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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Seaton Wozniak broke his own school record in the shot put to lead the Slippery Rock University men's track & field team in the indoor season opener Friday at the YSU Icebreaker hosted by Youngstown State University.
 
The Rock men closed the day with four NCAA provisional marks, 11 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference automatic qualifying marks and 14 top 10 finishes.
 
Wozniak had the highlight of the night when he opened the year with a bang, shattering his own SRU record that was set last winter with a winning throw of 17.96 meters. His effort took the top spot on a podium that included two throwers from Division I Pitt in second and third and bettered his former indoor best of 17.58 meters from last season.
 
That wasn't the only NCAA mark in the shot put for SRU as freshman Connor Brown took fourth with a provisional mark of 17.03 meters. Zach Gose also finished 10th at 14.92 meters to give SRU a trio in the top 10 with at least the PSAC standard.
 
Gose also took third in the weight throw with a toss of 17.49 meters with Ryan Oleksy finishing eighth at 15.32 meters to close out five total PSAC marks in the throws.
 
Drew Layton was the top collegiate finisher in the pole vault and took third overall behind a pair of unattached vaulters. He cleared an NCAA provisional height of 5.05 meters. Logan Gossard took eighth in the seeded section with a mark of 4.60 meters and Christian Crowley and Bradon Schneider went 1-2 in the unseeded section with matching heights of 4.45 meters to give SRU four vaulters with a PSAC mark.
 
Matthew Crow led the way on the track with an NCAA provisional mark in the 60-meter hurdles. He took sixth in the finals in 8.15 seconds after clocking a time of 8.13 seconds in the prelims. Austin Kurta joined him in hitting the PSAC standard with a 12th place showing in 8.52 seconds.
 
The top track efforts were capped by the 4x400-meter relay team of Jacob Thompson, Trey Huha, Kyle Rauchut and Gavin Skarbek, who closed the night with a fourth place finish in 3:20.37.
 
Slippery Rock will send three multi-event athletes to Susquehanna Saturday and Sunday to round out to opening weekend of competition.
 
A look at The Rock's top three finishers in each event and the PSAC qualifying marks from Friday can be found below. Full results from the meet are available HERE.
 
TOP FINISHERS AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
60-METER DASH
17. Benny Whitaker – 7.01
- Matthew Crow – 7.06 (in qualifying heat)
 
60-METER HURDLES
6. Matthew Crow – 8.15
    - ran 8.13 in prelims (NCAA provisional)
12. Austin Kurta – 8.52 (PSAC auto)
16. Jonathan Wess – 8.66
 
200-METER DASH
12. Kyle Rauchut – 22.35
13. Benny Whitaker – 22.43
23. Jacob Thompson – 22.75
 
400-METER DASH
17. Trey Huha – 50.47
27. Gavin Skarbek – 50.94
37. Jason Alderson – 52.63
 
4x400-METER RELAY – 3:20.37
4. Jacob Thompson, Trey Huha, Kyle Rauchut, Gavin Skarbek
 
LONG JUMP
9. Kai Lynch – 6.61m
42. Ian James – 5.00m
 
TRIPLE JUMP
8. Ian James – 13.70m
10. Jason Alderson – 13.49m
 
POLE VAULT – SEEDED
3. Drew Layton – 5.05m (NCAA provisional)
8. Logan Gossard – 4.60m (PSAC auto)
 
POLE VAULT – UNSEEDED
1. Christian Crowley – 4.45m (PSAC auto)
2. Bradon Schneider – 4.45m (PSAC auto)
 
SHOT PUT
1. Seaton Wozniak – 17.96m (SRU record, NCAA provisional)
4. Connor Brown – 17.03m (NCAA provisional)
10. Zach Gose – 14.92m (PSAC auto)
 
WEIGHT THROW
3. Zach Gose – 17.49m (PSAC auto)
8. Ryan Oleksy – 15.32m (PSAC auto)
10. Evan Hall – 14.71m
 

 
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