NEW YORK – Rutgers-Newark freshman Nicole Miklas posted a new school record in the 3000-meter run to highlight the Scarlet Raiders' effort in the Metro Coaches Invitational in the NYC Armory.

2012 METRO COACHES INVITATIONAL RESULTS

Miklas ran an 11:41.53 time in the 3000 to finish 12th in the highly-competitive field of 15 which featured runners from five NCAA Division I and II schools.  She erased to old mark of 12:32.69 set by Natascha Alves in the Springfield Invitational on February 6, 2010.  Classmate Jane Cho ran a 13:47.74 for the Raiders.

Freshman sprinters LaSha Johnson and Josephine Polynice competed in the 60- and 400-meter dashes.  Johnson clocked an 8.45-second time in the 60 to finish 18th in a field of 32 with Polynice registering a time of 8.58.  In the 400, Polynice was 12th in a field of 28 with a time of 1:03.71 while Johnson was clocked in 1:07.97.

Rookie Kaitlyn Pomponio heaved the shot 6.68 meters to round out the Raiders' performance.

Rutgers-Newark returns to the Armory next Friday to compete in the Gotham Cup.