INDIANA, Pennsylvania – The Youngstown State track and field program picked up two event wins while posting numerous top marks on Sunday at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Ed Fry Invitational.
Running a personal-best time of 4:46.87, Ashleigh Rowley finished atop the leaderboard in the women's 1500m run.
Jessica Stever posted a personal-best 5.83m long jump en route a first-place finish in the event.
Field Highlights
The Penguins tabbed two top-5 finishes in the women's triple jump with Nia Williams-Matthews (11.20m) posting a second place finish and Stephanie Simon (10.85m) finishing fifth.
Posing as the Penguins' sole entry in the event, Tye Hunt earned a bronze in the men's long jump with a mark of 6.78m.
Earning a second place finish in the men's shot put, Zach Gray tallied the first of his two top-5 finishes on the day, posting a 16.09m mark in the event. Posting a 48.97m mark in the men's hammer throw, Gray went on to finish fifth. Just behind, teammate Dominic Perry threw 47.26m to earn seventh place in the event.
Sammy Dyson posted a runner-up finish in the women's discus throw, posting a 41.87m mark. Freshman teammate Emily Wolf also found herself finishing inside the top-4 in the event, finishing fourth with a throw of 40.87m.
Cambrie Campbell eclipsed the personal-best throw (39.96m) she set just seven days ago at the Northeast Ohio Quad, throwing a 40.64m to earn a runner up finish in the women's javelin.
The Penguins tallied two top-4 finishes in the women's shot put, led by Kaitlyn Merwin with a mark of 13.38m to finish third. Lauren Sheehan finished fourth with a personal-best throw of 13.10m.
Running Highlights
Starting off strong, the Penguins posted three top-4 times in the women's 1500m run. Behind Rowley, Lauren Dolak earned the bronze with a time of 4:52.97 and Aiamyia Dudley came in fourth, posting a 4:57.13.
Dolak posted two top-10 finishes on the day, posting a seventh place finish in the women's 800m dash with a time of 2:20.87.
On the men's side, YSU took four of the top-6 times in the 1500m run with each runner tallying a new personal best. Chase Easterling (3:57.61) took second, Ethan Sparks (3:58.33) came in third, Hunter Christopher (3:59.54) finished fifth and Ryan Meadows (4:00.34) rounded out the Penguins' fleet with a sixth place finish.
Clocking a personal-best 18:29.73, Julia Magliocca posts a top-5 finish in the women's 5000m run. Just behind, teammate Mackenzie Scott finished sixth place with an 18:34.12.
Logan Franczkowski represented the Penguins' best finisher in the women's 100m dash, posting a fifth place finish with a time personal-best time of 12.37. Teammate Alexis Prater finished eighth in the event, clocking a 12.81. Adding to her successful day, Franczkowski posted another top-5️ finish in the women's 200m-dash, finishing fourth with a personal-best time of 25.76.
Mara Wilson clocked a personal-best 1:05.60 in the women's 400m hurdles to take second place in the event, adding another top finish for the Guins on the day.
Alex Lagaras (1:58.77) and Ty Coon (1:59.77 – personal best) added a pair of top-5 finishes for YSU in the men's 800m run, finishing second and fourth in the event.
Up Next
The Penguins are back in action Friday, April 16, at the Slippery Rock Bill Lennox Invitational.
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