Shippensburg's Neely Spence (left) and IUP's Nafee Harris (right) - Spence photo courtesy of Blake Wood, Adams State
Spence, Harris Win National Titles to Highlight PSAC Performances at NCAA Indoor Championships
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Neely Spence of Shippensburg captured the individual national championship in the women's 5000 meters while IUP's Nafee Harris won the individual title in the men's long jump to highlight a outstanding weekend for PSAC athletes at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field championships. Several other individuals performed to All-American standards by finishing in the top eight in their respective events. Listed below are the PSAC's 2009-10 Indoor Track & Field All-Americans.
Men's Heptathlon
Don Graybill, Shippensburg (5th)
Men's High Jump
Leander Toney, IUP (4th)
Women's Long Jump
Brianna Liebold, IUP (3rd)
Laurie Ajavon, IUP (7th)
Women's Pole Vault
Jennifer Hansen, Slippery Rock (3rd)
Men's Long Jump
Nafee Harris, IUP (1st)
Leighon Johnson, West Chester (8th)
Women's Distance Medley Relay
Shippensburg (2nd)
Women's High Jump
Lynn Mayer, East Stroudsburg (2nd)
Men's 400 Meters
Negus Graham, East Stroudsburg (4th)
Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
Brice Myers, California (4th)
Women's 5000 Meters
Neely Spence, Shippensburg (1st)
Brenae Edwards, Mansfield (3rd)
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A total of 33 PSAC student-athletes will compete at this weekend's NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships being held in Albuquerque, N.M. at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Action gets underway on Friday and wraps up on Saturday. Check back to psacsports.org each night for a recap on all of the PSAC athletes in action at the championships.
Listed below are the PSAC qualifiers to the NCAA championships.
Men's Qualifiers (Events)
Greg Mock, Lock Haven (60 Meters)
Chris Reddick, East Stroudsburg (200 meters)
Kevin Raymond, Indiana (Pa.) (400 Meters)
Negus Graham, East Stroudsburg (400 Meters)
Phil Rector, Slippery Rock (800 Meters)
Edward Buck, Shippensburg (800 Meters)
Brice Myers, California (Pa.) (60 Meter Hurdles)
Russell Smith, East Stroudsburg (60 Meter Hurdles)
Leander Toney, Indiana (Pa.) (High Jump)
Sean Gentry, Kutztown (High Jump)
William Hodges, Kutztown (Pole Vault)
Nafee Harris, Indiana (Pa.) (Long Jump)
Leighon Johnson, West Chester (Long Jump)
Drew Miller, East Stroudsburg (Triple Jump)
Paul Wagner, East Stroudsburg (Weighted Throw)
Don Graybill, Shippensburg (Heptathlon)
Brady Wert, Slippery Rock (Heptathlon)
Women's Qualifiers (Events)
Erica Hess, Shippensburg (400 Meters)
Amanda Radabaugh, Shippensburg (800 Meters)
Neely Spence, Shippensburg (5000 Meters)
Mary Dell, Shippensburg (5000 Meters)
Brenae Edwards, Mansfield (5000 Meters)
Mary Dell, Shannon Hare, Abigail Huber, Neely Spence, Amanda Radabaugh, Shippensburg (Distance medley)
Stephanie Grimm, Rachel Hunter, Jessica Schlecter, Keri Brown, Christina Reimer, Kutztown (Distance medley)
Rebekah Newhart, Shippensburg (High Jump)
Lynn Mayer, East Stroudsburg, (High Jump)
Jennifer Hansen, Slippery Rock (Pole Vault)
Tamika Taylor, Indiana (Pa.) (Long Jump)
Brianna Liebold, Indiana (Pa.) (Long Jump)
Laurie Ajavon, Indiana (Pa.) (Long Jump)
Brianna Liebold, Indiana (Pa.) (Triple Jump)
Kim Stitt, Slippery Rock (Triple Jump)
Trina Carito, East Stroudsburg (pentathlon)