By: Bill Morgal, sports information director
Gallery: (3-1-2026) 2026 Men's Indoor T&F PSACs Day 2
RESULTS
The Shippensburg University men's indoor track & field team won its 15th consecutive Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Indoor Track & Field Championship on Sunday, completing two days of competition with 181.5 points to achieve a 79-point victory margin in action at Lehigh University's Rauch Fieldhouse.
Shippensburg scored in every event except for the final one – the 4x400-meter relay – and compiled a total of 32 individual place-winners. Of those scoring efforts, 13 were All-PSAC (Top 3) finishes. The Raiders won six individual events and the distance medley relay.
Tommy Crum Jr. was named the 2026 PSAC Indoor Championships Overall MVP and the 2026 PSAC Indoor Championships Most Valuable Track Athlete after going 3-for-3 on the weekend. On Sunday, Crum won the mile (4:11.46) and the 3K (8:29.32) after yesterday anchoring the distance medley relay to first-place finish.
It is the second consecutive year that Crum has earned the Overall MVP award at the PSAC Indoor Championships. In three years of competition at the PSAC Indoor Championships, Crum remains undefeated – having won three consecutive 3K titles, two consecutive mile titles, and being a part of two consecutive DMR victories.
Event Breakdown
60 (finals Sunday, prelims Saturday)
2.
Gabriel Lewis 6.75 (6.70q)
3.
Ke'Aune Green 6.83 (6.85q) (10th all-time at SU)
7.
Ni'male Greenwood 6.94 (6.87q)
17.
Lavar Jackson 7.06
Shippensburg, which was shut out of the 60-meter finals last season, returned three to the awards stands this year as it had done in 2024.
Gabriel Lewis, the top seed, was edged by defending champion Michael Fellin of Kutztown (Fellin ran 6.69). Lewis's school record of 6.66 seconds achieved earlier this season should still merit him a ticket to Virginia Beach in two weeks to run at nationals.
Ke'Aune Green delivered the first of two All-PSAC performances on the day by placing third in 6.83 seconds. He had equaled his previous PR during prelims by running 6.85 seconds, and grabbed sole possession of the No. 10 ranking in school history for the 60 by improving to 6.83 seconds in the finals.
Ni'male Greenwood crossed the line at 6.94 seconds for seventh place. It was the first career PSAC scoring performance in the 60 for all three Raiders.
SU has now had three scorers in the 60 three times this decade (2020, 2024, 2026). It is the first time that the Raiders have had two of the three All-PSAC finishers in the 60 in the same season since 2023 (Eric Kirk first, Mo Whittle third).
200 (finals Sunday, prelims Saturday)
1.
Ke'Aune Green 21.87 (21.49 w/conversion) / (21.85q) (21.47 w/conversion)
5.
Gabriel Lewis 22.61 (22.22 w/conversion) / (22.17q) (21.78 w/conversion)
7.
Ni'male Greenwood 22.88 (22.48 w/conversion) / (22.22q) (21.83 w/conversion)
8.
Quinton Townsend 40.72 / (21.75q) (21.37 w/conversion) (3rd all-time at SU)
9.
Jak Kearney 22.43
12.
Lavar Jackson 22.63
Shippensburg entered the meet with seven of the Top 9 seeds and was able to get four men into the finals. Green, in his debut collegiate championship meet, shone brightest in his signature event by running 21.87 seconds to claim the title and bag his second All-PSAC finish of the day.
Lewis, running at PSACs for the first time in the 200, delivered a strong fifth-place run of 22.61 seconds. Greenwood also completed the 60-200 double by placing seventh in 22.88 seconds.
It was the first career PSAC scoring performance in the 200 for all three men.
Last year's champion,
Quinton Townsend was also in Sunday's final but sustained an injury midway through the race and was not able to complete the race at full speed – settling for eighth place. It is Townsend's third career scoring effort in the event to go along with an eighth-place finish in 2023.
Townsend's prelim performance of 21.75 seconds was a major highlight of Saturday – as the personal best converts to 21.37 seconds on a flat track and moves him to the No. 3 spot all-time in school history in the event. He only trails current teammate
Lavar Jackson and Green – Green's PR of 21.70 (21.35) ranks 35th on this year's national performance list while Townsend's time is tied for 40th.
Green becomes the sixth unique Raider to win a PSAC indoor title in the 200. He joins Jamal James (2006-07), Matt Kujawski (2013-14), Dru Adighibe (2016), Eric Kirk (2022) and Townsend (2025). SU's eight career PSAC indoor 200 titles are double the amount won by any other school (Cal, Slippery Rock and ESU have each won four).
400 (finals Sunday, prelims Saturday)
2.
Quinton Townsend 48.76 (48.00 w/conversion) / (49.52q) (48.75 w/conversion)
16.
Mohamed Himmad 52.01 (51.20 w/conversion)
17.
Jak Kearney 52.21 (51.39 w/conversion)
Earlier on Sunday, Townsend delivered the fastest time in the first of the two 400-meter finals heats by zooming around the track in 48.76 seconds (48.00 seconds with the flat-track conversion), an effort that is just .19 seconds off his lifetime best that ranks second in school history.
The time was nearly enough to claim the title. Seton Hill's Jacy Willis, who broke the all-time conference record this season (47.09 on Grand Valley's banked track), ran 48.56 seconds to edge Townsend by two-tenths of a second.
ESU's Mark Jackson (who competed alongside Willis in the second finals heat) ran 48.57 seconds and crossed the finish line in a "photo finish" with Willis but was disqualified for running out of his lane during the race – giving Townsend the second-place finish.
It continues an impressive 400-meter indoor career for Townsend, who is now a two-time All-PSAC performer in the event and a three-time place-winner. Townsend ran fourth last year and third in 2023.
Townsend becomes just the fourth Raider in school history to score three times in the indoor 400, joining Eric Bologa (first in 2015, first in 2014, third in 2013), Robert Bales (second in 2015, fifth in 2014, fourth in 2012) and Andrew Kujawski (third in 2015, fourth in 2014, first in 2013, seventh in 2012).
800
1.
Chase Hensinger 1:53.73 (1:52.13 w/conversion) (No. 3 all-time at SU)
8.
Ben Hummel 1:57.84 (1:56.18 w/conversion)
11.
Jackson Gutekunst 1:58.56 (1:56.89 w/conversion)
Owen Shrader DNF
Chase Hensinger continued his magical senior season by affirming his league supremacy in the 800 meters, using four sub-30 second splits at the four times 200-meter intervals to once again enhance his personal best – this time to 1:53.73 (1:52.13 with the flat-track conversion). It improves his already-attained No. 3 all-time ranking in school history for the event.
It is the fourth consecutive 800-meter race this season in which Hensinger has delivered an improved personal best. In the span of a month, Hensinger ran 1:52.87 at Penn (Feb. 1), 1:52.57 at Penn State (Feb. 7), 1:52.21 at Liberty (Feb. 14) and now 1:52.13 (w/conversion) at the PSAC Championships on March 1.
Hensinger remains one of five Raiders to win a PSAC championship in the indoor 800 and is now one of three to become a two-time champion (Tom Kehl in 2012 and 2013; Drew Dailey in 2020, 2023 and 2024). Shippensburg has now won nine league titles in the indoor 800, including five of the six contested this decade.
Hensinger also completes his indoor 800-meter career as a four-time PSAC place-winner and three-time All-PSAC finisher (first in 2026 and 2025, third in 2024, fifth in 2023). He is the fourth Raider to place four times in the indoor 800 at the conference meet, joining Dailey, Kehl and Kenrick Marsh. Hensinger, Dailey and Marsh are the only Raiders with three or more All-PSAC finishes in their careers in the indoor 800.
Ben Hummel scored twice in distance races Sunday, with his eighth-place finish in the 800 being his second of the day after his Top 5 finish earlier in the mile.
Shippensburg has now had multiple scorers in the 800 in each of the last six indoor conference championship meets.
Mile
1.
Tommy Crum Jr. 4:11.46 (4:08.30 w/conversion)
4.
Ben Hummel 4:17.97 (4:14.72 w/conversion) (collegiate best)
6.
Daniel Naylor 4:19.45 (4:16.18 w/conversion) (collegiate best)
7.
Brennan Wellock 4:20.71 (4:17.43 w/conversion)
11.
Kyle Baker 4:27.16 (4:23.80 w/conversion) (collegiate best)
14.
Davey Johnson 4:28.59 (4:25.21 w/conversion) (collegiate best)
Shippensburg had each of its four scoring performers in the mile meet or exceed their seed entering the championships, resulting in a 20-point event (its second most in an event behind the 21 points from the long jump).
Crum was the only one of the six Raiders in competition who had run the race before at the PSAC Indoor Championships and adroitly defended his title with conviction, running 4:11.46 (4:08.30 with the flat-track conversion) to win by nearly four full seconds. Crum was timed at 28.43 seconds on his final 200-meter split to close.
Hummel used a 30.39-second split over his final 200 meters, the second-fastest "kick" in the field besides Crum, to place fourth with a time of 4:17.97. With the flat-track conversion to 4:14.72 it well exceeds his previous PR – a time of 4:17.90 on the banked track at Liberty two weeks ago.
Daniel Naylor continued to get faster with each successive mile during his debut season no matter the track surface. His time of 4:19.45 converts to 4:16.18 and was good for sixth place in a strong field. Naylor knocked at least a second off his PR in each of his final four races of the season.
Brennan Wellock has been a Swiss-army knife for the Raider distance squad; Wellock ran in the mile and 3K this year after running in the 3K and 5K last year. It was his second career PSAC appearance in the mile and he made it his second career scoring performance – placing seventh with a time of 4:20.71. He finished sixth in the mile in 2024 by running 4:19.60.
Rounding out the Raider contingent,
Kyle Baker and
Davey Johnson both recorded collegiate bests with their runs in the first of the two finals heats, posting respective times of 4:27.16 (4:23.80) and 4:28.59 (4:25.21).
Shippensburg has now won the mile an incredible 13 times at the PSAC Indoor Championships; all other schools have combined for 11 titles.
Crum became the fourth Raider to win multiple league titles in the mile, joining Dailey (2020 and 2022), Dom Stroh (2018-19) and Matt Gillette (2011, 2013).
3K
1.
Tommy Crum Jr. 8:29.32 (8:23.47 w/conversion)
5.
Garrett Quinan 8:36.52 (8:30.58 w/conversion)
6.
Ryan Wolfe 8:37.81 (8:31.86 w/conversion)
12.
Jaycen Conrad 8:54.52 (8:48.38 w/conversion)
14.
Brennan Wellock 8:55.62 (8:49.46 w/conversion)
In the penultimate race of the championships, SU's distance squad shone bright once again.
Crum maintained the lead of the pack and began pulling away late in the race, posting a comfortable victory in 8:29.32 that made him be able to claim the honor of being a "back-to-back-to-back" champion in the event.
Crum becomes the first person in PSAC history to win three indoor titles in the 3K.
Garrett Quinan, one of two Raiders pulling off the 3K/5K double this year along with
Jaycen Conrad, delivered a dependable performance that resulted in fifth place. Quinan becomes a three-time place-winner and Top 5 finisher in the event, accompanying a second-place run last year and a fourth-place finish in 2024.
Ryan Wolfe delivered his highest finish to date in the indoor 3K by running sixth, just a second behind Quinan. It's the second scoring performance for the veteran Wolfe, who ran seventh last year. It was his third career PSAC indoor 3K race.
Shippensburg has now won the 3K 12 times at the PSAC Indoor Championships; all other schools have combined for 12 titles.
It is the fifth straight year that Shippensburg has won the PSAC indoor 3K title (Crum in 2024-26,
Ian Sherlock in 2023, Chayce Macknair in 2022).
5K (contested Saturday)
1.
Garrett Quinan 15:10.76 (15:01.11 w/conversion)
5.
Jaycen Conrad 15:20.50 (15:10.75 w/conversion) (collegiate best)
Quinan displayed his superior form once again in his signature race – winning the indoor 5K for a third straight season. He used a surge over the final 1,000 meters to edge West Chester's Josh Miller by about two seconds.
His victorious time of 15:10.76 makes him the first runner in PSAC history to win three PSAC men's indoor 5K titles.
Conrad delivered a marvelous PR with his 5K, circuiting the track in 15:20.50 (15:10.75 with the flat-track conversion) to deliver a fifth-place finish in his PSAC Championships debut. It makes for the fifth straight year that the Raiders have had multiple scorers in the 5K.
Quinan also completes his indoor 5K career as a four-time All-PSAC finisher in the event – becoming the first person in league history to accomplish that feat. He was the runner-up as a freshman in 2023.
Like the 3K, it is the fifth straight year that Shippensburg has won the PSAC indoor 5K title (Quinan in 2024-26, Hayden Hunt in 2023, Macknair in 2022).
60H (finals Sunday, prelims Saturday)
4.
Isaiah Brightman 8.34 (8.30q)
11.
Ethan Conrad 8.60 (collegiate best)
Brightman performed well in his PSAC Championships debut, running 8.30 seconds in prelims to qualify and running 8.34 seconds in the finals for a solid fourth-place finish.
Ethan Conrad (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt), competing in the event at the PSAC Championships in the event for the second time in his career and the first time since his freshman season in 2023, ran a lifetime best of 8.60 seconds that resulted in an 11th-place finish.
4x400-Meter Relay
10.
Ke'Aune Green,
Chase Hensinger,
Mohamed Himmad,
Ben Hummel 3:30.14
Due to injuries and the effects of the meet, SU fielded a 4x4 relay that included a short sprinter on his third event of the day (Green), a mid-distance runner who had run the 800 earlier in the day (Hensinger), one tried-and-true 400 runner (Himmad), and another mid-distance runner who was on his third event of the day (Hummel). The Raider quarter delivered a game effort, finishing 10th in 3:30.14.
Distance Medley Relay (contested Saturday)
1.
Chase Hensinger,
Mohamed Himmad,
Owen Shrader,
Tommy Crum Jr. 10:05.78
The distance medley relay of Hensinger, Mohammed Himmad,
Owen Shrader and Crum posted a four-second victory over Lock Haven by running 10:05.78.
Hensinger delivered the fastest 1,200-meter leg (3:04.73), Himmad had the second-fastest 400-meter leg (50.57), Shrader had the second-fastest 800-meter leg (1:55.69) and Crum anchored with a 4:14 1,600-meter leg that was the second-fastest in the field.
Shippensburg has now won 12 of the 24 distance medley relays competed in PSAC Indoor Championships history, including four of the last five.
High Jump
5.
Jackson Sotosky 6' 7 ½" (2.02m) (collegiate best)
Jackson Sotosky scored in his second jumping event of the weekend by going toe-to-toe with a talented field that included four ESU jumpers who had cleared 6 feet, 8 inches or better this season. Sotosky did so by clearing his previous collegiate best (6 feet, 4 ¾ inches (1.95 meters)) twice on the day.
He got over the bar at 6 feet, 5 ½ inches (1.97 meters) and at 6 feet, 7 ½ inches (2.02 meters) on his third and final attempt at the height - all this after winning the long jump on Saturday.
No competitor got over the bar at the next height – 6 feet 9 ½ inches (2.07 meters) – attempts and misses resulted in the places being awarded to the various competitors.
Sotosky becomes the first Raider in school history to score in both the indoor high jump and the indoor long jump – an accomplishment he pulled off in his debut collegiate season.
Pole Vault (contested Saturday)
T7.
Gilberto Raphael Ramos 14' 10 ¼" (4.53m) (collegiate best)
15.
Joe Ryan 13' 10 ½" (4.23m)
It was an impressive debut conference meet for freshman
Gilberto Raphael Ramos, who got over the pole vault bar at 14 feet, 10 ¼ inches (4.53 meters) on his second attempt to establish an impressive new personal best.
The performance tied for seventh place in the event. He was one of four competitors whose maximum clearance was 14 feet, 10 ¼ inches – but the key was his successful clearance of the previous height 14 feet, 4 ½ inches (4.38 meters) on the first attempt. Due to the fewer misses, he and West Chester's Jake Jones tied for seventh place while the other two competitors had to settle for ninth and 10th place respectively.
Raphael Ramos' previous collegiate best entering the meet was the PSAC Championships qualifying standard – 14 feet, 5 ¼ inches (4.40 meters). He exceeded his seed by five places with the performance.
Long Jump (contested Saturday)
1.
Jackson Sotosky 24' 1 ¾" (7.36m) (No. 4 all-time at SU)
2.
Jak Kearney 23' 9 ½" (7.25m)
6.
Ethan Conrad 23' 6" (7.16m) (No. 8 all-time at SU)
Shippensburg's highest scoring event (21 team points) was one of five in the PSAC that netted a team 20 or more points (Slippery Rock scored 22.5 points in the pole vault and 21 in the shot put, ESU scored 22 points in the triple jump, and the Raiders also scored 20 points in the mile).
Sotosky nearly didn't have the chance to achieve his championship jump. The Top 9 performances from prelims qualify for finals, and his top mark in the opening round of jumps was 22 feet, 5 ¼ inches (6.84 meters). That mark was tied with ESU's Peter Stanislavsky and Slippery Rock's Mathieux Mallon for the ninth-best – so in a rare occasion – 11 competitors jumped in the finals as the tie was not broken.
Given the crack at three more jumps, Sotosky made it happen on his first attempt in the finals. He unleashed a massive jump – 24 feet, 1 ¾ inches (7.36 meters) – that held up through the end of the competition. The huge PR of a foot moves him into the No. 4 ranking in school history for the event. It also put him at No. 21 on the NCAA Division II performance list.
Reigning champion
Jak Kearney was the runner-up – an accomplishment that he achieved by recording a top mark of 23 feet, 9 ½ inches (7.25 meters) on his final attempt. It was the culmination of a terrific sequence for Kearney that included long jumps of seven meters or better on each of his final five attempts.
It was a splendid battle among the Top 5 in the standings, as Kearney emerged with second place over Bloomsburg's Daniel Ajuz by the narrowest of margins after the application of another couple of tiebreakers. Both Kearney and Ajuz had top marks of 23 feet, 9 ½ inches, and also had second-best marks of 23 feet, 7 ½ inches (7.20 meters) that came late in the competition. Kearney got the edge for his third-best mark being a pair efforts that measured 23 feet, 3 ½ inches (7.10 meters) – Ajuz's third-best mark was 23 feet, 0 ¾ inches (7.03 meters).
Kearney is now a three-time place-winner and two-time All-PSAC finisher in the event; he was also eighth in the event as a freshman in 2024.
Not to be lost in the competition was the incredible crescendo to the indoor career of
Ethan Conrad, a senior who was competing in the long jump at the PSAC Championships for the first time. Conrad made it count – recording a new personal best of 23 feet, 6 inches (7.16 meters) that resulted in sixth place.
The sixth-place jump came on his third and final attempt in the prelims, and he added one more seven-meter jump during the finals.
Entering the Liberty meet on Valentine's Day weekend, Conrad had competed in the indoor long jump at 15 meets over the course of his career and was still seeking his first seven-meter long jump. That day at Liberty he not only did it once but in fact recorded two seven-meter marks – establishing his personal best entering the conference meet at 23 feet, 5 ¼ inches (7.14 meters).
His improvement of ¾ of an inch at the PSAC Championships meet further affirmed his No. 8 all-time ranking in school history for the event.
Over the course of 10 collegiate meets in two seasons entering his senior year, Conrad's indoor long jump PR was 21 feet, 8 ¾ inches (6.62 meters). He exceeded that mark in five of his seven meets during his memorable senior season.
Sotosky becomes the third different Raider to win an indoor league long jump title in the last five years and the eighth different Raider overall.
Triple Jump
2.
Jabrie Gaymon 47' 9 ¾" (14.57m) (No. 8 all-time at SU)
Jabrie Gaymon is another Raider senior jumper who made it a PSAC Championships experience to remember, and like Conrad, his story is the embodiment of working hard to have everything come together for a magical moment.
This year's PSAC Indoor Championships was Gaymon's 18th and final indoor collegiate competition as a Raider. It was also his fourth and final PSAC Indoor appearance in the triple jump; he had competed in each of the last three years but was unable to crack the awards stand – having finished 11th in 2025, 13th in 2024 and 12th in 2023).
Gaymon entered this the conference meet with a lifetime best of 45 feet, 11 ¾ inches (14.01 meters), which he achieved during his junior season at Liberty. It had been the only 14-meter triple jump of his career.
The tone was set early, as he unleashed a jump of 45 feet, 8 inches (13.92 meters) on his first attempt that – despite being in the first of the two prelim heats – looked to be strong enough to qualify for the finals. Unbeknownst at the time, that mark would have been good enough for eighth place by the end of the competition.
Gaymon kept his foot on the gas, and on his second attempt, unleashed a new PR – 46 feet, 4 ¾ inches (14.14 meters) – that really put him in a position to score. It slotted him as the second-best jumper from the opening flight.
After reaching the finals, and through five of his six attempts, Gaymon was in the position to do something he had never done before – score at the conference meet. He was in sixth place overall but had one more jump left to put it all on the line.
That sixth and final jump was the one. It was a mark of 47 feet, 9 ¾ inches (14.57 meters) – exceeding his previous PR set in prelims by an extraordinary 1 feet, 5 inches (.43 meters) – and vaulted him all the way up into second place.
Overall, he exceeded his personal best from the start of the day by nearly two feet, and the performance puts him in the No. 8 ranking all-time in school history for the indoor triple jump.
Gaymon becomes the first Raider with an All-PSAC finish in the triple jump since Mo Whittle (third in 2023); his second-place finish is the best by a Raider at the indoor conference meet since Shamar Jenkins was second in 2022.
He concludes his indoor career as just the 11th Raider in history to achieve an All-PSAC performance in the event.
Shot
2.
Gian Greggo 59' 0 ¾" (18.00m)
5.
Donovan Kitchen 54' 3 ¾" (16.55m)
Gian Greggo delivered the best PSAC Championships performance of his career on Sunday and, until the final throw, was in line to claim the conference title. He landed three throws of 57 feet or better, with his penultimate throw of 59 feet, 0 ¾ inches (18.00 meters) surging him from second place into first place on the leaderboard entering the final attempt.
Slippery Rock's Seaton Wozniak, who had been briefly supplanted as the leader of the competition, delivered a winning throw of 60 feet, 4 ½ inches (18.40 meters) on the final attempt to surge ahead and claim the 2026 title. Both men will be able to compete again in two weeks at the NCAA National Championships.
For Greggo, while it may not be a ton of consolation, his top mark resulted in the best second-place finish in league indoor shot put history. It was the first time ever that a thrower had an 18-meter shot put and didn't win a league title with the performance. Greggo and Wozniak join ESU's Cole Gorham (2025) and WCU's Ralph Casper (2020 and 2023) as the only competitors to record an 18-meter shot put at the PSAC Indoor Championships.
It is Greggo's second career place-winning performance and third Top 10 finish in three years at the PSAC Indoor Championships, accompanying a ninth-place effort last season and a fourth-place finish in 2024.
Donovan Kitchen delivered another strong shot put to place fifth for the second straight year. His top throw traveled 54 feet, 3 ¾ inches (16.55 meters), and was just a half-inch short of his personal best. All three of Kitchen's throws in the prelims traveled 16 meters or farther.
Weight (contested Saturday)
4.
Gian Greggo 61' 4" (18.69m)
7.
Ridge Crispino 55' 4 ¼" (16.87m) (collegiate best)
10.
Josh Durika 52' 4 ½" (15.96m) (collegiate best)
13.
Donovan Kitchen 50' 1 ¼" (15.27m)
Greggo paced the Raiders in both throws and unleashed a terrific toss of 61 feet, 4 inches (18.69 meters) that was good enough for fourth place. Competing in an incredibly talented field that included two throwers (ESU's Anthony Voto and Lock Haven's Eric Zalar) who had broken the conference record in the event this season, Greggo and Slippery Rock's Zach Gose made for a crowded top of the leaderboard.
Greggo's top mark came on his final attempt and was more than three feet farther than his previous best of the competition, but still not enough to crack the Top 3.
It was the first time in league history that four men exceeded 61 feet in the weight throw at the same conference meet. As such, Greggo's mark is the best fourth-place result in league history.
Overall, it was only the second time in league history that four men went over 60 feet at the same conference meet –Raider alumnus Pat Maloney had a fourth-place throw of 60 feet, 3 ¾ inches (18.38 meters) back in 2023.
Greggo has now scored in the event in each of his three seasons; he finished sixth last season and eighth in 2024.
Two Raiders reached the award stand in the weight throw, as
Ridge Crispino ended the day with a new personal best. Crispino's throw of 55 feet, 4 ¼ inches (16.87 meters) was also achieved on his final throw, and resulted in seventh place.
Crispino has now scored at the conference meet in the weight throw in back-to-back years, having now recorded consecutive seventh-place finishes.
Josh Durika capped his debut indoor season with back-to-back personal bests in the weight throw; his new PR of 52 feet, 4 ½ inches (15.96 meters) resulted in 10th place – just one spot shy of reaching the finals.
Heptathlon
2.
Tyler Rossi 4987 (5012 w/conversion) (No. 3 all-time at SU) [1K: 2:51.18 (2:48.86 w/conversion) 778 (+25)]
7.
Noah Bankert 4365 (4389 w/conversion) (No. 8 all-time at SU) [1K: 3:09.41 (3:06.84 w/conversion) 599 (+24)]
Winning the conference title in the heptathlon this season was going to be a tall task for whomever met the challenge, as seven men in the league this season had recorded a score that ranked among the Top 50 in the nation this season. Edinboro's Connor Munson, who broke the all-time PSAC record earlier in the season with a score of 5,284 points, opted to train through the meet and only compete in a couple of individual events.
That left the door open for Slippery Rock's Logan Anderson. Already ranked 12th in the country, Anderson erupted for 5,298 points (5,323 points when the 1,000-meters was given a flat-track conversion) to break Munson's record and put two men from the PSAC among the Top 6 in the nation on the D2 performance list.
Tyler Rossi, in his first season with the Raiders and making his PSAC Championships debut, entered the meet dealing with an injury but still looking to make an impact.
His best is exactly what happened, as Rossi improved his PR score by 126 points to finish with a total of 4,987 points (5,012 with the flat-track conversion for the 1,000) to earn an All-PSAC second-place finish. It also moved Rossi from fourth into third on the all-time SU rankings for the event and made him one of 25 men in the nation this season to exceed 5,000 points in the heptathlon.
Rossi set the tone early, running 7.30 seconds in the 60 meters, unleashing a seven-meter long jump (23 feet 1 ¼ inches [7.04 meters]) and throwing the shot put 44 feet, 2 ¾ inches (13.48 meters). All of those performances were new PRs for Rossi. His Sunday pole vault clearance of 12 feet, 3 ½ inches (3.75 meters) was also a new personal best.
Both of SU's multis delivered the best performances of their indoor careers.
Noah Bankert, competing at the PSAC Championships for a third time, found the awards stand for the first time by placing seventh with a tremendous PR score of 4,365 points (4,389 points with conversion) that moved him into the No. 8 ranking all-time in school history for the event.
Bankert set new personal bests in all seven of the events of the heptathlon to achieve his new top score, as he exceeded his previous PR by a whopping 230 points. After beginning the competition by equaling his PR in the 60 meters (7.25 seconds), Bankert delivered a long jump of 20 feet, 9 inches (6.32 meters) and a shot put of 29 feet, 2 inches (8.89 meters). He concluded Day 1 by getting over the high jump bar at 6 feet, 0 ¾ inches (1.85 meters).
To begin Day 2, Bankert set the tone by breaking the nine-second mark in the 60-meter hurdles, running 8.97 seconds. He then delivered a top pole vault clearance of 11 feet, 7 ¾ inches (3.55 meters) and ran the 1,000 in 3:09.41 (3:06.84 with conversion).
Shippensburg has had at least one person score in the heptathlon at each indoor conference meet this decade and has now achieved multiple scorers in the heptathlon in four of the last five seasons.
Agate Results
60 (finals Sunday, prelims Saturday)
2.
Gabriel Lewis 6.75 (6.70q)
3.
Ke'Aune Green 6.83 (6.85q) (10th all-time at SU)
7.
Ni'male Greenwood 6.94 (6.87q)
17.
Lavar Jackson 7.06
200 (finals Sunday, prelims Saturday)
1.
Ke'Aune Green 21.87 (21.49 w/conversion) / (21.85q) (21.47 w/conversion)
5.
Gabriel Lewis 22.61 (22.22 w/conversion) / (22.17q) (21.78 w/conversion)
7.
Ni'male Greenwood 22.88 (22.48 w/conversion) / (22.22q) (21.83 w/conversion)
8.
Quinton Townsend 40.72 / (21.75q) (21.37 w/conversion) (3rd all-time at SU)
9.
Jak Kearney 22.43
12.
Lavar Jackson 22.63
400 (finals Sunday, prelims Saturday)
2.
Quinton Townsend 48.76 (48.00 w/conversion) / (49.52q) (48.75 w/conversion)
16.
Mohamed Himmad 52.01 (51.20 w/conversion)
17.
Jak Kearney 52.21 (51.39 w/conversion)
800
1.
Chase Hensinger 1:53.73 (1:52.13 w/conversion) (No. 3 all-time at SU)
8.
Ben Hummel 1:57.84 (1:56.18 w/conversion)
11.
Jackson Gutekunst 1:58.56 (1:56.89 w/conversion)
Owen Shrader DNF
Mile
1.
Tommy Crum Jr. 4:11.46 (4:08.30 w/conversion)
4.
Ben Hummel 4:17.97 (4:14.72 w/conversion) (collegiate best)
6.
Daniel Naylor 4:19.45 (4:16.18 w/conversion) (collegiate best)
7.
Brennan Wellock 4:20.71 (4:17.43 w/conversion)
11.
Kyle Baker 4:27.16 (4:23.80 w/conversion) (collegiate best)
14.
Davey Johnson 4:28.59 (4:25.21 w/conversion) (collegiate best)
3K
1.
Tommy Crum Jr. 8:29.32 (8:23.47 w/conversion)
5.
Garrett Quinan 8:36.52 (8:30.58 w/conversion)
6.
Ryan Wolfe 8:37.81 (8:31.86 w/conversion)
12.
Jaycen Conrad 8:54.52 (8:48.38 w/conversion)
14.
Brennan Wellock 8:55.62 (8:49.46 w/conversion)
5K (contested Saturday)
1.
Garrett Quinan 15:10.76 (15:01.11 w/conversion)
5.
Jaycen Conrad 15:20.50 (15:10.75 w/conversion) (collegiate best)
60H (finals Sunday, prelims Saturday)
4.
Isaiah Brightman 8.34 (8.30q)
11.
Ethan Conrad 8.60 (collegiate best)
4x400-Meter Relay
10.
Ke'Aune Green,
Chase Hensinger,
Mohamed Himmad,
Ben Hummel 3:30.14
Distance Medley Relay (contested Saturday)
1.
Chase Hensinger,
Mohamed Himmad,
Owen Shrader,
Tommy Crum Jr. 10:05.78
High Jump
5.
Jackson Sotosky 6' 7 ½" (2.02m) (collegiate best)
Pole Vault (contested Saturday)
T7.
Gilberto Raphael Ramos 14' 10 ¼" (4.53m) (collegiate best)
15.
Joe Ryan 13' 10 ½" (4.23m)
Long Jump (contested Saturday)
1.
Jackson Sotosky 24' 1 ¾" (7.36m) (No. 4 all-time at SU)
2.
Jak Kearney 23' 9 ½" (7.25m)
6.
Ethan Conrad 23' 6" (7.16m) (No. 8 all-time at SU)
Triple Jump
2.
Jabrie Gaymon 47' 9 ¾" (14.57m) (No. 8 all-time at SU)
Shot
2.
Gian Greggo 59' 0 ¾" (18.00m)
5.
Donovan Kitchen 54' 3 ¾" (16.55m)
Weight (contested Saturday)
4.
Gian Greggo 61' 4" (18.69m)
7.
Ridge Crispino 55' 4 ¼" (16.87m) (collegiate best)
10.
Josh Durika 52' 4 ½" (15.96m) (collegiate best)
13.
Donovan Kitchen 50' 1 ¼" (15.27m)
Heptathlon
2.
Tyler Rossi 4987 (5012 w/conversion) (No. 3 all-time at SU)
7.
Noah Bankert 4365 (4389 w/conversion) (No. 8 all-time at SU)
