Iyanla Kollock, a Rutgers freshman out of Our Lady of Mercy, ran a 60-meter dash PR of 7.69 Friday at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships at the Ocean Breeze track in Staten Island.
She placed third out of 33 sprinters, behind only Fairleigh Dickinson junior Kylia Smith and senior teammate Oniesha Clarke, who ran 7.54 and 7.60.
Kollock entered the meet with a PR of 7.77 from the trials of the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University last weekend. She lowered that to 7.75 in the trials before lowering it again in the finals.
Kollock was state Parochial B champ in the 100 last spring won state titles in the 200 as a sophomore and senior. She was also a two-time state champ in the 55 indoors at the Newfield, Gloucester County, school.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 