STATEN ISLAND
, N.Y
.
(
Dec. 6
, 2019
) –
Sophomore
Emily Hilt (photo)
had
a record-setting debut as a member of the Rutgers University-Camden women’s indoor track team as the Scarlet Raptor men and women opened their season at the Fastrack Season Opener
Friday at the
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
.
Hilt, a transfer from Rowan College at Gloucester County, broke the Rutgers-Camden
women’s
indoor records in both the
shot put (11.58 meters) and the weight throw (
14.43
meters) to lead a strong opening-day performance. Hilt, an All-American at RCGC who set the Roadrunners’ indoor program record with a shot put of 13.12 meters,
finished fourth out of 29
athletes
in Friday’s shot put competition. She broke the old Scarlet Raptor mark of 11.51 meters, set by Mariah Brown on Feb. 24, 2012 at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships.
Hilt finished
third
out of
24
athletes in the weight throw while
shatter
ing the old Raptor mark of 12.93, set by Brianna Kearse on Jan. 15, 2016 at the Golden Bear Invitational.
Another former RCGC All-American, junior
Jude Misko,
also had a strong start to his season, finishing fourth of 29 in the weight throw. Misko, who set Rutgers-Camden’s indoor weight throw mark of 15.80 last season in his first year at the school, had a throw of 15.08 on Friday.
Freshman
Emmanuel Lewis
finished 11th in the weight throw (12.73 meters) and 20th of 35 in the shot put (11.48 meters) in his Rutgers-Camden debut. On the women’s side, senior captain
Nicole DeMarco
joined Hilt with a stellar performance in the shot put, finishing eighth (9.95).
Sophomore
Kirstin Slater
had a pair of strong finishes, placing 19th of 33 in the mile run (5:52.35) and 10th of 16 in the 1,000-meter event (3:35.05), while sophomore
Kayana Clue
and freshman
Imani Johnson-Young
led the women’s sprinters. Clue finished 31st of 55 in the 200-meter dash (28.23), followed by Johnson-Young in 32nd place (28.49). In the 63-athlete 60-meter dash competition, Johnson-Young was 43rd (8.42) and Clue was 46th (8.46).
On the men’s side, sophomore
Desmond Howell
finished 23rd of 75 in the 200-meter dash (23.03) and 12th of 55 in the 400-meter dash (51.09). Junior
Vinny Maine
finished 21st in the 400-meter event (52.05).
In the 48-man competition of the mile run, freshman
David Morrow
finished 30th in a time of 4:57.96.
Rutgers-Camden returns to the Ocean Breeze facility on Friday, Dec. 13, to compete in the Wagner College Shootout.
Fri.
6
Fastrack Season Opener
(at
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, Staten Island
, NY
)
MEN:
No Team Scoring
WOMEN:
No Team Scoring
Rutgers-Camden School Records:
* Women’s Shot Put, Emily Hilt, 11.58 M (Old: 11.51 M by Mariah Brown, Feb. 24, 2012 at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships)
* Women’s Weight Throw, Emily Hilt,
14.43
M (Old: 12.93 M by Brianna Kearse, Jan. 15, 2016
at the Golden Bear Invitational)