LEWISBURG, Pa. and STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The Lock Haven University track and field teams split performers at both the Bison Open/Pentathlon, hosted by Bucknell University, and the Penn State National Invitational this weekend, posting a total of six school records and three NCAA provisional qualifiers. Each event had competitors from nearly 40 schools, including multiple Division I institutions, but no team scores.

At the Bison Open/Pentathalon, the Lady Eagles had 13 placewinners, including three for Nicole Kulp (Hatboro, Pa./William Tennent), fourth in the long jump, fourth in the triple jump and she also ran a leg of the fifth place DMR.

Freshman Ashley Hartman (Garrett, Pa./Berlin Brothersvalley) finished second in the 60 meters (7.82) at the Division I dominated meet, breaking her own school record for the fourth-straight competition. Junior Holly Bofinger (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) snapped a four-year-old 3000 meter mark, finishing in third place at 10:52.05. Freshman pole-vaulter Angela Kramer (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) topped the field with a 10-foot-10 jaunt, the only win of the weekend for LHU.

The men posted 10 placewinners, including Jim Dempsey’s (Blue Bell, Pa./Wissahickon) NCAA provisional mark in the high jump, giving the sophomore third place. Senior Paul Hallman (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) nabbed two places, taking sixth in both the 800 meters and the 4x400 meter relay.

Junior Keith Veldhuis (Thamesford, Ontario/Ingersoll DCI) finished third in the heptathalon, an LHU-record 4,496 points.

LHU brought a smaller squad to the Penn State National Invitational, but they weren’t any less successful. LHU posted six placewinners, including senior Chris Cowan (Horseheads, N.Y./Thomas A. Edison) and sophomore Ryan Blood (Summerdale, Pa./East Pennsboro) who each hit NCAA provisional marks in the mile and 5000 meters, respectively.

Cowan’s mile time of 8:26.14 currently ranks second in the NCAA. Both men hit for school marks as well, Blood with his fourth-place 14:37.49 time in the 5000 meters, good for third in the NCAA, and Cowan with an 8:26.14 time in the 3000 meters.

Freshman distance-runner Cory Spidell (Home, Pa./Marion Center) topped a five-year-old LHU record in the 1000 meters, a 15^th place finish of 2:29.59.

Sophomore thrower Richele Reed (Georgetown, Pa./South Side) finished 20^th in the weight, the only Lady Eagle placewinner at Penn State, tossing a PSAC mark of 44-feet-2.

Kulp, Hartman, Bofinger, Kramer, Dempsey, Hallman, Veldhuis, Cowan, Blood, Spidell, Reed and the rest of the LHU track and field teams will compete at the New Balance Games at the NYC Armory Feb. 4-5.

LHU Men’s Placewinners Bison Open/Pentathlon:

Jim Dempsey                     3rd    High Jump               *%6’ 8-3/4”

Tim Hite                           3rd    400m                         *50.93

Chris Robson                     3rd    5000m                       *15:25.68

Keith Veldhuis                   3rd    Heptathlon              *#4496 points

Joe Wiegner                       3rd    800m                         *1:58.90

Shawn Moore                     4th    5000m                       *15:27.53

Billy Buckenmeyer              5th    5000m                       *15:30.11

Aaron Benson                     6th    3000m                       *8:55.12

Paul Hallman                      6th    800m                         *2:00.12

(Skrivanek, Hallman

Wiegner, D. Wilcox)           6th    4x400m Relay           *3:34.85

LHU Men’s PSAC Qualifiers Bison Open/Pentathlon:

Fieldon Daubert                 Weight Throw~44’ 11-1/2”

Tim Hite                           200m~23.23

Ed Kaminski                      Weight Throw~43’ 7-3/4”

Tom Skrivanek                   Long Jump~21’ 2”; Triple Jump~42’ 4-3/4”

Keith Veldhuis                   Long Jump~21’ 10-1/2”

LHU Men’s Place-Winners & Qualifiers Penn State National Invitational:

Ryan Blood                        4th    5000m                       *#%14:37.49

Chris Cowan                       9th    3000m                       *#8:26.14

                                        15th  Mile                          *%4:11.39

Cory Spidell                       15th  1000m                       #2:29.59