Results  |  Photo Gallery will be posted early next week

ALLIANCE, Ohio – The Slippery Rock University men's track & field team recorded 10 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying marks, two NCAA provisional marks, seven event wins and 20 top three finishes at the Jim Wuske Invitational Saturday at the University of Mount Union.
 
The Rock men swept the throwing events and recorded eight PSAC qualifying marks across the two disciplines, including NCAA provisional marks in both events.
 
Seaton Wozniak won the shot put with an NCAA provisional toss of 17.11 meters to lead The Rock to six of the top seven places in the event. Logan Parker took second with a mark of 16.22 meters, followed by Connor Brown in fourth (15.73m), Tyler Ondrusek in fifth (15.61m), Evan Hall in sixth (15.54m) and Zach Gose in seventh (15.34m) with all six men meeting the PSAC standard.
 
Gose also won the weight throw with an NCAA provisional mark of 18.49 meters with Ryan Oleksy finishing second with a throw of 17.15 meters.
 
Slippery Rock picked up wins in four of the five field events the team entered Saturday with Matt Mallon and Ian James sweeping the horizontal jumps. Mallon won the long jump with a leap of 6.79 meters and James took the triple jump with a mark of 13.72 meters.
 
SRU hit two PSAC marks on the track with both coming in the 60-meter hurdles. Austin Kurta picked up his first collegiate win in 8.39 seconds with Jonathan Wess finishing third in 8.65 seconds.
 
Two more event wins came on the track with SRU sweeping the long sprints. Kyle Rauchut won the 200-meter dash in 22.74 seconds and Kadin Johnson took the 400-meter dash in 50.93 seconds.
 
Slippery Rock split its squad this week, sending the pole vaulters, multi-event athletes and select distance runners to Youngstown State. That meet is expected to finish late Saturday night (results here).
 
A look at the top three SRU finishers in each event at Mount Union and all the qualifying marks can be found below. Full SRU results from the meet are available HERE.
 
Slippery Rock will travel its greatest distance of the indoor season next week with a trip to Grand Valley State in Allendale, Michigan next Saturday.
 
TOP FINISHERS AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
60-METER DASH
2. Benny Whitaker – 7.04
7. Kadin Johnson – 7.20
13. Danick Hinkson – 7.29
 
60-METER HURDLES
1. Austin Kurta – 8.39 (PSAC auto)
3. Jonathan Wess – 8.65 (PSAC auto)
5. Darien Malawi – 9.18
 
200-METER DASH
1. Kyle Rauchut – 22.74
2. Trey Huha – 22.87
3. Jacob Thompson – 22.97
 
400-METER DASH
1. Kadin Johnson – 50.93
2. Josiah Vidzro – 51.61
3. Kyle Rauchut – 51.61
 
800-METER RUN
2. Nate Pitzer – 2:00.09
4. Micah Ivy – 2:01.36
6. Anthony Robare – 2:02.58
 
1,000-METER RUN
5. Michael Gauntner – 2:50.72
 
MILE RUN
3. Michael Gauntner – 4:35.09
 
3,000-METER RUN
5. Colton Adolph – 9:03.57
8. Lincoln Bouman – 9:10.81
11. Brandon Henry – 9:21.47
 
HIGH JUMP
3. Grady Cobb – 1.89m
4. Logan Turton – 1.86m
5. Dylan Langdon – 1.86m
 
LONG JUMP
1. Matt Mallon – 6.79m
4. Jason Alderson – 6.53m
6. Kai Lynch – 6.45m
 
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Ian James – 13.72m
2. Jason Alderson – 13.59m
3. Matt Mallon – 13.36m
 
SHOT PUT
1. Seaton Wozniak – 17.11m (NCAA provisional)
2. Logan Parker – 16.22m (PSAC auto)
4. Connor Brown – 15.73m (PSAC auto)
5. Tyler Ondrusek – 15.61m (PSAC auto)
6. Evan Hall – 15.54m (PSAC auto)
7. Zach Gose – 15.34m (PSAC auto)
 
WEIGHT THROW
1. Zach Gose – 18.49m (NCAA provisional)
2. Ryan Oleksy – 17.15m (PSAC auto)
4. Evan Hall – 14.88m



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