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April 12, 2003

 

Contact: Bob McComas (724) 738-2777 e-mail: robert.mccomas@sru.edu

 

ROCK TRACK AND FIELD SWEEPS TRIANGULAR TITLES

 

           SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University women’s track and field standouts Kristen Jones and Linsey Westerman each had a hand in four event wins Saturday to lead SRU to a sweep of first-place finishes in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference outdoor track and field triangular meet at N. Kerr Thompson Stadium.

 

            Westerman (sr., Freeport/Freeport HS) improved her NCAA national championship provisional qualifying time in winning the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.62, won the 400 hurdles with a time of 62.97 and ran a leg of the winning 4X100 (49.42) and 4X400 (4:03.77) relay teams.

 

Jones (Enola/Bible Baptist) won the long jump (18-4.5), 100 (12.48), 200 (26.44) and triple jump (37-10.25). She had personal-best efforts.

 

Mackenzie Gurcak (Pittsburgh/Baldwin HS) was a double winner in the shot put (40-10.5) and discus (136-0.5).

 

Behind the lead of Jones, Westerman and Gurcak, The Rock women beat Mansfield and California U. of Pa. by a 176-69-11 score.

 

            Ben Steingrabe (jr., Hermitage/West Middlesex HS) won two individual events and ran on the winning 4X400 relay (3:27.18) to lead the SRU men to a 151-110-75 win over Mansfield and California.

 

           Steingrabe won the 110 hurdles (14.87) and 200 (21.81).

 

            Eric Jones won the shot put (47-10) and discus (131-7), while Andy Tessena (so., Smethport/Smethport HS) won the 400 hurdles (55.12) and ran on the winning 4X400 relay to finish as double winners and complement Steingrabe’s effort.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other first-place finishes by The Rock included:

 

WOMEN

800 – Trista Gerlach (fr., Erie/Villa Maria Academy) 2:26.96

High jump – Jamie Schoepke (fr., Verona/Penn Hills HS) 5-2

Pole vault – Jen Mehall (jr., Erie/McDowell HS) 10-7

 

MEN

Hammer throw – John Montgomery (jr., New Castle/Shenango HS) 154-2

400 – Andrew Raisley (fr., Slippery Rock/Slippery Rock HS) 52.53

Pole vault – Nick Wilpula (sr., Mercer/Mercer HS) 15-9 *NCAA provisional mark

 

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