SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Redshirt-freshman Shamar Jenkins landed a national Top 10 mark in the triple jump Wednesday and several sprinters contributed new bests to highlight a banner day for the Shippensburg University men's track & field team at the Fifth Annual Collegiate Invitational held at Seth Grove Stadium.
 
"We wanted to put on a show and prepared to do well at this meet," head coach Dave Osanitsch said. "Our guys came through. Our athletes fed off the energy of their team and from competing at home. I am proud of the direction the team took this week, and we are eager to build off this in our next home meet and at the PSAC Championships."
 
Jenkins nearly reached the 50-foot mark with his stupendous personal best, winning the triple jump competition with a mark beyond 15 meters. His jump of 49 feet, 8 ½ inches ranks 10th on the national leaderboard.
 
The effort was one of six NCAA provisional qualifiers on the day, as Shippensburg totaled 32 performances that satisfied the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying standard.
 
Here's a breakdown:
 
SPRINTS/HURDLES
Shippensburg's sprinters and hurdlers were on point.
 
The day featured many exhilarating races, but none was more exciting than the 200 meters. Coming down the straightaway nearly three-wide were redshirt-freshman Aaron Arp Jr., Chris Craig, and Bucknell's Billy Melchionni – the 2017 Patriot League Championships Male Track Athlete of the meet.
 
Arp out-leaned Craig by .01 seconds, claiming victory in 21.29 seconds. Both times are NCAA provisional qualifiers. Melchionni finished in 21.68 seconds. Senior Calvin Dennis took fourth, running 22.27 seconds.
 
Craig had a pair of duals with teammates on Wednesday. In the 100 meters, he out-leaned freshman Roland Miles, for a .02-second victory and a time of 10.67 seconds. Junior Dreux Stamford was third in 10.89 seconds, while Dennis ran 10.98 seconds – a personal best. All four times are season bests.
 
At 400 meters, sophomore Austin Padmore finished second in 49.53 seconds, a season best, while sophomore Austin Howell took third in 49.78 seconds.
 
In hurdles, redshirt-junior Charles Bowman posted NCAA-provisional qualifiers in both events – including a new season best of 52.51 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles that ranks 11th in the nation. Bowman completed the 110-meter hurdles in 14.52 seconds.
 
Senior Ori Rinaman had an extremely busy day, with more than 1,000 meters of sprinting. Rinaman completed the 110-meter hurdles in a season best of 14.84 seconds, finished second to Bowman in the 400-meter hurdles in 53.82 seconds, ran the 200 meters in 22.83 seconds, and served as the second leg of SU's 4x400-meter relay.
 
Junior Conner Oldt improved his season best in the 110-meter hurdles to 15.21 seconds, while freshman Josh Booth completed the 400-meter hurdles in 55.58 seconds. All six hurdles performances met the league standard.
 
RELAYS
The 4x100-meter relay team of Dennis, Craig, Stamford and Miles came within less than a tenth of a second of an NCAA-provisional qualifier, running 41.13 seconds. The meet concluded with Booth, Rinaman, Padmore and sophomore Michael Lingard (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) achieving a win in 3:26.42, as Lingard turned on the jets during his anchor leg to stave off a hard-charging competitor from Bloomsburg.
 
MID-DISTANCE/DISTANCE
Senior Dominic Stroh ran 3,800 meters on the day, highlighted by a win in the 800 meters on a PSAC cut of 1:56.90. Senior Connor Holm notched his conference qualifier in the 1,500 meters, running 4:04.72, while freshman Joshua Jackson achieved his PSAC cut in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on a victorious time of 10:05.82.
 
JUMPS
In addition to Jenkins' triple jump, junior Adam Warehime landed a PR in the long jump of 21 feet, 10 ¾ inches that puts him eighth on the conference leaderboard for the event.
 
THROWS
Junior Cam Strohe paced the Raiders in three throwing events. He won the hammer with a throw of 176 feet, placed second in the discus on a top throw of 159 feet, 1 inch, and placed fourth in the shot put with a season best of 48 feet, 7 ¼ inches.
 
Redshirt-sophomore Alec Stimson returned to action with a NCAA-provisional qualifier in the javelin, winning the competition with a throw of 193 feet, 1 inch. Stimson's throw is a season best that matches his collegiate best that was achieved two years ago at Richmond's Fred Hardy Invitational.
 
Three freshmen improved their bests in the discus with PSAC qualifiers. Pat Maloney was third on a throw of 152 feet, 4 inches, while Yobani Moreno Estrada was one place behind on a throw of 147 feet, 6 inches. Josh Herbster improved to 135 feet, 9 inches.
 
Graduate Tyler Hewitt threw a lifetime best in the hammer of 162 feet, seven inches – the mark moves him to fifth on the conference leaderboard in the event. Herbster improved his best in the hammer to 156 feet, 6 inches. Junior Antonio Civetta hit the PSAC standard in both the hammer and the discus.
 
UP NEXT: Saturday, April 27 for the Paul Kaiser Classic at Seth Grove Stadium.
 
100
1. Chris Craig 10.67 (PSAC)
2. Roland Miles 10.69 (PSAC)
3. Dreux Stamford 10.89 (PSAC)
4. Calvin Dennis 10.98 (PSAC)
7. Michael Lingard 11.27
EJ Dorwil 11.83
 
200
1. Aaron Arp Jr. 21.29 (NCAA 'P')
2. Chris Craig 21.30 (NCAA 'P')
4. Calvin Dennis 22.27 (PSAC)
8. Conner Oldt 22.77
Ori Rinaman 22.83
Michael Lingard 23.10
 
400
2. Austin Padmore 49.53 (PSAC)
3. Austin Howell 49.78 (PSAC)
 
800
1. Dominic Stroh 1:56.90 (PSAC)
Chase Carpenter 2:00.89
 
1500
3. Connor Holm 4:04.72 (PSAC)
David Snyder 4:17.35
 
3K
3. Dominic Stroh 9:00.75
 
5K
None
 
110H
1. Charles Bowman 14.52 (NCAA 'P')
3. Ori Rinaman 14.84 (PSAC)
4. Conner Oldt 15.21 (PSAC)
 
400H
1. Charles Bowman 52.51 (NCAA 'P')
2. Ori Rinaman 53.82 (PSAC)
4. Josh Booth 55.58 (PSAC)
 
3K Steeplechase
1. Joshua Jackson 10:05.82 (PSAC)
3. Andrew Feldman 10:47.64
 
4x100
1. Calvin Dennis, Chris Craig, Dreux Stamford, Roland Miles 41.13
 
4x400
1. Josh Booth, Ori Rinaman, Austin Padmore, Michael Lingard 3:26.42
 
High Jump
5. Jordan Winslow 6' 0 ¾" (1.85m)
 
Pole Vault
None
 
Long Jump
6. Adam Warehime 21' 10 ¾" (6.67m) (PSAC)
David Brantley 20' 4 ½" (6.21m)
 
Triple Jump
1. Shamar Jenkins 49' 8 ½" (15.15m) (NCAA 'P')
 
Shot
4. Cam Strohe 48' 7 ¼" (14.81m) (PSAC)
5. Yobani Moreno Estrada 44' 7 ½" (13.60m) (PSAC)
8. Brooks Bear 42' 4 ¾" (12.92m)
Tyler Hewitt 37' 6 ½" (11.44m)
Antonio Civetta 35' 3 ¾" (10.76m)
 
Discus
2. Cam Strohe 159' 1" (48.50m) (PSAC)
3. Pat Maloney 152' 4" (46.43m) (PSAC)
4. Yobani Moreno Estrada 147' 6" (44.97m) (PSAC)
8. Antonio Civetta 140' 7" (42.85m) (PSAC)
Josh Herbster 135' 9" (41.39m) (PSAC)
Tyler Hewitt 127' 2" (38.77m)
Jacob Gieringer 121' 3" (36.96m)
Brooks Bear 89' 4" (27.24m)
 
Hammer
1. Cam Strohe 176' (53.64m) (PSAC)
3. Tyler Hewitt 162' 7" (49.56m) (PSAC)
5. Josh Herbster 156' 6" (47.70m) (PSAC)
7. Antonio Civetta 142' 8" (43.48m) (PSAC)
Jacob Gieringer 122' 6' (37.33m)
Yobani Moreno Estrada 120' 1" (36.60m)
 
Javelin
1. Alec Stimson 193' 1" (58.85m) (NCAA 'P')
4. Colin Mondi 157' 8" (48.07m)