Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Freshman Talia Thomasson had a stellar performance on the opening day of the New Jersey Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday, breaking the Rutgers-Camden program record in the pentathlon by scoring 2,260 points. The old mark of 2,212 points was set by Kate O’Connor in 2018. Thomasson finished eighth in a field of 12 athletes and set a PR in the 800 (fifth in a time of 2:38.87), the 60-meter hurdles (fifth, 10.06), the long jump (seventh, 4.46 M) and the high jump (ninth, 1.24 M), while also placing 11th in the shot put (4.95). Thomasson also won the Raptor of the Week for indoor track on December 15.