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LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Slippery Rock University women's track & field team recorded 23 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying marks, two NCAA provisional marks and won three events at the Dr. Jack M. Toms Invitational that wrapped up Saturday night from the University of Lynchburg.
 
The headliners for Slippery Rock included Anna Igims with a win and an NCAA provisional mark in the steeplechase, Isabella Bartoletti with an NCAA provisional and career-best in the javelin, Tiffany Jolayemi with a win in the hammer throw and Olivia Heckman with a win in the shot put.
 
Igims ran a pair of races over the weekend, first posting a PSAC qualifying mark in the 1,500-meter run with a seventh place finish in the invite section Friday night with a time of 4:37.71. She came back Saturday and won the 3,000-meter steeplechase by a wide margin with an NCAA provisional time of 10:45.89. That mark currently ranks No. 3 in Division II this spring. She was joined in hitting the PSAC standard in the steeplechase by Marie Scarpa, who took sixth in 12:18.73.
 
Bartoletti took second in the javelin with an NCAA provisional mark and career-best throw of 42.57 meters, topping her former career-best of 40.39 meters that was set last week. Her mark currently ranks No. 13 among all throwers in Division II this spring.
 
Heckman won the shot put with a career-best throw of 13.77 meters to lead Slippery Rock to a 1-2-3 sweep in the event. Savannah Schneck was second with a throw of 12.76 meters and Becca Martin was third with a toss of 12.25 meters.
 
Jolayemi rounded out the six PSAC marks in the throws with a win in the hammer with a throw of 49.43 meters.
 
Slippery Rock tallied five PSAC marks in the jumps with two in the long jump, two in the pole vault and one in the triple jump. Aleks Brozeski took third in the long jump with a leap of 5.66 meters and Samantha Gilbert took fifth with a mark of 5.47 meters. Allie Taylor was fourth in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.35 meters with Hanna Zeiler placing sixth with the same mark of 3.35 meters. Baylee Blauser capped the top efforts in the jumps with a sixth place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 11.02 meters.
 
Gilbert also hit the PSAC standard in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and ran a leg of the runner-up 4x100-meter relay. She was second in the 200m in 25.59 seconds and took fifth in the 100m in 12.49 seconds. Regan Johnson was third in the 100m in 12.35 seconds and was fourth in the 200m in 25.89 seconds. They teamed with Layne Miller and Thai-Lin Pierce to take second in the 4x100m in 47.19 seconds.
 
SRU also got a pair of PSAC marks in the 400-meter dash from Lydia Reed in seventh in 59.60 seconds and Shannon McCullough in eighth in 59.85 seconds. They teamed with Annasophia Stauffer and Rachel Veneziano to finish third in the 4x400-meter relay in 4:17.20.
 
Veneziano also hit the PSAC mark in the 400-meter hurdles with a third place finish in 1:05.81. Chaley Younkin and Chalondra Clarke led the way in the 100-meter hurdles with Younkin finishing eighth in 15.63 seconds and Clarke taking ninth in 15.72 seconds to round out the PSAC qualifying marks from the weekend.
 
A look at each of The Rock's top-10 finishers and qualifying marks from the two-day meet in Virginia can be found below. Full results available HERE.
 
Slippery Rock will return to action next Friday and Saturday at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational in Pittsburgh.
 
TOP 10 FINISHERS AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
100-METER DASH
3. Regan Johnson – 12.35 (PSAC auto)
5. Samantha Gilbert – 12.49 (PSAC auto)
8. Layne Miller – 12.70
9. Thai-Lin Pierce – 12.70
 
200-METER DASH
2. Samantha Gilbert – 25.59 (PSAC auto)
4. Regan Johnson – 25.89 (PSAC auto)
 
400-METER DASH
7. Lydia Reed – 59.60 (PSAC auto)
8. Shannon McCullough – 59.85 (PSAC auto)
9. Annasophia Stauffer – 1:00.11
 
1,500-METER RUN (INVITE SECTION)
7. Anna Igims – 4:37.71 (PSAC auto)
 
5,000-METER RUN
8. Maddie Grillo – 18:46.77
 
100-METER HURDLES
8. Chaley Younkin – 15.63 (PSAC auto)
9. Chalondra Clarke – 15.72 (PSAC auto)
 
400-METER HURDLES
3. Rachel Veneziano – 1:05.81 (PSAC auto)
 
3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE
1. Anna Igims – 10:45.89 (NCAA provisional)
6. Marie Scarpa – 12:18.73 (PSAC auto)
7. Morgan Dennison – 12:45.82
 
4x100-METER RELAY – 47.19
2. Samantha Gilbert, Regan Johnson, Layne Miller, Thai-Lin Pierce
 
4x400-METER RELAY – 4:17.20
3. Annasophia Stauffer, Shannon McCullough, Rachel Veneziano, Lydia Reed
 
POLE VAULT
4. Allie Taylor – 3.35m (PSAC auto)
6. Hanna Zeiler – 3.35m (PSAC auto)
 
LONG JUMP
3. Aleks Brozeski – 5.66m (PSAC auto)
5. Samantha Gilbert – 5.47m (PSAC auto)
8. Abby Williamson – 5.26m
9. Cassidy Davis – 5.25m
 
TRIPLE JUMP
6. Baylee Blauser – 11.02m (PSAC auto)
9. Alice Bogia – 10.84m
10. Aleks Brozeski – 10.78m
 
SHOT PUT
1. Olivia Heckman – 13.77m (PSAC auto)
2. Savannah Schneck – 12.76m (PSAC auto)
3. Becca Martin – 12.25m (PSAC auto)
 
DISCUS
2. Tiffany Jolayemi – 39.52m (PSAC auto)
7. Becca Martin – 36.04m
10. Reese Skiba – 34.43m
 
HAMMER
1. Tiffany Jolayemi – 49.43m (PSAC auto)
7. Savannah Schneck – 43.07m
9. Autumn Stewart – 40.36m
 
JAVELIN
2. Isabella Bartoletti – 42.57m (NCAA provisional)
8. Madilyn Wolter – 34.99m



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