Shippensburg University’s indoor track-and-field teams found success in two meets this past weekend with two individuals breaking school records on Saturday.   

Some of the team traveled to Susquehanna University for the River Hawk Friday Night Showdown where multiple women qualified for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships.

In the 60-meter hurdles, four Raiders placed within the top five. Freshman Linda Hussein placed first with a time of 9.18 seconds. Right behind her was redshirt freshman Layla Duggan with a time of 9.20 seconds. Sophomore Camryn Pyle earned third place in 9.37 seconds, and freshman Hannah Stonesifer secured fifth place in 9.78 seconds. 

Hussein, Duggan and Pyle qualified for PSACs with their times. 

Two women also found success in the triple jump. Sophomore Riyah Whigham secured first after reaching 37 feet, 10.75 inches. Sophomore Anne Gardner placed second with a height of 36 feet, 5.75 inches. Both qualified for PSACs. 

Other Raiders who won their events and qualified for PSACs included freshman Mya Trotty in the 5k with a time of 18:43.62 and sophomore Shaela Kruskie in the mile with a time of 5:18.68. 

Junior Carissa Bender earned second place in the pole vault event at 11 feet, 6.5 inches.

The men’s team had one PSAC qualifier when junior Ridge Crispino placed second with a weight throw of 51 feet, 9.25 inches. 

Saturday, another contingent for SU traveled to Penn State for the Sykes and Sabock Challenge.

At Penn State, six women qualified for PSACs. 

Freshman Izzy Slezak qualified in the 200-meters with a time of 25.29 seconds, sliding into the No. 4 spot on Shippensburg’s all-time list. 

Senior thrower Lauren Bellows also improved her spot on SU’s all-time list with a weight throw of 51 feet, 11 inches, moving her to No. 9 in school history. 

Other qualifiers on Saturday for the women came in the 400-meters when seniors Alyssa Wert and Emily Calamia had qualifying times of 57.88 and 58.13, respectively. Senior Madison Malcolm finished the 60-meter hurdles in 9.02 seconds. Freshman Mary Stoltz went 2:19.05 to qualify in the 800-meters. 

At Penn State, multiple men earned NCAA provisional qualifiers. 

In the shot put, junior Gian Greggo broke a school record when he threw for 60 feet, 0.25 inches to win the event against mostly NCAA Division 1 throwers. He also qualified for PSACs in the weight throw. 

Another school record was broken by junior Gabriel Lewis in the 60-meter event, who had previously set the record in December with a time of 6.67 seconds. His new record now sits at 6.66 seconds. 

Also earning provisional NCAA qualifying in the 60-meter was junior Ni’male Greenwood with a time of 6.79 seconds. 

He is now tied for fourth place on the all-time SU list. He also finished the 200-meter in 21.83 seconds to qualify for PSACs.

Senior Quinton Townsend qualified for PSACs in the 200-meter, too, with a time of 21.77. In the 400, he qualified and moved to No. 3 all-time at SU with a time of 48.35. 

Also putting their names on the all-time Shippensburg rankings were junior Tommy Crum Jr. and senior Chase Hensinger. 

Crum Jr. is now No. 4 all-time in the 3K, winning the event at 8:14.47, and Hensinger is No. 4 in the 800-meters at 1:52.57. 

The Raiders will travel to Liberty this weekend for the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational. Friday’s action starts at 1 p.m. before resuming Saturday at 9 a.m.

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