The Shippensburg University men's track & field team sent 15 athletes to the Millersville Metrics on Saturday and fared extremely well, recording solid times and marks in distance events and throws in action at the Biemesderfer.
 
The Raiders managed a second-place finish in the team standings (112 points) despite having just a small portion of its roster at the meet. Of the team's 27 total performances at the meet, 17 of them satisfied the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) automatic qualifying standards – 14 in throws and three on the track.
 
Josh Herbster had the most noteworthy performance, winning the hammer throw with a NCAA-provisional qualifying mark of 191 feet, 11 inches. It's an improvement of 11 feet from his opening weekend at Lynchburg. Herbster also placed third in the discus, throwing 149 feet, 11 inches, and seventh in the shot with a put of 45 feet, 10 inches.
 
Alec Rideout won the shot put competition, with his top throw traveling 52 feet, 4 inches. Rideout also finished second to Herbster in the hammer, recording a new personal best of 174 feet, 3 inches. His previous hammer PR was recorded at the 2017 Paul Kaiser Classic.
 
Brooks Bear was the runner-up in the discus, setting a new PR by two feet with a throw of 157 feet. Bear also took fifth in the hammer and sixth in the shot. Pat Maloney had a Top 5 finish in the shot, discus and hammer. Logan Parker finished third in the shot on a top put of 50 feet, 3 ¼ inches.
 
Nate Crowl and Mike Folcarelli scored in the javelin. Crowl enhanced his collegiate best to 184 feet, 6 inches, finishing fifth, while Folcarelli's top throw traveled 183 feet, 4 inches.
 
Kevin Wagner became the third Raider to qualify for the 10K and did so with SU's fastest time of the season. Wagner ran very well in his first collegiate 10K, crossing the finish line in 32:47.30 to put him right around the top of the league leaderboard in the event pending other results around the conference this weekend.
 
Joey Cintavey had a breakthrough in the 1,500 meters, picking up a PSAC qualifier with a third-place finish of 4:04.87 for a huge collegiate best.
 
Alexander Ermold expanded his outdoor distance to 5K for the first time and achieved a conference qualifier in the process, running second with a time of 15:35.48.
 
Shippensburg will travel to George Mason University next weekend.
 
100
Robert Lissner 12.04
 
800
Joey Cintavey 2:02.37
AJ Plowman 2:04.95
 
1500
3. Joey Cintavey 4:04.87 (PSAC)
AJ Plowman 4:19.76
 
5K
2. Alexander Ermold 15:35.48 (PSAC)
Nathan Harding 16:05.61
 
10K
1. Kevin Wagner 32:47.30 (PSAC)
 
3000 Steeplechase
5. Cole Harris 10:41.95
6. Jake Lawson 10:52.72
 
Long Jump
Robert Lissner 19' 7 ½" (5.98m)
 
Shot
1. Alec Rideout 52' 4" (15.95m) (PSAC)
3. Logan Parker 50' 3 ¼" (15.32m) (PSAC)
5. Pat Maloney 49' 7 ¼" (15.12m) (PSAC)
6. Brooks Bear 47' 2 ¼" (14.38m) (PSAC)
7. Josh Herbster 45' 10" (13.97m) (PSAC)
 
Discus
2. Brooks Bear 157' (47.85m) (PSAC)
3. Josh Herbster 149' 11" (45.69m) (PSAC)
4. Pat Maloney 149' 6" (45.57m) (PSAC)
6. Logan Parker 138' 2" (42.11m)
 
Hammer
1. Josh Herbster 191' 11" (58.49m) (NCAA 'P')
2. Alec Rideout 174' 3" (53.12m) (PSAC)
4. Pat Maloney 169' 1" (51.55m) (PSAC)
5. Brooks Bear 163' 10" (49.94m) (PSAC)
8. Logan Parker 137' 9" (42.00m)
 
Javelin
5. Nate Crowl 184' 6" (56.23m) (PSAC)
7. Mike Folcarelli 183' 4" (55.89m) (PSAC)