Women's Track and Field | January 20

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – It was an afternoon of personal records for the Northern Illinois University track & field team on Saturday at the Notre Dame Invitational, as well as another expansion to junior Jehvania Whyte's (Kingston, Jamaica/Vere Technical) triple jump record, while also tying the long jump record. The Huskies finished fifth in the competition of seven teams.
 
"The athletes definitely showed improvement in their focus and execution from last week," said NIU Director of Track & Field Connie Teaberry. "We have a ways to go, but several of their times and marks moved them up in the conference standings. These ladies were relentless today, and their performances reflect their efforts. There were 13 [personal record]'s achieved, it was a good day!"
 
Whyte's 12.48-meter (40' 11.5") triple jump improved the school record that she had originally set during the 2017 Indoor season but has since broken twice this season, both at Notre Dame's Loftus Sports Center. The long jump proved to go her way as well, as she tied the 2016 record set by Le'Tristan Pledger at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championship with a distance of 5.81 meters (19' 0.75").
 
Three Huskies recorded MAC Championship automatic qualifying times including freshman Ashley Tutt (Minooka, Ill./Minooka) in the 3,000-meter run, sophomore Remy Amarteifio (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township) in the 60-meter hurdles and Whyte in both the triple and long jumps. Tutt's second-place finish of 9:46.36 in the 3,000 meters and Amarteifio's third-place finish of 8.49 in the hurdles were personal records for the pair.
 
Four additional freshmen set new records to build on in the next few weeks of the indoor season, while five more Huskies improved on their records including Kishona McCray (Newark, N.J./Newark Central) in the 60-meter hurdles, Doshawn Franks (Los Angeles, Calif./Palisades Charter) in the 400-meter dash, NeShay Curtis (St. Louis, Mo./McCluer South Berkeley) in the 800-meter run, as well as Lorena Martin (Salamanca, Spain/IFS Fray Luis de Leon) and Melissa Ricci (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) in the mile.
 
The Huskies' Complete Results from the Notre Dame Invitational:
 
60-Meter Dash – Preliminaries
4th - Dallas, Kedisha - 7.64 – Qualified for finals
11th - Jones, Khenadi - 7.83
13th - Johnston, Syanne - 7.85
15th - Amarteifio, Remy - 7.87
20th - Sockwell, Courtney - 7.96
 
60-Meter Dash – Finals
3rd - Dallas, Kedisha - 7.57
 
60-Meter Hurdles – Preliminaries
5th - Amarteifio, Remy - 8.59 – Qualified for finals
12th - McCray, Kishona - 8.873 – Personal Record
 
60-Meter Hurdles – Finals
3rd - Amarteifio, Remy - 8.49 – Personal Record, MAC Auto-Qualifying time, Currently ranked 2nd in MAC
 
400-Meter Dash
3rd - Franks, Doshawn - 56.53 – Personal Record, Currently ranked 6th in MAC
 
800-Meter Run
11th - Finegan, Nora - 2:19.62
15th - Curtis, Neshay - 2:20.97 – Personal Record
 
Mile Run
7th - Martin, Lorena - 4:57.90 – Personal Record, Currently ranked 2nd in MAC
13th - Ricci, Melissa - 5:07.45 – Personal Record
17th - Callahan, Mackenzie - 5:08.59 – Personal Record
 
3,000 Meter Run
2nd - Tutt, Ashley - 9:46.36 – Personal Record, MAC Auto-Qualifying time, Currently ranked 7th in MAC
7th - Hibser, Ericka - 10:07.69
8th - Overbeck, Vivian - 10:10.43
12th - Maire, Noelle - 10:32.75 – Personal Record
13th - Galloway, Daly - 10:38.05 – Personal Record
15th - Atkins, Sara - 10:48.60 – Personal Record
 
4x400-Meter Relay
4th - D. Franks, R. Amarteifio, C. Sockwell, K. Dallas – 3:46.97 – Season Record, Currently ranked 2nd in MAC
7th - K. McCray, K. Jones, N. Finegan, N. Curtis – 4:03.90x
 
High Jump
2nd - Palmer, Chennel - 1.71m
 
Long Jump
4th - Whyte, Jehvania - 5.81m – Personal Record, MAC Auto-Qualifying mark, Tied School Record
 
Triple Jump
2nd - Whyte, Jehvania - 12.48m – School Record, Personal Record, Currently ranked 1st in MAC
 
Shot Put
19th - Sicard, Ashley - 12.01m
20th - Stingily, Fatima - 10.98m
 
The Huskies head in the opposite direction next Sat., Jan. 27, as they head to Iowa for the Black & Gold Premier that begins at noon, before they head back to Notre Dame for the third and final time, the following weekend.
 
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