SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University will send 79 track and field student-athletes to the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio Saturday to compete in the SPIRE Collegiate Indoor Games, where athletes from more than 40 colleges and clubs are scheduled to compete.
 
SPIRE INDOOR GAMES INFO
• Track events begin at 9 a.m.
• Field events begin at 10 a.m.
• Complete Event Schedule (PDF)
• Heat Sheets / Meet Program (PDF)
• Live Results Link
 
SPECTATOR INFO
• $10 admission fee
• Children under 6 admitted free

PSAC/NCAA QUALIFYING STANDARDS
• 2022-23 Qualifying Standards  |  SPIRE track is 300m (oversized)
• PSAC Performance List
• NCAA DII Performance List
 
TEAMS & CLUBS COMPETING AT SPIRE (43)
Akron, Alderson Broaddus, Allegheny, Ashland, Bedford Track Club, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Carlow, Chatham, Clarion, Cleveland State, Davis & Elkins, Duquesne, D'Youville, Fairmont State., Franciscan, Game Speed Performance Academy, Grove City, Indian Track Club, Indiana (Pa.), John Carroll, Kent State, Kenyon, Lindsey Wilson, Mansfield, Ohio, Penn State-Behrend, Pitt-Johnstown, Point Park, Queens, Rio Grande, Robert Morris, Seton Hill, Shenandoah, Slippery Rock, Toronto, TruSpeed Athletics, UC Running Club, Ursuline, Washington & Jefferson, West Liberty, Westminster, York, Youngstown State.
 
MEN'S PREVIEW
The Rock will send 32 men to SPIRE this weekend to compete in 13 individual events and one relay.
  
Slippery Rock enters this weekend with 15 field event marks that currently rank in the top 10 among all PSAC athletes this winter, led by a foursome of athletes that have hit NCAA provisional marks this season. Dan Hyatt is the lone SRU athlete on that list to rank No. 1 in the PSAC with his career-best pole vault mark of 4.76 meters from last weekend. Bryan Dworek sits No. 2 in the PSAC in the long jump at 7.31 meters, while John Eakin (17.06m) and Joshua Gose (16.84m) are No. 2 and No. 3 in the league in the shot put. All four of The Rock's athletes with NCAA marks currently sit outside the top 20 on the national leaderboard and likely need to improve their marks to have a chance to qualify for the National Championships.
 
Kyle Adams ranks third in the league in the heptathlon (4,376 points) and Joshua VanDeMark ranks third in the PSAC in the weight throw (18.19m). AJ Virata is No. 4 in the high jump (1.99m) and Jakob Graff is No. 4 in the pole vault (4.46m), while Taye Lynch rounds out the top five PSAC marks in the field ranking No. 5 in the triple jump (13.96m).
 
On the track, SRU has 12 marks that rank in the top 10 in the PSAC so far this winter, including both the 4x400-meter and distance medley relays that rank in the top three. Matthew Crow and Devon Navaroli have the highest rank in individual events with Crow ranked No. 3 in the 60-meter hurdles (8.41 seconds) and Navaroli ranked No. 3 in the 3,000-meter run (8:42.18). AJ Virata ranks fourth in the 200-meter dash (22.08 seconds) and sixth in the 60-meter dash (7.00 seconds) and Kadin Johnson ranks fifth in the 400-meter dash (49.82 seconds).
 
A look at all of SRU's performances so far this season and where they rank in the PSAC and NCAA Division II is available at the performance lists linked above.
 
SRU's top two entries in each event this weekend are listed below. For a full list of SRU's entries, check out the full heat sheets/meet program.
 
SRU MEN'S TOP ENTRIES AT SPIRE
• 60m Dash: Kyle Adams, Cam Lindsey
• 200m Dash: AJ Virata, Matthew Crow
• 400m Dash: Kadin Johnson, Tyler Morosky
• 800m Run Run: Shannon Dooley, Devon Navaroli
• Mile Run: Devon Navaroli
• 5,000m Run: Troy Hart, Ethan Brentham
• 60m Hurdles: Matthew Crow, Brenden Lewis
• 4x400m Relay: Kadin Johnson, Shannon Dooley, Tyler Morosky, AJ Virata
• HJ: AJ Viratra, Robert Kozares
• PV: Dan Hyatt, Jakob Graff
• LJ: Bryan Dworek, Mason Reed
• TJ: Zack Duda, Ian James
• SP: John Eakin, Joshua Gose
• WT: Joshua VanDeMark, Joshua Rohland
 
WOMEN'S PREVIEW
On the women's side, Slippery Rock will send 47 athletes to SPIRE to compete in 14 individual events and one relay.
 
The Rock enter the weekend with 19 field event marks currently ranked in the top 10 in the PSAC, headlined by freshman Baylee Blauser with the No. 1 long jump mark in the league at 5.83 meters. Blauser also ranks fifth in the league in the triple jump (11.27m), where she is tied with Aleks Brozeski. Blauser owns one of the two NCAA provisional marks for The Rock women this winter with the other coming from shot putter Sarah Corrie, who tossed a career-best 13.80 meters last week to move up to No. 2 in the PSAC. Blauser currently sits at No. 21 in Division II and Corrie is No. 26, meaning both likely need to improve their marks to qualify for the National Championships.  
 
Lorna Speigle joins Corrie as the only other SRU field athletes to rank No. 2 in the PSAC as she sits second in the pentathlon standings with her score of 2,904 points. Cecily Greggs returned to competition last week and cleared 1.63 meters in the high jump to move up to No. 3 in the PSAC. Samantha Gilbert enters this weekend ranked No. 4 in the PSAC in the long jump (5.55m), while Allie Taylor leads four SRU pole vaulters that rank in the top 10 in the league with her mark of 3.59 meters currently ranking No. 5. Tiffany Jolayemi rounds out the top five PSAC marks in the field with her weight throw mark of 15.73 meters ranking No. 5.
 
On the track, SRU has seven marks that rank in the top 10 in the PSAC this winter, headlined by Anna Igims ranking fifth in the 5,000-meter run with her time of 18:08 and Chaley Younkin ranking fifth in the 60-meter hurdles with her time of 9.28 seconds. Igims also ranks 10th in the mile (5:14.99). Samantha Gilbert ranks seventh in the league at 60-meters (7.79 seconds), while Alice Bogia sits ninth in the PSAC in the 400-meter run (59.76 seconds) and Chalondra Clarke is ninth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.45 seconds).
 
A look at all of SRU's performances so far this season and where they rank in the PSAC and NCAA Division II is available at the performance lists linked above.
 
SRU's top two entries this weekend in each event are listed below. For a full list of SRU's entries, check out the full heat sheets/meet program.
 
 SRU WOMEN'S TOP ENTRIES AT SPIRE
• 60m Dash: Regan Johnson, Asia Murray
• 200m Dash: Thai-Lin Pierce, Samantha Gilbert
• 400m Dash: Rachel Veneziano, Madison Olsen
• 800m Run: Anna Igims, Madi Koza
• Mile Run: Anna Igims
• 3,000m Run: Ruthie Hughes, Jennifer Cichra
• 5,000m Run: Katie Plassio, Steph Keelon
• 60m Hurdles: Chaley Younkin, Chalondra Clarke
• 4x400m Relay: Haley Morgan, Alice Bogia, Lorna Speigle, Rachel Veneziano
• HJ: Cecily Greggs, Paige Griffith
• PV: Kendall Grossman, Allie Taylor
• LJ: Aleks Brozeski, Samantha Gilbert
• TJ: Aleks Brozeski, Alice Bogia
• SP: Sarah Corrie, Olivia Heckman
• WT: Tiffany Jolayemi, Rachel Hutchinson
 
RECAPS AND FINAL RESULTS
Recaps and final results from the SPIRE Indoor Games will be posted to www.RockAthletics.com Saturday night or Sunday morning, depending on when final results are available from the meet. The meet is expected to go into the evening hours Saturday night.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will return to Mount Union next Saturday, Feb. 18, for the Raider Tune-Up before the PSAC Championships Feb. 25-26 at Bucknell.




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