Ramapo, NY — The Mustangs hit the road last weekend for their second meet of the outdoor season, traveling to Ramapo College last Saturday to compete in less-than-ideal weather conditions. Once again, the men and women started off strong with victories in the 4×100 relays. At the Danny Curran Invitational the previous week, the Women’s team ran a nationals-qualifying 48.47 result and the Men’s team won with their 43.06 result. Both teams bested their times this week, with the women clocking in with a time of 49.30 and the men winning with a 41.58 result, one of the faster times in the country.
That was just the start of the successful meet for the Mustangs, two of whom would be triple winners that day. Denesha Ransome, who anchored the sprint relay, was also victorious in the 100m (12.32, 12.24 in the trials) and the 200m (25.56). Christopher Belcher dominated the sprints, winning the 100m in 10.49 (10.46 in the trials) and the 200m in 21.11, besting his own school record of 21.40 set just last week.
On the Women’s side, notable performances were turned in by Ernestine Conteh, who ran the 100m in 12.61 and the 200m in 25.83; J’renda Rivera, who ran the 400m in 58.96; Atara Segree, who ran the 800m in 2:22.21 and the 400m Hurdles in 1:06.54, qualifying for Nationals. Over on the field, Ksenia Safonova placed second in the Discus with a throw of 36.83 and second in the Hammer with a throw of 50.06m.
For the Mustang Men, Jovan Swaby and Elizae McDonald finished first and second, respectively, in the High Jump (Swaby winning with a leap of 2.00 meters). Justin Sapini won the Triple Jump on his last attempt by three centimeters with a jump of 14.06 meters. Mark Ramsey was victorious in the Shot Put, heaving the metal ball 17.03 meters and Fabeon Tucker placed third in the Discus with a throw of 46.34m. Tucker was also named runner up in the Hammer event with a throw of 50.03m.
Tresean Goodwin was the Mustang’s top finisher in the 400m, completing the race in 49.21. In other events, Curtly Renwick ran the 110 Hurdles in 15.31 to finish third and Jamel Johnson finished fourth in the 400 Hurdles, running 55.32 while qualifying for Nationals. The 4×800 relay team of Javaun Grant, Alexshandro Rodriguez, Shea Coltrain and Ronaldo Ball finished the meet with a victory.
In the team scoring, the Mustang men were meet winners with a total of 130 points and the Lady Mustangs finished fourth on their side with a total of 74 points.