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Holy Family University announces Pierre Breaks Own National Record; Ties College Facility Record in High Jump in HFU’s 2023 Debut

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By Prep News Wire Service

From January 13, 2023 post.

Clearing 2.18m in the high jump, Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) broke his own Grenadian National Indoor Record, while also tying the Ocean Breeze College Facility Record, in HFU men's track & field's 2023 debut on Friday. 

Setting an NCAA provisional, Pierre topped the field of 23 with the second-highest clearance in Division II this season, as well as the fourth-highest in all of the NCAA.  

  • Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) also posted a top-five finish in the high jump, clearing 1.93m, while Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) (1.88m) joined them in the top 10 and Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) cleared a new collegiate personal record (PR) of 1.83m 
  • All five Tigers to compete in the long jump marked in the top-15 of the field of 40, highlighted by Bowen (7.01m) and Pierre (collegiate PR 6.81m) placing second and third
    • Salay (collegiate PR 6.35m) joined them in the top-10, with Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) (6.33m) also setting a collegiate PR and Jones landing at 6.27m
  • Jones ran a collegiate PR 8.40 in 60m hurdles to place second in the field of 22
  • Nadir Paige (Pennsauken, N.j/Pennsauken) (7.16), Luckie Tan (Delaware County, Pa./Penn Wood) (7.18), Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) (7.19) and Bowen (7.23) all finished in the top-third of the field of 82 in the 60m
  • Anyika ran a 22.68 in the 200m for the 10th-fastest time out of 78 entries, with Paige (23.12), Zollicoffer (23.31) and Tan (23.76) all joining him in the top-half of the field
    • Jones (23.99) clocked yet another collegiate PR
  • Brian Dietz (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) registered the fourth-fastest time, 1:08.04, amongst 26 entries in the 500m, with Ibrahim Forana (Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) (1:10.15), Jade Acevedo (Bronx, N.Y./Mount Saint Michael Academy) (collegiate PR 1:10.22) and Matthew Davis (Bloomfield, Conn./Bloomfield) (1:10.71) joining him in the top-half of the field
    • Giovanni Griffin (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Towne Charter) set a collegiate PR (1:11.91) in the event
  • Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) (2:03.98) crossed in the top-half of the field of 39 in the 800m, while Zaheer Owens (Pleasantview, N.J./ACIT) (12.72m) marked in the top-half of the field of 24 in the triple jump
  • Shymir Harris (Philadelphia, Pa./Academy at Palumbo) marked at a collegiate PR 10.70m in the shot put
  • Matthew Davis (Bloomfield, Conn./Bloomfield), Wesley, Griffins and Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) combined to complete the 4x400m in an HFU season-best 3:37.10

 

Up Next

Holy Family returns to Ocean Breeze next Friday for the NYC Gotham Cup. 

 

Holy Family Results

 

60H(Field of 22)

2. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 8.40 (collegiate PR)

21. Hakeem Hall (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations Charter) – 11.24

22. Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 11.27

 

60m (82)

12. Nadir Paige (Pennsauken, N.j/Pennsauken) – 7.16

17. Luckie Tan (Delaware County, Pa./Penn Wood) – 7.18

19. Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) – 7.19

24. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 7.23

64. Zaheer Owens (Pleasantview, N.J./ACIT) – 7.76

 

200m (78)

10. Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) – 22.68

20. Nadir Paige (Pennsauken, N.j/Pennsauken) – 23.12

27. Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) – 23.31

39. Luckie Tan (Delaware County, Pa./Penn Wood) – 23.76

47. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 23.99 (collegiate PR)

 

400m (55)

48. Hakeem Hall (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations Charter) – 57.80

 

500m (26)

4. Brian Dietz (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) – 1:08.04

10. Ibrahim Forana (Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) – 1:10.15

11. Jade Acevedo (Bronx, N.Y./Mount Saint Michael Academy) – 1:10.22 (collegiate PR)

13. Matthew Davis (Bloomfield, Conn./Bloomfield) – 1:10.71

17. Giovanni Griffin (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Towne Charter) – 1:11.91 (collegiate PR)

21. Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 1:14.11

 

800m (39)

16. Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) – 2:03.98

23. Dom Prestipino (Connellsville, Pa./Connellsville) – 2:08.13

24. Alex Pawlowski (Allentown, Pa./William Allen) – 2:09.05

25. Mike McGerry (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) – 2:09.36

 

4x400m Relay

9. Davis, Wesley, Griffin, Sanchez – 3:37.10 (season-best)

DNF. Powell, Anyika, Zollicoffer, Paige

 

High Jump (23)

1. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – 2.18m (Grenadian indoor record) (facility record) (NCAA rovisional) (school record) 

4. Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) – 1.93m

10. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 1.88m

15. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) – 1.83m (collegiate PR)

 

Long Jump (40)

2. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 7.01m

3. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – 6.81m (collegiate PR)

9. Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) – 6.35m (collegiate PR)

12. Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) – 6.33m (collegiate PR)

15. Terrence Jones (East Orange, N.J./William Allen/LCTI) - 6.27m

 

Shot Put (38)

20. Shymir Harris (Philadelphia, Pa./Academy at Palumbo) – 10.70m (collegiate PR)

 

Triple Jump (24)

10. Zaheer Owens (Pleasantview, N.J./ACIT) – 12.72m

F. McCarthy Doe (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan)

F. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College)

Original source can be found here.

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