SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University women's outdoor track & field team heads west this week for the 2025 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which will take place Thursday through Saturday at Slippery Rock's Bill Lennox Track at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
Pertinent meet information, including live coverage options, ticket links and a meet schedule, is available by accessing Slippery Rock's Championships page linked above. The Rock athletic communications office is facilitating first-rate video coverage of this week's championships that will be available on the PSAC Network.
 
Shippensburg has its work cut out for itself if it is to repeat as the league champion. Host Slippery Rock is the heavy favorite and Millersville also boasts a squad that is fully capable of capturing a trophy by week's end.  
 
Last year, Shippensburg defeated Slippery Rock by 27 points and won eight events en route to its 15th overall team title. However, several key contributors have graduated, including Leah Graybill (200-meter champion, 100-meter runner-up, 4x1 and 4x4 relay), Caroline Mastria (400-meter champion, 4x4 relay) and Sara McKean (long jump champion, fourth in 100, 4x1 relay) among others.
 
Senior Aliyah Serrano, who posted All-PSAC finishes in the 100 and 200 and was the leadoff leg of both victorious relays last season, is unable to compete this week due to injury. Senior Sasha Lee, last year's triple jump champion, is unable to defend her title this week but hopes to compete in the long jump and the 100-meter hurdles – events in which she is the top seed.
 
Two Raiders will have opportunities to defend their conference titles of a year ago: junior Makayla Decker is the No. 4 seed in discus while senior Abby Reasoner is the No. 2 seed in the javelin.
 
Senior Nicola Puggé;, the 2023 heptathlon champion and a three-time scorer in the multi, is the No. 2 seed in the multi.  
 
Senior Alyssa Wert is the sole returner from last year's victorious 4x400-meter relay and seeks her first All-PSAC finish in the open 400 meters as the No. 4 seed. SU has three No. 3 seeds – senior Victoria Mattioli in the 5K, junior Madison Malcolm in the 400-meter hurdles and freshman Riyah Whigham in the triple jump.
 
The Raiders enter the meet with 24 projected scorers (Top 8 seeds) based on the accepted entries released Tuesday night.
 
Overall, Shippensburg is down four entries from last season (49 this year, compared to 53 in 2024) but has increased its participant total by three (38 this year, compared to 35 in 2024).  
 
Accepted Entries
(49 entries, 38 women, 2 relays)
 
* The following accepted entries reflect where Shippensburg athletes are listed to compete this weekend. Times and marks are those listed on the accepted entries sheet. The finishes for Raiders who have competed in the event previously are listed below their entries.
 
* There is a minimum of 20 competitors in each event; the PSAC uses the league performance list to fill the field in cases where 20 athletes did not meet the automatic qualifying standards in an event.
 
100
No entries
 
200
No entries
 
400
4. Alyssa Wert 57.04
8. Emily Calamia 58.12
 
Wert placed fifth in 2024 and 10th in 2023. Calamia is making her outdoor debut in the 400.
 
800
No entries
 
1500
15. Faith Wilson 4:52.20
18. Livi Rieck 4:52.66
20. Ella Hartel 4:53.09
22. Kelsey Hull 4:53.30
 
Hull placed sixth in 2024 and fourth in 2023. Wilson, Rieck and Hartel are making their outdoor debut in the 1500.
 
5K
3. Victoria Mattioli 17:37.69
 
Mattioli placed fifth in 2024.
 
10K
5. Victoria Mattioli 39:25.63
8. Morgan Hess 39:36.21                                           
10. Katy Todd 39:39.14
12. Shaela Kruskie 39:40.86
13. Victoria Bartholomew 39:41.01
18. Caleigh Vincent 39:57.82
 
Mattioli placed fifth in 2024. Hess placed 11th in 2024. Todd placed 14th in 2024. Kruskie, Bartholomew and Vincent are making their 10K debut.
 
100H
1. Sasha Lee 14.09
7. Madison Malcolm 14.93
12. Michelle Olak 15.35
15. Camryn Pyle 15.62
 
Lee placed second in 2024, first in 2023 and fourth in 2022. Malcolm placed 13th in 2024. Olak and Pyle are making their PSAC debut in the 100-meter hurdles.
 
400H
3. Madison Malcolm 1:03.31
4. Melanie Barger 1:03.37                                         
11. Camryn Pyle 1:05.12
 
Malcolm placed sixth in 2024. Barger placed fifth in 2024 and ninth in 2023. Pyle is making her PSAC debut in the 400-meter hurdles.
 
3K Steeplechase
23. Leah Moffitt 12:15.76
 
Moffitt placed 18th in 2024 and sixth in 2021.
 
High
T4. Ashley Laukus 5' 5" (1.65m)                              
T8. Allyson Richwine 5' 4 ¼" (1.63m)
T14. Elliot Oliphant 5' 2 ¼" (1.58m)
T20. Maryn Spitzlay 4' 11" (1.50m)
 
Laukus did not place in 2024. Richwine tied for third in 2024 and placed fourth in 2023. Oliphant placed eighth in 2024. Spitzlay will be making her PSAC debut.
 
Pole
8. Carissa Bender 11' 9 ¾" (3.60m)
 
Bender tied for seventh in 2024.
 
Long
1. Sasha Lee 20' 2 ¼" (6.15m)
T9. Riyah Whigham 18' 4 ½" (5.60m)
13. Nicola Puggé; 17' 11 ¾" (5.48m)
16. Anne Gardner 17' 9 ¾" (5.43m)                          
 
Lee placed seventh in 2024, second in 2023 and fourth in 2022. Puggé, a heptathlete, will be making her PSAC debut in the open long jump. Whigham and Gardner are making their PSAC debut in the outdoor long jump.
 
Triple
3. Riyah Whigham 38' 5' (11.71m)
5. Anne Gardner 37' 6" (11.43m)
 
Whigham and Gardner are making their PSAC debut in the outdoor triple jump.
 
Shot
7. ShanAnn Simmons 40' 10 ¼" (12.45m)
13. Makayla Decker 39' 9 ¼" (12.12m)
18. Payton Bauer 38' 10 ¼" (11.84m)
 
Simmons placed third in 2024 and 15th in 2023. Decker placed 14th in 2024. Bauer placed eighth in 2023.
 
Discus
4. Makayla Decker 142' 4" (43.38m)
6. Payton Bauer 134' (40.85m)
7. ShanAnn Simmons 132' 5" (40.37m)
8. Lauren Bellows 131' 2" (39.99m)
17. Caroline Mercer 123' 1" (37.52m)                      
 
Decker placed first in 2024 and ninth in 2023. Bauer placed 14th in 2023. Simmons placed fourth in 2024 and 16th in 2023. Bellows placed seventh in 2024 and 17th in 2023. Mercer is making her PSAC debut in the discus.
 
Hammer
4. Lauren Bellows 166' 6" (50.75m)
 
Bellows placed sixth in 2024.
 
Javelin
2. Abby Reasoner 155' (47.25m)
5. Hannah Cassner 144' 5" (44.02m)
10. Katie Mancino 130' 7" (39.81m)
16. Abby Gotwals 123' 9" (37.72m)
18. Alexis Keefer 119' 7" (36.45m)
20. Maddie Sieg 116' 10" (35.62m)
 
Reasoner placed first in 2024, sixth in 2023 and fourth in 2022. Cassner placed seventh in 2024. Mancino placed 14th in 2024, 16th in 2023 and competed but did not place in 2022. Keefer placed ninth in 2024 and 17th in 2023. Sieg placed 10th in 2024, 13th in 2023, 16th in 2022 and eighth in 2021. Gotwals is making her PSAC debut.
 
Heptathlon
2. Nicola Puggé; 4378
14. Kaitlin Calvello 3552
 
Puggé placed third in 2024, first in 2023 and fifth in 2022.
 
Notes:
* SU is the No. 7 seed in the 4x100-meter relay and the No. 3 seed in the 4x400-meter relay; non-qualified athletes may run on relays if a school decides.