SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University will send 76 track and field student-athletes to Youngstown State University Friday to compete at the YSU Collegiate Invitational, where more than 1,800 athletes from 25 different colleges are scheduled to compete.
 
YSU COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL INFO
• Rolling time schedule to begin at Noon
• Complete Event Schedule
• Live Results Link
• Heat Sheets / Meet Program
• $10 admission
• $5 parking
 
PSAC/NCAA QUALIFYING STANDARDS
• 2022-23 Qualifying Standards
• PSAC Performance List
• NCAA DII Performance List
 
COLLEGE TEAMS COMPETING AT YSU (25)
Alderson Broaddus, Ashland, Bowling Green (women), Carlow, Cedarville, Charleston (W. Va.), Davis & Elkins, Duquesne, Edinboro, Frostburg State, Geneva, Grove City, Lake Erie, Lock Haven, Malone (women), Ohio Dominican, Pitt-Johnstown, Pittsburgh, Slippery Rock, West Liberty, West Virginia (women), West Virginia Wesleyan, Westminster, Windsor, Youngstown State.
 
MEN'S QUICK PREVIEW
The Rock will send 29 men to Youngstown Friday to compete in 13 individual events and one relay.
 
The Rock men have competed just once so far this season and it was all the way back on the first weekend of December. At that meet, two SRU throwers posted NCAA provisional qualifying marks to lead the way, headlined by Joshua Gose with a shot put mark of 16.80m. That mark still ranks No. 2 in the PSAC and No. 16 among all throwers in Division II. Joshua VanDeMark landed a weight throw performance of 18.19 meters, which ranks No. 2 in the PSAC and No. 23 in Division II.
 
Slippery Rock has three men that lead the PSAC this season in their respective events, including a pair of freshmen in Kadin Johnson in the 400-meter dash (50.13) and Matthew Crow in the 60-meter hurdles (8.63). Dan Hyatt also leads the PSAC in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.50 meters.
 
AJ Virata enters this weekend ranked second in the PSAC in the 200-meter dash (22.32) and fourth in the 60-meter dash (7.00), while Bryan Dworek ranks second in the long jump (7.02m) and fifth in the 200m (22.39).
 
Another athlete to keep an eye on is John Eakin in the shot put. Eakin, who set the SRU outdoor record in the event last spring, sits No. 3 in the PSAC at 16.23 meters this winter.
 
SRU will also welcome a host of distance runners to the indoor roster as most of the distance squad did not compete back in December. Shannon Dooley (800m) will lead the mid-distance entries, while Ethan Brentham, Troy Hart and Devon Navaroli will all tackle the 3,000m run Friday.
 
SRU's top two entries in each event Friday are listed below. For a full list of SRU's entries, click HERE.
 
SRU MEN'S TOP ENTRIES AT YSU
• 60m Dash: AJ Virata, Bryan Dworek
• 200m Dash: AJ Virata, Matthew Crow
• 400m Dash: Kadin Johnson, Tyler Morosky
• 800m Run: Shannon Dooley
• Mile Run: Ryan Corbitt
• 3,00m Run: Ethan Brentham, Troy Hart
• 60m Hurdles: Matthew Crow, Brenden Lewis
• 4x400m Relay: Kadin Johnson, Alex Dickson, Bryan Dworek, AJ Virata
• HJ: AJ Virata, Gavin Thomas
• PV: Dan Hyatt, Jakob Graff
• LJ: Bryan Dworek, Gavin Thomas
• TJ: Zack Duda, Ethan Folmer
• SP: John Eakin, Joshua Gose
• WT: Joshua VanDeMark, Joshua Rohland
 
WOMEN'S QUICK PREVIEW
On the women's side, Slippery Rock will send 47 women to Youngstown State to compete in 13 individual events and one relay.
 
Like the men, The Rock women will be competing for the first time since the opening weekend of December and the second time this winter. At the opener, freshman Baylee Blauser led the way by posting an NCAA provisional mark of 5.83 meters in the long jump, a leap that still ranks No. 1 in the PSAC and No. 15 among all athletes in Division II this season.
 
Blauser also ranks No. 2 in the PSAC in the triple jump (11.27m) to lead three SRU athletes that own top five marks in the triple jump in the conference this winter. Aleks Brozeski ranks third at 11.23m and Alice Bogia is fifth at 11.10m. Blauser is joined in the long jump by Samantha Gilbert, who ranks third in the PSAC at 5.55m.
 
The Rock enter this weekend with two throwers ranked in the top five in the PSAC in the weight throw, headlined by Tiffany Jolayemi's mark of 15.48 meters that ranks No. 2. Rachel Hutchinson's toss of 14.80m currently sits fifth in the PSAC.
 
SRU has four other athletes that own top five marks in the PSAC this winter with Anna Igims ranking third in the 5,000-meter run (18:08), Allie Taylor ranking third in the pole vault (3.55m), Cecily Greggs ranking fourth in the high jump (1.60m) and Lorna Speigle ranking fifth in the pentathlon (2,706 pts). Speigle will compete in individual events this weekend, while Igims will drop down to the 3,000-meter run. Greggs is not schedule to compete Friday.
 
Slippery Rock will also welcome back many of its distance runners that sat out the December meet, including freshmen Jennifer Cichra and Ruthie Hughes, who will look to lead the way in the mile this weekend.
 
SRU's top two entries in each event Friday are listed below. For a full list of SRU's entries, click HERE.
 
 SRU WOMEN'S TOP ENTRIES AT YSU
• 60m Dash: Regan Johnson, Asia Murray
• 200m Dash: Haley Morgan, Autumn Wyatt
• 400m Dash: Alice Bogia, Lorna Speigle
• 800m Run: Jordan Klick, Madi Koza
• Mile Run: Jennifer Cichra, Ruthie Hughes
• 3,000m Run: Anna Igims, Katie Plassio
• 60m Hurdles: Chaley Younkin, Chalondra Clarke
• 4x400m Relay: Asia Murray, Ella Spriggle, Alice Bogia, Haley Morgan
• HJ: Paige Griffith, Lorna Speigle
• PV: Kendall Grossman, Allie Taylor
• LJ: Baylee Blauser, Aleks Brozeski
• TJ: Aleks Brozeski, Baylee Blauser
• SP: Sarah Corrie, Rebecca Martin
• WT: Tiffany Jolayemi, Rachel Hutchinson
 
RECAPS AND FINAL RESULTS
Recaps and final results from the Youngstown State meet will be posted to www.RockAthletics.com late Friday night or Saturday morning, depending on when final results are available from the meet.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will travel back to Youngstown State next weekend to compete in the two-day YSU Mid-Major Invite Friday and Saturday.



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