BROOKLYN, N.Y. --- The LIU Brooklyn track and field teams split their efforts over the weekend, competing in both the Metropolitan Championships and the Villanova University Invitational.

METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN: 8th/15; WOMEN: T-9th/15)

• The LIU women earned a pair of silver medals - one individual and one relay. Junior Eugenie Hue finished the 500 meters in 1:13.70, good enough to make her the top NEC runner in that event. She also currently holds the top mark in the league in the 400 meters. Hue joined fellow juniors Shantae McDonald & Zaahira Deboise and freshman Toni Glatz as the quartet ran an NEC-best 3:48.38 in the 4x400. Both times secured IC4A/ECAC qualifying times for the Blackbirds.
• LIU also secured three other top-10 efforts: an eighth place run in the 400 by Deboise (59.92) and two ninth-place finishes from sophomore Angeli Andre (25.67 in the 200 meters) and the Blackbirds' Distance Medley Relay group of graduate Sarah Northup, freshman Jody Garraway, senior Esther Jean-Louis, and freshman Alyssa Frausto (13:41.08).
• Each of the Blackbird men's six finals resulted in a top-10 performance by its top finisher. Sophomore Braylon Wilkerson's second-place run in the 400 meters was the best on the LIU side as he clocked in at 48.50, good enough to lead the league in the event.
• The 4x400 Relay team of senior Airrin Davis, sophomore Kwesi Henderson, freshman Alban Lefeuvre, and sophomore Sean Sinclair ended their final in third place after a time of 3:22.26.
• Sophomore Corey Butcher was fourth in two events, the 60 meters (7.10) and the 200 meters (22.46).
• Sophomore Colin Sewell was ninth in the 500 meters with a mark of 1:07.69 and Davis was tenth in the 800 meters after he ran a 1:58.96.

• Sophomore Stephanie Esogenwune took top honors for the women, winning the triple jump by landing a mark of 38-3.25 (11.66m).
• McDonald claimed the runner-up spot in the 60 meter hurdles after she recorded a time of 8.61, giving her top billing in the NEC and a IC4A/ECAC qualifier. Andre followed suit in the high jump, leaping over 5-5.00 (1.65m) to tie her best mark and second-best NEC jump this season.
• Sophomore Taylor Parker earned bronze in the shot put with a throw of 43-11.25 (13.39m) and Glatz wound up fifth in the 400 with a mark of 58.08.
• Senior Kareem Roberts claimed the high jump title by matching his NEC-leading mark of 6-8.75 (2.05m) from last week's Dr. Sander Invitational.
• Junior Clinton Belle (fourth in the shot put, 48-7.50/14.82m) and fellow third-year Logan Jones (ninth in the 400 meters, 49.34) rounded out LIU's top-10s on the men's side.