SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University indoor track & field teams will send 88 athletes to Ashland University in Ohio Saturday to compete in the Ashland Invitational.
 
ASHLAND INVITATIONAL INFO
• Live Results Link / Heat Sheets
• Complete Event Schedule
• Rolling time schedule to begin at 10 a.m.
• $11 adult admission / $6 children admission
 
PSAC/NCAA QUALIFYING STANDARDS
• 2025-26 Qualifying Standards
• PSAC Performance List
• NCAA Division II Performance List
 
COLLEGE TEAMS COMPETING AT ASHLAND
Ashland, Bethany, Capital, Central State, Charleston, Duquesne, Glenville State, Mount Vernon Nazarene, Ohio, Ohio Dominican, Point Park, Seton Hill, Shawnee State, Slippery Rock, Walsh, Wittenberg.
 
SRU MEN'S NOTES
The Rock will send 45 men to compete Saturday at Ashland, marking its largest contingent to compete at one meet so far this season.
 
Slippery Rock is coming off a solid showing last week at Youngstown State in the team's first action after a month off for the semester break and holidays. The Rock won three events last Friday at YSU with Connor Brown winning the shot put, Zach Gose winning the weight throw and the 4x400-meter relay team of Matthew Crow, Kadin Johnson, Trey Huha and Kyle Rauchut picking up a win.
 
SRU enters this weekend with 11 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. 7 in the country. Teammates Connor Brown (17th, 17.03m) and Tyler Ondrusek (39thm 16.08m) both rank inside the top 40 nationally as well.
 
The Rock also have two men in the top 20 nationally in the pole vault, where Drew Layton sits 13th with a mark of 5.05 meters and Logan Gossard is 16th at 4.95 meters. Freshman Ashton Grossman also cracked the top 40 with his mark of 4.70 meters last week currently ranked No. 40 in the country.
 
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 24th.
 
Matthew Crow leads the way on the track with his 60-meter hurdle time of 8.13 seconds currently ranked No. 27 nationally.
 
Zach Gose moved up 10 spots in the weight throw with his mark of 18.07 meters last week moving him up to No. 38 nationally. The Rock's final top 50 mark belongs to Jason Alderson, who climbed to No. 48 in the triple jump with a leap of 14.24 meters last week at YSU.
 
A look at the top two entries for SRU in each event this week can be found below. Full start lists are available HERE.
 
SRU MEN'S TOP ENTRIES AT ASHLAND
• 60m Dash: Logan Anderson, Nicholas Hartwick
• 200m Dash: Kyle Rauchut, Jacob Thompson
• 400m Dash: Trey Huha, Kadin Johnson
• 800m Run: Nate Pitzer, Brady Hoffman
• Mile Run: Michael Gauntner, Lincoln Bouman
• 3,000m Run: John Juszynski, Eli Schreiber
• 60m Hurdles: Matthew Crow, Austin Kurta
• 4x400m Relay: Matthew Crow, Trey Huha, Kadin Johnson, Kyle Rauchut
• HJ: Logan Anderson, Grady Cobb
• PV: Drew Layton, Logan Gossard
• LJ: Ethan Folmer, Matt Mallon
• TJ: Ian James, Jason Alderson
• SP: Seaton Wozniak, Connor Brown
• WT: Zach Gose, Ryan Oleksy
 
SRU WOMEN'S NOTES
The Rock will send 43 women to compete Saturday at Ashland.
 
SRU is coming off a solid outing last week at Youngstown State in the first meet back from the semester break. Allie Taylor was named the PSAC Female Field Athlete of the Week for her performance in the pole vault, where she took second overall with an NCAA provisional mark of 3.73 meters, the top mark in the region this year. The Rock women also picked up a pair of event wins last week with Jianna Long winning the 400-meter dash and Olivia Heckman leading a 1-2-3 sweep for SRU in the shot put.
 
Slippery Rock enters this week with eight top 50 marks nationally, headlined by Taylor with her pole vault mark from last week ranking No. 21.
 
Jumper Baylee Blauser owns top 50 marks in both horizontal jumps, entering this week ranked No. 34 nationally in the long jump (5.74m) and No. 34 nationally in the triple jump (11.56m). Alice Bogia joins her with a top 40 mark in the triple jump with a mark of 11.50 meters currently ranked No. 40.
 
Jianna Long leads the way on the track with her 400-meter time of 57.29 seconds currently ranked No. 38 nationally.
 
Delaney Sturgeon is 40th nationally in the high jump at 1.65 meters and Olivia Heckman is 43rd in the shot put with a toss of 13.33 meters.
 
The final top 50 mark belong to multi-event athlete Leighanne Swan, who is 38th in Division II in the pentathlon with 3,228 points.
 
A look at the top two entries in each event for SRU Saturday can be found below. Full start lists are available HERE.
 
SRU WOMEN'S TOP ENTRIES AT ASHLAND
• 60m Dash: Ava Reagle, Lydia Reed
• 200m Dash: Ava Reagle, Kate Walasavage
• 400m Dash: Jianna Long, Lydia Reed
• 800m Run: Jennifer Cichra, Lexie Wyant
• Mile Run: Jennifer Cichra, Kayla Hanna
• 3,000m Run: Birtukan Hartman, Caitlin Willer
• 5,000m Run: Ruthie Hughes, Carissa Flynn
• 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 Saturday night or Sunday morning depending on when the meet finishes.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock is scheduled to split the squad next week and send athletes to both Youngstown State and Mount Union. The YSU Mid-Major Invitational is a two-day meet that begins Friday and concludes Saturday, while the Mount Union Jim Wuske Invitational is set for Saturday.




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