Results

MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's track and field team sits in second place by just two points at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships after the second of three days of competition wrapped up Friday evening from Millersville University.
 
Hosting Millersville leads with 48 points with Slippery Rock trailing in second place with 46 points. Those two teams figured to be locked in a battle all weekend and through two days the projections are holding mostly true with Millersville and SRU in a tight battle for the top spot in the team race. Kutztown and West Chester are tied for third with 27 points, followed by Edinboro rounding out the top five with 24 points. Shippensburg sits in eighth with 15 points, but is expected to make a big move on Saturday with the strength of its sprinters.
 
Slippery Rock was led on day two of the meet by a pair of All-PSAC performances as Kendall Grossman took second in the pole vault and Jena Reinheimer took second in the discus.
 
The Rock scored 14 points in the pole vault with Grossman leading the way in second place with a season-best clearance of 3.65 meters. Grace Parrett took fifth at 3.35 meters and Olivia Sentle tied for sixth, also with a clearance of 3.35 meters.
 
Reinheimer earned her second All-PSAC honor in as many days after also placing third in the hammer throw Thursday night. She was second Friday in the discus with an NCAA provisional throw of 46.43 meters. Trinity Clark took sixth with a throw of 43.28 meters to give SRU nine points in the event.
 
The Rock also picked up two points in the long jump with Samantha Gilbert placing seventh with a leap of 5.34 meters and scored one point in the heptathlon with Dani MacBeth finishing eighth with 3,942 points.
 
Most of the events that took place Friday were preliminary rounds to set up Saturday's finals.
 
The Rock qualified at least one entry through to the finals in five different events, headlined by the 4x100-meter relay of Gilbert, Morgan Donatelli, Thai-Lin Pierce and Asia Murray that won their heat and posted the second-fastest time in 47.37 seconds.
 
Donatelli also recorded the fifth-best mark in the 400-meter dash at 58.03 seconds and Pierce posted the eighth-best time in the 100-meter dash prelims at 12.40 seconds.
 
The other three athletes that punched tickets to the finals all came from the hurdle races. Chaley Younkin registered the seventh-best 100-meter hurdle time at 15.73 seconds and Ella Spriggle and Rachel Veneziano both qualified for the 400-meter hurdle final. Spriggle was sixth in 1:04.60 with Veneziano seventh in 1:04.68 with both of those times marking season-bests.  
 
Competition will resume Saturday at 12:30 p.m. on the final day of the competition with the team title set to be decided following the 4x400-meter relay around 4 p.m.
 
A look at all of The Rock's performances on day two of the championships can be found below.
 
SRU RESULTS – DAY TWO FINALS
3,000-Meter Steeplechase Final
10. Juliet Ryan – 12:02.66
17. Maddie Grillo – 12:47.87
 
Long Jump Final
7. Samantha Gilbert – 5.34m (2 points)
15. Aleks Brozeski – 5.15m
17. Abby Williamson – 4.75m
 
Pole Vault Final
2. Kendall Grossman – 3.65m (8 points)
5. Grace Parrett – 3.35m (4 points)
t6. Olivia Sentle – 3.35m (2 points)
10. Sarah Schneider – 3.20m
13. Hanna Zeiler – 3.05m
15. Elise Rota – 3.05m
 
Discus Final
2. Jena Reinheimer – 46.43m (NCAA provisional, 8 points)
6. Trinity Clark – 43.28m (3 points)
14. Rachel Hutchinson – 37.60m
18. Tiffany Jolayemi – 35.05m
 
Heptathlon Final
8. Dani MacBeth – 3,942 points (1 point)
9. Lorna Speigle – 3,678 points
16. Emily Opfer – 2,834 points
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SRU RESULTS – DAY TWO PRELIMS
100-Meter Dash Prelims
8. Thai-Lin Pierce – 12.40 (qualified for finals)
9. Asia Murray – 12.47
12. Samantha Gilbert – 12.61
 
200-Meter Dash Prelims
12. Thai-Lin Pierce – 25.97
 
400-Meter Dash Prelims
5. Morgan Donatelli – 58.03 (qualified for finals)
17. Madison Olsen – 1:01.74
 
800-Meter Run Prelims
12. Allison Rennette – 2:20.77
 
100-Meter Hurdle Prelims
7. Chaley Younkin – 15.73 (qualified for finals)
9. Emma Fox – 15.75
10. Ella Spriggle – 15.79
11. Megan Miller – 16.56
 
400-Meter Hurdle Prelims
6. Ella Spriggle – 1:04.60 (qualified for finals)
7. Rachel Veneziano – 1:04.68 (qualified for finals)
 
4x100-Meter Prelims – 47.37 seconds (qualified for finals)
2. Samantha Gilbert, Asia Murray, Morgan Donatelli, Thai-Lin Pierce
 
 

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