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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's track & field team won 12 events while recording 29 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying marks and three NCAA provisional marks at the John Papa Invitational hosted by SRU Thursday.
 
The Rock had arguably their best overall meet of the season with the highlights coming from a trio of athletes that recorded NCAA provisional marks. That group was headlined by Joshua Gose with a career-best mark of 17.43 meters in a winning effort in the shot put. That throw moves him up to No. 14 on the Division II leaderboard this spring. AJ Virata led the way on the track with a win in the 200-meter dash with a season-best and NCAA provisional time of 21.13 seconds. Dan Hyatt rounded out the NCAA marks with a win in the pole vault and a clearance of 4.95 meters.
 
Virata also took third in the 100-meter dash in 10.65 seconds behind teammate Kanye Thompson, who won the event with a season-best time of 10.53 seconds. Those two also teamed with Matthew Crow and Jacob Thompson to win the 4x100-meter relay in a season-best time of 40.98 seconds.
 
Crow also picked up a win of his own in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.53 seconds to lead a trio of SRU athletes to the PSAC standard. Brenden Lewis was fourth in 14.73 seconds and Jonathan Wess was eighth after clocking a time of 15.47 seconds in the prelims.
 
The Rock swept every open event on the track from 1,500 meters down, including all the sprints. Kyle Rauchut won the 400-meter dash in 49.37 seconds with Micah Good taking third in 49.73 seconds. Rauchut was also fourth in the 200m in 21.88 seconds with Jacob Thompson finishing eighth in 22.03 seconds. Thompson and Good then closed their day by teaming with Vinson Eggleston and Darien Malawi to take second in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:23.83.
 
SRU picked up a trio of wins in the distance races with Devon Navaroli winning the 800-meter run (1:57.40), Troy Hart winning the 1,500-meter run (4:06.38) and Ethan Brentham winning the 10,000-meter run (33:20.10).
 
Owen Rindler and Cade Adams rounded out the top efforts on the track with a pair of PSAC marks in the 400-meter hurdles. Rindler was second in 54.80 seconds with Adams taking third in 55.73 seconds.
 
Hyatt was joined in reaching the PSAC mark in the pole vault by Bradon Schneider, who took third with a clearance of 4.65 meters. The Rock also picked up a pair of PSAC marks in the high jump with Logan Turton taking third at 1.93 meters and Grady Cobb finishing fifth at 1.88 meters. Ian James led the way in the horizontal jumps with a win in the triple jump after a leap of 14.03 meters and Bryan Dworek rounded out the PSAC marks in the jumps with a third place showing in the long jump with a mark of 6.98 meters.
 
Slippery Rock closed out a strong day with 10 PSAC marks in the throws, led by Joshua Gose in the shot put. Gose was also eighth in the hammer with a throw of 45.27 meters. His brother Zach Gose took 10th in the shot put with a toss of 14.59 meters, was second in the hammer with a throw of 49.69 meters and took fifth in the discus with a throw of 45.82 meters. Seaton Wozniak was fourth in the discus at 46.34 meters. Joshua Rohland finished 12th in the shot put with a mark of 14.41 meters and was fifth in the hammer with a throw of 47.12 meters. Earnie Zilka was seventh in the hammer at 45.42 meters and Josh Kingerski rounded out the top efforts for the throwers with a win in the javelin with a throw of 55.64 meters.
 
Slippery Rock is set to compete in a pair of meets next week and will be in action Thursday at Walsh University in Ohio and Saturday at Ashland University in Ohio.
 
A look at the SRU top five finishes and qualifying marks from Thursday can be found below. Full results available HERE.
 
TOP FIVE AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
100-METER DASH
1. Kanye Thompson – 10.53 (PSAC auto)
3. AJ Virata – 10.65 (PSAC auto)
 
200-METER DASH
1. AJ Virata – 21.13 (NCAA provisional)
4. Kyle Rauchut – 21.88 (PSAC auto)
8. Jacob Thompson – 22.03 (PSAC auto)
 
400-METER DASH
1. Kyle Rauchut – 49.37 (PSAC auto)
3. Micah Good – 49.73 (PSAC auto)
 
800-METER RUN
1. Devon Navaroli – 1:57.40
 
1,500-METER RUN
1. Troy Hart – 4:06.38
3. Brady Hoffman – 4:17.11
 
5,000-METER RUN
2. Joseph Cintavey – 15:49.45
 
10,000-METER RUN
1. Ethan Brentham – 33:20.10 (PSAC auto)
2. Tucker Davis – 35:24.05
 
110-METER HURDLES
1. Matthew Crow – 14.53 (PSAC auto)
4. Brenden Lewis – 14.73 (PSAC auto)
8. Jonathan Wess – 15.88 (ran PSAC auto of 15.47 in prelims)
 
400-METER HURDLES
2. Owen Rindler – 54.80 (PSAC auto)
3. Cade Adams – 55.73 (PSAC auto)
 
4x100-METER RELAY – 40.98
1. Kanye Thompson, AJ Virata, Matthew Crow, Jacob Thompson
 
4x400-METER RELAY – 3:23.83
2. Vinson Eggleston, Jacob Thompson, Darien Malawi, Micah Good
 
HIGH JUMP
3. Logan Turton – 1.93m (PSAC auto)
5. Grady Cobb – 1.88m (PSAC auto)
 
POLE VAULT
1. Dan Hyatt – 4.95m (NCAA provisional)
3. Bradon Schneider – 4.65m (PSAC auto)
 
LONG JUMP
3. Bryan Dworek – 6.98m (PSAC auto)
 
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Ian James – 14.01m (PSAC auto)
3. Taye Lynch – 13.59m
 
SHOT PUT
1. Joshua Gose – 17.43m (NCAA provisional)
10. Zach Gose – 14.59m (PSAC auto)
12. Joshua Rohland – 14.41m (PSAC auto)
 
DISCUS THROW
4. Seaton Wozniak – 46.34m (PSAC auto)
5. Zach Gose – 45.82m (PSAC auto)
 
HAMMER THROW
2. Zach Gose – 49.69m (PSAC auto)
5. Joshua Rohland – 47.12m (PSAC auto)
7. Earnie Zilka – 45.42m (PSAC auto)
8. Joshua Gose – 45.27m (PSAC auto)
 
JAVELIN THROW
1. Josh Kingerski – 55.64m (PSAC auto)
 
 


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