STATEN ISLAND, NY – The Johns Hopkins women's track and field team wrapped up its weekend at the Big Apple Invitational Saturday afternoon, with several individuals setting personal-best times, highlighted by Erika Ezumba setting a new program record in the weight throw.
 
Chloe Zhang was the first top-10 finisher of the afternoon, taking seventh in the 60-meter sprint with a time of 7.94. Competing in a separate division, Ellie Lewis and Claire Wang finished 23^rd and 28^th with times of 8.36 and 8.41 respectively.
 
In the mile it was Eleni Alvarez earning the highest finish of the day by a Blue Jay, claiming second with a time of 5:08.70 to set a new PR and rank sixth in the Centennial Conference. Also finishing in the top-10 were Lily Tremba and Isis Diaz, who crossed the line in 5:16.09 and 5:18.11 to secure fifth and ninth.
 
Ryan Bigelow and Emily Chen grabbed PRs in the 400-meter, finishing in 34^th and 39^th with times of 1:02.82 and 1:03.24 respectively, while in the 800 it was Diana Valentini finishing fourth after crossing the line in 2:20.15. The freshman's time was a personal-best and ranks fifth in the Centennial.
 
Concluding the day's track events was the 3000, in which Isabella Stenhouse finished 19^th with a personal-best time of 10:38.87. Jamie Stelnik also secured a top-25 finish, with her final time of 10:47.31 earning the junior 25^th.
 
Saturday's field events started with the high jump, with Abigail Lovelace and Victoria Kadiri tying in 16^th place with heights of 1.50 meters. In the long jump Kadiri grabbed her highest finish of the afternoon, coming in second with a leap of 5.67 meters. Just missing out on the top-20 was Zhang, who came in 21^st after clearing 5.10 meters.
 
Sara Bartlett was the top-placing Blue Jay in the triple jump, clearing 11.80 meters — a new personal-best — to finish third, followed closely behind by Kadiri's fourth-place jump of 11.77 meters.
 
Ezumba ended the evening on a high note, finishing sixth in the shot put with a throw of 12.35 meters before setting a new program record in the weight throw, clearing 13.91 meters to finish 14^th. The latter mark ranks fourth in the Centennial.
 
Hopkins returns to action next Saturday, Feb. 17 to compete in the Keogh Invitational.