SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University men's track & field team began the 2026 outdoor season Saturday at home, as the Raiders hosted the second annual Keystone Challenge on a sunny 60-degree day at Seth Grove Stadium.
 
Shippensburg had the overwhelming majority of its competition Saturday in field events. Among the most impressive were a pair of throws that satisfied the NCAA provisional qualifying standard.
 
Gian Greggo won the shot put with an outdoor personal best of 57 feet, 11 inches (17.65 meters) that ranks second all-time in school history behind outdoor record holder Grant Smith. For Greggo, it's a new personal best of 2 ½ feet.
 
Jackson Hersh was the runner-up in the javelin throw but nonetheless unfurled a mighty toss of 204 feet, 5 inches (62.32 meters) for an excellent start to his sophomore campaign.
 
Those performances were two of 10 that met the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships qualifying standards. Greggo had two wins on the day, as he also claimed the hammer throw with a top toss of 168 feet, 4 inches (51.32 meters). Ridge Crispino matched him with a PSAC cut in the event, placing third on a top throw of 158 feet, 1 inch (48.18 meters).
 
Freshman Josh Durika took full advantage of his first collegiate outdoor meet by winning the discus, achieving a top mark of 149 feet, 9 inches (45.64 meters) for a PSAC qualifier. Donovan Kitchen (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) joined Greggo with a PSAC cut in the shot put; his top launch traveled 51 feet, 7 inches (15.72 meters), while Mason Pretopapa achieved a PSAC qualifier in the javelin of 189 feet, 4 inches (57.72 meters).
 
Jackson Sotosky and Ethan Conrad highlighted the long jump with sturdy conference marks. Sotosky continued his exemplary horizontal jump work at the long jump runway with a second-place mark of 23 feet, 5 ¼ inches (7.14 meters) that puts him into a three-way tie for 10th place on the school's all-time outdoor rankings. Conrad, meanwhile, placed fifth on a top mark of 23 feet, 0 ¾ inches (7.03 meters).
 
Gilberto Raphael Ramos recorded his PSAC qualifier in the pole vault, clearing 14 feet, 5 ¼ inches (4.40 meters) in his outdoor collegiate debut.
 
Among the six entries that competed on the track for the Raiders were Travis Wilk winning the 400-meter hurdles in 56.83 seconds, Parker Smith making his SU Track & Field debut with a 400-meter dash qualifier of 49.05 seconds and Conrad notching his conference cut in the 110-meter hurdles on a time of 15.37 seconds.
 
Shippensburg will travel next weekend to Lynchburg for the two-day Dr. Jack M. Toms Invitational.
 
100
5. Jacob Pittman 11.27
 
200
8. Jak Kearney 22.07
Jacob Pittman 23.25
 
400
3. Parker Smith 49.05 (PSAC)
 
800
No entries
 
1500
No entries
 
3K
No entries
 
5K
No entries
 
4x1 Relay
No entries
 
4x4 Relay
No entries
 
110 Hurdles
3. Ethan Conrad 15.37 (PSAC)
 
400 Hurdles
1. Travis Wilk 56.83
 
High Jump
5. Jackson Sotosky 6' 2 ¾" (1.90m)
 
Pole Vault
5. Gilberto Raphael Ramos 14' 5 ¼" (4.40m) (PSAC)
Joe Ryan 13' 5 ¼" (4.10m)
 
Long Jump
2. Jackson Sotosky 23' 5 ¼" (7.14m) (PSAC)
5. Ethan Conrad 23' 0 ¾" (7.03m) (PSAC)
7. Tyler Rossi 22' 1" (6.73m)
Noah Bankert 20' 1 ¾" (6.14m)
Jak Kearney NM
 
Triple Jump
No entries
 
Shot
1. Gian Greggo 57' 11" (17.65m) (NCAA 'P')
3. Donovan Kitchen 51' 7" (15.72m) (PSAC)
Ridge Crispino 45' 6 ¼" (13.87m)
Josh Durika 43' 5 ¼" (13.24m)
Colin Daub 42' 3 ½" (12.89m)
Tyler Rossi NM
 
Discus
1. Josh Durika 149' 9" (45.64m) (PSAC)
2. Gian Greggo 145' 8" (44.40m)
5. Colin Melhorn 140' 1" (42.70m)
7. Ridge Crispino 136' 8" (41.66m)
Tyler Rossi 130' 8" (39.84m)
Colin Daub 128' 3" (39.10m)
Noah Bankert 71' 10" (21.90m)
 
Hammer
1. Gian Greggo 168' 4" (51.32m) (PSAC)
3. Ridge Crispino 158' 1" (48.18m) (PSAC)
5. Donovan Kitchen 154' 5" (47.08m)
7. Josh Durika 145' 5" (44.32m)
Colin Melhorn 136' 1" (41.47m)
Colin Daub 135' 3" (41.23m)
 
Javelin
2. Jackson Hersh 204' 5" (62.32m) (NCAA 'P')
3. Mason Pretopapa 189' 4" (57.72m) (PSAC)
Aiden Zimmerman 150' 11" (46.01m)
Noah Bankert 144' (43.89m)