SU Invite a Success for Crusader Track & Field
Results
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Sunday marked another home track meet for
the Susquehanna men’s and women’s track & field
teams, and yet again the Crusaders put together a solid day. SU was
hosting its second of four-straight home meets which will conclude
with the Landmark Championships on Feb. 25.
In women’s field action, Jessica Ranck (Lewsiburg,
Pa./Lewisburg Area) placed fourth in the weight throw with
a career-best toss of 13.09 meters and went on to a seventh-place
finish in the shot put (10.03m).
In the long jump, Kristin Stam (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro
Area) earned second overall with a jump of 4.92m and
teammate Jessica Palmer-Bacon (Wellsboro,
Pa./Wellsboro Area) placed fourth (4.80m), easily setting
a PR.
Stam earned another second-place finish in the triple jump (10.75)
and was followed by Thanida Sermsuwan
(Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan), whose jump of
10.01m placed her third.
In the pole vault, Julie Scales (Berkeley Heights,
N.J./Governor Livingston) took third (2.90m), and
Palmer-Bacon wrapped up her day with a fourth-place effort in the
high jump (1.42m).
Taking home SU’s first overall win was Maggie Storch
(Troy, Pa./Troy Area), who won the one-mile with her time
of 5:28.45, a personal-best. She was followed four seconds later by
teammate Shannon Galvin (Jamison, Pa./Central Bucks
South) (5:32.48), who also set a PR.
In the 400 meter dash, Kelsey Hermick (Hallstead, Pa./Elk
Lake) placed third (1:03.31) while Laura Alleva
(Malvern, Pa./Great Valley) continued her dominance in the
800, winning with a time of 2:27.89, a two-second PR.
The Crusaders’ “A” and “B” 4 x 400
relay teams took first and second, respectively, with times of
4:20.07 and 4:25.55.
The men were equally impressive. Ken Schetroma (Elysburg,
Pa./Southern Columbia) and Dylan Gavin (Oreland,
Pa./LaSalle College HS) were second and fourth,
respectively, in the weight throw with tosses of 14.02m and
12.78m.
Schetroma then put together a first-place throw in the shot put
with a distance of 15.65, well ahead of the runner-up throw of
14.16m and a career-best mark for the junior.
Greg Swierzewski (Sellersville, Pa./Lansdale
Catholic) and Chad Shultz (Wellsboro,
Pa./Wellsboro Area) finished fourth and fifth in the long
jump with marks of 5.78m and 5.68m.
In the pole vault, Michael Terwilliger (Honesdale,
Pa./Honesdale) earned a second-place tie with his
personal-best performance of 3.65m and Brian Etz (Cortland,
N.Y./Cortland) closed out the field events by taking third
in the high jump (1.78m). Etz then went on to place second in the
60 meter hurdle finals with his time of 9.33.
SU took home another first-place finish in the men’s one
mile, thanks to Joe Zamadics’s (West Chester,
Pa./West Chester East) time of 4:27.14. The senior then
went on to a second-place finish in the 800 meter (2:02.24), less
than two seconds off the winning time.
Susquehanna swept the four through six spots in the 400 meter dash,
with Ben Wilson (Hughesville, Pa./Hughesville) and
Chance King (Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh Free Academy)
tying for fourth with their times of 53.37 and Matt Erford
(Shrewsbury, Pa./Loyola Blakefield) finishing sixth
(53.83), a PR for the sophomore.
Paul Crowe (Boalsburg, Pa./State College Area) and
Dan Martin (Landisburg, Pa./West Perry) placed
one-two in the 5000 meter with times of 15:53.41 and 16:10.55.
SU remains at home next Friday to host the SU Open, beginning at 4
p.m., in the team’s final tune-up before hosting the Landmark
Conference Championships on Feb. 25.
