Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Misko earns second weight throw title, Hilt notches program record at NJAC meet

2/21/2022 10:29:00 PM

STATEN ISLAND, NY. (Feb. 21, 2022) – Rutgers University-Camden senior Jude Misko earned the second New Jersey Athletic Conference weight throw title of his career and senior Emily Hilt finished second in a pair of events, while breaking her own program weight throw record, to lead the Scarlet Raptors at the NJAC Indoor Track & Field Championships Monday.
 
The meet was held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, New York.
 
Misko finished first of 22 athletes with a weight throw of 17.64 meters, barely missing his own program mark of 17.71 meters. The victory marked the second time in Misko's stellar career he captured the NJAC weight throw title. He won the event during the 2019-20 season, but was denied a chance to repeat in 2020-21 when the pandemic cancelled the indoor track season. Once the NJAC resumed its indoor track schedule this season, Misko successfully defended his title.

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Hilt, meanwhile, finished second of 21 athletes with a shot put of 12.02 meters and was second of 17 with a program-record weight throw of 16.15 meters. She broke her own Rutgers-Camden record of 15.10 meters, set Feb. 5, 2022 at the Frank Colden Invitational.
 
The contributions of Misko and Hilt helped Rutgers-Camden finish seventh in the men's competition (22 points) and eighth in the women's competition (25.20 points). Rowan University won the men's meet (184.50 points) and The College of New Jersey was the women's champion (217.17 points).
 
The Scarlet Raptor men also received nine points from freshman Tobias Prall, competing in his first collegiate meet. Prall finished third of 16 in the triple jump (13.13 meters) and sixth of 18 in the long jump (6.39 meters).
 
The men's distance medley relay finished sixth of nine teams to earn three more points. Members of the team included senior Christopher Townsend, freshman Devin Bennett, junior Jason Hyland and junior Andrew Barnhardt.
 
On the women's side, the Raptors received another strong performance from freshman Alexis Marini, who earned three points by finishing sixth in the shot put (11.22 meters) and also placed 13th of 17 in the weight throw (10.88 meters).
 
A trio of Raptors cleared 1.41 meters in the high jump, with freshmen Hannah Crowley and Emily Owens tying for seventh of 14 athletes by clearing the height without a miss, while junior Lily Beck placed 12th with one miss before clearing the 1.41-meter height.
 
Freshman Evelyn Macias finished 12th  of 21 at 200 meters with a PR time of 28.57, while freshman Alyson Petro notched a pair of PR times, placing 13th of 22 in the 60-meter dash (8.35) and 14th of 23 in the long jump (4.68 meters).
 
The women's 4x200 team finished fourth of nine (1:53.49) to collect five more points. Macias, Crowley, Owens and Petro competed on the team, which nearly tied the program record of 1:53.39.
 
New Jersey Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships