Temple University Athletics
Saturday, April 23
Baltimore, Md.
All Day
Temple University
at
Morgan State University Legacy Meet
Track & Field Earns 15 Top-10 Finishes at Morgan State Legacy Meet
4.23.16 | Women's Track and Field
BALTIMORE, MD. – Temple track & field completed its afternoon at the Morgan State Legacy Meet with 15 top-10 finishes including three finishes in the top three.
Continuing to make improvements every weekend, distance runners Katie Pinson and Katie Leisher placed second and third, respectively, in the 1500-meter race. Pinson posted a time of 4:41.02 with Leisher close behind with a personal-best time of 4:45.28.
Also logging a personal-best weekend were Simone Brownlee, Sylvia Wilson and Crystal Jones. All three Owls ran in the event finals of the 100-meter hurdles. Wilson earned the highest finish with a third-place time of 13.68 to log a personal-best mark. Brownlee earned the seventh overall spot witha time of 14.27. Jones notched a mark of 14.58 to place ninth.
Adding more success in hurdling events, Imani Shell and Brownlee each collected new personal bests in the 400-meter hurdles. Shell posted a 1:06.41 to place 15th overall and Brownlee finshed with a time of 1:09.24.
Junior duo Bionca St. Fleur and Jimmia McCluskey both earned finishes in the top five in the long jump. McCluskey landed in fourth with a jump of 5.64 meters and St. Fleur fell in fifth with a 5.63-meter mark.
Both Temple relay teams earned top-five finishes with the 4x100-meter team earning an ECAC qualifying time with a 47.63-second mark. Kenya Gaston, McCluskey, Shell, and St. Fleur ran the relay to come in fifth overall.
In the 4x400-meter relay, Aliya Sharp, Gaston, Maya Halprin-Adams, and Shell ran a 3:52.01 relay to place fourth.
The Owls return to Philadelphia to prepare for the annual Penn Relays. The three-day competition will begin on April 28 and conclude on April 30.
Continuing to make improvements every weekend, distance runners Katie Pinson and Katie Leisher placed second and third, respectively, in the 1500-meter race. Pinson posted a time of 4:41.02 with Leisher close behind with a personal-best time of 4:45.28.
Also logging a personal-best weekend were Simone Brownlee, Sylvia Wilson and Crystal Jones. All three Owls ran in the event finals of the 100-meter hurdles. Wilson earned the highest finish with a third-place time of 13.68 to log a personal-best mark. Brownlee earned the seventh overall spot witha time of 14.27. Jones notched a mark of 14.58 to place ninth.
Adding more success in hurdling events, Imani Shell and Brownlee each collected new personal bests in the 400-meter hurdles. Shell posted a 1:06.41 to place 15th overall and Brownlee finshed with a time of 1:09.24.
Junior duo Bionca St. Fleur and Jimmia McCluskey both earned finishes in the top five in the long jump. McCluskey landed in fourth with a jump of 5.64 meters and St. Fleur fell in fifth with a 5.63-meter mark.
Both Temple relay teams earned top-five finishes with the 4x100-meter team earning an ECAC qualifying time with a 47.63-second mark. Kenya Gaston, McCluskey, Shell, and St. Fleur ran the relay to come in fifth overall.
In the 4x400-meter relay, Aliya Sharp, Gaston, Maya Halprin-Adams, and Shell ran a 3:52.01 relay to place fourth.
The Owls return to Philadelphia to prepare for the annual Penn Relays. The three-day competition will begin on April 28 and conclude on April 30.
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