Results
BETHLEHEM, Pa. –
Logan Anderson and
Seaton Wozniak broke a pair of records to lead the Slippery Rock University men's track & field team to a runner-up finish at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Indoor Championships that wrapped up Sunday from Lehigh University.
Shippensburg picked up its 15th straight indoor title with 181.5 points. Slippery Rock took second for the ninth time in program history with 102.5 points to mark the 14th straight year SRU has finished in the top three. Kutztown was third with 78 points, followed by East Stroudsburg in fourth with 75 points and Lock Haven in fifth with 72 points. A total of 13 teams picked up points in the meet.
The Rock took home two major awards after the competition with
Logan Anderson being named the Most Outstanding Field Athlete and
Jonathan Wess being named the Champion Scholar Award winner. He and Jennifer Cichra swept the academic awards for SRU for owning the highest GPAs of all athletes competing this weekend. Both Wess and Cichra own a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Anderson was named the Field MVP after he broke the SRU and all-time PSAC record in the heptathlon with a winning score of 5,298 points. That tally bumps up to 5,323 points when converted for track size and tops his own SRU record of 5,083 points from earlier this winter and the all-time PSAC record of 5,284 points, which was set by Edinboro's Connor Munson earlier this year. It also vaults him all the way up to No. 4 in Division II this winter and virtually guarantees him a spot at the National Championships in two weeks in Virginia Beach. SRU scored 15 points in the heptathlon Saturday with
Jacob Stucchio placing a career-best fourth with 4,771 points.
Wozniak enjoyed one of the most dramatic moments of the day Saturday when he won his first career PSAC individual title on the very last throw of the competition. He led through the first three throws, but was passed in the finals and bumped down to second place. Needing a throw over 18.00 meters to regain the lead, he uncorked the best throw of his career to break his own SRU record with a toss of 18.40 meters. That mark moves him all the way up to No. 7 in Division II and breaks his former SRU record of 18.17 meters. It also will likely guarantee him a spot in the field at nationals.
Slippery Rock dominated the shot put, putting five men in the top eight positions and scoring 21 points in the event.
Connor Brown took fourth with an NCAA provisional toss of 16.58 meters and
Zach Gose, who broke the SRU record in the weight throw Saturday, took sixth with a career-best and NCAA provisional throw of 16.47 meters.
Tyler Ondrusek was seventh at 16.14 meters and
Logan Parker was eighth at 16.13 meters.
The Rock picked up 11 points in the 60-meter hurdles with
Matthew Crow leading the way with a second place finish in 8.13 seconds.
Jonathan Wess was seventh in 8.45 seconds and
Austin Kurta was eighth in 8.50 seconds.
SRU had one more All-PSAC honoree Sunday with
Logan Turton shocking the field to nearly pull off the upset of the meet in the high jump. He cleared a career-best height of 2.02 meters to tie for the best mark in the field, ultimately placing second on the number of misses. It marked the highest finish of Turton's career and nabbed SRU eight points.
Jason Alderson closed out his exceptional weekend with a fourth place finish in the triple jump with a career-best leap of 14.44 meters. He also recorded his career-best in the long jump Saturday to score in both events.
The final points of the day came from the 4x400-meter relay team of
Trey Huha,
Jacob Thompson,
Micah Good and
Kyle Rauchut, which took fifth in 3:23.04.
A look at the SRU results from Sunday can be found below. Full results from the two days of action are available
HERE.
Most of the SRU roster will now shift focus to the outdoor season, which is set to begin March 21 at California (Pa.). The SRU athletes with NCAA provisional marks will find out next week if they have been accepted to compete in the National Championships March 13-14 at the Virginia Beach SportsCenter.
SRU RESULTS – PSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY TWO
MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
- Champion Scholar Award:
Jonathan Wess
- Most Outstanding Field Athlete:
Logan Anderson
60-METER HURDLE FINAL
2.
Matthew Crow – 8.13 (NCAA provisional, 8 points)
7.
Jonathan Wess – 8.45 (2 points)
8.
Austin Kurta – 8.50 (1 point)
800-METER RUN FINAL
9.
Brady Hoffman – 1:58.02
13.
Nate Pitzer – 1:59.73
MILE RUN FINAL
13.
Lincoln Bouman – 4:28.15
18.
Anthony Robare – 4:35.76
3,000-METER RUN FINAL
9.
Eli Schreiber – 8:40.02
17.
John Juszynski – 9:04.58
4x400-METER RELAY – 3:23.02 (4 points)
5.
Trey Huha,
Jacob Thompson,
Micah Good,
Kyle Rauchut
HIGH JUMP FINAL
2.
Logan Turton – 2.02m (8 points)
14.
Grady Cobb – 1.87m
TRIPLE JUMP FINAL
4.
Jason Alderson – 14.44m (5 points)
SHOT PUT FINAL
1.
Seaton Wozniak – 18.40m (SRU record, 10 points)
4.
Connor Brown – 16.58m (NCAA provisional, 5 points)
6.
Zach Gose – 16.47m (NCAA provisional, 3 points)
7.
Tyler Ondrusek – 16.14m (2 points)
8.
Logan Parker – 16.13m (1 point)
12.
Evan Hall – 14.70m
14.
Jacob Gose – 14.61m
HEPTATHLON FINAL
1.
Logan Anderson – 5,298 points (PSAC record, 10 points)
4.
Jacob Stucchio – 4,771 points (5 points)
11.
Ethan Folmer – 4,226 points
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