The Shippensburg University men’s and women’s track-and-field team participated in the Sykes and Sabock Challenge at Penn State this weekend.
Sophomore Drew Dailey set a new school record in the 800-meter at the meet, running a seventh-place time of 1:50.88. He beats the previous record of Ed Buck by nearly two full seconds, a record which stood for 12 years.
Dailey’s time was just 0.26 seconds shy of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) record but it puts him eighth on the NCAA leaderboard.
Sophomore Stephon Brown ran a seventh-place time of 6.83 seconds in the 60-meter dash, just .08 seconds off his school record set in December. That time still has him tied for fourth place on the national leaderboard.
Freshman Chayce Macknair ran the 3K in 8:27.83 to move to the top of the conference leaderboard in the event. Fellow freshman Aiden Gonder and Jacob Mavretic ran respective times of 8:49.58 and 8:55.23 to each move into the PSAC Top 10.
Freshman Ian Sherlock moved into third-place in the conference standings with a mile time of 4:22.11 and the 4x400 relay team moved to the top of the conference leaderboard with a fourth-place time of 3:19.56.
Junior Pat Maloney increased his lead at the top of the conference standings in the field with a weight throw of 56 feet, 9 ¼ inches. Redshirt-junior Shamar Jenkins and freshman Mo Whittle each picked up their conference qualifiers in the triple jump. Jenkins jumped 47 feet, 1 inch, which is the second-best league mark so far.
For the women’s team, sophomore Leah Graybill ran the 400-meters in 57.27 seconds placing her second on the conference leaderboard behind her teammate, freshman Caroline Mastria.
Junior Kyra Gerber ran her season best in the 800 meters with a time of 2:21.72 that moves her to fourth on the conference leaderboard.
Senior Jenna Lytle posted an indoor personal record in the triple jump at 35 feet, 8 ½ inches, putting her at seventh on the conference leaderboard.
Both teams will head to Alvernia University next weekend to compete in the Plex Shootout.
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