The Shippensburg University men’s outdoor track-and-field team spent its weekend at the 51st Colonial Relays held at the College of William & Mary.

The weekend held many NCAA-provisional qualifying performances, along with a new school record being set. The SU men’s team as a whole won the meet, besting more than 30 Division I schools.

Most of the events were split into a “University” category and a “Championship” category, the latter of which held tougher competition.

Sophomore Dru Adighibe took the lead in the University category for the 100-meter dash, with a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying time of 10.67 seconds. Freshman Chris Craig and senior RJ Smith also qualified for PSACs in the 100-meter dash, with times of 10.90 seconds and 11.03 seconds, respectively.

The trio also competed in the University category for the 200-meter race, with Craig breaking the record set by Adighibe last weekend. Craig clocked in at an NCAA-provisional qualifying time of 21.29. Adighibe (21.60 seconds) and Smith (22.24 seconds) both had PSAC qualifying times in the 200-meter race.

Sophomore Ricky Meriwether ran the 400-meter race in the University category with a PSAC time of 48.93 seconds.

Freshman Dominic Stroh won the 1,500-meter race at the University level with a PSAC qualifying time of 3:55.94. Redshirt-freshman Cole Nissley competed in the same event and ran a PSAC-worthy time of 4:02.17. Senior Bernard England competed in the 1,500-meter race at the Championship level and clocked in at 4:02.45, which will qualify him for PSACs.

Junior Kieran Sutton led SU in the 5K at the University level with a time of 14:04.38. Along with being an NCAA-provisional qualifying time, it was also just 8 seconds shy of coach Steve Spence’s school record of 13:56.50. The record, set in 1984, is tied for SU’s oldest record on the books.

Sophomore Alex Balla and senior Braden Bruning competed in the 5K, as well, and hit PSAC-qualifying times of 15:10.72 and 15:15.52, respectively.

Junior Terry Jackson and freshman Ori Rinaman represented SU in the University-level hurdling events. Jackson ran the 110-meter hurdles in 15 seconds flat — a PSAC qualifying time. Rinaman ran the 400-meter hurdles in a PSAC qualifying time of 55.30 seconds.

Senior Chris Mullin hit the NCAA-provisional qualifying time in the 3K steeple run at the University level, with a time of 9:14.58. Junior Calvin Conrad-Kline ran a PSAC-qualifying time of 9:40.23 in the same event.

Junior Jalen Ramsey led SU in the Championship category of the high jump, with an NCAA-provisional qualifying mark of 6 feet and 8 and 3/4 inches. Sophomore Tra-C Davis followed close behind with a PSAC qualifying mark of 6 feet and 6 and 1/4 inches. Redshirt-freshman Aaron Webb hit the PSAC mark, as well, with a jump of 6 feet and 4 and 1/4 inches.

On the field, sophomores Bryan Pearson and Alec Rideout both hit NCAA-provisional qualifying marks in the Championship level of the shot put. Pearson threw 53 feet and 1 and 3/4 inches, Rideout threw 52 feet and 9 and 1/4 inches.

The second day of competition for SU held mostly relay races and three individual events.

Senior Devon Fisher, Adighibe, Craig and Smith made up the 4x1 relay, and ran a time of 41.95 seconds.

Craig, Smith, Jackson and junior Eric Hertzog ran the 4x2 relay in 1:30.96.

Rinaman, Meriwether, Craig and junior Tim Usher ran the 4x4 relay in 3:17.00.

The final relay of the day was the 4x1,500 relay ran by Stroh, Nissley, junior Harrison Schettler and England in 16:18.87.

Adighibe competed in finals for the 100-meter dash where he finished fourth with a time of 10.91 seconds.

Sophomore Pat Manna hit the PSAC mark in the University pole vaulting event with a second place jump of 15 feet and 7 and 1/4 inches.

Pearson and Rideout represented SU in the discus event. Pearson came in first with an NCAA-provisional qualifying throw of 167 feet and 10 inches. Rideout came in fifth with a PSAC-qualifying throw of 145 feet and 1 inch. 

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