Results

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Slippery Rock University women's track and field team recorded nine Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying marks, one event win and 31 top 10 finishes on the way to placing third in the team standings at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge that wrapped up Saturday from Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium.
 
The Rock were the first non-Division I team in the overall standings, trailing only a pair of Division I programs in the final results. Coastal Carolina won the meet with 126 points, followed by the College of Charleston in second with 107 points and Slippery Rock in third with 102 points. A total of 26 teams scored points in the meet.
 
The lone event win for SRU over the two-days of competition came from Tiffany Jolayemi, who took the top spot in the hammer throw with a toss of 42.97 meters.
 
Kendall Grossman led The Rock to five top seven finishes in the pole vault. She took second with a PSAC qualifying clearance of 3.50 meters. Hanna Zeiler was fourth at 3.35 meters and Grace Parrett was fifth at 3.20 meters to give SRU three PSAC qualifiers in the event.
 
Alice Bogia and Aleks Brozeski both hit PSAC marks in the triple jump with Bogia taking fifth with a leap of 11.27 meters and Brozeski finishing seventh at 10.95 meters.
 
SRU's final field event PSAC mark came from Olivia Heckman, who took third in the shot put with a toss of 12.13 meters.
 
Anna Igims and Rachel Veneziano led the way on the track with a pair of runner-up finishes. Igims was second in the 1,500-meter run in a PSAC mark of 4:41.71 and Veneziano was second in the 400-meter hurdles in a PSAC qualifying time of 1:06.11.
 
The final PSAC mark on the track came from Chaley Younkin, who finished third in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.33 seconds after clocking a time of 15.22 seconds in the prelims.
 
Slippery Rock also picked up points in all three relays it entered this weekend with a sixth place finish in the 4x200-meter relay (1:51.22), a fourth place showing in the 4x400-meter relay (4:12.02) and a fifth place finish in the 4x800-meter relay (10:30.54).
 
This weekend's meet marked the outdoor season opener for Slippery Rock, which will stay in Myrtle Beach all week during spring break before competing at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium again next weekend at the Shamrock Invitational.
 
A look at all of The Rock's top 10 finishers and PSAC qualifying marks from the Collegiate Challenge can be found below. For full results, click HERE.
 
TOP 10 AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
100-METER HURDLES
3. Chaley Younkin – 15.33 (15.22 in prelims, PSAC auto)
9. Madelyn Miller – 16.53
10. Dani MacBeth – 16.55
 
400-METER DASH
7. Madison Olsen – 1:03.01
 
400-METER HURDLES
2. Rachel Veneziano – 1:06.11 (PSAC auto)
7. Chaley Younkin – 1:10.58
8. Lorna Speigle – 1:10.62
 
1,500-METER RUN
2. Anna Igims – 4:41.71 (PSAC auto)
 
5,000-METER RUN
4. Marie Scarpa – 19:26.77
10. Maddie Grillo – 19:48.91
 
4x200-METER RELAY – 1:51.22
6. Kate Walsavage, Baylee Blauser, Allison Rennette, Alice Bogia
 
4x400-METER RELAY – 4:12.02
4. Rachel Veneziano, Allison Rennette, Haley Morgan, Madison Olsen
 
4x800-METER RELAY – 10:30.54
5. Ruthie Hughes, Lydia Valeriano, Allison Rennette, Madison Murtland
 
LONG JUMP
7. Aleks Brozeski – 4.88m
 
TRIPLE JUMP
5. Alice Bogia – 11.27m (PSAC auto)
7. Aleks Brozeski – 10.95m (PSAC auto)
 
HIGH JUMP
4. Lorna Speigle – 1.53m
5. Paige Griffith – 1.53m
9. Dani MacBeth – 1.43m
 
POLE VAULT
2. Kendall Grossman – 3.50m (PSAC auto)
4. Hanna Zeiler – 3.35m (PSAC auto)
5. Grace Parrett – 3.20m (PSAC auto)
6. Olivia Sentle – 3.05m
7. Allie Taylor – 3.05m
 
SHOT PUT
3. Olivia Heckman – 12.13m (PSAC auto)
7. Rebecca Martin – 11.18m
 
HAMMER THROW
1. Tiffany Jolayemi – 42.97m
9. Rebecca Martin – 34.99m
 
JAVELIN
7. Isabella Bartoletti – 34.17m
10. Olivia Heckman – 30.99m
 
DISCUS
10. Tiffany Jolayemi – 30.53m



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