Strachan Breaks School Record at Columbia Challenge

Friday, February 4

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Strachan Breaks School Record at Columbia Challenge

2.5.22 | Women's Track and Field

NEW YORK - The Temple women's track and field team competed in a two-day meet this past weekend in New York as part of the Columbia Challenge.

Meet Highlights:
Tannekee Strachan stole the headlines as she broke the school record for the triple jump with a mark of 12.93 meters. The performance earned Strachan the top spot at the meet over second place who came in at 12.46 meters. Strachan broke the school record by over two feet.

The day before, Strachan also set a personal-best and placed top-10 in the long jump with a mark of 5.71 meters.

Elsewhere throughout the event, both Sophia Gulotti and Nicole Castor earned personal-best scores in the pentathlon with scores of 3381 and 3207, respectively.

In the 400-meter dash, Marissa White narrowly missed her personal-best time while placing seventh out of 60 runners with a time of 56.30.

Quotable: Elvis Forde
"I am so happy for Tannekee breaking the school record for the triple jump as it reflects the amount of effort and work that she has put in to get to this point. Tannekee has worked so hard and there is nobody more deserving than her to break this record. Overall, I am happy with the performances from both Sophia and Nicole in the pentathlon, and I think it gives us something to build off of as we get closer to the conference championships."

Up Next:
The Temple women's track and field team are back in action next weekend for another two-day meet when they travel to Boston for the David Hemery Valentine Invite on Feb. 11 and Feb. 12.