NEW YORK, N.Y. – On Saturday, much of the TCNJ women's track and field squad traveled to the Armory to start their new season. The Lions set several new PRs in what turned out as a strong start to the 2025-2026 indoor campaign.

 
ON THE TRACK

• Dallas Walther (8.15) and Petra Doherty (8.18) set new PRs in the 60m prelims.
• Rukky Daranijo and Kelsey Thomas set new PRs in the 300m as they finished 4^th and 5^th respectively. Daranijo ran a 40.89 while Thomas posted a 41.01.
• Kelly O'Grady finished runner-up in the 600m, setting a new PR with a time of 1:37.04. Brenna Omert finished 4^th in that race.
• TCNJ's A relay of Mackenzie Burke, O'Grady, Omert, and Daranijo won the 4x400m with a time of 3:58.78. TCNJ's B relay also placed in 5^th (4:09.92) with a faster tie than the A relay from Drew.

 
IN THE FIELD

• Sophia Roberts equaled her PR in the long jump (4.76m).
• Allison Lavin was 2^nd in the shot put (11.54m) and in the weight throw (15.18m). Her performance on the weight throw set a new PR.
• In the triple jump, Hannah Hafer got 3^rd (10.33) and Erin McGauley finished in 5^th (10.26).
• Emerson Lavins placed 3^rd in the pole vault (3.17m) behind two athletes from Columbia.

The next action for TCNJ will be back at the Armory on January 9 for the Lions Indoor Invitational.