The Youngstown State track and field program is prepped to compete in a pair of two-day meets across the Jan. 28-29 weekend, including hosting the annual YSU Mid-Major Invitational.
Day one of the YSU Mid-Major Invitational is scheduled to get underway at 1:30 p.m. with the commencement of the women's pentathlon competition. Following a full Friday schedule, events are slated to resume at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday with a combination of field events and the ongoing men's heptathlon.
Anthony Woods and Jahniya Bowers will step into the blocks at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet inside the Nutter Field House on the campus of the University of Kentucky. Preliminary heats of the 60m and 200m races will begin at 4 p.m. on Friday, with semi-final heats going at Noon on Saturday. Qualifiers will race in the event final scheduled for 1:10 p.m. on Saturday. Following, Sean Peterson will compete in the first of three heats of the men's 800m run set for 2:10 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.
A portion of the distance program was scheduled to compete at Boston University's John Thomas Terrier Classic, but have withdrawn due to forecasted inclement weather in the area. Everyone, excluding Peterson, who was scheduled to race has been entered into competition at the Mid-Major Invitational.
Schools/Teams Competing (YSU Mid-Major Invitational)
Akron Running Club, Alderson Broaddus, Bad Hombres TC, Bethany (W.V.), California (Pa.), Canisius, Carlow, Central State, Clarion, Davis & Elkins, Duquesne, Edinboro, Franciscan (Ohio), Frostburg State, Geneva, Glenville St., Grove City, Indiana (Pa.), John Carroll, Kent State, Lake Erie, Malone, Merriman Valley Track Club, MVTC, Ohio State Running Club, Pitt.-Johnstown, Pittsburgh Pharaoh Hounds, Point Park, Purdue Fort Wayne, Robert Morris, Second Sole Elite, Seton Hill, Shawnee State, Slippery Rock, Thiel, Ursuline (Ohio), Walsh, Washington & Jefferson, Waynesburg, West Liberty, West Virginia Wesleyan, Westminster (Pa.), Wheeling, Youngstown State
YSU Athletes Competing (YSU Mid-Major Invitational)
Women: Cyncere Cunningham (60m, 200m), Naomi Domitrovich (60m), Suerethia Henderson (60m), Teddi Kinsey (60m hurdles, 4x400m, 4000m DMR), Madison Murry (60m hurdles, 200m, 4x400m), Alexis Prater (60m hurdles, long jump), Emily Bee (60m hurdles, high jump), Kyndia Matlock (200m), Logan Franczkowski (400m, 4x400m), Liana Rodriguez (400m, 4x400m), Grace Stovka (400m), Mara Wilson (400m), Lauren Dolak (800m, 4000m DMR), Alayna Cuevas (mile), Ashley Ventimiglia (mile, 5000m), Camryn Kohout (mile), Carly Hall (mile, 4000m DMR), Emma Hunkus (mile), Julia Magliocca (3000m, 4000m DMR), Hannah Wagner (3000m), Aurora Fares (5000m), Hailey Zelinsky (5000m), Karissa Sonneberger (5000m), Mackenzie Scott (5000m), Camryn Jarrett (high jump), Rachel Jeffries (high jump), Victoria Lanese (high jump), Erin Bogard (pole vault), Katlyn Griffie (pole vault), Sydney Walker (pole vault), Stephanie Simon (long jump), Jessica Stever (long jump), Nia Williams-Matthews (triple jump), Molly Radcliffe (shot put, weight throw), Lauren Sheehan (pole vault, weight throw), Olivia Jones (shot put), Emily Wolf (shot put, weight throw), Krista Perry (weight throw)
Men: Christian Ford (60m, 200m), Andrew Frank (60m), Antoine Brown (200m, 4x400m), Luke Laubacher (200m, long jump), William Delbaugh (400m, 4x400m), Ryan Laird (400m, 4x400m), Evan Alten (800m, 4x400m, 4000m DMR), Chase Harbaugh (800m), Derek Basinger (mile, 5000m), Riley Jackson (mile, 4000m DMR), Mikel Lagaras (mile, 4000m DMR), Matthew Mangus (mile, 5000m), Jack Wilcoxson (mile, 4000m DMR), Tyler Polman (3000m), Luke Baun (5000m), Jack Aulbach (5000m), Nathan Leskovac (high jump), Grant Moore (high jump), Mason Stephens (high jump), Terron Taylor (high jump), Lawrence Gawell (pole vault), Wyatt Lefker (pole vault), Jett Murphy (pole vault), Elijah Nelson (pole vault), Samuel Challis (long jump, triple jump), Andrew Frank (long jump), Daiquain Watson (long jump), Tye Hunt (long jump), Austin Clay (shot put, weight throw), Zach Gray (shot put, weight throw), Brock Grundy (shot put, weight throw), Coleson Kertesz (shot put, weight throw), Dominic Perry (shot put, weight throw)
YSU Mid-Major Invitational Tentative Time Schedule
Friday
Field Events
1:30 p.m. - Women's Pentathlon (60m hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, 800m) 30 minutes between conclusion and start of each event
3 p.m. - Women's Pole Vault
3 p.m. Long Jump Women - Men to follow
3 p.m. Weight Throw Women - Men to Follow
3:50 p.m. - Men's Heptathlon (60m dash, shot put, long jump, high jump) 30 minutes between conclusion and start of each event
Running Events
4:00 p.m. - Women's 5,000 Meter Run
4:50 p.m. - Men's 5,000 Meter Run
5:55 p.m. - Women's 500 Meter Run
6:05 p.m. - Men's 500 Meter Run
6:15 p.m. - Women's 1,000 Meter Run
6:20 p.m. - Men's 1,000 Meter Run
6:30 p.m. - Women's Distance Medley Relay
6:50 p.m. - Men's Distance Medley Relay
Saturday
Field Events
9:30 a.m. - Men's Heptathlon (60m hurdles, pole vault, 1000m run) 30 minutes between conclusion and start of each event
9:30 a.m. - Shot Put Women – Men to Follow
9:30 a.m. - Triple Jump Men – Women to Follow
9:45 a.m. - High Jump Women – Men to Follow
12:30 p.m. - Men's Pole Vault (Follows men's Multi's)
Running Events
11 a.m. - Women's Guy Pizzoferatto Mile
11:15 a.m. - Men's Guy Pizzoferrato Mile
11:10 a.m. - Women's 400 Meter Dash
11:45 a.m. - Men's 400 Meter Dash
12:25 p.m. - Women's 60m hurdles finals
12:45 p.m. - Men's 60m hurdles finals
1 p.m. - Women's 60m finals
1:25 p.m. - Men's 60m finals
1:50 p.m. - Women's 800 Meter Run
2:15 p.m. - Men's 800 Meter Run
2:40 p.m. - Women's 200 Meter Dash
3:20 p.m. - Men's 200 Meter Dash
3:55 p.m. - Women's 3,000 Meter Run
4:25 p.m. - Men's 3,000 Meter Run
5:00 p.m. - Women's 4x400 Meter Relay
5:25 p.m. - Men's 4x400 Meter Relay
TBD – Men's Combined Events 1000m run
Last Time Out
For the second time during the 2021-22 indoor track and field season, Erin Bogard set a new Youngstown State program record during the YSU Collegiate Invitational on Jan. 21.
Bogard cleared a 4.11m bar on her third and final attempt at the height, overtaking her previous record of 4.05m set at the YSU Icebreaker on Dec. 3.
YSU accumulated seven event victories during the one-day meet at the WATTS (200m (m/w), 60m hurdles (w), 60m (w), high jump (w), long jump (m), shot put (m)).
Conference Honors
Anthony Woods was named Nike #HLTF Athlete of the Week for his performance at the YSU Collegiate Invitational. Woods tallied his third event win of the 2021-22 indoor season on as many meets with a time of 21.77 in the men's 200m. Woods' time acts as the league's second-fastest mark posted on the year and the fastest time of the season for YSU.
The award marks the second time during the 2021-22 indoor season Woods has received the conference honor. The first came after clocking a new YSU school record in the 60m dash at the YSU Collegiate Holiday Classic on Dec. 10.
Woods' recognition acts as the seventh time a YSU athlete has been pegged with the weekly honors across four weeks of competition.
USTFCCCA Regional Rankings
In the first USTFCCCA Great Lakes Regional Rankings of the 2021-22 season, the men's program comes in at No. 10 with 124.03 points, establishing itself as a top-3 team in the state of Ohio. Also being recognized for its strength, the women's team sits at No. 12 with 85.52 points.
Up Next
The Penguins are on the road and back in action next weekend for a pair of meets scheduled for Feb. 4-5. Members of the program will compete at the Grand Valley State Snowdown Showdown, along with the Akron Invitational on Friday, then wrap-up the weekend slate on Saturday with day two of the Akron Invitational.
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