NEW YORK, N.Y., February 3, 2023 – Shaquka Tyrell and Kayla Johnson keep building their resume this indoor season, as they both earned more qualifications for the 2023 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday as the No. 15-ranked Monroe College Mustangs women's track and field team competed on Day 1 of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights Open at The Armory.
 
Tyrell and Johnson both competed in the 600-meter run at Friday's meet. Tyrell finished the race in 1:37.72, while Johnson clocked in at 1:38.59. Both times surpassed the NJCAA qualifying standard, earning both of them their spots at the 2023 NJCAA Indoor Championships in the event.
 
Janeisy Camilo and Yanise Gallo joined Tyrell and Johnson in the 600m on Friday, the first time each of them has run in the event. Camilo crossed the line in 1:57.60, while Gallo ran a time of 2:24.37.
 
Kahliyah Smith and Vegonia Jean Baptiste both competed in the 400-meter dash on Day 1. Smith registered a time of 1:01.08, while Jean-Baptiste was close behind at 1:04.02.
 
Djior Delisser competed in the championship division of the long jump on Friday, her season debut for Monroe. She finished with a distance of 5.33 meters. Akayla Pickersgill made her Mustang debut in the college division of the long jump. She registered a distance of 4.52 meters.

On Day 2 of the Rutgers Open, Alyssa Dyett and Delisser both ran in the 60-meter dash. Dyett finished the race in 7.78 seconds, while Delisser finished in 8.10 in her debut 60m.

The Mustangs will split up next weekend. A group of Mustangs will head back up to Boston for the David Hemery Valentine Invite at Boston University on Friday, Feb. 10, and Saturday, Feb. 11. The rest of the Mustangs will compete in the Big Apple Invite on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y.
 
ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 35 teams competing across nine sports. There are 21 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well the Monroe College marching band and the newly added esports and men's volleyball programs, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus, has 11 teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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