CHICAGO, Ill. – Jasmijn Raes (Amsterdam, Netherlands) took top honors in the high jump for the Northern Illinois University women's track and field team on Friday (Feb. 13) at DePaul's Blue Demon Alumni Classic.  

"We split the team this weekend between DePaul and Chicagoland competitions and both groups saw improvements," said NIU Director of Track and Field Connie Teaberry. "Several moved up on the MAC list and others had season bests and personal bests. I continue to be impressed with their work ethic and desire to be great. We have a young team and great things are to come."

Raes cleared the bar at 1.70 meters (5-07.00) on her second attempt, claiming the tiebreaker victory over Rudecia Bernard of Notre Dame. Arianna Calloway (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs) was fifth, clearing the bar at 1.65 meters (5-05.00). 

In the 60 meters, Natasha Chetty (Victoria, Seychelles/Seychelles Business Studies Academy) ran a season-best time of 7.78 seconds to claim ninth. Chetty also ran NIU's best 200-meter time of the season at 25.05 seconds to finish 13th, just one one-hundredth of a second ahead of teammate Esther Momalife (Lagos, Nigeria) (25.06) who finished 14th.

Sarah Maggio (Aurora, Ill./Metea Valley) ran a personal-best time of 5:06.97 in the mile, finishing 11th.

At the Chicagoland Indoor Championship at North Central, Samira Rosenfeld (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg) earned top-five finishes in a pair of events, including a fourth-place finish in the invitational high jump, where she cleared a mark of 1.58 meters. 

Rosenfeld was also fourth in the 200 meters, running a time of 26.10 seconds, just ahead of teammate Tiffany Colin (Tampa, Fla./Wiregrass Ranch) who was fifth in 26.20. 

NIU will return to action on Friday, Feb. 20, when the Huskies compete at the Iowa Open. 

Blue Demon Alumni Classic Results

60-meter Dash
9. Natasha Chetty, 7.78
14. Esther Momalife, 7.81
27. Miashlie Jean, 8.10

60-meter Hurdles
11. Kyla Motley, 8.99
19. Miashlie Jean, 9.28

200-meter Dash
13. Natasha Chetty, 25.05
14. Esther Momalife, 25.06

400-meter Dash
28. Natasha Chetty, 59.74

800-meter Run
15. Claire Helmila, 2:18.47

Mile Run
11. Sarah Maggio, 5:06.97

3,000-meter Run
11. Amelie Ojeda, 10:04.65
17. Sarah Maggio, 10:18.19

High Jump
1. Jasmijn Raes, 1.70m (5-07.00)
5. Arianna Calloway, 1.65m (5-05.00)
    
Long Jump
12. Kyla Motley, 5.51m (18-01.00)
15. Tod'Jai Ross, 5.31m (17-05.25)
17. Precious Umukoro, 5.30m (17-04.75)

Triple Jump
8. Nicole Green, 11.52m (37-09.50)
10. Aniya Barton, 11.41m (37-05.25)


Chicagoland Indoor Championship Results

60-meter Dash
7. Precious Akinsanya, 7.94 (7.97q)
8. Tiffany Colin, 7.95 (7.91q)
10. Faith Rouse, 8.02
18. Mariah Gonzalez, 8.16
29. Ari Christian, 8.38

60-meter Hurdles
10. Kaiya Key, 9.42

200-meter Dash
4. Samira Rosenfeld, 26.10
5. Tiffany Colin, 26.20
9. Precious Akinsanya, 26.55
14. Faith Rouse, 26.72
21. Mariah Gonzalez, 27.96

400-meter Dash
7. Sanaii Vaughn, 1:01.89

800-meter Dash
18. Liliana Camargo, 2:37.50

High Jump (Invitational)
4. Samira Rosenfeld, 1.58m

High Jump (Open)
1. Kaiya Key, 1.48m

Long Jump
17. Kaiya Key, 5.09m