relay – placing 56th in a field of 69. 

Ibeh, Graves, Booker and freshman sprinter Shariff Stubbs posted a time of 3:28.78 to place 68th in the highly-competitive field of 81 teams in the 4 x 400-meter relay.

The men's 4 x 100-meter relay team failed to finish after a baton drop on the anchor leg handoff. 

On the women’s side, Saymah Nah, Kristen Venning, Cierra Farquharson and Kenitra Washington ran a 1:49.55 in their first attempt at the race this season. 

Rutgers-Newark will compete in the Lions Invitational at The College of New Jersey on Saturday.