Men's Outdoor Track and Field | 5/8/2022 1:05:00 AM

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Bloomsburg University men's and women's track & field teams wrapped up the regular season with a strong showing at the LHU Qualifier, Saturday. The women's team finished fourth with 87 team points while the men took fourth with 71 points.
 
The women came away with three event champions on the day as Kathryn Blair (Elma, N.Y./Iroquois) won the 800-meter run, Sydney Sheaffer (Port Royal, Pa./Juniata High School) won the high jump, and Ashley Blannard (Larksville, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) won the long jump.
 
Blair won the 800-meter run with a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying time of 2:21.85. Rachanee Tith (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown Area) took seventh overall with a time of 2:32.68 while Alexandria Gearhart () finished 19^th at 3:08.76.
 
Sarah Castronova (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) finished second overall in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.25 while Delaney Porter (Pen Argyl, Pa./Penn Argyl Area) hit a PR as she took sixth at 27.14 and Melisaa Sicinski finished eighth with a PR of 27.17. Sicinski also took sixth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:02.91.
 
Emma Fortune (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./James M. Coughlin) took eighth in the 1-mile finals with a time of 5:46.19 and Riley Synder took ninth with a time of 5:46.49.
 
After finishing fifth in the 100-meter hurdles prelims, Julia Magee (Chalfont, Pennsylvania/Central Bucks South) took fifth overall in the finals with a time of 17.63. Magee also took ninth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:17.66.
 
The 4x400-meter relay team of Castronova, Porter, Sydney Beaverson (York, Pa./Red Lion), and Blair took second with a time of 4:14.42.
 
Sheaffer won the high jump as she cleared 1.52 meters. Isabella Horvath (Cresco, PA/Pocono Mountain East High School) finished third with a jump of 1.47 meters.
 
Blannard was the solo Husky in the long jump and won the event with a jump of 5.29 meters. Blannard took second overall in the triple jump with a distance of 10.95 meters.
 
Becca Martin (Wellington Florida/Cushing Academy) finished eighth in the shot put as she tossed 9.39 meters and Lauren O'Malley (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) finished ninth with a distance of 8.52 meters.
 
Makayla Force (Berwick, Pa./Berwick) took fourth in the discus with a distance of 34.84 meters while Briannan Eckard (Danville, PA/Danville Area High School) took 11^th at 26.87 meters. Eckard also took 13^th in the hammer at 34.10 meters while Alyssa Dalmargo finished 12^th with a distance of 36.27 meters.
 
Molly Raville (Gettysburg, PA/Delone Catholic High School) took fourth overall in the javelin with a distance of 31.00 meters.
 
On the men's side, Parker Jarratt (West Grove, Pa./Avon Grove) won the 800-meter race for the Huskies. Chris McCormick (Ashland, Pa./North Schuylkill) took second in the race with a time of 1:59.81 and Richard Loughran () finished sixth at 2:05.66. Liam Grayson (/) took eighth overall with a time of 2:16.84.
 
Matthew Carroll (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Area) hit a PR in the 1-mile run as he took fifth with at time of 4:35.21 and Matthew Campbell (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) took 10^th with a PR time of 4:46.87. Justin Ziegler (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Area) rounded out the Huskies in the 1-mile run as he took 14^th with a time of 5:07.39.
 
Robert Wilson (Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon) finished third overall in the 400-meter hurdles with a PR time of 58.08 and finished third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.27.
 
Doug Walsh (Old Forge, Pa./Holy Cross High School), Jarratt, McCormick, and Tyreem Wilson took fourth overall in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:58.59.
 
Walsh finished sixth overall with a PR toss of 21.79 meters in the discus. Michael Makowski (Marion Heights, Pa./Mount Carmel Area) finished fifth overall in the hammer with a distance of 42.17 while Anthony Moser (Natalie, Pa./Mt. Carmel) finished second in the javelin with a toss of 50.25 meters. Jackson Baldini (Mechanicsburg, PA/Mechanicsburg Area) took third in the javelin with a distance of 40.62 and Walsh finished fourth at 40.01 meters.
 
The Huskies now prepare for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships beginning on May 12. A full preview including seed times/distances will be available early next week.