Shippensburg’s men’s and women’s indoor track-and-field teams wrapped up the regular season at Bucknell’s Bison Tune-Up on Friday night. Several Raiders posted noteworthy performances.
Freshman Ke’Aune Green and senior Quinton Townsend ran hundredths of a second off their respective PRs in the 200 meters, which rank among the school’s Top 10 performances in the event.
Junior Lavar Jackson earned a season best of 6.94 seconds and a PSAC Championship qualification in the 60-meter dash. He also tied junior Jak Kearney for third place in the 200 meters.
Kearney won the long jump with a season best and his first seven-meter mark of the season.
Junior Gian Greggo won the shot put with a throw of 58 feet, 0.5 inches, and took third in the weight throw on a top mark of 56 feet, 1 inch. He exceeded the NCAA provisional qualifying standard in the shot put in all six of his meets this season.
Junior Donovan Kitchen landed a new indoor personal best in the shot put of 54 feet, 4.5 inches. The score is an NCAA provisional qualifier that improves his No. 6 all-time spot on the school’s Top 10 list for the event.
Sophomore Tyler Rossi, junior Ridge Crispino, freshman Josh Durika, and sophomore Ethan Conrad earned PRs in their respective events.
Junior Jackson Gutekunst, senior Ryan Wolfe, and freshman Daniel Naylor secured PSAC qualifying times in the mid-distance events.
On the women’s side, freshman Izzy Slezak, senior Emily Calamia, and junior Elliot Oliphant delivered noteworthy personal bests.
Slezak won the 200-meter dash event in 25.43 seconds while Calamia took second place in 25.62 seconds. Slezak moved up one spot on the all-time Raider Top 10 list by taking No. 3. Calamia claimed the No. 4 spot.
Oliphant cleared 5 feet, 5 inches for the first time indoors. The new PR puts her into a four-way tie for ninth place in school history.
Senior Madison Malcolm won the 60-meter hurdle while her teammate redshirt freshman Layla Duggan finished third.
The Raiders will return at the 2026 PSAC Championships, which will take place on Feb. 28 and March 1 at Lehigh University.
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