LYNCHBURG, Va., March 8, 2020 – The women's 4x800 relay team made it back-to-back years as national champions, helping lift the Monroe College women's indoor track and field team to a seventh-place finish after the final day of the 2020 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Liberty University Indoor Track on Saturday.
 
The "Golden Girls," as dubbed by the Mustangs' coaching staff, successfully defended their first-place finish from a year ago on Saturday. The foursome of Thobile Amon, Joanna Archer, Thulisile Amon and Faten Laribi clocked in at 9:11.88, just under two seconds faster than the second-place team, New Mexico Junior College, to pick up the win. In addition, the Monroe women's 4x800 relay earns the distinction of First-Team All-Americans.
 
Archer and Thulisile Amon both earned podium finishes in the 800-meter run on Saturday. Archer astoundingly took second place with a time of 2:13.90 despite a nagging knee ailment, which earns her First-Team All-American honors. Amon was also battling an illness, but fought through it to claim third with a time of 2:16.70, earning her All-American status as well.
 
Sharon Chumo reached her third podium of the weekend in the mile run on Saturday. She finished the mile in 5:12.66, setting a new personal best in the event while also earning her third All-American honor of the weekend.
 
Phoebe Myers competed for the second time at the national meet on Saturday. In the high jump, she jumped a height of 1.56 meters.
 
Saturday marks the end of the 2020 indoor season. The Mustangs will continue the year with the 2020 outdoor season, which will begin in a couple of weeks.
 
ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 31 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, has 12 teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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