Men’s Team

The Shippensburg University men’s track and field team had exceptional performances at Richmond University’s Fred Hardy Invitational meet this past weekend. Both days of competition held record-breaking and NCAA-provisional and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying performances.

Junior Caleb Bartlett highlighted the first day for the men’s team with a new school record in the hammer throw. He hit 189 feet and 10 inches, breaking the previous record of 185 feet. His throw was also an NCAA-provisional qualifying mark.

Sophomore Bryan Pearson, senior Garrett Vandebrake and graduate student Wulf Sutcliffe competed in the hammer throw, as well. All three hit PSAC qualifying marks.

Pearson had an NCAA-provisional qualifying mark in the shot put while sophomore Alec Rideout and Bartlett qualified for PSACs in the same event.

Junior Connor McHugh represented the SU jumpers in the pole-vaulting event. McHugh qualified for PSACs with a jump of 14 feet and 1/4 inch.

On the track, SU had PSAC qualifiers in the 1,500-meter event and in the 400-meter hurdles as well. Junior Kieran Sutton led the way in the 1,500-meter race, followed by fellow teammates, freshman Dominic Stroh and senior Chris Mullin.

On Day 2 of competition, SU once again had a strong presence on the track, led by sophomore Dru Adighibe, who broke the school record in the 200-meter dash. Adighibe clocked in at 21.43 seconds, which was also an NCAA-provisional qualifying time. Freshman Chris Craig competed in the 200-meter dash, as well, with a time that earned him a PSAC qualification.

Adighibe, Craig and senior RJ Smith ran the 100-meter dash and each hit PSAC qualifying times.

Mid-distance runner Stroh hit the track for a second time on Sunday to compete in the 800-meter race and once again qualified for PSACs.

Juniors Eric Hertzog and Terry Jackson represented the SU hurdlers in the 110-meter hurdles. Both Hertzog and Jackson clocked in with PSAC-qualifying times.

Sophomore Tra-C Davis competed in the high jump with a PSAC-qualifying jump of 6 feet and 3/4 inches.

On the field, Pearson once again had a NCAA-provisional qualifying mark in the discus event. Rideout and freshman Tom Peppernick had PSAC-qualifying marks in the same event.

Women’s Team

The Shippensburg University women’s track and field team had many Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying performances at the Richmond University Fred Hardy Invitational held on March 25 and 26.

Junior Sarah Hunt highlighted the first day of competition with an NCAA-provisional qualifying mark in the triple jump. She jumped 38 feet and 8 3/4 inches. Freshman Abby Wagner competed in the triple jump as well and qualified for PSACs with a jump of 37 feet and one inch.

Juniors Abby Shafer and Casey Norton along with freshman Jackie Kinkead all had PSAC-qualifying times in the 1,500-meter race. Sophomore Caity Reese set a PSAC pace in the 5K race.

SU had two PSAC qualifiers in the 400-meter hurdles. Both freshman Tatiana Purnell and sophomore Teri Stoner hit the PSAC mark in the hurdling event.

The SU throwers had five PSAC-qualifying performances. In the shot put event, sophomores Erin Doherty and Sabrina Johnson had qualifying throws. In the hammer throw, junior Tamara Ovejera and seniors Brianna Davis and Sam Nelson had PSAC-qualifying marks.

Day 2 of competition held even more PSAC-qualifying performances for the Raiders. Once again, Hunt hit an NCAA-provisional qualifying mark in the long jump. Hunt jumped 19 feet and 4 1/4 inches. Sophomore Danielle Sciremammano qualified for PSACs in the same event.

Sophomore Lindsay Sheehan, freshman Allison King and redshirt freshman Colleen Troutman all had PSAC qualifying times in the 100-meter dash. Sheehan clocked in at PSAC pace in the 200-meter dash as well.

In the 800-meter race, sophomore Kiana Tucker, Norton and Shafer all had PSAC-qualifying times. Sciremammano, Stoner and sophomore Kayla Lawson represented SU in the 100-meter hurdles and all hit the PSAC qualifying time.

The throwers concluded the first outdoor season weekend with PSAC qualifications in discus. Ovejera, Davis, Nelson and Doherty all hit the mark that will send them to the PSAC meet at the end of the regular season.

The SU men’s and women’s teams will split up next weekend to attend Millersville University’s Metrics meet and the College of William & Mary’s Colonial Relays competition.

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