PITTSBURG, Kan., March 2, 2019 – After the distance medley relay team picked up the national championship on Friday, the Monroe College women's indoor track and field team added three more national titles on Saturday on the final day of the 2019 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Prentice Gudgen Complex. With its outstanding performance over the weekend, the Mustang women finished fourth overall at the national championship meet.
 
A day after claiming the DMR national championship, the same team of Faten Laribi, Malethabo Seema, Joanna Archer and Claudrice McKoy took home their second national title of the weekend by winning the 4x800 relay with a new program-record time of 9:19.47, nearly 14 seconds faster than they next finisher. The four will once again be named All-Americans.
 
Archer later earned her third national championship of the weekend, this time picking up the individual win in the 800-meter run. Her time of 2:13.99 earned her first place, while Malethabo Seema and Lethabo Seema took fifth and eighth, respectively, with times of 2:19.67 and 2:20.20, sending all three to the podium as All-Americans.
 
Later in the day, Laribi matched Archer by earning her third national championship of the weekend, this time by winning the women's 1,000-meter run. She finished in 2:58.29, while McKoy finished less than a second behind her at 2:58.92 to take second place. Both were named All-Americans in the event.
 
Avon Samuels earned a podium spot in the women's 400-meter dash on Saturday. She took fifth place with a time of 56.71, earning All-American status in the event as well.
 
Teaira Edwards competed in the women's weight throw finals on Saturday. She made a throw of 12.11 meters.

The Mustangs' indoor season concluded with the NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend. The outdoor season will begin on March 29, when the Mustangs compete in the Raleigh Relays, hosted by North Carolina State University.
 
ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 28 teams competing across nine sports. There are 19 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as club men's and women's rugby, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus as of the fall of 2017, has nine teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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