Shippensburg University’s men’s and women’s track teams were split this weekend for competition at Alvernia and East Stroudsburg Universities.
The men’s throwers made the trip to ESU and they were highlighted by junior Pat Maloney, who set a new personal best in the weight throw for the third week in a row. His top throw of 58 feet, 11 ½ inches kept him at the top of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) rankings.
Sophomore Josh Herbster also set a new personal best in the weight throw with a fourth-place toss of 52 feet, 7 ½ inches.
For the women’s throwers, junior Madisen Kling led the Raiders with a weight throw of 47 feet, 3 inches, good for fourth place. Sophomore Deja Winkler recorded a personal best in the throws with a top throw of 37 feet, 6 inches.
Graduate Kate Matrisciano landed a season best 43 feet, 5 ¼ inch shot put throw to place her third in the conference rankings. Winkler had a shot put throw of 37 feet, 8 inches, good for another personal best.
In the men’s field at Alvernia, junior Nate Reed set a new indoor personal best in the long jump, winning the competition with a seven-meter hop. Redshirt-junior Shamar Jenkins won the triple jump with a top mark of 44 feet, 10 ¼ inches.
Freshman Sahsa Lee led the women’s field contingent with a season best long jump of 17 feet, 5 ½ inches. The jump places her sixth on the conference leaderboard.
Fellow freshman Sara Fletcher tied the Raiders’ season best clearance in the high jump, getting over the bar at 4 feet, 11 inches.
On the track for the women, sophomore Leah Graybill won the 60 meters with a 7.75 seconds time. Freshman Belle Weikert took third place in the 5K race and sophomore Lieke Black was third in the 60-meter hurdles.
For the men, freshman Chayce Macknair won twice, taking home the mile at 4:17.59 and the 800 meters at 2:00.19. Macknair moved to the top of the conference leaderboard in the mile with his time.
The freshman trio of Travis Bigham, Robbie Hrabosky II and Robert Lissner teamed with sophomore Matt Lenahan to win the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:30.10. Redshirt-junior Nate Kaplon won the 5K with a time of 15:58.67.
SU will head to VMI next weekend ahead of the conference championships at the end of the month.
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