Christopher Townsend, seen during the indoor conference championships during the winter
Raptors set trio of program marks at Danny Curran Invitational
CHESTER, PA (April 2, 2022) – The Rutgers University-Camden track teams broke three more program records here Saturday as they competed on the last day of the Danny Curran Invitational.
Seniors
Emily Hilt and
Jude Misko broke their own program marks in the hammer throw, while freshman
Tobias Prall broke the long-time record in the long jump. It was Prall's second program record of the two-day Curran Invitational after he set a new triple jump mark on Friday.
Hilt finished first of 23 athletes with a hammer throw of 51.53, breaking the mark of 50.06 she set at the Stockton Invitational March 26.
Misko, competing in the men's hammer invite, placed fifth of nine athletes, losing only to non-collegiate athletes. His throw of 62.21 meters beat his own mark of 61.19 set April 21, 2021 at the Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational.
Prall finished second out of 27 with a long jump of 6.60 meters. The previous program mark of 6.45 meters was set by Kevin Blass on April 17, 1993 at Lincoln University and tied by Ray DePasquale on April 18, 2001 at the West Chester Invitational. Prall set the program triple jump mark of 13.59 meters Friday.
In addition to Hilt's performance in the hammer, sophomore
Alexis Marini finished fifth in the event with a throw of 38.77 meters.
Freshman
Evelyn Macias placed ninth of 33 long jumpers (4.74 meters) and was 21st of 56 in the 200-meter dash (27.57).
In the high jump, freshman
Alyson Petro finished 10th of 21 (1.40 meters) and sophomore
Lily Beck and freshman
Emily Owens tied for 11th, also at 1.40 meters. Freshman
Hannah Crowley was 14th (1.35 meters).
A total of 54 athletes ran the men's 800, with senior
Christopher Townsend finishing 31st (2:03.99) and junior
Jason Hyland placing 39th (2:09.35). Freshman
Devin Bennett, meanwhile, finished the 200-meter dash in 24.73, placing 36th of 63.
The Scarlet Raptors return to action Friday and Saturday for the Osprey Open at Stockton University.
Danny Curran Invitational
(at Widener University, Chester, PA)
No Team Scores
Rutgers-Camden School Records:
* Men's Long Jump,
Tobias Prall, 6.60 meters (Old: 6.45 meters, shared by Kevin Blass, April 17, 1993 at Lincoln University and by Ray DePasquale, April 18, 2001 at the West Chester Invitational)
* Men's Hammer Throw,
Jude Misko, 62.21 meters (Old: 61.19 meters by Misko, April 21, 2021 at the Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational)
* Women's Hammer Throw,
Emily Hilt, 51.53 meters (Old: 50.06 by Hilt, March 26, 2022 at the Stockton Invitational)
Rutgers-Camden Winners:
* Women's Hammer Throw,
Emily Hilt, 51.53 meters
