Results

ALLIANCE, Ohio – The Slippery Rock University men's indoor track and field team recorded 20 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying marks, three NCAA provisional marks and six event wins at the Jim Wuske Invitational hosted by the University of Mount Union Saturday.
 
The Rock won three of the five field events they entered and recorded three NCAA provisional qualifying marks in the field Saturday after dominating the shot put and pole vault events.
 
Slippery Rock went 1-2 in the shot put with a pair of NCAA marks thanks to John Eakin and Joshua Gose. Eakin landed his best throw of the season to win the event with a mark of 17.06 meters, while Gose took second at 16.44 meters. They led SRU to a total of four PSAC marks in the shot put. Seaton Wozniak took fourth at 15.07 meters and Joshua Rohland was sixth at 14.54 meters.
 
Dan Hyatt ran away with the win in the pole vault after clearing a career-best 4.76 meters to go above the NCAA provisional mark for the first time this winter. Jakob Graff also hit the PSAC standard and took third with a clearance of 4.46 meters.
 
SRU finished the day with a total of eight PSAC marks in the two throwing events after recording four more in the weight throw. Joshua VanDeMark led the way in third place with a toss of 16.35 meters. Gose was sixth at 15.37 meters, followed by Brandon McCray in eighth at 15.03 meters and Rohland in ninth at 15.02 meters.
 
The third event win in the field came in the long jump, where Gavin Thomas recorded a leap of 6.68 meters to take the victory.
 
SRU also picked up two individual wins on the track with Kadin Johnson and Devon Navaroli each winning their respective events. Johnson took the 400-meter title in 50.80 seconds, while Navaroli led three SRU runners to a PSAC mark in the mile by winning in 4:21.01. Troy Hart was third at 4:23.56 and Ethan Brentham was fifth at 4:28.36.
 
Matthew Crow and AJ Virata each tallied two PSAC marks on the track with Crow finishing second in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.44 seconds and fifth in the 200-meter dash in 22.85 seconds. He was joined in the hurdles by Brenden Lewis, who was fourth in 8.68 seconds. Virata was third in both the 200-meter dash (22.53 seconds) and the 60-meter dash (7.00 seconds).
 
Shannon Dooley dropped down to the rarely-contested 500-meter run and took second in 1:07.10 and Ryan Corbitt led the way in the 800-meter run with a fourth place finish in a PSAC qualifying time of 1:59.73.
 
The Rock closed the day by winning the 4x400-meter relay with Kadin Johnson, Shannon Dooley, Tyler Morosky and AJ Virata teaming up to post a time of 3:28.43.

Slippery Rock was among the top teams in action at the Jim Wuske Invitational, which featured more than 20 collegiate teams, mostly from NCAA Division II and Division III. The Rock came away with a total of 25 top-10 finishes Saturday. A look at all of those top-10 efforts and all of the qualifying marks can be found below.
 
SRU will return to action next Saturday at the SPIRE Indoor Games hosted at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

TOP 10 AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
60-METER DASH
3. AJ Virata – 7.00 (PSAC auto)
 
60-METER HURDLES
2. Matthew Crow – 8.44 (PSAC auto)
4. Brenden Lewis – 8.68 (PSAC auto)
 
200-METER DASH
3. AJ Virata – 22.53 (PSAC auto)
5. Matthew Crow – 22.85 (PSAC auto)
8. Tyler Morosky – 23.33
 
400-METER DASH
1. Kadin Johnson – 50.80 (PSAC auto)
7. Tyler Morosky – 52.21
 
500-METER DASH
2. Shannon Dooley – 1:07.10
 
800-METER RUN
4. Ryan Corbitt – 1:59.73 (PSAC auto)
 
MILE RUN
1. Devon Navaroli – 4:21.01 (PSAC auto)
3. Troy Hart – 4:23.56 (PSAC auto)
5. Ethan Brentham – 4:28.36 (PSAC auto)
 
4x400-METER RELAY - 3:28.43
1. Kadin Johnson, Shannon Dooley, Tyler Morosky, AJ VIrata

POLE VAULT
1. Dan Hyatt – 4.76m (NCAA provisional)
3. Jakob Graff – 4.46m (PSAC auto)
 
LONG JUMP
1. Gavin Thomas – 6.68m
 
SHOT PUT
1. John Eakin – 17.06m (NCAA provisional)
2. Joshua Gose – 16.44m (NCAA provisional)
4. Seaton Wozniak – 15.07m (PSAC auto)
6. Joshua Rohland – 14.54m (PSAC auto)
 
WEIGHT THROW
3. Joshua VanDeMark – 16.35m (PSAC auto)
6. Joshua Gose – 15.37m (PSAC auto)
8. Brandon McCray – 15.03m (PSAC auto)
9. Joshua Rohland – 15.02m (PSAC auto)
 
 

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