UNION, N.J. -- Sophomore Angel Cruz-Fletcher's (Bloomfield, N.J.) long jump gold led five Cougars in the top nine in the event and freshman Valerie Castro (Burlington Twp., N.J.) burned a new school record in the 100HH and qualified for CACC's in the 200, pacing a strong team effort by Caldwell University women's track & field at the Kean Sprint Night on Thursday evening.

Fletcher leaped a season-best 5.43m, outdistancing the field. Freshman Marley Rudolph (Hampstead, Md.) was fourth (4.57m), freshman Jocelyn Downing (Keene, N.H.) was sixth (4.33m), freshman Ashley Mercado (Franklin Square, N.Y.) took eighth and soph Sejadea Mincey (Jersey City, N.J.) finished ninth (3.62m) as CU dominated the event.

Senior Isabella Pollock (Fair Lawn, N.J.) won the 400m at 1:02.31 for another Cougars highlight. She also was fifth in the 200 at 26.93.

Castro's 15.92 was a personal best in the 100HH, setting the CU mark, and her sprint of 26.45 placed third in the 200m and led four straight Cougars finishers.

Other top performances were turned in by:

Junior Dayanara Grau (Union City, N.J.), 800m, 2nd, 2:25.87
Freshman Valerie Vera (Union City, N.J.), 400IM hurdles, 2nd, 1:13.02
Senior Chennaya Tschopp (Belleville, N.J.), 100m, 3rd, 12.70; 200m, 4th, 26.48
Freshman Lizbeth Castillo (West New York, N.J), 1500, 3rd, 5:30.44
Sophomore Gabrylle Santiago (Newmarket, N.H.), 400, 4th, 1:08.56
Sophomore Hannah Juleus (Roselle Park, N.J.), 100, 8th, 13.22; 200, 6th, 26.93
Senior Rosselyn Ferreira, 400m, 8th, 1:11.81; 1500m, 8th, 6:13.61
Junior Sarahi Liger (Kearny, N.J.), 1500m, 10th, 6:56.73
Freshman Anishka Mitchell (Burlington, N.J.), shot put, 6th, 9.27m
Freshman Samantha Mitchell (Union City, N.J.), shot put, 7th, 9.17m
Freshman Dayvia Hickson (Jersey City, N.J.), shot put, 8th, 9.00m
Soph Kerry Goodman (Newark, N.J.), shot put, 9th, 8.79m

Several Cougars travel to the historic Penn Relays on Friday and the full team visits Vassar on Saturday.