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Monmouth Season Opener
Women's Track and Field Dominates Monmouth Season Opener
March 29, 2025 | Women's Track and Field
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Winning eight events, the Princeton women's track and field team took first place at the Monmouth Season Opener on Friday and Saturday in West Long Branch, N.J.
With a score of 172, the Tigers took first in a field of 20 teams by 59 points.
Shea Greene won the javelin, throwing a mark of 52.14m/171-00". Her mark set a new NCAA #10. Kameil Crane and Niki Woods were just behind her, taking second and third place with marks of 42.90m/140-09" and 42.83m/140-06", respectively, as the Tigers earned a 1-2-3 sweep in the event.
The Tigers also earned a 1-2-3 sweep in the discus, with Siniru Iheoma winning with a mark of 53.83m/176-07". Makenna Marshall took second with a new PR of 51.86m/170-01", and Layla Giordano took third with a mark of 51.43m/168-08".
Iheoma also won the shot put, throwing 15.31m/50-2.75".
Alyssa Carrigan won the high jump, jumping 1.73m/5-08.00 for a new NCAA #32 mark. She was also just one inch off her personal best.
Maisha Atkinson had a huge race in the 200, clocking in at 23.68 for a new PR and first in the event, just one hundredth of a second off the school outdoor record of 23.67. Georgina Scoot also set a new PR in the 200, running 24.71 to improve from her previous best fo 25.14 last March.
Julia Jongejeugd won the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.78 for a new NCAA #37.
Maddie Cramer set a new PR and won the 1500m with a time of 4:28.03, improving nearly 10 seconds from her previous best of 4:37.24.
In the 4x100 relay, a team of Scoot, Alexandra Kelly, Franziska Burchett and Atkinson took first, running 46.84.
Up Next
The Tigers will return home next weekend as they host the Sam Howell DIstance Carnival in Weaver Stadium.
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