MC Women's Track and Field Team Brings Home Three National Championships

Entering the 2015 NJCAA DIII National Championship in Utica, NY, the Montgomery College Raptors women's track and field team qualified for 24 total events and were ranked 2nd in the East Region and 4th overall in the nation. The Raptors lived up to their hype finishing in 5th place overall in the 2015 NJCAA DIII National Championships. With a number of top 5 finishes in several events, the team scored 96 points, just 55 points back from first place Mohawk Valley CC. Sophomore, Kiana Daley took home two first place finishes in the shot put with a score of 10.95m and in the discus throw with a score of 36.68m. Freshman Bryeana Rhodes also brought home a first place finish in the high jump with a score of 1.59m. Bryeana Rhodes had another strong second place finish in the Long Jump with a score of 5.13m. Other notable finishes from the weekend: the women's 4x100m relay team, which consists of Bryeana Rhodes, Rashida Wurie, Zahara Sani, and Zeonna Walker-Latney finished first in the preliminaries and placed second overall with a time of 50.05 seconds; Rashida Wurie finished second overall in the 100m dash with a time of 13.06 seconds; and, Zeonna Walker-Latney finished second overall in the 400m dash with a time of 1:00.16. The women's team had a great overall season setting seven new school records and 3 National Championships.