Women's Indoor Track & Field | 2/13/2016 12:18:00 AM
The Shippensburg University women's indoor track & field team recorded a host of noteworthy performances on Friday as it traveled to Boston for competition in the Hemery Valentine Invitational hosted by Boston University from its Track & Tennis Center.
The SU sprints squad had several noteworthy performances. Sophomore
Danielle Sciremammano achieved a lifetime PR in the 60-meter hurdles, improving to 8.89 seconds. Fellow sophomore
Lindsay Sheehan, meanwhile, set her new 200-meter PR at 25.72 seconds.
Senior
Megan Lundy paced four Raiders that ran Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifiers in the 400 meters. Lundy ran a season best of 57.44 seconds, while sophomore
Kiana Tucker achieved an indoor personal best of 59.14 seconds. Sophomore
Jill Bertino, meanwhile, improved to 1:00.64.
Sheehan, Tucker, freshman
Allison King and Lundy improved the 4x4 relay season-best time to 3:56.39.
Junior
Abby Shafer ran an NCAA-provisional qualifying time of 9:56.69 that has her mere hundredths of a second off the PSAC pace-setting effort of Slippery Rock's Jenny Picot. The time ranks among the Top 30 nationally.
Also among the distance contingent, sophomore
Bryanna Dissinger achieved a solid PSAC 5K qualifier late Friday night, running 18:19.20.
Among the jumpers, junior
Sarah Hunt had a NCAA-provisional long jump of 18 feet, 6 ½ inches and a triple jump of 37 feet, 10 inches. Freshman
Abby Wagner achieved a new collegiate best in the triple jump, her top mark was recorded at 37 feet, 3 ¼ inches.
Shippensburg will conclude the regular season next weekend at Kutztown in the Five-Way Challenge from O'Pake Fieldhouse.
60Allison King 8.04 (PSAC)
Lindsay Sheehan 8.29
200Lindsay Sheehan 25.72 (PSAC)
Allison King 25.99 (PSAC)
400Megan Lundy 57.44 (PSAC)
Kiana Tucker 59.14 (PSAC)
Jill Bertino 1:00.64 (PSAC)
Tatiana Purnell 1:00.84 (PSAC)
3KAbby Shafer 9:56.69 (NCAA 'P')
5KBryanna Dissinger 18:19.20 (PSAC)
Alexandria Hamill 19:03.01
60HDanielle Sciremammano 8.89 (PSAC)
Kayla Lawson 9.24 (PSAC)
Tatiana Purnell 9.70 (PSAC)
4x4Lindsay Sheehan,
Kiana Tucker,
Allison King,
Megan Lundy 3:56.39
Pole VaultKali Hepner 10' 11 ¾" (3.35m) (PSAC)
Emily Wicker 10' 6" (3.20m) (PSAC)
Long Jump5.
Sarah Hunt 18' 6 ½" (5.65m) (NCAA 'P')
Danielle Sciremammano 17' 9 ½" (5.42m) (PSAC)
Abby Wagner 17' 9 ½" (5.42m) (PSAC)
Triple JumpSarah Hunt 37' 10" (11.53m) (PSAC)
Abby Wagner 37' 3 ¼" (11.36m) (PSAC)