Rose and Jackson Shine in Standout Performances at the Alvernia Winter Invite

READING, PA- The University of the District of Columbia's women's indoor track and field team competed in the Alvernia Winter Invite Saturday at the Alvernia University Track.

Shanise Rose had a busy day competing in four different events. With a season's best qualifying time of 9.31s in the prelims of the 60m hurdles, she went on to place 2nd out of a field of 45 after competing in the finals. She then went on to compete in the 60m dash which she placed 3rd out of a field of 72 after qualifying for the finals with a time a season-best time of 8.06s. She also competed in the Long jump for the first time ever placing 3rd out of a field of 36 with a leap of 5.36m. She capped off her performances with a sixth-place finish in the 200m. 

Teammate Iyanna Jackson had a day of personal bests. After running 7.89s in the 60m prelims she went on to run another personal best time of 7.79s in the finals to win the event placing first out of a field of 72 other sprinters. She capped out her day running on the 4x400m relay with teammates Ayesha Jarrett, Christine Taylor, and Fanta Sanogo which placed third out of a field of 20. 

Jarrett placed fourth in the 400m with a time of 1:01.69 and Kamille Dixon placed eighth in the 800m with a time of 2:33.12.

Next up the Firebirds will Head to Christopher Newport in Virginia to compete in the Vince Brown Invitational on the 30th.