The Shippensburg University women’s indoor track team returned to action after not having participated in an event since early December and only completing a single week of practice before taking the floor at Saturday’s Gulden Invitational.
The Raider squad picked up a 3rd-place finish and sophomore Sarah Hunt was named the Field MVP in competition against six Division I programs.
Hunt picked up a 2nd-place finish in the long jump with an indoor personal record of 18 feet, six inches, good for third place in the league. She finished first in the triple jump, posting a 37-foot, three-inch mark.
Junior Patty Reis finished fourth in the 5K with a time of 18:21.30, ranking her atop the league in the event.
Sophomore Casey Norton, another long-distance competitor, took home a 3K time of 10:39.33 to put her name fourth on the PSAC leaderboards.
Senior Liz Ross won second place in both the shot put and weight throw. Her put of 43 feet, 11.25 inches ranks her first in the PSAC, and a weight throw of 50 feet, 10.75 inches was good for second in the division.
Freshman Heather Arey and senior Sam Beckerleg both satisfied the PSAC standard minimums in pole vault and long jump respectively.
The Lady Raiders visit Bucknell and Penn State on Friday and Saturday, breaking up into two squads in order to attend both events.
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