BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - The St. Francis Brooklyn track and field team landed three honors Friday as part of the Northeast Conference's end-of-season outdoor track awards.
The Terriers took All-Conference Second Team recognition for their men's 4x400 relay team (Terell Howard, Daniel Hernandez, Brian Strachn, Makhi Theosmy). The speedy quartet was just 11 hundredths of a second off of the school record pace in the event at the NEC Outdoor Championships in May, taking second place.
The relay turned in three top four finishes during the outdoor season, including a fourth place finish at the IC4A/ECAC Championships.
St. Francis placed two on the All-Rookie teams.
Beyonce Blake earned All-Rookie honors after recording the best triple jump mark on the women's team during the spring. Blake and Tolulope Atolagbe tied at 11.39m during the Towson Invitational in Apr., which earned them fourth place.
She took a sixth place finish (11.15m) at the NEC Championships, the highest of any first-year female student-athlete.
Malachi Aiken rolled the momentum of his All-Rookie indoor season to a repeat honor for the outdoor season. Aiken also recorded the Terriers' best performance in the triple jump during the spring, scoring a 14.97m jump at the IC4A/ECAC Championships. His fourth place finish at the final meet of the season made four total top four finishes for the Brooklyn native.
SFBK recorded five total all-conference honorees between indoor season and outdoor season.
