Complete Results

New York, NY… The College of New Jersey women's indoor track and field team turned in a number of championship qualifying performances as the Lions participated in the New York University Challenge Meet on Friday.
 
The event at the 168^th Armory was actually a non-team scoring event despite the name.
 
TCNJ had a number of ECAC qualifying performances highlighted by the second-place finish of senior Mary Chismar (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) in the shot put. She finished with an ECAC worthy distance of 11.93 meters.
 
The Lions had two individuals place seventh in their respective events and still boast ECAC cuts. Junior Katie Knight (Ocean, NJ/Ocean Township) ran a time of 9.41 seconds in the 60-meter high hurdles, while junior Tara Nealon (Howell, NJ/Howell) finished the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:33.25.
 
Junior Brigit Roemer (Ewing, NJ/Ewing) tied for sixth in the high jump with a height of 1.60 meters, which also qualified her for the ECAC Championships. Sophomore Katelyn Ary (Closeter, NJ/Northern Valley Demarest) was another ECAC qualifier, running a time of 2:18.92 in the 800.
Freshman Kristen VanBenschoten (Cranford, NJ/Cranford) added a top-five performance in the shot put placing fourth with a throw of 11.31 meters.
 
In the 4x800, TCNJ's team of senior Cathy Goncalves (Clark, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson), junior Sarah Polansky (Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills), freshman Kelly Williamson (Petersburg, NJ/Ocean City), and sophomore Meghan Kocher (Westwood, NJ/Westwood) combined for a fourth-place finish with a time of 10:07.89.