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`On the last two days of February, the Millersville men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the PSAC Indoor Championships.
Although Saturday was mostly a day spent qualifying for races that would occur the next day, the men’s team came away with 10 points and the women earned one.
Sophomore runner Elicia Anderson placed eighth in the women’s 5,000 meter run whose 17:50.81 time earned her team one point towards the day’s total. Senior James Boyer duplicated Anderson’s results in the men’s race, although he finished with a faster time of 15:10.66.
In the women’s 4×800 meter relay, the efforts of freshmen Sarah Mulvey, Michelle Blum, Kate Rhue, and junior Emily Francisco landed the quartet in tenth place. Although they did not earn any points, they posted a respectable time of 10:00.22.
In the same event, the men’s squad came in 11th with a time of 8:13.26. The four men represented every class standing. Senior Nick Sperry began the relay followed by junior Jeff Rafach, sophomore Andrew Mussleman, and freshman Seth Hibbs.
Millersville’s Stephen Kyle Boyd came in first in his group for the men’s long jump, but his 6.76m jump was not enough to earn any Marauder points. His sophomore teammate Jorrell Nugent won four points with his impressive jump of 7.01m.
In the women’s distance medley Mulvey, Chrissy Savage, Blum, and Francisco ran to a top 10 finish and a time of 13:11.27. Meanwhile, the men came away with five points in the distance medley. Mussleman, Jack Scanlin, Rafach, and Hibbs posted a time of 10:24.89 in the event, which brought them to fourth place.
The final day of the event was an exciting one for the Marauder teams. The men earned an additional point on the day and the women brought home three.
Sophomore Zac Kohler’s eighth place finish in the men’s heptathlon contributed one point to the men’s total. Of the seven events that compose the heptathlon, Kohler had top ten finishes in five.
In her 800 meter run, Mulvey placed fourth in her heat. Her time of 2:27.23 was a mere 7.10 seconds away from earning points for the Lady Marauders.
Running in the slightly shorter 3,000m distance run, Anderson brought in the Lady Marauders only scoring time of the day by earning three points with her sixth place finish. Her time of 10:11.00 was enough to set a new school record. The previous record of 10:13.50 was set by Kellie Boozer and had been untouched since 1991.
Joshua Foulds and Boyer competed in the same event for the men’s team. They finished 15th and 21st respectively.
Overall, the Lady Marauder’s four points brought them into fourth place. The men fared slightly better, earning 10th place along with 11 points.
On March 12 through 13, the two teams will travel down south for the Coastal Carolina Invitational.