Jonelle Lewis, a Monmouth freshman from Kingsway, ran a PR 7.71 in the 60 Friday afternoon at Ocean Breeze, moving into the No. 9 spot in school history in just her 3rd collegiate meet.
Lewis placed 2nd in the 60 at the Metropolitan Invitational, just 3-100ths of a second behind Cassandra Lemus-Sodji from St. John’s, who won the race in 7.68.
Lewis came into the meet with a PR of 7.84 from earlier this month at the Ott Center. She lowered that to 7.77 in the prelims before smashing her PR in the final.
Although she’s 9th in school history, she’s only 1-100th of a second out of 6th place because there are three women tied at 7.70.
Her time is fastest by a Monmouth freshman in 11 years, since Domoah Kutu-Akoi from Silver Spring, Md., set the school freshman record of 7.64 at 2015 ECACs at Boston University.
Lewis ran 7.20 for Kingsway last winter and has a 100 PR of 11.90 from 2024 Group 4 sectionals at Pennsauken.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 