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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's track & field team recorded 33 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying marks, two NCAA provisional marks, 11 event wins and 54 top 10 finishes at the John Papa Invitational hosted by SRU Thursday.
 
The two NCAA marks both came in the field, where Drew Layton won the pole vault and Zach Gose won the hammer throw. Layton cleared a height of 4.93 meters to lead SRU to six top 10 finishes in the event. Gose unleashed a career-best effort of 59.11 meters to win the hammer throw and lead The Rock to seven top 10 finishes and six PSAC qualifying marks in the event. His throw of 59.11 meters currently ranks No. 16 among all throwers in Division II.
 
SRU also picked up a win in the javelin throw with Josh Kingerski taking the top spot with a throw of 57.36 meters. In total, the SRU throwers combined for 15 PSAC qualifying marks and 17 top 10 finishes Thursday.
 
Slippery Rock also grabbed a win in the triple jump with Ian James posting a winning leap of 14.03 meters to give SRU wins in four different field events.
 
The Rock swept both the relay races on the track with convincing wins in the 4x100-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay. Benny Whitaker, AJ Virata, Matthew Crow and Kanye Thompson won the 4x100m in 41.06 seconds and Crow, Trey Huha, Micah Good and Kyle Rauchut took the 4x400m in 3:18.59.
 
Crow and Good also picked up individual wins on the track with Crow placing first in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.70 seconds and Good winning the 400-meter dash in 49.31 seconds. Owen Rindler capped the wins for the sprinters with a victory in the 400-meter hurdles in 55.81 seconds.
 
The final two wins of the day came from the distance squad with Joey Cintavey winning the 1,500-meter run and Troy Hart picking up a win in the 5,000-meter run. Cintavey posted a time of 3:59.56 to run away with the 1,500m and Hart cruised to a 5K win in 15:37.74.
 
Thursday's meet marked the second of four home meets for The Rock this spring, which will include the 2025 PSAC Championships May 8-10.
 
A look at all of SRU's top-10 finishers and qualifying marks from Thursday can be found below. Full results are available HERE.
 
Slippery Rock will split its team to three different meets next week with a small group heading to the Penn Relays Friday, a majority of the team competing Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg and the sprinters heading to Ashland Saturday.
 
TOP 10 FINISHES AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
100-METER DASH
3. AJ Virata – 10.81 (PSAC auto)
 
200-METER DASH
7. Kyle Rauchut – 21.91 (PSAC auto)
9. Nicholas Hartwick – 22.07
 
400-METER DASH
1. Micah Good – 49.31 (PSAC auto)
 
800-METER RUN
4. Brady Hoffman – 1:57.97
7. Nate Pitzer – 1:58.95
8. Joey Cintavey – 1:58.99
 
1,500-METER RUN
1. Joey Cintavey – 3:59.56 (PSAC auto)
7. Ryan Corbitt – 4:07.23
10. Michael Gauntner – 4:09.00
 
5,000-METER RUN
1. Troy Hart – 15:37.74
 
110-METER HURDLES
1. Matthew Crow – 14.70 (PSAC auto)
6. Jonathan Wess – 16.10
9. Darien Malawi – 16.68
10. Chris Powell – 17.30
 
400-METER HURDLES
1. Owen Rindler – 55.81 (PSAC auto)
2. Cade Adams – 56.05 (PSAC auto)
6. Darien Malawi – 57.55
 
3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE
3. Eli Schreiber – 10:00.76 (PSAC auto)
4. Easton Adamczyk – 10:01.09 (PSAC auto)
 
4x100-METER RELAY – 41.06
1. Benny Whitaker, AJ Virata, Matthew Crow, Kanye Thompson
 
4x400-METER RELAY – 3:18.59
1. Matthew Crow, Trey Huha, Micah Good, Kyle Rauchut
 
HIGH JUMP
5. Alex Cooper – 1.95m (PSAC auto)
9. Grady Cobb – 1.90m (PSAC auto)
 
POLE VAULT
1. Drew Layton – 4.93m (NCAA provisional)
2. Dan Hyatt – 4.78m (PSAC auto)
2. Logan Gossard – 4.78m (PSAC auto)
6. Scott Finch – 4.48m (PSAC auto)
8. Cullen Birkes – 4.33m
8. Andy Huynh – 4.33m
 
LONG JUMP
5. Logan Anderson – 6.91m (PSAC auto)
6. Ethan Folmer – 6.89m (PSAC auto)
8. Jack Thomas – 6.77m
 
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Ian James – 14.03m (PSAC auto)
2. Zack Duda – 13.52m
3. Jack Thomas – 13.19m
4. Jason Alderson – 13.04m
 
SHOT PUT
4. Seaton Wozniak – 16.33m (PSAC auto)
5. Logan Parker – 16.27m (PSAC auto)
6. Joshua Gose – 15.75m (PSAC auto)
 
DISCUS THROW
2. Zach Gose – 47.78m (PSAC auto)
3. Seaton Wozniak – 47.72m (PSAC auto)
4. Andrew Demko – 47.10m (PSAC auto)
5. Ryan Oleksy – 46.53m (PSAC auto)
10. Joshua Gose – 43.29m
 
HAMMER THROW
1. Zach Gose – 59.11m (NCAA provisional)
4. Ryan Oleksy – 51.72m (PSAC auto)
5. Andrew Demko – 51.06m (PSAC auto)
6. Joshua Rohland – 50.33m (PSAC auto)
7. Joshua Gose – 47.98m (PSAC auto)
8. Evan Hall – 47.73m (PSAC auto)
9. Earnie Zilka – 46.89m
 
JAVELIN THROW
1. Josh Kingerski – 57.36m (PSAC auto)
2. Joseph Reed – 54.36m (PSAC auto)
 
 
 

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