Members of the Youngstown State track and field program wrapped up the two-day Westminster PAC Last Chance meet and the Hillsdale "Last Chance" Classic Thursday, April 13, posting final marks prior to the much-anticipated NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (East Region Preliminary Round) in Jacksonville, Florida, May 26-29.
Westminster PAC Last Chance meet
On Wednesday, Noah Drudy acted as the only YSU entry in the men's javelin throw competition, throwing a 56.62m mark en route to posting the top throw of the afternoon.
In the women's event, Olivia Jones posted a fourth place finish in the sole flight of the day with a 41.02m mark on her second attempt. Jones' mark came up just short of her personal-best throw of 43.80 set at the 2021 Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Championships just a week ago.
Terron Taylor highlighted Thursday's outing for the Guins, tying for the top spot in the men's high jump with a mark of 2.08m on his first attempt at the height. Taylor went on to attempt 2.11m, which would act as a personal-best, but failed to clear the bar on three consecutive attempts, ultimately ending his day. Teammate Lonnie Harper cleared 1.97m in the event to post a third place effort.
On his sixth and final attempt, Daiquian Watson posted a 6.83m mark in the men's long jump to take the runner-up finish in the event.
Hillsdale "Last Chance" Classic
Throwing a mark just shy of her personal-best in the event (14.84m), Sammy Dyson posted a 14.54m throw in the women's shot put competition to earn a second place finish in the event. In her second event of the day, Dyson posted a 55.38m hammer throw to tab her second top-5 finish on the day. Concluding her Thursday performance with the women's discus throw, Dyson threw 46.23m in her only recorded mark to accumulate a trio of top-5 finishes in the one-day meet.
Freshman-duo Brock Grundy and Horizon League co-Freshman of the Year Zach Gray went 3, 4 in the men's discus throw, with Grundy successfully upping his personal best in the event (50.31m) to take the third-place nod. Gray posted a 48.78m throw.
Entering into the men's shot put competition, Gray posted a 15.49m throw to finish inside the top-10 marks of the day.
Rounding out the Thursday's throws competition for YSU, Joe Pfeffer notched a personal-best mark in the men's hammer throw, posting a 56.66m mark to finish ninth in the event.
Up Next
Youngstown State is back in action Saturday, May 15 to compete in the Toledo Rocket Invitational, concluding its "last chance" weekend slate. The meet, for YSU, will get underway at 9 a.m. with the javelin throw. On the track, CJ Schumacher and Mikel Lagaras will kick-off running events for the Penguins in the men's 1500m at 2:20 p.m. The meet will take place at the UT Outdoor Track & Field Facility in Toledo, Ohio.
Men's Events
100m - Christian Ford
200m – Christian Ford
800m - Sean Peterson, CJ Schumacher
1500m - CJ Schumacher, Mikel Lagaras
Javelin - Noah Drudy, Noah Weese
Women's Events
1500m - Ashleigh Rowley
Javelin - Cambrie Campbell, Olivia Jones
