NEW YORK, N.Y. – In just her first race as a member of the TCNJ women's track and field squad, Lucia Garcia-Beltran took down a program record which had stood for 14 seasons. Her record-setting run highlighted TCNJ's performance at the Lions Indoor Invitational on Friday.
 
ON THE TRACK

Lucia Garcia-Beltran posted a time of 7.63 in the 60m, breaking Miriam Khan's previous program record set in 2011 (7.74). Garcia-Beltran's time is also currently the fifth-best in Division III. Sarah Scepkowski ran the 60m before that race, finishing fifth with a time of 9.34—a new PR.

Kelly O'Grady claimed TCNJ's second win of the day, logging a time of 1:16.62 in the 500m. Her time was over a second faster than the runner-up from Fordham. Kelsey Thomas posted a time of 41.75 in the 300m, while Mackenzie Burke logged a 42.10 in that same race. Burke's time set herself a new PR. Cameron Ruffini and Breanna Casais both finished inside the top 10 in the 400m. Ruffini finished in 7^th (1:02.68) with Casais right behind in 8^th (1:03.14).

TCNJ's distance runners also ran well, with Alex Grivas setting a new PR in the mile (5:24.99). Ava Biemuller logged the best overall finish among the group; she finished in 5^th with her PR time of 10:34.02.

IN THE FIELD
 
In addition to her top-5 finish in hurdles, Scepkowski finished in second place in the high jump, clearing 1.60m and recording a new PR in the process. That 1.60m-mark is top-20 in Division III. Lia Malave led the way in the long jump with her mark of 5.32m. Finally, Allison Lavin put a bow on the meet with her second-place efforts in both the shot put and weight throw (11.13m, 14.34).