Results

ASHLAND, Ohio – Anna Igims and Samantha Gilbert broke their own program records to lead the Slippery Rock University women's track & field team to 23 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying marks and three NCAA provisional marks at the Jud Logan Light Giver Invitational that wrapped up Saturday night from Ashland University.
 
Igims hit two of those three NCAA marks with both of them coming a few hours apart on Saturday. She kicked off her day by breaking her own SRU record in the mile with a second place finish in 4:55.10. That effort topped her previous SRU record of 4:56.84 that was set last year. Igims then closed the day by taking second in the 3,000-meter run with an NCAA provisional time of 9:52.72. She was joined in hitting the PSAC standard in the mile by Jennifer Cichra, who was 21st in 5:12.93. Cichra also hit the PSAC standard in the 800-meter run with a 22nd place finish in 2:21.99.
 
The other NCAA mark this weekend came from freshman sprinter Jianna Long, who lowered her season-best time in the 400-meter dash to 56.60 seconds to take eighth in the "elite" section of the 400m Saturday. That effort comes in just under the NCAA standard of 56.66 seconds. Long closed out her day by teaming with Gilbert, Alice Bogia and Lydia Reed to take seventh in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:58.22.
 
SRU nearly had a fourth NCAA mark this weekend with Gilbert placing second in the 60-meter dash finals with a time of 7.64 seconds. That effort broke her own SRU record of 7.65 seconds from 2023, but was just one one-hundredth of a second off the NCAA mark of 7.63 seconds. Gilbert competed in four different events this weekend and was top-10 in all four of them. She took eighth in the 200-meter dash in 25.90 seconds and was fifth in the long jump with a leap of 5.46 meters, in addition to her effort on the relay.
 
Gilbert was joined in reaching the PSAC standard in the 60-meter dash by Regan Johnson, who was 16th in 7.86 seconds. Chaley Younkin took 13th in the 60-meter hurdles and Reed was third in the unseeded section of the 400-meter dash in 59.03 seconds to cap the top efforts of the sprinters.
 
Baylee Blauser led the way in the horizontal jumps with a pair of top-10 finishes. She took third in the long jump with a leap of 5.64 meters and was eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 11.13 meters. Aleks Brozeski followed in ninth with a jump of 11.07 meters.
 
SRU had three pole vaulters meet the PSAC standard on the number as Grace Parrett, Addison Lyles and Allie Taylor all cleared 3.35 meters. Paige Griffith capped the top performances in the vertical jumps with a fourth place showing in the high jump with a clearance of 1.65 meters.
 
Olivia Heckman led The Rock throwers to five PSAC marks with her effort in the shot put, where she took second with a throw of 13.48 meters, just missing the NCAA standard of 13.67m. Becca Martin was fifth (12.86m) and Savannah Schneck was sixth (12.70m). Autumn Stewart led the way in the weight throw with a 15th place finish and toss of 15.17 meters, with Schneck placing 19th at 14.78 meters.
 
Maddy Miller led the SRU multi-event athletes with a 17th place finish in the pentathlon with 2,832 points, which moves her up to No. 4 in the PSAC this winter.
 
A look at each of The Rock's top-10 finishers and qualifying marks from the two-day Ashland meet can be found below. Full results are available HERE.
 
Slippery Rock will return to action next Saturday at the SPIRE Indoor Games at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
 
TOP 10 FINISHES AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
60-METER DASH
2. Samantha Gilbert – 7.64 (SRU record, PSAC auto)
16. Regan Johnson – 7.86 (PSAC auto)
 
60-METER HURDLES
13. Chaley Younkin – 9.21 (PSAC auto)
 
200-METER DASH
8. Samantha Gilbert – 25.90 (PSAC auto)
 
400-METER DASH (UNSEEDED)
3. Lydia Reed – 59.03 (PSAC auto)
8. Annasophia Stauffer – 1:00.26
 
400-METER DASH (SEEDED)
8. Jianna Long – 56.60 (NCAA provisional)
 
800-METER RUN
22. Jennifer Cichra – 2:21.99 (PSAC auto)
 
MILE RUN
2. Anna Igims – 4:55.10 (SRU record, NCAA provisional)
21. Jennifer Cichra – 5:12.93 (PSAC auto)
 
3,000-METER RUN
2. Anna Igims – 9:52.72 (NCAA provisional)
 
4x400-METER RELAY – 3:58.22
7. Samantha Gilbert, Alice Bogia, Lydia Reed, Jianna Long
 
HIGH JUMP
4. Paige Griffith – 1.65m (PSAC auto)
 
POLE VAULT
9. Grace Parrett – 3.35m (PSAC auto)
10. Addison Lyles – 3.35m (PSAC auto)
12. Allie Taylor – 3.35m (PSAC auto)
 
LONG JUMP
3. Baylee Blauser – 5.64m (PSAC auto)
5. Samantha Gilbert – 5.46m (PSAC auto)
 
TRIPLE JUMP
8. Baylee Blauser – 11.13m (PSAC auto)
9. Aleks Brozeski – 11.07m (PSAC auto)
 
SHOT PUT
2, Olivia Heckman – 13.48m (PSAC auto)
5. Becca Martin – 12.86m (PSAC auto)
6. Savannah Schneck – 12.70m (PSAC auto)
 
WEIGHT THROW
15. Autumn Stewart – 15.17m (PSAC auto)
19. Savannah Schneck – 14.78m (PSAC auto)
 
PENTATHLON
17. Maddy Miller – 2,832 pts (No. 4 in PSAC)
20. Leighanne Swan – 2,727 points (No. 7 in PSAC)
22. Autumn Wyatt – 2,683 points (No. 10 in PSAC)
 


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