SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University indoor track & field teams will return to action Friday at the YSU Collegiate Invitational hosted by Youngstown State University.
 
BACK IN ACTION
Slippery Rock returns to action for the first time since the opening weeks of December after a long break for the holidays and between the fall and spring semester. The Rock will now compete in at least one meet every week through the end of the indoor season in early March.
 
YSU COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL INFO
• Rolling time schedule to begin at noon
• Live Results Link
• Complete Event Schedule
• Heat Sheets / Meet Program
• $10 admission
• $5 parking
 
PSAC/NCAA QUALIFYING STANDARDS
• 2025-26 Qualifying Standards
• PSAC Performance List
• NCAA Division II Performance List
 
COLLEGE TEAMS COMPETING AT YSU
Bethany, Charleston, Chicago State, Davis & Elkins, Duquesne, Fairmont State, Franciscan, Frostburg State, Point Park, Rio Grande, Slippery Rock, West Virginia and Youngstown State.
 
SRU MEN'S NOTES
The Rock will send 44 men to compete Friday at YSU with a handful of athletes with national qualifying marks headlining the team.
 
SRU returns to action with eight top-50 marks in Division II so far this winter, headlined by shot put thrower Seaton Wozniak and his SRU record of 17.96 meters, which ranks No. 6 in the country. Teammate Connor Brown sits 14th in Division II with a toss of 17.03 meters.
 
The Rock also have two men in the top 10 nationally in the pole vault, where Drew Layton sits eighth with a mark of 5.05 meters and Logan Gossard is ninth at 4.95 meters.
 
Logan Anderson is the highest ranked SRU athlete currently with his heptathlon score of 5,107 points ranked No. 4 nationally. Anderson will compete in multiple events this week. Teammate Jacob Stucchio also owns a top 25 mark nationally in the heptathlon with a score of 4,629 points ranking 23rd.
 
Matthew Crow leads the way on the track with his 60-meter hurdle time of 8.13 seconds currently ranked No. 22 nationally. Zach Gose closes out the SRU men with top 50 national marks with his weight throw mark of 17.49 meters ranked No. 46.

Slippery Rock will also send its distance runners Friday to make their indoor debut after sitting out the December meet coming off the fall cross country season.
 
A look at the top entries for SRU Friday can be found below. Full SRU entries are available HERE.
 
SRU MEN'S TOP ENTRIES AT YSU
• 60m Dash: Matthew Crow, Nicholas Hartwick
• 200m Dash: Trey Huha, Nicholas Hartwick
• 400m Dash: Kadin Johnson, Trey Huha
• 800m Run: Nate Pitzer, Anthony Robare
• Mile Run: Michael Gauntner, John Juszynski
• 3,000m Run: John Juszynski, Eli Schreiber
• 60m Hurdles: Matthew Crow, Logan Anderson
• 4x400m Relay: Kadin Johnson, Trey Huha, Gavin Skarbek, Kyle Rauchut
• HJ: Grady Cobb, Logan Turton
• PV: Logan Gossard, Bradon Schneider
• LJ: Logan Anderson, Ethan Folmer
• TJ: Ian James, Jason Alderson
• SP: Seaton Wozniak, Connor Brown
• WT: Zach Gose, Ryan Oleksy
 
SRU WOMEN'S NOTES
The Rock will send 48 women to compete Friday at YSU.
 
Slippery Rock enters this week with 11 top 50 marks nationally, headlined by jumpers Baylee Blauser and Alice Bogia, who both rank in the top 50 in the long and triple jumps. Blauser owns the lone NCAA mark on the team with her long jump of 5.74 meters currently ranked No. 23. She also ranks No. 26 in the triple jump (11.56m). Bogia is 31st nationally in the triple (11.50m) and 44th in the long (5.60m).
 
Jianna Long leads the way on the track with her 400-meter time of 57.29 seconds currently ranked No. 24 nationally. Long also teamed with Evabella Cox, Shannon McCullough and Ava Reagle to post the No. 45 time in the 4x400-meter relay at 4:01.52.
 
Olivia Heckman enters this weekend ranked 33rd nationally in the shot put (13.33m) to lead the throwers. Delaney Sturgeon is 33rd nationally in the high jump at 1.65 meters and Allie Taylor is 47th in the pole vault (3.55m).
 
The other top 50 marks belong to multi-event athletes Leighanne Swan and Autumn Wyatt. Swan is 34th in Division II with 3,228 points and Wyatt is 46th at 3,100 points.
 
Slippery Rock will also send its distance runners Friday to make their indoor debut after sitting out the December meet coming off the fall cross country season.
 
A look at the top entries for SRU Friday can be found below. Full SRU entries are available HERE.
 
SRU WOMEN'S TOP ENTRIES AT YSU
• 60m Dash: Ava Reagle, Grace Lennon
• 200m Dash: Lydia Reed, Jianna Long
• 400m Dash: Jianna Long, Ava Reagle
• 800m Run: Jennifer Cichra, Lexie Wyant
• Mile Run: Ruthie Hughes, Jennifer Cichra
• 3,000m Run: Ruthie Hughes, Hannah Burgoon
• 60m Hurdles: Kathryn Morrison, Ondrea Young
• 4x400m Relay: Jianna Long, Shannon McCullough, Lydia Reed, Ava Reagle
• HJ: Delaney Sturgeon, Tayla Kurzawa
• PV: Allie Taylor, Addison Lyles
• LJ: Baylee Blauser, Alice Bogia
• TJ: Baylee Blauser, Alice Bogia
• SP: Olivia Heckman, Becca Martin
• WT: Autumn Stewart, Sydney Hale
 
RECAP AND RESULTS
Recaps and results will be posted late Friday night or Saturday morning depending on when the meet finishes.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will travel to Ashland University next Saturday for the Ashland Invitational.
 




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