Durham, NC – The Monroe University women's outdoor track and field team surpassed another school record this weekend at the Duke Invitational. The 1600m relay team of freshmen Kaliyah Jones and Tanesia Gardiner, and sophomores Attoya Harvey and Kettia Ambrose shattered the previous record that's stood since 2019.
 
After Ambrose broke the school record in the 400m last weekend, another Monroe school record went down at the Duke Invitational. Ambrose ran anchor in the record setting pace as Jones led off. Harvey and Gardiner followed, leading to a time of 3:48.46.
 
This time qualifies the quartet for nationals in May.
 
Harvey continued the impressive weekend for the Mustangs with a season-best time of 4:47.15 in the 1500m. The next day, she ran another season-best time of 2:14.64 in the 800m, improving her ranking on the national qualifying list. Freshman Nthabiseng Komane ran a time of 2:56.85 in the 800m as well.
 
Gardiner clocked in with a time of 13:45.87 in the 3000m steeplechase and a time of 2:22.34 in the 800m, adding onto her record-setting performance in the 1600m relay.
 
Three Mustangs were featured in the 400m, with Ambrose running a time of 55.95 to lead the way. Jones ran time of 56.29, while sophomore Julihanna Johnson clocked in at 1:05.18.
 
Freshman Brinel Thomas competed in three events — the long jump, 100m and 200m. In the long jump, she jumped a distance of 5.54m. Then, Thomas ran a time of 12.34 in the 100m and a 25.27 in the 200m, which was a personal best time.
 
Monroe will head to Baltimore, MD, to take part in the Morgan State Legacy on Friday.
 
ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE UNIVERSITY
The athletic program at Monroe University encompasses a total of 26 teams competing across nine sports. There are 19 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as the Monroe University marching band, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus, has seven teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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