STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | The New Jersey City University women's track and field team competed at the 2019-20 New Jersey Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on February 24. The team finished with 10 points to take ninth place, a one-spot improvement from their 2018-19 NJAC Indoor Championships finish.
 
Collecting points for the Gothic Knights were: Shania Robinson (Jersey City, NJ/Snyder) in the 200, with a time of 26.59, good for seventh, as well as all four of the NJCU relay teams.
 
The best relay finish for NJCU was a fifth-place finish in the 4x400-Meter Relay, with the lineup composed of: Robinson, Tiffany Ortiz (Jersey City, NJ/University Academy Charter), Zahria Thomas (Jersey City, N.J./Dickinson), and Violeta Sanders (Jersey City, NJ/Hudson Catholic). 
 
The Knights grabbed a pair of points in the 4x200-Meter Relay, thanks to a seventh-place finish from a lineup consisting of: Robinson, Ortiz, Shaneeka Benekin (Jersey City, NJ/Lincoln), and Thomas. The other two relay teams took eighth.
 
The Knights competed in 12 other events, with an 11th place finish from Ortiz in the 400-Meter Dash, with a time of 1:03.82. 

Five different Knights collected PRs on the day: Robinson in the 200; Ortiz in the 400; Giovania Jones (Newark, NJ/Columbia) in the 60; Annaliza Lagman (Jersey City, NJ/Ferris) in the 60 Meter Hurdles; and Arame Diouf (Weehawken, NJ/Memorial) in the High Jump.
 
UP NEXT:
NJCU has their Last Chance meet, coming at the Armory in New York on Friday, February 28 in Manhattan.
 
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