Ebony Barnes, New Jersey City University
Junior
Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth

Barnes earns NJAC Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week honors for the fourth time this season after being named the Outstanding Female Track Athlete at the 2008 NJAC Outdoor Championships hosted by Richard Stockton. She placed first in a field of 14 competitors in the 100 meter dash with a meet-record and a NCAA automatic qualifying time of 11.84. She also placed first in a field of 22 competitors in the 200 meters with a NCAA provisional time of 25.12. She also was a member of the Gothic Knights’ 4x400 meter relay which placed second in a field of six teams with an ECAC qualifying time of 4:05.01. Barnes’ performances helped propel NJCU to a fourth place finish in the nine-team conference championship.

Monique Riddick, Montclair State University
Freshman
Edison, NJ/Bishop Ahr

Riddick earns NJAC Field Athlete of the Week honors for the second time this season after being named the Thomas M. Gerrity Most Outstanding Female Athlete at the 2008 NJAC Outdoor Championships hosted by Richard Stockton. She placed first in a field of 18 competitors in the shot put with a meet-record and a NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 14.28 meters. She also placed first in a field of 15 competitors in the discus with an ECAC qualifying throw of 37.74 meters. Riddick’s performances helped propel the Red Hawks to a fifth place finish in the nine-team conference championship.

Shamyra Brown, New Jersey City University
Freshman
Mays Landing, NJ/Oakcrest

Brown becomes the second different Gothic Knight to earn NJAC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week honors after traveling to Pomona to compete at the 2008 NJAC Outdoor Championships hosted by Richard Stockton. She placed first in a field of six competitors in the triple jump with an ECAC qualifying leap of 11.12 meters. She also placed third in a field of 15 in the long jump with a career-long and ECAC qualifying leap of 5.27 meters. She also was a member of the Gothic Knights’ 4x400 meter relay which placed second in a field of six teams with an ECAC qualifying time of 4:05.01. Brown’s performances helped propel NJCU to a fourth place finish in the nine-team conference championship.