Lahnor Ridley Wins Long Jump on Day One of PSAC Indoor Track and Field Meet

Women's Results
Men's Results

Lahnor Ridley won the long jump and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division II meet to highlight the IUP track and field performance on the first day of the PSAC indoor championships at East Stroudsburg’s Kohler Field House.

Ridley had a leap of 18’2 ¾” to give IUP its only event win on Saturday.  She edged out teammate Casie Williams, who was second in the long jump at 17’10”.

On the men’s side, Jermaine Clayton was a provisional qualifier, also in the long jump, finishing second with a mark of 23’10 ¼”.  Also scoring in the event was Chris Gardner, who was sixth at 22’8 ¼”.

The men’s distance medley relay team of Adam Shinsky, Jerome Myers, Sean Strauman and Eric Kruttschnitt provided IUP with its third provisional qualification, taking third place with a time of 10:14.75.

Also scoring for the IUP women were Jess Moyer, who was tied for fourth in the pole vault (10’8”) and Gretchen Colwell, who placed fifth in the weight throw (48’8 ½”).  The distance medley relay team was second (12:29.93) while the 4x800 relay team was sixth (10:21.93).

Jorge Medina provided points for the men with an eighth place finish in the 5000 meters (15:24.74), and the 4x800 relay team was sixth in 8:10.63.

Clayton was the top qualified for the Sunday final in the 55 meter dash with a time of 6.44 and Justin Udo was sixth (6.60).  Marissa Rolling was the seventh top qualifier in the 400 meters with a mark of 1:00.68.

The IUP women are in second place in the team standings with 37.5 points, trailing only Kutztown, which has 55.  The IUP men are in fourth with 24 points, sitting behind Shippensburg (47), Lock Haven (42) and Kutztown (35).

The two-day meet wraps up on Sunday.