The Youngstown State men's and women's track and field teams open the indoor season this Friday and Saturday.

On Friday, the Penguins play host to the 14th annual YSU Icebreaker presented by Southwoods Health at the WATTS. On Saturday, a group of seven distance runners will participate in the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston, Mass.

A group of 31 men and 28 women will represent Youngstown State at the Icebreaker.

At home on Friday, events are set to begin at Noon and continue throughout the day. Admission for the meet is $10 while parking on the YSU campus is $5.

Icebreaker Teams Participating: Akron, Allegheny, California (Pa.), Carnegie Mellon, Chatham, Clarion, Cleveland State, Davis & Elkins, Duquesne, Edinboro, Franciscan, Frostburg State, John Carroll, Mercyhurst, Mount Union, Ohio Christian, Ohio Dominican, PSU Shenango, Pitt-Johnstown, Pittsburgh, Point Park, Rio Grande, Robert Morris, Roberts Wesleyan, Seton Hill, Slippery Rock, St. Vincent (Pa.), Thiel, Washington & Jefferson, Waynesburg, West Liberty, Westminster (Pa.) and Wheeling.

Shipping off to Boston for the distance races are McKinley Fielding, Jenna Razavi and Caleigh Richards who will compete in the women's 5,000m run while Brock Farris and Ethan Cope will run in the men's 3,000m and Blaze Ficther and Patrick Burgos will run in the 5,000m.

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Icebreaker Participants

Women

60m – Mariah Day, Laylah Hayes, Anais Martinez, Elle Pearsall, Ava Reeves
60m hurdles – Mariah Day, Ava Littler, Lea Parham
200m – Tori Atkins, Mariah Day, Melody Harloff, Mylee Harmon, Laylah Hayes, Ava Littler, Anais Martinez, Lea Parham, Elle Pearsall, Ava Reeves, Alexis Rodgers, Abbigail Schleicher
400m – Tori Atkins. Mia Dionisio, Melody Harloff, Alexis Rodgers, Abbigail Schleicher
4x400m – Tori Atkins, Melody Harloff, Mylee Harmon, Laylah Hayes, Anais Martinez, Abbigail Schleicher, Alexis Rodgers
Long Jump – Ava Reeves, Sara Roe
Triple Jump – Kalli Knoble, Sara Roe
High Jump – Mia Dionisio, Ainsley Hamsher, Mylee Harmon, Kalli Knoble
Pole Vault – Jaden Brambley, Kaitlyn Eger, Marissa Ratliff, Melana Schumaker, Gabbi Selman
Shot Put – Grace Bundy, Maggie Goodlin
Weight Throw – Grace Bundy, Jaylynn King, Brooklyn McIntyre, Sofie Price, Grace Sparks
Discus – Grace Bundy, Maggie Goodlin, Jaylynn King, Lexus Solarz (Thursday)

Men

60m – Karl Kain, Jake Mcentyre, Micah Mitchell, Joseph Owusu-Ansah, Owen Pfeifer, Caedeon Trotter
60m hurdles – Clancy Chrystal, Brandon Hutchinson, Garrett Laubacher, Micah Mitchell
200m - Clancy Chrystal, Teziah Howard, Jake Mcentyre, Micah Mitchell, Joseph Owusu-Ansah, Owen Pfeifer, AJ Smith IV, Caedeon Trotter
400m – Connor Durig. Jarett Gordulic. Teziah Howard, AJ Smith IV
Mile – Jacob Puhalla, Trenton Shutters
4x400m – Clancy Chrystal, Jarett Gordulic, Teziah Howard, Jake Mcentyre, Trenton Shutters, AJ Smith IV, Caedeon Trotter
3,000m – Thomas Caputo, Noah Johnson,
Long Jump - Emmanuel Asabere, Isaiah Barker, Aaron Berardinelli, Brayden Green, Karl Kain
Triple Jump - Emmanuel Asabere, Aaron Berardinelli, Brayden Green
High Jump – Noah Crozier, Connor Durig, Brandon Hutchinson
Pole Vault – Karl Kain, Dakota Keifer, Lukas Lang, Ian Quarles, Jak Rovan
Shot Put - Dominic Brown, Brandon Hutchinson, Karl Kain, Jaden Kirkwood, Ryan Tetrick
Weight Throw – Dominic Brown, Kienan Donovan, Levi Glassmeyer, Ryan Tetrick
Discus - Dominic Brown, Kienan Donovan, Jaden Kirkwood (Thursday)

Icebreaker Final Schedule of Events

Events start at Noon 

Running Events -- Rolling Schedule Women first, Men to Follow
Women 5000M  
Men's 60M Hurdles Qualifying Round 
Women's 60M Hurdles  Qualifying Round 
Women's 60M Dash  Qualifying Round 
Men's 60M Dash  Qualifying Round 
Men's 5000M 
Men's 60M Hurdles PRELIMS 
Women's 60M Hurdles PRELIMS
Women's 60M Dash PRELIMS 
Men's 60M Dash PRELIMS 
Women's Mile Run  
Men's Mile Run 
Women's 400M 
Men's 400M 
Women's 60M Hurdles FINALS
Men's 60M Hurdles FINALS
Women's 60M Dash FINALS
Men's 60M Dash FINALS 
Women's 800m
Men's 800m 
Women's 200M Dash
Men's 200M Dash
Women's 3000M
Men's 3000M
Women's 1600M Relay
Men's 1600M Relay

Field Events Schedule (Noon)
Seeded Women's Pole Vault 
Seeded Men's Pole Vault 
Unseeded Women's Pole Vault 
Unseeded Men's Pole Vault 
Women's High Jump--Men's High Jump to follow
Women's Weight Throw--Men's Weight Throw to follow
Men's Shot Put--Women's Shot Put to follow 
Men (West Pit) and Women (East Pit) 
Long Jump--Triple Jump follow 20 minutes upon completion of Long Jump 

**Finals in field events will consist of the top nine marks from the qualifying rounds.