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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's track & field team recorded 28 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference qualifying marks, two NCAA provisional marks and won eight events at the John Papa Invitational hosted by SRU Thursday.
 
The Rock welcomed athletes from 19 different colleges for the second and final home meet of the season, which kicked off in the morning with the hammer throw and ended just shy of 10 p.m. after the 10,000-meter run.
 
Slippery Rock was led by a pair of wins in the horizontal jumps by Jason Alderson, who recorded a career-best leap of 7.25 meters to win the long jump while also picking up the win in the triple jump with a leap of 14.24 meters. His long jump mark is the second best in the PSAC this year, trailing his own teammate Logan Anderson (7.26m) by just one centimeter.
 
The Rock got a pair of NCAA marks from throwers Zach Gose and Joey Reed Thursday with Gose winning the hammer with a throw of 60.67 meters and Reed winning the javelin with a throw of 60.09 meters. Both of those marks were short of their respective season bests.
 
SRU won six of the eight field events Thursday. In addition to the wins by Alderson, Gose and Reed, SRU picked up victories in the high jump from Dylan Langdon and the pole vault from Logan Gossard.
 
Slippery Rock also picked up a pair of wins on the track with Matthew Crow winning the 110-meter hurdles and Ryan Czechowski winning the 10,000-meter run.
 
A look at the top finishers for SRU in every event and all 28 PSAC qualifying marks can be found below. Full results from the meet are available HERE.
 
Slippery Rock will split its squad next week for a final tune-up weekend before the PSAC Championships. Part of the team will compete Friday at Allegheny while another portion of the team will compete Friday and Saturday at Ashland.
 
TOP FINISHERS AND QUALIFYING MARKS
 
100-METER DASH
2. Nicholas Hartwick – 10.88
 
200-METER DASH
2. Kyle Rauchut – 21.96
 
400-METER DASH
6. Trey Huha – 49.79
 
800-METER RUN
8. Brady Hoffman – 1:59.38
 
1,500-METER RUN
5. Nate Pitzer – 4:05.71
 
5,000-METER RUN
2. Michael Gauntner – 15:27.22
 
10,000-METER RUN
1. Ryan Czechowski – 33:02.66
 
110-METER HURDLES
1. Matthew Crow – 14.52 (PSAC auto)
2. Austin Kurta – 14.92 (PSAC auto)
4. Logan Anderson – 15.02 (PSAC auto)
6. Jonathan Wess – 15.15 (PSAC auto)
 
400-METER HURDLES
2. Austin Kurta – 54.49 (PSAC auto)
 
3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE
3. Easton Adamczyk – 9:57.93 (PSAC auto)
 
LONG JUMP
1. Jason Alderson – 7.25m (PSAC auto)
4. Matt Mallon – 7.02m (PSAC auto)
5. Matthew Crow – 6.88m (PSAC auto)
 
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Jason Alderson – 14.24m (PSAC auto)
 
HIGH JUMP
1. Dylan Langdon – 1.95m (PSAC auto)
 
POLE VAULT
1. Logan Gossard – 4.85m (PSAC auto)
2. Christian Crowley – 4.70m (PSAC auto)
7. Ashton Grossman – 4.40m (PSAC auto)
 
SHOT PUT
4. Seaton Wozniak – 16.51m (PSAC auto)
5. Connor Brown – 16.33m (PSAC auto)
7. Logan Parker – 16.02m (PSAC auto)
9. Tyler Ondrusek – 15.63m (PSAC auto)
13. Zach Gose – 14.81m (PSAC auto)
 
DISCUS THROW
6. Seaton Wozniak – 48.34m (PSAC auto)
8. Ryan Oleksy – 45.16m (PSAC auto)
 
HAMMER THROW
1. Zach Gose – 60.67m (NCAA provisional)
3. Ryan Oleksy – 56.44m (PSAC auto)
8. Chad Hepler – 48.82m (PSAC auto)
9. Logan Parker – 48.77m (PSAC auto)
10. Evan Hall – 48.74m (PSAC auto)
 
JAVELIN THROW
1. Joey Reed – 60.09m (NCAA provisional)
2. Ryan Beam – 58.23m (PSAC auto)




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