EWING, N.J. — The New Jersey City University men's and women's track & field teams sent a trio of runners down to South Jersey this weekend for The Lions Invite, hosted by The College of New Jersey on Friday and Saturday, April 26-27.

Three NJCU seniors traveled down to TCNJ over the weekend. Captain Ayriana Young (Jersey City, N.J./McNair Academic) ran in the 100-meter hurdles for the first time in her career and notched a time of 15.34 to place sixth overall out of 18 runners. The time also qualifies her for the All-Atlantic Region Outdoor Track & Field Championship and was 0.69 away from breaking into the top 10 all-time in program history.

Topu Saha (Jersey City, N.J./William L. Dickinson) also ran the first-ever 3,000-meter steeplechase of his career and placed seventh overall with a time of 12:02.95. That time was just 1:07.04 away from breaking into the top four all-time at NJCU.

Finally, Jason Garcia (Jersey City, N.J./Dickinson) won his heat in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.42, which placed him 13th overall in the overall event out of 67 total runners.

Up Next
The Green and Gold return to action for the 2024 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Outdoor Championship, which will be hosted by Stockton University in Galloway, N.J., from Saturday to Sunday, May 4-5.  Action is slated to begin at 11:00 a.m. on both days.