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BLOOMSBURG, Pa. - The Bloomsburg University men's outdoor track and field team will be hosting the 2017 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships at Robert B. Redman Stadium beginning on Thursday. The meet will get underway with the start of the decathlon and the running of the 10,000-meters on day one. A full slate of competition will take place on Friday and Saturday.

Ticket prices are set by the PSAC at $10 for adults and $5 for students. All-session passes are $15 and $7 respectively. All students from PSAC institutions are admitted free with valid ID.

On the track, senior James Wilson (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South) and junior Daniel Neiswender (Lebanon, Pa/Cedar Crest) each qualified for a pair of individual events while seniors Jake Plachko (St. Clair, Pa./Pottsville Area) and Danny Dugan (Ramsey, NJ/Ramsey), redshirt junior Austin Kline (), and junior Alex Moran (Dublin, Pa./Pennridge) will each compete in one individual event. The Huskies will also have teams competing in each of the relay events - the 4x100, the 4x400, and the 4x800.

Wilson could be in the mix for points in the 800-meter run as he is seeded seventh in the conference in the event. Neiswender, meanwhile, has an opportunity to jump-start the Huskies on Thursday evening where he is seeded fifth in the 10,000-meter run. Plachko is currently sixth in the 3000-meter steeplechase while Moran is ninth in the 400-meter hurdles to round out Huskies' qualifiers positioned in the top ten on the track.

In the field events, redshirt sophomore Arthur Quaye (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) is the defending PSAC outdoor champion in the long jump as is seeded third this season - one one-hundredth of a meter behind Shippensburg's Austin Shupp and West Chester's Justus Norman. Meanwhile, freshman Matthew Hart (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) is competing in three events over the weekend. He is eighth in the shot put, 12th in the hammer throw, and 20th in the javelin.

Also, keep an eye on freshman Stephen Laird () who is seeded fourth in the javelin with an NCAA provisional mark of 62.89 meters. He is certainly in the mix for points in the team standings in the event as he is one of only five athletes with a throw of more than 60 meters this season.

Competing This Weekend: (seed, top mark in parentheses)

400-meter dash
Austin Kline () (11th, 50.03)

800-meter run
James Wilson (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South) (7th, 1:55.56)

1500-meter run
James Wilson (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South) (19th, 4:04.67)

5000-meter run
Daniel Neiswender (Lebanon, Pa/Cedar Crest) (21st, 15:19.80)

10000-meter run
Daniel Neiswender (Lebanon, Pa/Cedar Crest) (5th, 32:18.75)

400-meter hurdles
Alex Moran (Dublin, Pa./Pennridge) (9th, 56.23)

3000-meter steeplechase
Jake Plachko (St. Clair, Pa./Pottsville Area) (6th, 9:43.33)
Danny Dugan (Ramsey, NJ/Ramsey) (11th, 10:02.70)

4x100-meter relay
Austin Kline (), Isaiah Cooper (Philadelphia, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara), Derick Logan, Jr. (Edgewood, Md./Harford Technical), Ben Williams (Stewartsville, NJ/Philliipsburg) (12th, 44.07)

4x400-meter relay
Austin Kline (), James Wilson (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South), Isaiah Cooper (Philadelphia, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara), Ben Williams (Stewartsville, NJ/Philliipsburg), Alex Moran (Dublin, Pa./Pennridge), Kyle Klosinski (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) (12th, 3:27.59)

4x800-meter relay
Kyle Klosinski (Springfield, Pa./Springfield), Jake Plachko (St. Clair, Pa./Pottsville Area), Tom Moser (Natalie, Pa./Mt. Carmel), James Wilson (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South), Declan McDonald (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks West) (NT)

Long Jump
Arthur Quaye (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) (3rd, 6.98 meters)

Shot Put
Matthew Hart (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) (8th, 13.90 meters)

Hammer Throw
Matthew Hart (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) (12th, 44.66 meters)

Javelin
Stephen Laird () (4th, 62.89 meters)
Matthew Hart (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) (20th, 51.54 meters)