PSAC Combines for 25 All-America Citations at Outdoor Track & Field Championships

PSAC Combines for 25 All-America Citations at Outdoor Track & Field Championships

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IUP's Harris, Shippensburg's Spence win individual national titles; IUP's Outman is All-American in four events

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Saturday, May 29

Shippensburg's Neely Spence added another national championship to her already impressive resume as she wrapped up her sophomore season by winning the national title in the 5,000 meter run to lead the PSAC's participants on Saturday on the final day of the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Spence's efforts, along with a second place finish in the steeplechase by Mary Dell, helped the PSAC champion Lady Raiders finish in ninth place to lead all PSAC women's teams. IUP finished in 20th place behind the outstanding performance from Maddy Outman, who turned in two more All-American performances in the 100-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles to give her four All-American finishes at the meet. She was also an All-American in the heptathlon and the long jump.

Leading the way for the PSAC men's squads was IUP, which finished in 17th place.

Saturday's All-American performances are listed below

Men's Javelin
Jack Iouse, Kutztown - 4th
Josh Hostetler, Shippensburg - 8th

Women's Pole Vault
Jennifer Hansen, Slippery Rock - 3rd

Women's Javelin
Kim Hanslovan, Clarion - 2nd

Men's High Jump
Leander Toney, IUP - 4th

Women's High Jump
Lynn Mayer, East Stroudsburg - 3rd

Men's Pole Vault
Justin Germani, Kutztown - 7th

Women's Steeplechase
Mary Dell, Shippensburg - 2nd

Men's Steeplechase
Nick Hilton, Lock Haven - 5th

Men's 4x100 Relay
East Stroudsburg - 8th (Asher Ashfield, Ian Melhorn, Chris Reddick, Andrew McCloskey)

Women's 1,500 Meters
Abigail Huber, Shippensburg - 8th

Women's 100-Meter Hurdles
Maddy Outman, IUP - 7th

Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
Brice Myers, California - 3rd

Men's 400 Meters
Negus Graham, East Stroudsburg - 8th

Women's 800 Meters
Amanda Radabaugh, Shipensburg - 5th
Clare McSweeney, California - 6th

Women's 400-Meter Hurdles
Maddy Outman, IUP - 5th
Amanda Seigworth, Slippery Rock - 6th

Women's 5,000 Meters
Neely Spence, Shippensburg - 1st
Brenae Edwards, Mansfield - 5th

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Friday, May 28

Most of Friday's events were postponed to Saturday due to rain, making for a long final day of the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The events are scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday and not finish until just before 10:00 p.m.  Only the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon and the men's and women's 200 meter dash prelims were conducted on Friday.

In the women's hepthathlon, IUP's Maddy Outman finished in third place with 5392 points to gain All-American status. Her point total set a new PSAC record.

Friday's All-American performance is listed below.

Women's Hepthathlon
Maddy Outman, IUP - 3rd

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Thursday, May 27

PSAC student-athletes combined for four All-American citations on Thursday, the first day of the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Those four performances were highlighted by IUP's Nafee Harris winning the individual national championship in the long jump with a jump of 26-1.5. He won the long jump at the national meet for the second straight year and it is his third straight national title in the long jump at an NCAA meet. In addition to winning the outdoor title last year, he also won the national title at the NCAA indoor meet earlier this year.

Thursday's All-American performances are listed below.


Men's Hammer Throw
Paul Wagner, East Stroudsburg - 7th

Men's Long Jump
Nafee Harris, IUP - 1st

Women's Long Jump
Maddy Outman, IUP - 8th

Women's 10,000 Meters
Jen Harpp, Slippery Rock - 6th

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NCAA Page

A total of 24 men and 27 women from the PSAC have been selected to participate in the 2010 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships as the fields for both the men's and women's championship events were recently announced.

This year's championships will be held in Charlotte, N.C. and hosted by Johnson C. Smith University at the Irwin Belk Track Complex this Thursday, May 27 through Saturday, May 29.

The PSAC qualifiers are listed below.



Men

400 Meters
Chris Edelman, Lock Haven
Negus Graham, East Stroudsburg
Frank Ehrensberger, California
Kyle Wunz, Edinboro

800 Meters
Alex Smith, California

1,500 Meters
Josh Neyhart, Shippensburg

110 Meter Hurdles
Brice Myers, California

400 Meter Hurdles
Jason Borst, Edinboro
Kori Meshaw, Kutztown

Steeplechase
Nick Hilton, Lock Haven

4x100 Meter Relay
East Stroudsburg (Asher Ashfield, Ian Melhorn, Chris Reddick, Andrew McCloskey)

High Jump
Leander Toney, IUP

Pole Vault
Justin Germani, Kutztown
Matthew Gallup, East Stroudsburg

Long Jump
Nafee Harris, IUP
Drew Miller, East Stroudsburg

Triple Jump
Drew Miller, East Stroudsburg

Discus
Mike Gray, Mansfield

Hammer Throw
Paul Wagner, East Stroudsburg

Javelin
Josh Hostetler, Shippensburg
Josh Hontz, East Stroudsburg
Jack Iouse, Kutztown




Women

400 Meters
Erica Hess, Shippensburg

800 Meters
Clare McSweeney, California
Amanda Radabaugh, Shippensburg
Keri Brown, Kutztown

1,500 Meters
Abigail Huber, Shippensburg
Keri Brown, Kutztown

5,000 Meters
Neely Spence, Shippensburg
Brenae Edwards, Mansfield

10,000 Meters
Jen Harpp, Slippery Rock
Tini Yi, Edinboro

100 Meter Hurdles
Maddy Outman, IUP
Amanda Seigworth, Slippery Rock

400 Meter Hurdles
Amanda Seigworth, Slippery Rock
Maddy Outman, IUP
Allison Smith, Slippery Rock

Steeplechase
Mary Dell, Shippensburg

4x400 Meter Relay
California (Shakeria Love, Sandy Estep, Jerica Snedden, Clare McSweeney)

High Jump
Lynn Mayer, East Stroudsburg
Janelle Smith, East Stroudsburg

Pole Vault
Jennifer Hansen, Slippery Rock
Megan Breski, Shippensburg

Long Jump
Maddy Outman, IUP
Laurie Ajavon, IUP
Brianna Liebold, IUP
Tamika Taylor, IUP

Triple Jump
Stephanie Orji, Cheyney
Kim Stitt, Slippery Rock

Javelin
Kim Hanslovan, Clarion

Heptathlon
Maddy Outman, IUP