SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University track & field teams will send more than 100 student-athletes to two different meets Friday and Saturday with a small group heading to North Carolina State University to compete in the Raleigh Relays while the rest of the team competes at West Liberty University's Tim Weaver Invitational.
 
RALEIGH RELAYS INFO
• Dates: Friday and Saturday, March 28-29
• Location: North Carolina State University  |  Raleigh, N.C.
• Meet Schedule
• Live Results
 
SRU ATHLETES COMPETING AT RALEIGH RELAYS
• Women: Anna Igims (3K steeplechase), Chaley Younkin (both hurdles), Regan Johnson (100m, 200m)
• Men: Cade Adams (400m hurdles), Matthew Crow (both hurdles, 4x100m), Kadin Johnson (400m), Owen Rindler (400m hurdles), Kanye Thompson (100m, 200m, 4x100m), AJ Virata (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Benny Whitaker (100m, 200m, 4x100m)
 
TIM WEAVER INVITATIONAL INFO
• Dates: Friday and Saturday, March 28-29
• Location: West Liberty University  |  West Liberty, W. Va.
• Meet Schedule
• Live Results
 
PSAC/NCAA QUALIFYING STANDARDS
• 2025 Qualifying Standards
• PSAC Performance List
• NCAA DII Performance List
 
RALEIGH RELAYS PREVIEW
Slippery Rock will send just 10 athletes to the Raleigh Relays, which is one of the highest profile collegiate meets on the east coast each year. The women's team will be represented by distance runner Anna Igims, who will race for the first time this spring when she runs in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, along with hurdler Chaley Younkin and sprinter Regan Johnson. Igims is the SRU record holder in the steeple, while Johnson is the reigning PSAC Athlete of the Week after posting the top 100-meter dash time in the league last week. The men's team will take the 4x100-meter relay squad of Matthew Crow, Benny Whitaker, AJ Virata and Kanye Thompson, which should be capable of challenging the SRU program record that was set last spring. All four of them will also run individual events. SRU's men will also feature 400-meter hurdle specialists Owen Rindler and Cade Adams and sprinter Kadin Johnson, who will run the 400-meter dash.
 
TIM WEAVER INVITATIONAL – MEN'S QUICK PREVIEW
Slippery Rock is coming off a strong showing last weekend, where The Rock won 12 events at the Ed Fry Invitational hosted by IUP and also picked up a win in the javelin at West Virginia University.
 
SRU tallied a trio of NCAA marks last week with Seaton Wozniak and Joshua Gose hitting the standard in the shot put and Josh Kingerski reaching the NCAA mark in the javelin. All three men are expected to compete at West Liberty, where they will be joined by Zach Gose in leading a strong contingent of throwers.
 
Indoor pole vault All-American Drew Layton, who broke the all-time PSAC record two weeks ago at nationals, will make his outdoor debut to lead an SRU pole vault group that includes five men that have earned All-Region honors in their career. Dan Hyatt, Bradon Schneider, Logan Gossard and Andy Huynh have all cleared bars above 4.75 meters in their careers.
 
The Rock will also send a strong group of multi-event athletes to West Liberty with Logan Anderson and Zack Duda leading that group. Anderson earned All-Region honors indoor and will make his collegiate debut in the decathlon.
 
Other top SRU men competing at West Liberty include jumpers Ian James, Jason Alderson, Jack Thomas and Mason Reed, along with distance runners Troy Hart and John Juszynski and sprinters Jacob Thompson, Jeremy Uher, Kyle Rauchut and Micah Good. In total, more than 50 SRU men will compete this weekend at West Liberty.
 
A look at the top two entries for SRU in each event can be found below. Full entries will be available on the live results page linked above after the entries are finalized (entries close 4 p.m. Thursday). 
 
TOP SRU MEN'S ENTRIES AT WEST LIBERTY
• 100m: Cam Lindsey, Nicholas Hartwick
• 200m: Jacob Thompson, Jeremy Uher
• 400m: Kyle Rauchut, Micah Good
• 800m: Ryan Corbitt, Brady Hoffman
• 1,500m: Michael Novak, Brady Hoffman
• 5,000m: Dom Bumblis, Tucker Davis
• 110m HH: Darien Malawi, Chris Powell
• 400m IH: Darien Malawi
• 3,000m Steeple: John Juszynski, Troy Hart
• 4x400m: Jacob Thompson, Kyle Rauchut, Micah Good, Trey Huha
• HJ: Grady Cobb, Alex Cooper
• PV: Drew Layton, Dan Hyatt
• LJ: Jack Thomas, Mason Reed
• TJ: Ian James, Jason Alderson
• SP: Seaton Wozniak, Joshua Gose
• DT: Zach Gose, Seaton Wozniak
• HT: Zach Gose, Ryan Oleksy
• JAV: Josh Kingerski, Joseph Reed
• DEC: Logan Anderson, Zack Duda
 
TIM WEAVER INVITATIONAL – WOMEN'S QUICK PREVIEW
Slippery Rock is coming off a strong outing last week, where The Rock won eight events at the Ed Fry Invitational hosted by IUP and picked up another win at West Viriginia University is Isabella Bartoletti winning the javelin.
 
The Rock will be led at West Liberty by a strong group of throwers that will welcome back multiple-time PSAC shot put champion Sarah Corrie, who will compete for the first time since last May. Corrie did not have indoor eligibility this year, but has one season of outdoor left. She joins a stellar group that includes Olivia Heckman and Becca Martin, who both earned All-Region honors this winter. Martin and Reese Skiba will headline the discus throwers, while Autumn Stewart and Martin will lead the way in the hammer.
 
SRU will send a strong group of jumpers to West Liberty, with Aleks Brozeski and Baylee Blauser leading the way in the horizontal jumps, Allie Taylor and Hanna Zeiler leading the pole vaulters and Paige Griffith and Cassidy Davis highlighting the high jumpers.
 
All-Region distance runners Ruthie Hughes and Jennifer Cichra will headline the mid-distance races, while PSAC indoor 400-meter champion Jianna Long will join Layne Miller in leading the sprint group and Maddy Miller and Leighanne Swan will lead a foursome from The Rock in the heptathlon. In total, 47 SRU women will compete at West Liberty.
 
A look at the top two entries for SRU in each event can be found below. Full entries will be available on the live results page linked above after the entries are finalized (entries close 4 p.m. Thursday). 
 
TOP SRU WOMEN'S ENTRIES AT WEST LIBERTY
• 100m: Layne Miller, Baylee Blauser
• 200m: Jianna Long, Layne Miller
• 400m: Jianna Long, Lydia Reed
• 800m: Jennifer Cichra, Lexie Wyant
• 1,500m: Ruthie Hughes, Skye Hackathorn
• 5,000m: Lizzie Higgins
• 400m H: Evabella Cox, Maddy Miller
• 3,000m Steeple: Sydney Pitcovich, Morgan Dennison
• 4x400m: Jianna Long, Lydia Reed, Shannon McCullough, Annasophia Stauffer
• HJ: Paige Griffith, Cassidy Davis
• PV: Allie Taylor, Hanna Zeiler
• LJ: Baylee Blauser, Aleks Brozeski
• TJ: Aleks Brozeski, Baylee Blauser
• SP: Sarah Corrie, Olivia Heckman
• DT: Becca Martin, Reese Skiba
• HT: Autumn Stewart, Becca Martin
• JAV: Eva Tokar, Olivia Heckman
• HEP: Maddy Miller, Leighanne Swan
 
RECAP AND RESULTS
Recaps and results from both meets will be posted to www.RockAthletics.com Saturday evening or Sunday morning, depending on when final results are available.
 
 
 


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