Jacob Dinerman...Eighth of 56 in the mile and 10th of 54 at 3,000 meters
Indoor track team returns to action at St. Thomas Aquinas Spartan Invite
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (Jan. 10, 2025) – Rutgers University-Camden junior
Jacob Dinerman finished among the top athletes in both the mile and the 3,000-meter run to lead the Scarlet Raptors indoor track teams at the St. Thomas Aquinas Spartan Invite here Friday.
The meet, held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, was the Scarlet Raptors' first competition since December 7.
Dinerman finished eighth of 56 runners in the mile (4:23.1) and 10th of 54 at 3,000 meters (8:42.53).
The men's 4x200 team of sophomores
Hector Diaz and
Robert Bayard and freshmen
Kristopher Ewell and
Antonio Busbee finished 10th of 17 (1:34.61). Bayard also placed 33rd of 122 in the 60-meter dash (7.20) and 43rd of 107 in the 200-meter dash (23.44), while Diaz was 12th of 33 in the 60-meter hurdles (8.84) and 87th in the 200-meter dash (24.70). Ewell and Busbee ran 22nd and 60th, respectively, out of 88 athletes in the 400-meter dash in times of 51.55 and 54.27.
Sophomore
Ben Wilson was 52nd of 122 in the 60-meter dash (7.29), while freshman
Josiah Saint Elien led the Raptors at 800 meters, placing 16th of 49 (2:03.73).
The men's throwers saw sophomore
Dyheim Watson place 28th of 54 in the shot put (10.67 meters) and 12th of 39 in the weight throw (13.97).
On the women's side, the 4x200 relay team of sophomores
A'Maya Stanard and
Sydnie Marshall and juniors
Angelina Cellucci and
Isabella Bordon finished 10th of 14 (1:57.26). Marshall and Bordon also competed in the 54-athlete field of the 400-meter dash, finishing 28th (1:05.73) and 35th (1:06.51), respectively. Stanard placed 33rd of 44 at 800 meters (2:50.02) and Cellucci also ran the 200-meter dash, finishing 82nd of 86 (32.95).
Senior
Francis Hill led the Raptors' throwers by finishing 37th of 60 in the shot put (8.46 meters), while sophomore
Mya Cabanas Montero competed in two throwing events, placing 55th in the shot put (5.69 meters) and 45th of 56 in the weight throw (8.44 meters).
Rutgers-Camden returns to action on Friday at 12 p.m. when it returns to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex for the NYC Gotham Cup.
St. Thomas Aquinas Spartan Invite
(at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, Staten Island, NY)
MEN: No Team Scoring
WOMEN: No Team Scoring
