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ASHLAND, Ohio – The Slippery Rock University men's track & field team recorded 15 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying marks, three NCAA provisional marks, two event wins, 26 top-10 finishes and one school record Saturday at the Ashland Invitational at the Niss Athletic Center at Ashland University.
 
The school record came from Matthew Crow, who broke his own SRU record in the 60-meter hurdles for the second time in two races this winter. He took second in the finals Saturday with a new career-best of 8.08 seconds, lowering his former record of 8.09 seconds from the first week of December.
 
The Rock picked up two NCAA marks on the track with Kanye Thompson winning the 60-meter dash with a personal best time of 6.73 seconds in his first race of the season. Thompson helped The Rock football team to the national semifinals during the fall and was making his indoor track season debut Saturday. His time of 6.73 seconds is the best in the PSAC and ranks No. 11 in all of Division II this season.
 
The third NCAA provisional mark of the day came in another winning effort when Joshua Gose took the top spot in the shot put with a toss of 16.63 meters to lead four SRU athletes to PSAC marks in the event. Seaton Wozniak was second with a throw of 16.31 meters, followed by Logan Parker in seventh with a mark of 14.62 meters and Zach Gose in eighth at 14.53 meters. Zach Gose also took fifth in the weight throw with a toss of 16.41 meters, where he was joined in hitting the PSAC standard by Joshua Rohland in seventh at 15.86 meters.
 
The only other PSAC auto mark in the field came from Drew Layton, who took fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.50 meters.
 
Thompson led a trio of SRU athletes to PSAC marks in the 60-meter dash. AJ Virata was ninth in 7.00 seconds and Benny Whitaker was 10th in 7.00 seconds. Virata also took seventh in the 200-meter dash in 22.22 seconds and ran the lead leg of the sixth place 4x400-meter relay, where he joined with Kyle Rauchut, Micah Good and Kadin Johnson to post a time of 3:19.88.
 
Good also clocked a PSAC mark of his own in the 400-meter dash with a 10th place finish in 49.93 seconds. Johnson took fifth in the rarely contested 300-meter dash in 35.73 seconds.
 
The final PSAC efforts of the day came from distance runners Troy Hart and Joey Cintavey in the 3,000-meter run. They both won their respective heats with Hart finishing seventh overall in 8:39.61 and Cintavey taking 18th in 8:49.85. Eli Schreiber was 19th in 8:50.05, barely missing the PSAC automatic mark of 8:50.00.
 
Slippery Rock was competing Saturday for the first time in a stretch of six weeks after taking a long break between the semesters. The Rock will now compete every weekend for the rest of the indoor track & field season, beginning next Saturday at Mount Union.
 
A look at all of The Rock's top-10 finishers and qualifying marks from Saturday can be found below. For full team results, click HERE.
 
TOP 10 FINISHES AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
60-METER DASH
1. Kanye Thompson – 6.73 (NCAA provisional)
9. AJ Virata – 7.00 (PSAC auto)
10. Benny Whitaker – 7.00 (PSAC auto)
 
200-METER DASH
7. AJ Virata – 22.22 (PSAC auto)
 
300-METER DASH
5. Kadin Johnson – 35.73
 
400-METER DASH
10. Micah Good – 49.93 (PSAC auto)
 
3,000-METER RUN
7. Troy Hart – 8:39.61 (PSAC auto)
18. Joey Cintavey – 8:49.85 (PSAC auto)
 
60-METER HURDLES
2. Matthew Crow – 8.08 (SRU record, NCAA provisional)
 
4x400-METER RELAY – 3:19.88
6. AJ Virata, Kyle Rauchut, Micah Good, Kadin Johnson
 
HIGH JUMP
8. Grady Cobb – 1.84m
11. Logan Turton – 1.84m
 
POLE VAULT
5. Drew Layton – 4.50m (PSAC auto)
9. Logan Gossard – 4.35m
 
LONG JUMP
2. Logan Anderson – 6.78m
7. Jason Alderson – 6.40m
8. Jacob Stucchio – 6.39m
9. Jack Thomas – 6.37m
 
TRIPLE JUMP
4. Jason Alderson – 13.56m
5. Ian James – 13.48m
6. Jack Thomas – 12.90m
 
SHOT PUT
1. Joshua Gose – 16.63m (NCAA provisional)
2. Seaton Wozniak – 16.31m (PSAC auto)
7. Logan Parker – 14.62m (PSAC auto)
8. Zach Gose – 14.53m (PSAC auto)
 
WEIGHT THROW
5. Zach Gose – 16.41m (PSAC auto)
7. Joshua Rohland – 15.86m (PSAC auto)
 


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