Holy Family University announces Pierre Wins High Jump with NCAA Provisional; Four School Records Broken at Widener Invitational

From April 22, 2023 post.

Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) set an NCAA provisional to win the high jump, and he was joined by Luckie Tan (Delaware County, Pa./Penn Wood), Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) and the 4x100m relay team in breaking school records at the Widener Invitational over the weekend.

Pierre now ranks 16th in Division II after clearing 2.07m to beat out 24 others, and he also topped the triple jump field of 10 and broke an eight-year-old school record to land second out of 48 in the long jump with respective Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Championship standards (CACC standard) of 14.40m and 6.90m. 

Tan broke his own school record in the 100m, topping a field of 90 with a CACC standard time of 10.88, while Anyika broke a nine-year-old school record after running the 400m in 49.31 for a top 10 finish in the field of 73. 

Tan was a member of the 4x100m relay team too, along with Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West), Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) and Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College), who broke a five-year-old school record (43.17) to place second out of 12. 

• Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) (outdoor collegiate PR 13.92m) and  Bowen (13.10m) finished second and fourth with CACC standards in the triple jump, with Robertson (collegiate PR 6.65m) landing fourth in the long jump as well
• Zollicoffer (collegiate PR 50.28) and Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) (collegiate PR 50.79) joined Anyika in running CACC standards in the 400m, with Brian Dietz (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) (52.11) crossing in the top-half of the field and Ibrahim Forana (Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) (52.48) and Giovanni Griffin (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Towne Charter) (52.57) running collegiate personal records (PR)
• All four Tigers to compete in the 400m hurdles – Robertson (58.99), Vicente Velez (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) (1:01.84), Hakeem Hall (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations Charter) (1:02.19) and Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) (1:02.40) – set CACC Championship standards with collegiate PRs
• Anthony Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Preparatory School) ran a CACC standard and collegiate PR, 15:48.79, to place in the top-half of the 5000m field of 115
• Shymir Harris (Philadelphia, Pa./Academy at Palumbo) marked at a CACC standards and collegiate PRs in both the shot put (11.59m) and hammer (31.36m), finishing in the top-half of the field of 51 in the latter
• Salay placed in the top third of both the 100m (collegiate PR 11.51) and long jump (6.05m)
• Jade Acevedo (Bronx, N.Y./Mount Saint Michael Academy) (22.93) and Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) (24.09) both ran collegiate PRs in the 200m, with Acevedo crossing 27th out of 93
• Alex Pawlowski (Allentown, Pa./William Allen) (2:01.58) ran a collegiate PR in the 800m, and Dom Prestipino (Connellsville, Pa./Connellsville) (25.55m) marked at one in the javelin

Up Next

Select members of the squad will compete at next weekend's historic Penn Relays. 

Holy Family Results

100m (90)

1. Luckie Tan (Delaware County, Pa./Penn Wood) – 10.88 (school record) (CACC Championship standard)

26. Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) – 11.51 (collegiate PR)

77. Akim Cobham (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Towne Charter) – 12.58

200m (93)

27. Jade Acevedo (Bronx, N.Y./Mount Saint Michael Academy) – 22.93 (collegiate PR)

55. Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 24.09 (collegiate PR)

400H (19)

9. Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – 58.99 (CACC Championship standard) (collegiate PR)

14. Vicente Velez (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) – 1:01.84 (CACC Championship standard) (collegiate PR)

15. Hakeem Hall (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations Charter) – 1:02.19 (CACC Championship standard) (collegiate PR)

16. Miguel Sanchez (Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville) – 1:02.40 (CACC Championship standard) (collegiate PR)

400m (73)

9. Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) – 49.31 (school record) (CACC Championship standard) (collegiate PR)

17. Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) – 50.28 (CACC Championship standard) (collegiate PR)

24. Tyler Wesley (Hartford, Conn./Bloomfield) – 50.79 (CACC Championship standard) (collegiate PR)

35. Brian Dietz (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) – 52.11

37. Ibrahim Forana (Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) – 52.48 (collegiate PR)

39. Giovanni Griffin (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Towne Charter) – 52.57 (collegiate PR)

40. Vicente Velez (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) – 52.58

800m Open (93)

55. Alex Pawlowski (Allentown, Pa./William Allen) – 2:01.58 (collegiate PR)

5000m (115)

47. Anthony Faust (Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Preparatory School) –15:48.79 (CACC Championship standard) (collegiate PR)

10000m (15)

13. Mike Correa (Brooklyn, N.Y./La Salle Academy) – 37:42.47

4x100m Relay (12)

2. Tan, Zollicoffer, Salay, Bowen – 43.17 (school record)

Hammer (29)

24. Shymir Harris (Philadelphia, Pa./Academy at Palumbo) – 31.36m (CACC Championship standard) 

High Jump (25)

1. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – 2.07m (NCAA provisional) (CACC Championship standard)

Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) – NH

Javelin (28)

16. Shymir Harris (Philadelphia, Pa./Academy at Palumbo) – 37.17m

25. Dom Prestipino (Connellsville, Pa./Connellsville) – 25.55m (collegiate PR)

Long Jump (48)

2. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – 6.90m (school record) (CACC Championship standard)

4. Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – 6.65m (CACC Championship standard) (collegiate PR)

16. Skyler Salay (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) – 6.05m

17. Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) – 6.05m

28. Hakeem Hall (Philadelphia, Pa./New Foundations Charter) – 5.60m 

31. Akim Cobham (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Towne Charter) – 5.55m

Shot Put (51)

22. Shymir Harris (Philadelphia, Pa./Academy at Palumbo) – 11.59m (CACC Championship standard) (collegiate PR)

Triple Jump (10)

1. Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – 14.40m (CACC Championship standard)

2. Ernest Robertson (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity) – 13.92m (CACC Championship standard) (outdoor collegiate PR)

4. Javon Bowen (Kingston, Jamaica/Jamaica College) – 13.10m (CACC Championship standard)

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