Moore off to great start in NJCAA circuit

Oct 10, 2021 Sports

Kaieteur News – Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC) middle distance athlete, Aaliyah Moore, who joined the long list of Guyanese student-athlete alumni at New York’s Monroe College, has continued what others before her left off, and with fantastic results in her first three races in the NJCAA circuit, says it all.
The former North Ruimveldt Secondary student, who is studying Business Administration at Monroe, finished 40th in a field of 115 in her opening race of the season, a cross country event but came back strong in her next two races, winning both.

Guyana’s Aaliyah Moore on the go for Monroe College Mustangs.

From a field of 88 competitors; mostly from the higher NCAA division, Moore finished her second 6k race in dominant fashion with a time of 25:03.6, which was 50 seconds ahead of her teammate Tshwanelo Maruping, who finished second.
The performance was so impressive that in her only NJCAA competitive race, she was awarded the NJCAA Cross Country Women’s Runner of the Week award.
The 20-year-old then impressively took first place for the second straight meet, leading the Monroe College Mustangs women’s cross country team to a seventh-place finish at the Highlander XC Challenge, hosted by New Jersey Institute of Technology at Branch Brook Park, last weekend.
Moore was the first of five Mustangs to set personal-best 5K times in the meet where she bested 234 competitors with a time of 18m 02.53s.
The student-athlete was recognised as the NJCAA Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive week for her amazing running.
In an invited comment with Kaieteur Sport, the young lady noted that she has four more meets for the season and she is looking to maintain and exceed her performances on her journey towards greatness.
Her goal remains to break under the two-minute mark in her pet event, the 800m.

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