Ashley Laukus and Shaela Kruskie won the high jump and 5K respectively with new personal bests on Saturday to highlight the day for Shippensburg University women's indoor track & field team at the Art Gulden Invitational, a scored meet hosted by Bucknell.
 
Laukus eclipsed 5 feet, 7 ¼ inches (1.71 meters) on her first attempt at the height to cap off the best performance of her collegiate career. She moved from sixth place into second place all-time at Shippensburg, trailing only school-record holder Rebekah Newhart (5 feet, 7 ¾ inches in 2010). The NCAA provisional qualifier puts Laukus into a tie for 12th place on the NCAA Division II national performance list.
 
She cleared five heights on the day, beginning at 5 feet, 1 inch (1.55 meters), with only miss along the way. Laukus made three attempts to get over the bar at 5 feet, 8 inches (1.73 meters) but was unsuccessful.
 
Kruskie shattered her 5K PR by more than 80 seconds with a time of 17:38.12 to achieve a two-second victory over Bloomsburg's Olivia Magagna – the runner-up at this year's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Cross Country Championships. The performance was the second straight week in which Kruskie delivered a huge PR in a distance race (she ran the 3K last week at Alvernia).
 
With her run, Kruskie moves into the No. 8 slot all-time at Shippensburg in the 5K; her time with the flat-track to banked/oversized track conversion translates to 17:30.08.
 
Other standouts in the distance and mid-distance events included Mya Trotty achieving a 3K conference qualifier with a fourth-place time of 10:25.07, Mary Stoltz placing sixth in the 800 with a PSAC cut of 2:22.91, and Victoria Bartholomew notching her PSAC 5K qualifier by running fourth in 18:28.92.
 
Emily Calamia improved her season best in the 400 meters with a fifth-pace time of 59.45 seconds and also paced the Raiders in the 200 meters with a conference cut of 26.04 seconds. Alyssa Wert returned to action and picked up her PSAC qualifier in the 400 by running 1:00.09.
 
Madison Malcolm tied for seventh in the 60-meter hurdle finals with a time of 9.16 seconds after qualifying in 9.18 seconds.
 
Calamia, Melanie Barger, Malcolm and Wert teamed up for a second-place time of 4:03.25 in the 4x400-meter relay.
 
Additional noteworthy action in the field included Anne Gardner achieving her PSAC qualifier in the triple jump with an improved season best of 36 feet, 0 ¼ inches (10.98 meters) for a sixth-place finish, Lauren Bellows finishing sixth in the weight throw on a top mark of 47 feet, 3 ½ inches (14.41 meters) and Carissa Bender taking sixth in the pole vault by clearing 11 feet, 1 ¾ inches (3.40 meters).
 
The Raiders finished fifth in the team standings with 58.5 points.
 
Shippensburg heads right back to Lewisburg next weekend for the two-day Bison Open & Multi beginning Friday.
 
60
Melanie Barger 8.30
Abby Urban 8.82
 
200
Emily Calamia 26.04 (PSAC)
Izzy Slezak 26.41
Alyssa Wert 26.49
Linda Hussein 28.68
 
400
5. Emily Calamia 59.45 (PSAC)
Alyssa Wert 1:00.09 (PSAC)
Madison Malcolm 1:00.86
Melanie Barger 1:02.00
Camryn Pyle 1:05.66
 
800
6. Mary Stoltz 2:22.91 (PSAC)
Ava Whysong 2:28.61
Lilah Drager 2:33.85
Lexi Kapschull 2:36.70
Helene Shevick 2:41.74
 
1000
No entries
 
Mile
No entries
 
3K
4. Mya Trotty 10:25.07 (PSAC)
 
5K
1. Shaela Kruskie 17:38.12 (PSAC) (No. 8 all-time at SU) [17:30.08 converted]
4. Victoria Bartholomew 18:28.92 (PSAC)
 
60H
T7. Madison Malcolm 9.16 (9.18p) (PSAC)
Linda Hussein 9.39 (PSAC)
Layla Duggan 9.52
Camryn Pyle 9.80
Hannah Stonesifer 10.43
Kendra Jo Depew 10.54
Tamara Williams 11.14
 
4x4 Relay
2. Emily Calamia, Melanie Barger, Madison Malcolm, Alyssa Wert 4:03.25
Mary Stoltz, Lilah Drager, Lexi Kapschull, Greta Dwyer 4:32.82
 
High Jump
1. Ashley Laukus 5' 7 ¼" (1.71m) (NCAA 'P') (No. 2 all-time at SU)
T7. Elliot Oliphant 5' 1" (1.55m) (PSAC)
 
Pole Vault
6. Carissa Bender 11' 1 ¾" (3.40m) (PSAC)
 
Long Jump
8. Riyah Whigham 16' 11 ½" (5.17m)
Anne Gardner 16' 7 ¼" (5.06m)
Ellie Manyara 16' 1 ½" (4.91m)
 
Triple Jump
6. Anne Gardner 36' 0 ¼" (10.98m) (PSAC)
8. Riyah Whigham 35' 8 ¾" (10.89m)
Layla Duggan 34' 6 ¾" (10.53m)
Ellie Manyara 34' (10.36m)
Tamara Williams 33' 9 ½" (10.30m)
Sara Shaffer 32' 5 ¾" (9.90m)
 
Shot
Kyra Love 37' 4" (11.38m)
Caroline Mercer 36' 4 ¼" (11.08m)
Makayla Decker 34' 8 ¼" (10.57m)
Aubrey Orsinger 34' 3 ½" (10.45m)
 
Weight
6. Lauren Bellows 47' 3 ½" (14.41m) (PSAC)
Caroline Mercer 41' 2 ¼" (12.55m)
Makayla Decker 37' 5 ¾" (11.42m)
Carly Bennett 36' 6 ¼" (11.13m)