Shaela Kruskie won the 5K in dominant fashion Saturday to highlight four place-winning performances for the Shippensburg University women's indoor track & field team on the first day of the 2026 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Indoor Track & Field Championships that are taking place at Lehigh University.
 
Kruskie, making her PSAC Championships debut, lapped the field with a victorious time of 17:16.21 – 31 seconds faster than any other competitor. It is the largest margin of victory in the PSAC women's indoor 5K since Edinboro's Rachel Lanzel set the meet record in 2009 (16:44) with a 41-second win over her teammate Tina Yi that marked her fourth and final league 5K title.
 
The performance translates to a time of 17:08.34 when given the conversion from a flat track to a banked/oversized track and puts Kruskie in the No. 5 spot all-time among Raiders in the event. She becomes the fourth Raider to win a PSAC women's indoor 5K title, joining Casey Norton (2017), Neely Spence (2010) and Kelly Stewart (2004).
 
Kaitlin Calvello delivered a huge personal best in the pentathlon, placing fifth with a score of 3,193 points. That total is upped to 3,214 points when the 800-meter run gets the flat-to-banked/oversized conversion and slots Calvello No. 6 all-time in school history.
 
Lauren Bellows and Carissa Bender each recorded All-PSAC finishes in their respective events. Bellows took second in the weight throw on a top toss of 50 feet, 9 ¼ inches (15.47 meters) while Bender cleared the pole vault bar at 11 feet, 5 ¾ inches (3.50 meters) to tie for third place.
 
Major highlights from Saturday's sprint prelims include Madison Malcolm running 8.90 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles, tying her for the fifth-fastest mark in school history, and Emily Calamia making the finals in both the 200 and 400. Alyssa Wert will accompany Calamia in the 400-meter final.
 
Extended recaps of Saturday's events will be included in the complete tournament recap to be posted Sunday night.

The Raiders enter the final day in third place, 2.5 points behind Bloomsburg but 22.5 points behind first-place Slippery Rock.
 
Saturday Finals 

5K
1. Shaela Kruskie 17:16.21 (17:08.34 w/conversion) (No. 5 all-time at SU)
10. Victoria Bartholomew 18:21.34 (18:12.97 w/conversion) (collegiate best)
 
Pentathlon
5. Kaitlin Calvello 3193 (3,214 w/conversion) (No. 6 all-time at SU)
 
Distance Medley Relay
9. Grace Nesko, Melanie Barger, Ava Whysong, Anna Schaeffer 12:48.54
 
Pole Vault
T3. Carissa Bender 11' 5 ¾" (3.50m)
 
Long Jump
10. Riyah Whigham 17' 4" (5.28m)
11. Ellie Manyara 17' 3 ½" (5.27m)
 
Weight
2. Lauren Bellows 50' 9 ¼" (15.47m)
 
Saturday Prelims
 
60
15. Izzy Slezak 8.08
 
200
Emily Calamia (25.76q)
13. Izzy Slezak 26.18
 
400
Emily Calamia (58.75q) [57.98 w/conversion] (collegiate best)
Alyssa Wert (59.53q)
 
60H
Madison Malcolm (8.90q) (T-5th all-time at SU)
9. Layla Duggan 9.07 (collegiate best)
10. Linda Hussein 9.08 (collegiate best)
20. Camryn Pyle 9.39
 

WOMEN'S INDOOR T&F:
In her first ever PSAC Indoor Championships performance, Shaela Kruskie crushes the field, winning the 5K by 42 seconds! Her time of 17:16.21 ranks fifth all-time in school history! pic.twitter.com/dq77NPUPal

— Shippensburg University Raiders (@ShipURaiders) February 28, 2026