Shippensburg University’s outdoor track and field teams competed in the Susquehanna University outdoor River Hawk Multi last week and the Bison Outdoor Classic in Lewisburg.  

The two-day event began on Thursday where Kaitlin Calvello, Noah Bankert and Terrence Steele represented the Shippensburg University track and field teams.

Freshman Kaitlin Calvello completed the heptathlon, fourth overall with 3,552 points. She finished top four in five events. 

For the men’s team, Noah Bankert scored his personal best, earning 10th place with 5,009 points. 

Terrance Steele finished in 14th place with a score of 4,660 points.  

On Saturday, the track and field team began at the Bison Outdoor Classic. Garrett Quinan and Aiden Gonder placed fifth and sixth in a 10k race. 

Quinan finished at 29:37.68 seconds while Gonder finished in 29:58.02 seconds, respectively qualifying for the SU all-time Top 10 list for the 10k.  

Another notable performance came from graduate student Ian Sherlock. Sherlock ran the 1,500 meter race at 3:46.42, taking fourth place and moving him from fifth to third on SU’s all-time list for the race. 

Juniors Chase Hensinger and Ryan Wolfe ran along with Sherlock for the invite section. 

Hensinger finished at 3:57.93, while Wolfe ran at 3:59.03. Hensinger put up results in an 800-meter run, taking sixth place at 1:51.54. 

Freshman Colin Melhorn and sophomore Donovan Kitchen also had a fantastic day leading the raiders to place three of the members in shot put. Melhorn earned marks of 50 feet, 8 ¾ inches (15.46 meters). 

While Kitchen earned marks of 160-feet, 10 inches (49.03 meters) placing him in eighth.  

Juniors Allyson Richine and Makayla Decker also had a fantastic day in the high jump, winning a season’s best at 5 4-1/4 inches (1.63 meters) and throwing, leaving her top mark at 126-7 (38.58 meters). Sophomore ShanAnn Simmons also improved her season’s best in shotput placing third at 40-10 1/4inches (12.45 meters).  

The event continued on Sunday, headlined by a result from the men’s 4x100 relay team. Sophomore Bernard Bell III, freshman Jae Galloway, sophomore Lavar Jackson and sophomore Gabriel Lewis placed second at 41.12 seconds, just 0.05 seconds behind first place Slippery Rock. 

Both the men’s and women’s teams had success in the hurdles. Bell and senior Jeovaughni Daniel placed fourth and fifth in the 110m hurdles on the men’s side. 

Senior Sasha Lee placed fourth in the 100m hurdles for the women’s team as well. 

The multi events for the meet will end on Monday. 

Senior Mason Boyd sits first of six after five events in the decathlon, while senior Nicola Pugge is eighth of 13 in the heptathlon.  

The SU track and field teams will return home on Wednesday to compete in the Mid-Week PR Bonanza. 

Action begins at Seth Grove Stadium at 2:30 p.m. 

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