SU Qualified 37 Men for PSAC Championships

By: Lyndsay Barna

Published: 04/12/2011

Shippensburg University’s men’s track and field team had 37 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifiers after it traveled to Millersville University on Saturday.

Sophomore Marcus Line ran an NCAA-qualifying mark in the 400-meter hurdles for the second straight week. Line finished in 53.64 seconds. He also ran on the 4-by-400 relay team that finished second.

Senior Josh Hostetler threw an NCAA-qualifying mark in the javelin with a season-best throw of 204 feet 3 inches.

Sophomore Romarr Mayne won the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.9 seconds. Mayne was also on the winning 4-by-100 relay team with freshmen John Eisemann and Herman Kirkland and junior Tyrek Nelson. They finished in 42.07 seconds.

Three sophomores took the top three spots in the 800-meter run. Tom Troxell won with a time of 1:53.54 seconds. Joel Flott and Matt Gillette finished second and third.

Freshman Adam Phillippi cleared 15 feet 1 inch to win the pole vault and set a new personal record.

Junior Travis Nye threw the winning throw in the discus of 154 feet 2 inches. His throw was also a new personal record. Nye’s teammate Adam Deiseroth finished just behind him in second.

Senior Steve D’Arcy won the shot put. D’Arcy threw 48 feet 3 inches to finish second.

Senior Brian Beegle won the mile in 4:07.83 seconds. Two of Beegle’s teammates finished a few seconds behind him. Junior Stephen Schelander finished second with 4:12.65 seconds and senior Jake Sitler finished third with 4:18.2 seconds.

Three men also took the top 3 spots in the long jump. Kirkland won the long jump with a jump of 22 feet 6 inches. Sophomore Cody DeBoer jumped two inches shorter than Kirkland at 22 feet 4 inches and junior Elijah Trusty jumped 21 feet 7 inches.

SU’s men’s track team will be back in action next weekend at Bucknell.