Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field
2008 Meet Results

updated 02/18/2008 01:24 PM

Golden Bears Compete at Susquehanna Open

SELINSGROVE, Pa – Kutztown University Track and Field athletes combined for a total of 35 top-eight finishes at the Susquehanna Open on Saturday. Five athletes came away with first place finishes and several field house records were broken.

Kristin Cupido won the 3000 meters in a time of 10:31.84 while fellow freshman Keri Brown won the mile run in a time of 5:13.85 setting a new field house record.  Senior Stephanie Williams took second in the event with a time of 5:18.00.

The Kutztown women’s 4x400 team of Laura Deller, Heather Spangenberg, Joanna Horstmann, and Doofan Tor-Agbidye placed first setting a field house record running 4:02.52. The “B” team placed seventh in 4:19.75. The women’s 4x800 team of Williams, Katie Colburn, Jessica Donovan and Rebecca Kerchak took third in a time of 10:21.87.

In the weight throw, Michelle Hughes took second place with a throw of 50-01.50 joining the “fifty foot club”; Ashley Pinter placed seventh in the event (43-08). Hughes also placed fifth in the shot put with a toss of 38-00.75 while Pinter threw 36-07.75 for a seventh place finish.

Kelly Strickland and Alison Wise placed second and third respectively in the pole vault with clearances of 10-06 and 10-00.

Other top eight finishers included Joanna Horstmann in the 400 (3 -1:01.14), Christina Reimer in the 5000 (5 - 19:01.96), Jennifer Zook in the high jump (7 – 4-11.75), Alex Butler in the long jump (5 – 16-10), and Kayla Greaves in the long jump (8 – 16-4.25).

On the men’s side, Jim Dart placed first in the weight throw with a heave of 55-06.50 and Steve Tyson placed seventh in the event (47-06.25). Dart broke his own school record and tied the field house record in the shot put with his second place throw of 55-01. Tyson (53-06.50) placed third in the event while freshman Sam Wall rounded out the top eight with 46-06.

Cody Hartzler was the top finisher in the high jump with a season best jump of 6-6.

Three men finished in the top six in the long jump on Saturday; Devin Peterson recorded a jump of 21-10, to place second while Mike Kramer and Ian Clark took fourth and sixth with jumps of 21-4.75 and 20-10.

Events with two top eight finishers were the 55 high hurdles with VonKurt Redley taking second in 7.79 and teammate Shane Harvey coming in fifth, running 8.15. Steve Hixson and Kramer both ran 23.26 in the 200 meter dash to take fifth and sixth place in the event.

The men’s 4x400 relay team of Harvey, Hixson, Billy Boorse and Redley placed second running 3:25.00 while the “B” team placed seventh in a time of 3:33.92

Finishing up the meet, Kutztown’s 4x800 team of Ian Clark, Shaun Crump, Ben Loht and Matt Reightler brought home a third place finish in 8:25.54.

February 16, 2008

Susquehanna University Open - Selinsgrove, PA
COMPLETE RESULTS (at Susquehanna Website)