Lahnor Ridley Selected Outstanding Field Athlete, Sean Strauman Wins 800 at PSAC Meet

Women's Results
Men's Results

Lahnor Ridley won the triple jump and was fourth in the high jump on Sunday and was named the Outstanding Field Athlete of the Meet at the PSAC indoor track and field championships at East Stroudsburg.

Ridley, who also won the long jump on the first day of the meet on Saturday, had a leap of 38'2 1/4" in the triple jump and cleared the bar at 5'5" in the high jump.  Both marks earned her a provisional qualification for nationals, as did her long jump effort.

Joining Ridley as an event champion for IUP was Sean Strauman, who repeated as the titlist in the 800 meters.  His time of 1:55.05 matched his own meet record.

Jermaine Clayton scored in two events for the men, including a second place effort of 47'9" in the triple jump which broke a 20-year-old school record and was a provisional qualifying mark.  Clayton was also third in the 55 meters (6.48).

A pair of women scored in the same two events.  Nicole Blaesser was second in the 3000 (10:12.52) and third in the mile (5:09.29) while Erica Hoffman was fifth in the mile (5:14.60) and sixth in the 3000 (10:32.56).

Gretchen Colwell also turned in a provisional qualifying mark with a throw of 43'9 1/2" in the shot put which placed her second.

Rounding out the top women's performances were Casie Williams, who tied for fifth in the high jump (5'3") and Marissa Rolling, who took sixth in the 400 meters (1:00.12).

Three other men scored points for IUP, including a third place finish for Jorge Medina in the 3000 (8:33.47).  Luke Sitosky was sixth in the pentathlon (2,932 points) and Justin Udo was eighth in the 55 meters (6.63).

In the team standings, the IUP women were third with 89 points, trailing Kutztown (111) and Slippery Rock (92).  The men had 55 points and finished sixth.  Shippensburg had 144 points to take the men's title.

IUP athletes who have met the provisional qualifying standards will learn this week whether they will advance to the NCAA meet on March 10-11 in Boston.