WEST CHESTER, Pa.- The West Chester University men's track and field team is preparing to return to the track this weekend in split squad action once again, as much of the team heads to Shippensburg for the Paul Kaiser Invitational, while another group will head to the City of Brotherly Love for the 130
th edition of the Penn Relays. West Chester will begin competing at the Penn Relays on Friday in the 4x100 and 4x400, along with the javelin throw, while much of the competition at Shippensburg, aside from the hammer throw and 10K, will begin on Saturday morning.
Last Time Out – Paul Donahue Invitational (Widener University)
In the 100, Evan McCracken (Johnstown, Pa./Richland) led four Golden Rams in the top-10 with a second-place finish in 10.74 seconds, while
Damian Simpson (Easton, Pa./Wilson) was fourth in 10.83,
Andre Jackson-Littlejohn (Royersford, Pa./Spring Ford) was fifth in 10.84, and
AC Ross (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) was seventh in 10.91 seconds. McCracken also took seventh in the 200 in 21.85 seconds, while Ross was ninth in 21.91.
Jhaven Sims-Pagan (Scranton, Pa./Scranton) led West Chester in the 110 hurdles with a seventh-place finish in 15.27 seconds. Sims-Pagan also led West Chester in the 400 hurdles with an eighth-place finish in 54.65 seconds.
Bishop Lane (Wilmington, Del./Salesianum) led West Chester in the 400 with a 15th-place finish in 49.22 seconds, while
Jordan Barge (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) paced West Chester in the 800 with a 16th-place finish in 1:55.87.
Sam Leisenring (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) took 19th in the 1500 in 4:00.41.
West Chester also won the 4x100 relay in 41.13 seconds.
In field events,
Jake Joslin (West Chester, Pa./East) led West Chester in the discus with an 11th-place finish and a mark of 130 feet 5 inches
(39.75 meters), while Brodyn Wolfert (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) led West Chester in the hammer with a mark of 149-3 (45.51m). Joslin also won the shot put with a mark of 51-1 (15.8m).
Collin Niedrowski (Wyomissing, Pa./Wyomissing) was fifth in the javelin with a mark of 177-10 (54.21m), while
Jake Jones (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) led West Chester in the pole vault with a mark of 15-9 (4.8m) to finish third, while also setting a new program record in the process.
Chase Parkinson (West Chester, Pa./Henderson) took second in the triple jump with a mark of 45-3 ½ (13.8m).
Up Next
West Chester will be back in action next week for the PSAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships beginning on April 30.
