SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University track & field program will send four athletes to the University of Akron Friday evening to compete in the Haynes Lancaster Open at the Stile Athletics Field House.
 
MEET INFO
• Events begin at  4 p.m.
• Complete Event Schedule
• Live Results Link
 
PSAC/NCAA QUALIFYING STANDARDS
• 2025-26 Qualifying Standards
• PSAC Performance List
• NCAA Division II Performance List
 
SRU ATHLETES COMPETING
Men: Drew Layton, Logan Gossard
Women: Baylee Blauser, Allie Taylor
 
COLLEGE TEAMS COMPETING
Akron, Buffalo, Hillsdale, Roberts Wesleyan, Slippery Rock, Walsh
 
MEN'S PREVIEW
The Rock will send just two pole vaulters to represent the men's team with Drew Layton and Logan Gossard set to compete in a strong field that includes 18 entries, all with a seed mark above 4.50 meters. Layton is the highest seeded collegiate athlete in the field with his career-best of 5.24 meters with only one unattached athlete seeded higher. Gossard is the 10th seed with his best mark of 4.81 meters.
 
Both SRU men opened the season last week at Youngstown State, where Layton cleared an NCAA provisional mark of 5.05 meters and Gossard went 4.60 meters. Layton's mark currently ranks No. 1 in the PSAC and No. 8 among all vaulters in Division II while Gossard ranks No. 3 in the PSAC.
 
The men's pole vault will follow the women's pole vault, which is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
 
WOMEN'S PREVIEW
Slippery Rock will send two field athletes to Akron with Baylee Blauser set to jump in both the long and triple jump events and Allie Taylor set to compete in the pole vault. Taylor enters the meet seeded fifth (3.85 meters) in a strong field that includes 12 total vaulters and six Division II women. Blauser is the No. 1 seed in the long jump and the No. 3 seed in the triple jump (11.55 meters). She will be joined by only one other Division II jumper in the long jump and only Division I jumpers in the triple jump.
 
Both women opened their indoor seasons last week at Youngstown State. Taylor currently ranks No. 2 in the PSAC in the pole vault (3.55m), while Blauser is No. 5 in the PSAC In both the long jump (5.48m) and the triple jump (11.11m).
 
Taylor will be the first to compete when the women's pole vault starts at 4 p.m. Blauser will jump in the long jump after the men's competition ends.
 
RESULTS
Results from the meet will be available late Friday night or Saturday morning, depending on how late the meet finishes.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will take a little over a month off from competition with the semester break. The Rock are set to return to action Jan. 16 at Youngstown State.
 
 
 


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