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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Shaela Kruskie won the 10,000 meters in dominant fashion Thursday night with an NCAA-provisional qualifying time of 35:52.15 to kickstart the Shippensburg University women's outdoor track & field team this weekend as it hosts the 2026 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Seth Grove Stadium.
 
Running in 40-degree temperatures under artificial lights, Kruskie maintained a steady pace of 84 and 85-second splits throughout the middle and back third of the race while her competition dropped off – as she zoomed to a 14-second victory over West Chester's Kristina Tapia.
 
It is her second PSAC title of the academic year – as Kruskie won the 5K title indoors. She moves up one spot on SU's all-time 10K ranking from eighth into seventh with her PR.
 
Her 10K was a new personal best by more than 32 seconds. It was her second PSAC Championships 10K – she placed 15th last season with a time of 40:13 – making her Thursday night run more than four minutes faster than one year ago.
 
Kruskie's performance is the fastest ever run by a Raider at the PSAC Championships. She becomes just the third Raider to ever win a PSAC title in the 10K and the first in 23 years. Kelly Stewart won back-to-back PSAC 10K titles in 2002 and 2003, while Steph Yingling achieved the same feat in 1997 and 1998.
 
Despite the cold temperatures, running at night helped dissipate the wind that had developed late Thursday and provided an atmosphere for fast times. This year's eighth-place time (by IUP's Hannah Weaver) was 37:36.94 – while last year's eighth-place time was 39:06.07.
 
Victoria Bartholomew, who finished sixth last season, was unable to get back on the awards stand this season – yet ran a new personal best by 15 seconds. Bartholomew improved her PR by running 38:12.55 – finishing 11th – and running 42 seconds faster at this year's conference meet compared to last season.
 
SU's biggest personal best of the day was delivered by Caleigh Vincent – who qualified for the PSAC Championships with her 10K performance just six days ago at the Paul Kaiser Classic. Vincent, who ran 40:24.52 last Friday and entered the meet as the No. 19 seed, set a new PR by almost two full minutes. She finished 13th overall with a time of 38:28.38.
 
Earlier in the day, Lauren Bellows paced three Raiders in the hammer throw with a sixth-place performance. Bellows jumped multiple spots in the standings on her sixth and final attempt – which proved her best of the day as it traveled 157 feet, 1 inch (47.88 meters).
 
It was the third consecutive place-winning performance in the hammer for Bellows, who was fourth last season and sixth in 2024. Caroline Mercer and Carly Bennett placed 13th and 14th respectively.
 
Through the first four events of the heptathlon, Kaitlin Calvello sits in 10th place with a score of 2,431 points. Calvello will be looking to climb into the Top 8 on Friday as she pursues her first career outdoor place-winning performance.
 
Among Calvello's highlights on Thursday included a new PR in the 100-meter hurdles (16.70) and equaling her PR in the outdoor high jump (4 feet, 10 ¼ inches (1.48 meters)),
 
Friday's competition begins with the resumption of the heptathlon at 10:30 a.m.
 
10K
1. Shaela Kruskie 35:52.15 (NCAA 'P')
11. Victoria Bartholomew 38:12.55
13. Caleigh Vincent 38:28.38
 
Hammer
6.. Lauren Bellows 157' 1" (47.88m)
13. Caroline Mercer 140' 7" (42.84m)
14. Carly Bennett 139' 4" (42.48m)
 
Heptathlon (through four events)
10. Kaitlin Calvello 2431