After competing in the Raleigh Relays at NC State from Thursday through Saturday earlier in the week, Rutgers track and field wrapped up a split weekend at the Sam Howell Invitational on the Princeton campus on Saturday. As the team gets ready for the outdoor season, the Scarlet Knights delivered a number of standout performances, including one from Alex Carlson that set a school record.
Rutgers sent a group of distance runners to the Raleigh Relays, an annual event that attracts some of the best competition in the country, during the third weekend of the outdoor campaign. A different group of the team went to Princeton to compete in the Sam Howell Invitational.On Friday at NC State, Carlson set a school record in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:16.31. She currently owns three school records for the indoor track individually and is a member of two record-breaking indoor relay teams, so this gave her resume an outdoor record.
Liam Tilton and Dan Pedretti both placed among the top 10 in the men’s division. Pedretti’s time of 14:36.20 puts him seventh on the list of the top ten, while Tilton’s time of 14:26.42 places him third all-time. In the women’s 5,000-meter run, Lorena David also set a top-10 all-time mark, finishing ninth in the record with a time of 17:14.54.
won two individual titles at the Sam Howell Invitational. Alicia Campbell took home theshot put with a throw of 14.48 meters (47’6.25″), and 400-meter hurdles champion Bryce Tucker, who finished first in 52.28 seconds. In the hammer throw, Campbell finished third with a distance of 50.95 meters (167 feet, 2 inches).
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