Holy Family University announces Men’s Track & Field Places Third at CACC Championship for Second Year in a Row
From May 7, 2023 post.
The HFU men's track & field team finished third at the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship for the second year in a row.
The Tigers' 135 points were more than double than that of fourth place Jefferson, trailing only champion Wilmington (184) and second place Georgian Court (174).
- Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) accumulated a team-high 28 points with five top finishes, highlighted by winning gold in the 110m hurdles, silver in 400m hurdles and bronze in the triple jump
- He also placed fifth in the high jump
- Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) won two gold medals, in the high jump and a triple jump, along with a bronze medal in long jump the for a total of 26 points
- His clearance of 2.10m in the high jump broke the meet record
- Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) was the third Tigers to capture individual gold, as he won the 400m
- Anyika, who broke both the meet and school record, 48.47, was also a member of the 4x400m quartet, along with Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West), Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) and Jade Acevedo (Bronx, N.Y./Mount Saint Michael Academy), that won gold with a meet and school record (3:17.17)
- Holy Family went one-two in 110m hurdles, with JoJo Smith (Kingston, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) crossing behind Jones
- Brian Dietz (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) won bronze, in the 800m, as did the 4x100m quartet of Jones, Zollicoffer, Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) and Luckie Tan (Delaware County, Pa./Penn Wood)
- The Tigers accumulated a team-high 21 points in the triple jump, with Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) and Bowen placing sixth and seventh
- Robertson and Robertson both totaled nine points, with Robertson earning points in the long jump and 400m hurdles, the latter of which was a top five finish, and Bowen joining Pierre in accumulating points in all three jumping events, highlighted by a top five finish in the high jump
- Tan (100m and 200m) and Anthony Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Preparatory School) (5000m and 10000m) both totaled six points between two events
- Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) posted a top five finish in the high jump, while Shymir Harris (Philadelphia, Pa./Academy at Palumbo) earned multiple points in the hammer
- Acevedo and Wesley crossed seventh and eighth in the 400m
- Four other school records fell over the weekend
- Jones broke his own school record in the 400m hurdles, 54.11, while Pierre broke his own school record in the long jump (7.01m)
- Tan broke a five-year-old school record in 200m qualifying (22.23)
- The 4x100m quartet also broke a school record, 41.89, en route to its bronze
Up Next
Qualifying student-athletes will compete at the 2023 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Colorado State Pueblo, from May 25-27.
Holy Family Results
110H Trials (10 Entries)
1. JoJo Smith (Kingston, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) – 14.97
2. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 14.97
110H Final (8)
1. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 15.00 (10 points)
2. JoJo Smith (Kingston, Jamaica/Edwin Allen) – 15.05 (eight points)
100m Trials (14)
4. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 10.98 (collegiate PR)
7. Luckie Tan (Delaware County, Pa./Penn Wood) – 11.05
100m Final (8)
5. Luckie Tan (Delaware County, Pa./Penn Wood) – 11.01 (four points)
Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – DNF
200m Trials (14)
8. Luckie Tan (Delaware County, Pa./Penn Wood) – 22.23 (school record)
200m Final (8)
7. Luckie Tan (Delaware County, Pa./Penn Wood) – 22.47 (two points)
400H Trials (13)
1. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 55.75 (school record)
7. Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – 58.49 (collegiate PR)
9. Vicente Velez (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) – 1:00.16 (collegiate PR)
11. Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 1:01.24 (collegiate PR)
13. Hakeem Hall (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations Charter) – 1:04.98
400H Final (8)
2. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 54.11 (eight points) (school record)
5. Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – 58.11 (four points) (collegiate PR)
400m Trials Trials (21)
1. Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) – 48.83
7. Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) – 50.12 (collegiate PR)
8. Jade Acevedo (Bronx, N.Y./Mount Saint Michael Academy) – 50.12 (collegiate PR)
12. Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) – 50.32
18. Brian Dietz (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) – 51.07
400m Final (8)
1. Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) – 48.47 (10 points) (meet record) (school record)
7. Jade Acevedo (Bronx, N.Y./Mount Saint Michael Academy) – 50.91 (two points)
8. Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) – 52.46 (one point)
800m (11)
3. Brian Dietz (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) – 1:56.57 (six points) (collegiate PR)
10. Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) – 2:03.17
1500m (12)
12. Anthony Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Preparatory School) – 4:19.71
5000m (17)
7. Anthony Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Preparatory School) – 16:37.14 (two points)
10000m (9)
4. Anthony Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Preparatory School) – 34:37.21 (five points)
4x100m Relay (9)
3. Tan, Jones, Zollicoffer, Bowen – 41.89 (six points) (school record)
4x400m Relay (10)
1. Zollicoffer, Wesley, Acevedo, Anyika – 3:17.17 (10 points) (meet record) (school record)
Hammer (8)
7. Shymir Harris (Philadelphia, Pa./Academy at Palumbo) – 32.39m (collegiate PR)
High Jump (8)
1. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – 2.10m (10 points) (meet record) (NCAA provisional)
4. Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) – 1.90m (five points)
5. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 1.85m (four points) (outdoor collegiate PR)
Long Jump (15)
3. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – 7.01m (six points) (school record)
5. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 6.98m (four points) (collegiate PR)
6. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 6.77m (three points)
7. Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – 6.64m (two points)
12. Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) – 6.21m
Shot Put (10)
10. Shymir Harris (Philadelphia, Pa./Academy at Palumbo) – 10.75m
Triple Jump (9)
1. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – 14.60m (10 points)
3. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 14.28m (six points) (collegiate PR)
6. Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – 13.27m (three points)
7. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 13.01m (two points)
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