The Youngstown State men's and women's track and field teams return to action this Friday and Saturday. On Friday, YSU will play host to the YSU Collegiate Invitational presented by Southwoods Health at WATTS. On Saturday, a group of throwers will compete at the Penn State Nittany Lion Challenge.

On Friday, action in WATTS starts at noon with both field and running events. Besides the Penguins, 12 schools are set to visit YSU for the annual indoor competition.

YSU Invitational Teams Competing: Bethany, Charleston, Chicago State, Davis & Elkins, Duquesne, Fairmont State, Franciscan, Frostburg State, Point Park, Rio Grande, Slippery Rock, West Virginia and Youngstown State.

At Penn State, YSU will have competitors in the men's shot put and the men's and women's weight throw. The men's shot is set for approximately noon while the women's weight throw and men's weight throw are set for approximately 2 pm and 4 pm at the Ashenfelter III Indoor Track Complex in University Park, Pa.

Penn State Nittany Lion Challenge (Accepted entries)

Men's Shot Put – Dominic Brown, Jaden Kirkwood, Ryan Tetrick
Men's Weight Throw – Dominic Brown, Ryan Tetrick
Women's Weight Throw – Grace Sparks, Jaylynn King

YSU Collegiate Invitational (Accepted entries)

Long Jump – Emmanuel Asabere, Isaiah Barker, Aaron Berardinelli, Brandon Hutchinson, Karl Kain
High Jump – Isaiah Barker, Noah Crozier, Connor Durig, Karl Kain
Triple Jump – Brayden Green
Pole Vault – Brandon Hutchinson, Dakota Keifer, Lukas Lang, Jak Rovan
Shot Put – Alan Austin, Jaden Kirkwood
Weight Throw – Alan Austin, Levi Glassmeyer
60m – Karl Kain, Jake Mcentyre, Joseph Owusu-Ansah, Caedeon Trotter
60m Hurdles – Clancy Chrystal, Garrett Laubacher, Micah Mitchell,
200m – Clancy Chrystal, Jake Mcentyre, Micah Mitchell, Joseph Owusu-Ansah, Owen Pfeifer, Shamir Rose, Caedeon Trotter
400m – Jarett Gordulic, Teziah Howard, Shamir Rose
800m – Jacob Puhalla, Trenton Shutters
Mile – Thomas Caputo, Noah Johnson, Josh Jones, Connor Shingleton
3,000m – Blake Baker, Zac Haley
4x400m – Clancy Chrystal, Connor Durig, Jarett Gordulic, Teziah Howard, Brandon Hutchinson

Pole Vault – Jaden Brambley, Kaitlyn Eger, Ainsley Hamsher, Marissa Ratliff, Melana Schumaker, Gabbi Selman
Shot Put – Grace Bundy, Maggie Goodlin, Mylee Harmon
Weight Throw – Jaylynn King, Sofia Price, Grace Sparks
High Jump – Mia Dionisio, Kalli Knoble
Long Jump – Mylee Harmon, Sara Roe
Triple Jump – Kalli Knoble
60m Hurdles – Ava Littler, Lea Parham
60m – Anais Martinez, Elle Pearsall, Ava Reeves
200m – Laylah Hughes, Ava Littler, Anais Martinez, Lea Parham, Elle Pearsall, Ava Reeves, Alexis Rodgers
400m – Laylah Hughes, Alexis Rodgers, Abbigail Schleicher
800m – Bre Joki, Karis McElhaney
Mile – Carly Hall, Maggie Hopple, Linsey Plant, Brady Sterbling
3,000m – Molly Hopple, Lillian Katsaras, Lauren Runion, Megan Stafford

YSU Collegiate Invitational Schedule

Running Events start at Noon 
All Field Events start at Noon 

Running Events - Rolling Schedule Women first, Men to Follow

Women's 5000M
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 Hurdle FINAL
Men's 60M Hurdle FINAL
Women's 60M Dash FINAL
Men's 60M Dash FINAL
Women's 500M Dash 
Men's 500M Dash 
Women's 800m 
Men's 800m 
Women's 200M Dash 
Men's 200M Dash
Women's 3000M Run  
Men's 3000M Run
Women's 4x400M Relay
Men's 4x400M Relay

Field Events Start at Noon

Women's Pole Vault - Men's Pole Vault to follow
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

Long Jump - Triple Jump follow 20 minutes upon completion of Long Jump - Men (West Pit) and Women (East Pit)

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