Men’s and Women’s track teams kick off season by setting records
By Jett Johnson
Sports Editor
Men’s and women’s track & field had a strong start to the season at the Ramapo College Season Opener in New York City.
Three records were broken at the opener in the 60m dash timed at 6.93 by freshman Zion Griffin, men’s long jump with a leap of 6.30m by freshman Dayton Floyd, and 400m dash with a school record of 50:19 by junior Lucas Baggott.
Austin Selby, head coach, is encouraged by this performance.
“Feeling really good. It was great to have the early in-town rust buster at Vanderbilt. It led to us having overall one of our best meets we have ever had up in NYC,” said Selby.
The men’s team has had a strong start this year, and Selby thinks it could be a sign of a successful year.
“I think this will be the first year where we truly...