Final Results

ALLIANCE, Ohio – The Slippery Rock University men's track & field team won seven of the 14 events SRU athletes competed in Saturday at the Jim Wuske Invite hosted by the University of Mount Union.
 
The Rock also recorded 20 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference automatic qualifying marks and three NCAA provisional qualifying marks.
 
Two of the three NCAA marks came in the shot put, where Seaton Wozniak and Joshua Gose took the top two spots to lead four SRU throwers to at least the PSAC standard in the event. Wozniak won with a career-best throw of 17.11 meters with Gose taking second with a toss of 16.43 meters. Wozniak's winning throw moved him up to No. 15 on the Division II leaderboard this winter. Logan Parker was fourth with a throw of 15.86 meters and Zach Gose was sixth with a throw of 14.54 meters.
 
Zach Gose also took second in the weight throw to lead SRU to three more PSAC marks in the second throwing discipline. He recorded a throw of 17.10 meters to finish second overall and first among the college throwers in the competition. Ryan Oleksy was third with a toss of 15.56 meters and Joshua Rohland was fourth with a throw of 15.35 meters.
 
SRU grabbed two more wins in the field with Ethan Folmer winning the high jump (1.85 meters) and Ian James winning the triple jump with a PSAC qualifying mark of 14.09 meters. Jason Alderson followed James in second place with a PSAC qualifying jump of 14.02 meters.
 
The Rock had three pole vaulters record PSAC marks with Logan Gossard leading the way in second place with a clearance of 4.68 meters. Bradon Schneider was third at 4.53 meters and Cullen Birkes was fourth at 4.43 meters to cap the top efforts in the field.
 
Matthew Crow recorded the third NCAA mark of the day and lone NCAA mark on the track when he won the 60-meter hurdles in 8.16 seconds.
 
The Rock had three sprinters clock the PSAC standard in the 60-meter dash with Kanye Thompson leading the way with a victory in 6.86 seconds. AJ Virata ran a season-best 6.98 seconds to take second and Benny Whitaker placed third in 7.03 seconds. Virata then came back later in the day and won the 200-meter dash in a PSAC mark of 22.61 seconds. Tyler Morosky also hit the PSAC standard in second in 22.90 seconds.
 
The remaining PSAC qualifying marks came from a pair of distance runners with Joey Cintavey and Troy Hart both hitting the standard in the mile. Cintavey took fifth in 4:22.31 and Hart was sixth in 4:22.87. Hart also teamed with Ryan Corbitt, Dylan Barca and Eli Schreiber to win the distance medley relay in 10:50.95.
 
A look at each of The Rock's top five finishers and qualifying marks from Saturday can be found below. For full SRU results, click HERE.
 
Slippery Rock will return to action next Friday and Saturday at Ashland University for a two-day meet.
 
TOP FIVE FINISHES AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
60-METER DASH
1. Kanye Thompson – 6.86 (PSAC auto)
2. AJ Virata – 6.98 (PSAC auto)
3. Benny Whitaker – 7.03 (PSAC auto)
5. Kadin Johnson – 7.18
 
60-METER HURDLES
1. Matthew Crow – 8.16 (NCAA provisional)
4. Darien Malawi – 8.92
 
200-METER DASH
1. AJ Virata – 22.61 (PSAC auto)
2. Tyler Morosky – 22.90 (PSAC auto)
5. Benny Whitaker – 23.08
 
400-METER DASH
2. Kyle Rauchut – 51.85
3. Micah Good – 51.89
4. Tyler Morosky – 52.09
 
800-METER RUN
5. Brady Hoffman – 2:00.33
 
MILE RUN
5. Joey Cintavey – 4:22.31 (PSAC auto)
6. Troy Hart – 4:22.87 (PSAC auto)
 
DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY – 10:50.95
1. Troy Hart, Ryan Corbitt, Dylan Barca, Eli Schreiber
 
HIGH JUMP
1. Ethan Folmer – 1.85m
 
POLE VAULT
2. Logan Gossard – 4.68m (PSAC auto)
3. Bradon Schneider – 4.53m (PSAC auto)
4. Cullen Birkes – 4.43m (PSAC auto)
 
LONG JUMP
3. Zack Duda – 6.45m
5. Jack Thomas – 6.42m
 
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Ian James – 14.09m (PSAC auto)
2. Jason Alderson – 14.02m (PSAC auto)
3. Jack Thomas – 13.46m
 
SHOT PUT
1. Seaton Wozniak – 17.11m (NCAA provisional)
2. Joshua Gose – 16.43m (NCAA provisional)
4. Logan Parker – 15.86m (PSAC auto)
6. Zach Gose – 14.54m (PSAC auto)
 
WEIGHT THROW
2. Zach Gose – 17.10m (PSAC auto)
3. Ryan Oleksy – 15.56m (PSAC auto)
4. Joshua Rohland – 15.35m (PSAC auto)
 
 

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