JERSEY CITY, NJ - A duo of track & field student-athletes have been named Saint Peter's University Athletics Peacocks of the Month for May, as sophomores
Vernetta Gosier and
Jabari Higgs-Salaam have claimed the final monthly Peaocck accolade for the 2020-21 academic year.
Higgs-Salaam became the first student-athlete in seven years to qualify for the NCAA Regional Championships. He concluded his 2021 outdoor campaign with a 41st-place showing in the region in his best event, the long jump, punching his ticket to the regional championship after winning the event with a season-best 7.46 meters at the 2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Outdoor Championships. Higgs-Salaam also was the runner-up in the event at the ECAC/IC4A Championships a week later and also finished seventh in the triple jump at the league championship, as well.
Gosier took home some hardware of her own at the league championship meet, claiming the 100-meter dash title with a personal-record and conference-leading time of 12.21 seconds. Gosier won the event in impressive fashion, finishing nearly a tenth of a second faster than the next-closest competitor. The Newark native was also runner-up in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.41 seconds.
