Philadelphia - This past weekend, the Monroe College women's track & field team competed at the historic 122^nd Penn Relays, which took place at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. Several Mustangs gave stand-out performances.

Breasiha Morton started off for the Mustangs in the college women's high jump. The Clemson-bound sophomore competed against a field of Division I athletes from Duke, South Carolina, Auburn, and Albany, among others. She finished 15^th out of 40 jumpers with a leap of 1.63m (5-4.25).

The Women's 4x100m relay ran a great race on Thursday. The team of Zakiya Denoon, Denesha Ransome, Shaian Vandenburgh and Ernestine Conteh placed 16th in the trials with a time of 46.95. That finish advanced the team to the relay final on Friday, where they placed 8^th overall with a time of 46.94.

Also on the opening night, freshmen Susan Ejore competed in the 3000 meter division for the women's championship. Ejore set a new outdoor college record and placed 9th overall with a time of 9:53.70.

Nokuthula Dlamini also competed that night in the 5000 meter race. The South African finished 20th in the event with a time of 17:24.45, also setting a new outdoor season college record for Monroe.

On day two, the women's 4x400m relay won their heat against Loyola University.  The relay team of Ariane Strunkey, J'Renda Rivera, Tashay Roberts and Angel White ran a season best time of 3:58.28.

Later that day, Zakiya Denoon competed in the college women's 100 meter dash. She qualified for the Finals after running a personal-best time of 11.70 and earning the third-fastest time behind runners from Oregon and Rutgers. Unfortunately, she was disqualified from the Finals on Saturday after a false start.

The Monroe College women's track and field team returns to action this weekend at the Yale Springtime Invitational in New Haven, Connecticut.