Penn Relays Results  |  WVU Results

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Slippery Rock University men's track and field team recorded 26 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying marks and two NCAA provisional marks across two meets in two different states this weekend, culminating Saturday night with 12 event wins at the Mountaineer Twilight hosted by West Virginia University.
 
The Rock had three throwers compete Friday at the historic Penn Relays at Franklin Field and all three had to endure heavy rain and cold temperatures during their events. John Eakin and Joshua Gose were the only non-Division I throwers to finish in the top 10 of the shot put and Dalton Anderson was the top non-Division I finisher in the javelin. Eakin finished fourth in the shot put with a toss of 16.98 meters, while Gose was fifth with a throw of 16.92 meters as both men met the NCAA provisional standard despite the poor weather. Anderson was fourth in the javelin with a throw of 57.76 meters.
 
Slippery Rock was far and away the largest team at West Virginia's evening meet Saturday night with more than 40 athletes competing. The Rock used that depth to pick up wins in 12 different events, including seven of the eight total field events.
 
SRU won three of the four throwing events, led by Seaton Wozniak with a pair of wins in the discus (45.74m) and the shot put (15.61m). Joshua Rohland was second in the shot put at 14.23 meters and Zach Gose was second in the discus at 42.64 meters. SRU also won the hammer with Joshua VanDeMark leading a 1-2-3 sweep with a throw of 55.03 meters. Brandon McCray was second at 50.22 meters and Zach Gose was third at 46.37 meters. SRU closed out its PSAC marks in the throws with a second place finish in the javelin from Josh Kingerski with a toss of 52.41 meters.
 
SRU won all four of the jumping events with Dan Hyatt winning the pole vault (4.60m), Zack Duda winning the high jump (1.83m), Ian James winning the triple jump (13.90m) and Gavin Thomas winning the long jump with a career-best effort of 7.09 meters. Taye Lynch took second in the triple jump with a PSAC mark of 13.86 meters.
 
AJ Virata led the way on the track with a win in the 200-meter dash in 21.67 seconds while running into a headwind. Virata was also second in the 100-meter dash in 10.83 seconds and ran a leg of the winning 4x100-meter relay, where he teamed with Kanye Thompson, Matthew Crow and Bryan Dworek to run 41.39 seconds. Kadin Johnson rounded out the top efforts of the sprinters with a win in the 400-meter dash with a season-best time of 49.03 seconds.
 
Crow won the 110-meter hurdles to lead SRU to three PSAC marks with his winning effort of 15.44 seconds. Brenden Lewis was third in 15.58 seconds and Jack Keenan was fourth in 16.08 seconds. Cade Adams led the way in the 400-meter hurdles with SRU also hitting three PSAC marks there. He ran a season-best time of 55.55 seconds to take second. Keenan was third in 57.37 seconds and Darien Malawi was fourth in 58.23 seconds.
 
The final PSAC marks on the day came from mid-distance runners Devon Navaroli and Shannon Dooley in the 1,500-meter run. Navaroli was second in 3:54.10 with Dooley finishing fourth in 3:59.90. Dooley also won the 800-meter run in a jogging effort later in the meet at 2:07, a cool 14 seconds slower than his season-best.
 
A look at all of SRU's top three finishers and qualifying marks from the weekend can be found below. For full results from the WVU meet, click HERE.
 
Slippery Rock returns home next Friday for the SRU Last Chance Meet, which will mark a final tune-up before The Rock host the PSAC Championships May 11-13.
 
PENN RELAYS SHOT PUT RESULTS
4. John Eakin – 16.98m (NCAA provisional)
5. Joshua Gose – 16.92m (NCAA provisional)
 
PENN RELAYS JAVELIN RESULTS
4. Dalton Anderson – 57.76m (PSAC auto)
 
TOP THREE AND QUALIFYING MARKS AT WVU
 
100-METER DASH
2. AJ Virata – 10.83 (PSAC auto)
3. Kanye Thompson – 11.15
 
200-METER DASH
1. AJ Virata – 21.67 (PSAC auto)
2. Matthew Crow – 22.55
3. Alex Dickson – 23.01
 
400-METER DASH
1. Kadin Johnson – 49.03 (PSAC auto)
2. Alex Dickson – 51.63
3. Jeremy Uher – 52.68
 
800-METER RUN
1. Shannon Dooley – 2:07.53
 
1,500-METER RUN
2. Devon Navaroli – 3:54.10 (PSAC auto)
4. Shannon Dooley – 3:59.90 (PSAC auto)
 
110-METER HURDLES
1. Matthew Crow – 15.44 (PSAC auto)
3. Brenden Lewis – 15.58 (PSAC auto)
4. Jack Keenan – 16.08 (PSAC auto)
 
400-METER HURDLES
2. Cade Adams – 55.55 (PSAC auto)
3. Jack Keenan – 57.37 (PSAC auto)
4. Darien Malawi – 58.23 (PSAC auto)
 
3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE
2. Noah Johnson – 10:30.63
 
4x100-METER RELAY – 41.39
1. Kanye Thompson, AJ VIrata, Matthew Crow, Bryan Dworek
 
LONG JUMP
1. Gavin Thomas – 7.09m (PSAC auto)
3. Ethan Folmer – 6.27m
 
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Ian James – 13.90m (PSAC auto)
2. Taye Lynch – 13.86m (PSAC auto)
3. Jared Martone – 11.75m
 
POLE VAULT
1. Dan Hyatt – 4.60m (PSAC auto)
 
HIGH JUMP
1. Zack Duda – 1.83m
2. Grady Cobb – 1.78m
 
SHOT PUT
1. Seaton Wozniak – 15.61m (PSAC auto)
2. Joshua Rohland – 14.23m (PSAC auto)
3. Zach Gose – 13.21m
 
DISCUS
1. Seaton Wozniak – 45.74m (PSAC auto)
2. Zach Gose – 42.64m (PSAC auto)
 
HAMMER
1. Joshua VanDeMark – 55.03m (PSAC auto)
2. Brandon McCray – 50.22m (PSAC auto)
3. Zach Gose – 46.37m (PSAC auto)
 
JAVELIN
2. Josh Kingerski – 52.14m (PSAC auto)
 


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