SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's and women's track & field teams will send 100 total student-athletes to compete in a pair of meets in Ohio over the next three days with 23 athletes competing Thursday at Walsh University and 77 athletes competing Friday and Saturday at Ashland University.
 
LAST CHANCES TO QUALIFY
This week's meets will mark the last chance to hit a PSAC qualifying mark for any SRU athletes that have not yet reached an automatic qualifying mark for the conference championships. It also marks the last chance for athletes that do have a qualifying mark to improve their seeding before the PSAC Championships take place next Friday through Sunday at Shippensburg University.
 
PSAC/NCAA QUALIFYING STANDARDS
• 2024 Qualifying Standards
• PSAC Performance List
• NCAA DII Performance List
 
WALSH TUNE-UP INFO
- Date: Thursday, April 25
- Location: Walsh University – North Canton, Ohio
- Times: Field events begin at 10:30 a.m., Track events begin at 1 p.m.
- Full Meet Schedule (PDF)
- Live Results Link
 
WALSH PREVIEW
Slippery Rock will send 23 total athletes to Walsh Thursday with select distance runners and jumpers making the trip.
 
On the men's side, the only entry for SRU that has a PSAC mark in the event they will compete in Thursday is Bryan Dworek, who currently ranks No. 8 in the PSAC in the long jump. The other six men's entries at Walsh will all be looking to hit a PSAC qualifying mark for the first time this season.
 
On the women's side, Jennifer Cichra is already qualified in the 1,500-meter run, Hannah Burgoon and Sydney Pitcovich are qualified in the steeplechase and Baylee Blauser is qualified in the long jump. The rest of the entries will be looking to meet the PSAC standard for the first time this season in the events they are competing in Thursday.
 
SRU MEN'S ENTRIES AT WALSH
• 3,000m Steeplechase: Noah Johnson
• High Jump: Taye Lynch, RJ Miller
• Long Jump: Bryan Dworek, Mason Reed, Jared Martone, Ian James
• Triple Jump: Jared Martone
 
SRU WOMEN'S ENTRIES AT WALSH
• 800m: Madison Murtland, Lexie Wyant, Madi Koza
• 1,500m: Jennifer Cichra, Skye Hackathorn
• 5,000m: Maddie Grillo, Lydia Valeriano
• Steeplechase: Morgan Dennison, Hannah Burgoon, Sydney Pitcovich, Lizzie Higgins
• High Jump: Alexa Stianche
• Long Jump: Baylee Blauser, Autumn Wyatt, Abby Williamson
• Triple Jump: Baylee Blauser, Autumn Wyatt, Katie Book
 
ASHLAND ALUMNI OPEN INFO
- Dates: Friday, April 26 – Saturday, April 27
- Location: Ashland University – Ashland, Ohio
- Full Meet Schedule (PDF)
- Live Results Link
 
ASHLAND PREVIEW
The majority of the SRU rosters competing this week will head to Ashland, where 38 men and 39 women will represent SRU. Most of the entries are sprinters, hurdlers and field athletes as the top distance runners for SRU will rest this weekend.
 
On the men's side, Slippery Rock will send most of its top athletes to compete, including pole vaulter Dan Hyatt, shot putters Joshua Gose and Seaton Wozniak, long jumper Gavin Thomas, hurdler Matthew Crow and sprinters AJ Virata and Kanye Thompson. The Rock will also run its "A" team in the 4x100-meter relay with Jacob Thompson joining Kanye Thompson, Virata and Crow. Virata enters this week ranked No. 1 in the PSAC in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, with Thompson ranked No. 3 in the 100m. Crow is ranked first in the PSAC in the 110-meter hurdles and Gose is ranked No. 1 in the shot put.
 
Much like the men, most of The Rock's top female sprinters and field athletes will compete at Ashland this week, headlined by throwers Tiffany Jolayemi and Sarah Corrie, who both rank in the top 20 nationally entering the week. Jolayemi ranks first in the PSAC in the hammer and Corrie is No. 1 in the PSAC in the shot put. SRU will also see three of the top four vaulters in the PSAC in action this weekend with Kendall Grossman, Hanna Zeiler and Allie Taylor, along with leading sprinters Samantha Gilbert, Regan Johnson and Lydia Latimer and jumpers Aleks Brozeski, Cassidy Davis and Paige Griffith.
 
A look at the top two entries for SRU in each event at Ashland can be found below. Full entries are available HERE.
 
TOP MEN'S ENTRIES – ASHLAND
• 100m: AJ Virata, Kanye Thompson
• 200m: AJ Virata, Kyle Rauchut
• 400m: Ian Campbell, Vinson Eggleston
• 110m HH: Matthew Crow, Brenden Lewis
• 400m IH: Owen Rindler, Cade Adams
• 4x100m Relay: K. Thompson, Virata, Crow, J. Thompson
• HJ: Logan Turton, Grady Cobb
• PV: Dan Hyatt, Bradon Schneider
• LJ: Gavin Thomas, Zack Duda
• SP: Joshua Gose, Seaton Wozniak
• DT: Seaton Wozniak, Zach Gose
• HT: Zach Gose, Joshua Rohland
 
TOP WOMEN'S ENTRIES – ASHLAND
• 100m: Samantha Gilbert, Regan Johnson
• 200m: Samantha Gilbert, Thai-Lin Pierce
• 400m: Lorna Speigle, Lydia Latimer
• 100m HH: Chaley Younkin, Chalondra Clarke
• 400m LH: Rachel Veneziano, Chaley Younkin
• 4x100m: Gilbert, Johnson, Miller, Pierce
• HJ: Cassidy Davis, Paige Griffith
• PV: Kendall Grossman, Allie Taylor
• LJ: Samantha Gilbert, Aleks Brozeski
• SP: Sarah Corrie, Olivia Heckman
• DT: Tiffany Jolayemi, Reese Skiba
• HT: Tiffany Jolayemi, Savannah Schneck
• JT: Eva Tokar, Madylin Wolter
 
RECAP AND RESULTS
Recaps and results will be posted to www.RockAthletics.com Thursday night for the Walsh meet and Saturday night or Sunday morning for the Ashland meet, depending on when final results are available.
 

 
 
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