Gordon Runner-Up in 400m at Spire Invite

Friday, February 9

Geneva, OH

All Day

Rutgers

SPIRE Institute Invitational

Photo by: Scott R. Galvin/Galvin Photo, LLC

Feb 10 | Women's Track & Field

Spire Invitational Results

Junior Scarlet Knights Also With Top Eight Placement in 600m

GENEVA, Ohio – Junior Phyllis Gordon was the runner-up in the 400m and captured a top eight finish in the 600m to highlight the Scarlet Knight women's indoor track and field entries at the Spire Invitational held at the site of upcoming Big Ten Championships.

Gordon logged a time of 54.63 in the 400m and was .12 seconds behind first-place finisher Jai'Lyn Merriweather of Maryland.

The Neptune, New Jersey native also placed eighth in the 600m with a time of 1:32.50.

Rutgers' 4x400m relay team collected its fastest time of the 2018 season on Saturday. The team of junior Arianne Strunkey, senior Bria Saunders, freshman Kayla Jackson and junior Ariel Strunkey took eighth place with a combined time of 3:51.03.

The Rutgers women's indoor track and field team returns to action at the 2018 Big Ten Championships at the Spire Institute on Feb. 23-24.

Spire Invitational Results
60m
17. Bria Saunders – 7.81
21. Ariel Strunkey – 7.85

200m
14. Bria Saunders – 24.94
26. Ariel Strunkey – 25.37

400m
2. Phyllis Gordon – 54.64
13. Dakota Gerges – 57.32
19. Ariel Strunkey – 58.52
22. Arianne Strunkey – 59.16
31. Kayla Jackson – 1:02.58

600m
8. Phyllis Gordon – 1:32.50
20. Dakota Gerges – 1:39.77

4x400 Relay
8. Rutgers (Arianne Strunkey, Bria Saunders, Kayla Jackson, Ariel Strunkey)

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