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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Slippery Rock University women's track & field team tallied 17 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying marks, two NCAA provisional marks and won two events at the YSU Mid-Major Invitational that wrapped up Saturday evening from Youngstown State.
 
The Rock picked up wins in the distance medley relay and the discus throw, which is not an official indoor event but was added to this meet for fun. The foursome of Jennifer Cichra, Rachel Veneziano, Madison Murtland and Sydney Pitcovich won the distance medley relay with a time of 12:51.11 to open the competition Friday evening. Cichra then came back the next day to hit the PSAC mark in the 800-meter run with an 11th place finish in 2:23.75.
 
Tiffany Jolayemi capped the opening day of the meet by winning the discus with a throw of 40.87 meters. She then came back Saturday and hit the PSAC standard in the weight throw with a fifth place finish and a toss of 15.45 meters to lead SRU to a trio of PSAC marks in the throws. Becca Martin was fifth in the shot put with a toss of 12.74 meters and Olivia Heckman finished sixth with a mark of 12.72 meters.
 
The Rock got NCAA provisional qualifying marks from Lydia Latimer and Kendall Grossman with Latimer topping the NCAA standard in the pentathlon and Grossman clearing an NCAA mark in the pole vault.
 
Latimer, a graduate student transfer that played Division I volleyball at Cleveland State, made the most of her first indoor pentathlon by notching an NCAA provisional mark with a third place finish and a score of 3,325 points. During the five-event competition, she also hit the PSAC automatic qualifying marks in both the high jump (1.56 meters) and the long jump (5.37 meters). Maddy Miller also had a strong showing in the pentathlon to take fifth place with a score of 3,196 points, falling just below the NCAA standard of 3,242 points. Miller also hit the PSAC mark in the high jump (1.56m), as did Leighanne Swan (1.56m), who finished 14th overall in the pentathlon.
 
Grossman kept her season streak intact and has now cleared an NCAA provisional mark in the pole vault in every meet this winter. She took fifth in the seeded section of the competition with a clearance of 3.76 meters. Allie Taylor was 14th at 3.46 meters and Grace Parrett also hit the PSAC mark with a runner-up showing in the unseeded section with a clearance of 3.31 meters.
 
Regan Johnson led the way in the sprints with a pair of PSAC marks, first clocking a time of 7.82 seconds to take fifth in the 60-meter dash before coming back later to place seventh in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.74 seconds. Samantha Gilbert was sixth in the 60-meter dash in 7.85 seconds and also led the way with a sixth place showing in the long jump with a leap of 5.56 meters. Gilbert then teamed with Shannon McCullough, Rachel Veneziano and Lydia Reed to take third in the 4x400-meter relay in 4:05.53.
 
Chaley Younkin capped the PSAC marks on the track with a seventh place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.37 seconds. The final PSAC effort in the field came from Baylee Blauser, who was 17th in the long jump with a leap of 5.31 meters.
 
A look at each of The Rock's top 10 finishers and qualifying marks from Youngstown State can be found below. Complete results are available HERE. Slippery Rock also sent four women to Penn State Saturday, where Anna Igims broke the SRU record in the mile. Results from the PSU meet are available HERE.
 
Slippery Rock will travel to the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio next Saturday for a final tune-up before the PSAC Championships.

TOP 10 FINISHERS AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
60-METER DASH
5. Regan Johnson – 7.82 (PSAC auto)
6. Samantha Gilbert – 7.85 (PSAC auto)
 
60-METER HURDLES
7. Chaley Younkin – 9.37 (PSAC auto)
 
200-METER DASH
7. Regan Johnson – 25.74 (PSAC auto)
 
800-METER RUN
11. Jennifer Cichra – 2:23.75 (PSAC auto)
 
4x400-METER RELAY – 4:05.53
3. Samantha Gilbert, Shannon McCullough, Rachel Veneziano, Lydia Reed
 
DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY – 12:51.11
1. Jennifer Cichra, Rachel Veneziano, Madison Murtland, Sydney Pitcovich
 
HIGH JUMP
10. Cassidy Davis – 1.50m
 
LONG JUMP
6. Samantha Gilbert – 5.56m (PSAC auto)
17. Baylee Blauser – 5.31m (PSAC auto)
 
POLE VAULT – SEEDED
5. Kendall Grossman – 3.76m (NCAA provisional)
14. Allie Taylor – 3.46m (PSAC auto)
 
POLE VAULT - UNSEEDED
2. Grace Parrett – 3.31m (PSAC auto)
 
SHOT PUT
5. Becca Martin – 12.74m (PSAC auto)
6. Olivia Heckman – 12.72m (PSAC auto)
 
WEIGHT THROW
5. Tiffany Jolayemi – 15.45m (PSAC auto)
10. Savannah Schneck – 13.98m
 
PENTATHLON
3. Lydia Latimer – 3,325 points (NCAA provisional)
5. Maddy Miller – 3,196 points
 
Pentathlon High Jump
Lydia Latimer – 1.56m (PSAC auto)
Maddy Miller – 1.56m (PSAC auto)
Leighanne Swan – 1.56m (PSAC auto)
 
Pentathlon Long Jump
Lydia Latimer – 5.37m (PSAC auto)
 
DISCUS THROW (not an NCAA indoor event)
1. Tiffany Jolayemi – 40.87m
5. Reese Skiba – 35.19m
9. Haley Domagala – 29.13m
 

 
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