Final Results

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's track and field team recorded 15 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference automatic qualifying marks, three NCAA provisional marks and two event wins at the Dave Labor Alumni Invitational Saturday at Slippery Rock's William Lennox Track.
 
Saturday's meet marked the first of two home meets for SRU this spring and featured more than 20 college teams and just shy of 1,000 total student-athletes.
 
The three NCAA provisional marks came from Dalton Anderson and Dylan Close in the javelin and AJ Virata in the high jump.
 
Anderson took second in the javelin behind a Division I thrower from Youngstown State with a throw of 63.79 meters, which ranked fourth in Division II entering today's competition. Close followed in third place with a season-best and NCAA mark of 59.43 meters, which ranked 18th entering this weekend. Anderson also placed sixth in the high jump with a PSAC mark of 1.85 meters.
 
Virata was second in the high jump with a clearance of 2.05 meters, which ranked 13th in the nation entering competition today. The freshman standout also won the 100-meter dash in a PSAC qualifying time of 10.97 seconds and ran a leg of the winning 4x100-meter relay, where he joined with Bryan Dworek, Parker Reed and Isaiah Seybert to post a time of 48.74 seconds. Dworek also reached the PSAC mark in the long jump with a fourth place finish and a leap of 6.75 meters.
 
Slippery Rock had three throwers hit PSAC marks in the shot put, led by John Eakin in second place at 16.50 meters. Joshua Gose was third at 15.93 meters and Joshua Rohland was sixth with a toss of 14.69 meters. Brandon VanDeMark led the way in the hammer with a fourth place finish and a throw of 53.78 meters. Brandon McCray also hit the PSAC standard in 13th place with a throw of 46.91 meters.
 
Taye Lynch took second in the triple jump with a leap of 14.04 meters and Dan Hyatt was third in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.36 meters to cap the PSAC marks in the jumps.
 
Devon Navaroli took seventh in a deep 1,500-meter field with a PSAC time of 3:57.41 and Brenden Lewis was third in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.97 seconds to cap the PSAC marks on the track.
 
A look at all of the top 15 finishers and qualifying marks from Saturday can be found below.
 
Slippery Rock will stay local next weekend and will compete at the Westminster College Invite Saturday, April 9 in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
 
TOP 15 AND QUALIFYING MARKS
100-Meter Dash
1. AJ Virata – 10.97 (PSAC auto)
9. Bryan Dworek – 11.19
 
400-Meter Dash
2. Jason Goodman – 50.71
13. Kyle Adams – 52.49
 
800-Meter Run
6. Devon Navaroli – 1:57.44
13. Troy Hart – 2:00.74
 
1,500-Meter Run
7. Devon Navaroli – 3:57.41 (PSAC auto)
 
110-Meter Hurdles
3. Brenden Lewis – 15.97 (PSAC auto)
 
400-Meter Hurdles
8. Cade Adams – 58.68
10. Cade Gratzmiller – 59.14
 
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
10. Noah Johnson – 10:31.32
 
4x100-Meter Relay – 48.74
1. Parker Reed, Bryan Dworek, Isaiah Seybert, AJ Virata
 
High Jump
2. AJ Virata – 2.05m (NCAA provisional)
6. Dalton Anderson – 1.85m (PSAC auto)
10. Zack Duda – 1.80m
14. Robert Kozares – 1.75m
 
Pole Vault
3. Dan Hyatt – 4.36m (PSAC auto)
6. Jason Goodman – 4.06m
10. Cameron Cowder – 3.91m
 
Long Jump
4. Bryan Dworek – 6.75m (PSAC auto)
13. Mason Reed – 6.44m

Triple Jump
2. Taye Lynch – 14.04m (PSAC auto)
10. Zack Duda – 12.80m
14. Mason Reed – 12.18m
 
Shot Put
2. John Eakin – 16.50m (PSAC auto)
3. Joshua Gose – 15.93m (PSAC auto)
6. Joshua Rohland – 14.69m (PSAC auto)
13. Eric Schulz – 13.47m
 
Discus Throw
14. Eric Schulz – 41.00m
 
Hammer Throw
4. Joshua VanDeMark – 53.78m (PSAC auto)
13. Brandon McCray – 46.91m (PSAC auto)
 
Javelin
2. Dalton Anderson – 63.79m (NCAA provisional)
3. Dylan Close – 59.43m (NCAA provisional)
9. Josh Kingerski – 48.50m
13. James Amodei – 44.61m



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