Results

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's track and field team recorded 19 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference automatic qualifying marks, three NCAA provisional marks and two event wins at the three-day Bison Outdoor Classic that wrapped up Saturday night from Bucknell University.
 
The highlights of the meet for SRU came on Friday's second day of competition, when Dalton Anderson won the javelin and Jason Goodman won the decathlon, both defeating fields that included a number of Division I athletes.
 
Anderson recorded a season-best throw of 63.97 meters to win the javelin in a field where the top eight throwers all went over 60 meters. Dylan Close took eighth with a season-best and NCAA provisional throw of 60.11 meters and Josh Kingerski was 20th with a PSAC qualifying throw of 53.42 meters. As of Saturday evening, Anderson's mark ranks 15th among all throwers in Division II, while Close ranks 25th. Anderson closed his weekend by hitting the PSAC standard in the 110-meter hurdles Saturday with a 32nd place finish in 15.92 seconds.
 
Goodman won the 10-event decathlon with an NCAA provisional score of 6,791 points. He also hit PSAC automatic qualifying marks in the 110-meter hurdles (15.43 seconds), pole vault (4.28 meters) and long jump (6.76 meters) during the decathlon. Gavin Thomas took ninth in the event with 5,352 points and hit the PSAC standard in the long jump (6.75 meters) during competition. As of Saturday night, Goodman's score ranked 10th in Division II in the decathlon.
 
Brenden Lewis led the way in the 110-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 14.98 seconds to place ninth, dipping under 15 seconds for the first time this spring.
 
The Rock's 4x100-meter relay of Jonathan Marfisi, AJ Virata, Parker Reed and Bryan Dworek had the next highest finish with a fifth place showing in 41.59 seconds. Virata also took eighth in the high jump at 1.99 meters.
 
Devon Navaroli recorded a pair of PSAC marks, first clocking 3:57.38 in the 1,500-meter run Friday evening and following that up with a time of 1:55.26 in the 800-meter run Saturday.
 
SRU got three PSAC marks in the shot put with Joshua Gose leading the way with a mark of 16.43 meters to place eighth. John Eakin was ninth at 16.06 meters and Joshua Rohland was 27th at 13.86 meters. Brandon McCray capped the PSAC marks for the throwers with a 24th place showing in the hammer after a mark of 46.26 meters.
 
Cameron Cowder capped the top-10 finishes with a seventh place showing in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.35 meters and Taye Lynch rounded out the conference qualifying marks with an 11th place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 13.82 meters.
 
Bucknell's meet was the largest and highest caliber meet SRU has competed in this spring, with numerous Division I teams on hand and many events including more than 75 entries.
 
Slippery Rock will return home next week to host its final home meet of the spring with the SRU Invitational Thursday at the Bill Lennox Track at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
QUALIFYING MARKS AND TOP 20 FINISHES
800-Meter Run
57. Devon Navaroli – 1:55.26 (PSAC auto)
 
1,500-Meter Run (Unseeded)
15. Devon Navaroli – 3:57.38 (PSAC auto)
 
110-Meter Hurdles
9. Brenden Lewis – 14.98 (PSAC auto)
32. Dalton Anderson – 15.92 (PSAC auto)
 
400-Meter Hurdles
16. Cade Adams – 58.21
 
4x100-Meter Relay – 41.59
5. Jonathan Marfisi, AJ Virata, Parker Reed, Bryan Dworek
 
High Jump
8. AJ Virata – 1.99m (PSAC auto)
 
Pole Vault
7. Cameron Cowder – 4.35m (PSAC auto)
 
Triple Jump
11. Taye Lynch – 13.82m (PSAC auto)
 
Shot Put
8. Joshua Gose – 16.43m (PSAC auto)
9. John Eakin – 16.06m (PSAC auto)
27. Joshua Rohland – 13.86m (PSAC auto)
 
Hammer Throw
24. Brandon McCray – 46.26m (PSAC auto)
 
Javelin Throw
1. Dalton Anderson – 63.97m (NCAA provisional)
8. Dylan Close – 60.11m (NCAA provisional)
20. Josh Kingerski – 53.42m (PSAC auto)
 
Decathlon
1. Jason Goodman – 6,791 points (NCAA provisional)
            PSAC Auto in 110m HH (15.43), PV (4.28m), LJ (6.76m)
9. Gavin Thomas – 5,352 points
            PSAC Auto in LJ (6.75m)
12. Kyle Adams – 5,286 points
15. James Amodei – 4,881 points
 
 


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