Staten Island, N.Y. - The FDU Men and Women's Track and Field team was back in action Saturday, participating in the Villanova Invitational at Ocean Breeze Complex in Staten Island. The Knights saw tough competition in teams from Princeton, Army, Lehigh, NJIT, Villanova and fellow NEC team LIU.
-Senior
Salif Mane took home first in the Men's Triple Jump with a distance of 16.19m
-Freshman
Nilaja Wiltshire finished 19
th in the Women's Weight Throw and 18
th in the Women's Shot Put with distances of 14.47m and 10.86m
-Senior
Ahmed Brown placed 11
th in the Men's Shot Put with a strong throw of 14.49m
-Senior
Marie Etong Ntonga finished fourth in the Women's Triple Jump with a mark of 11.53m
-Freshman
Duane Kizer placed seventh in the Men's 60m Hurdles finals with a time of 8.31
-Graduate Student
Onnieka Rolle narrowly missed out on the finals of the Women's 60m, finishing with a time of 8.00 in prelims
-Junior
Daniel Chambers and Graduate Student
Raul Esteves participated in the Men's 60m prelims, placing 30
th and 26
th respectively
-Freshman
Anthony Massari finished 17
th in the Men's 500m Dash with a time of 1:08.64
-Freshman
Anaya Lowder placed 15
th in the Women's 200m with a time of 25.98
The Knights will look ahead to the Bison Open, taking place January 26
th and 27
th in Lewisburg, PA at the Gerhard Fieldhouse,
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