NEW YORK AND EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. – Headlined by a sensational men’s distance medley relay and six individual winners, the Lock Haven University track and field teams split to the New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the NYC Armory and the DeSchriver Invitational at East Stroudsburg University this weekend. The foursome of Ryan Blood (Summerdale, Pa./East Pennsboro), Tim Hite (Altoona, Pa./Altoona), Cory J. Spidell (Home, Pa./Marion Center) and Chris Cowan (Horseheads, N.Y./Thomas A. Edison) put together a DMR of 9:57.71 in the NYC Armory that snapped the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference record and provisionally qualified for the NCAA.

Joining the list with an NCAA qualifying mark at the New Balance Collegiate Invite was sophomore Aaron Benson (Mt. Jewett, Pa./Kane Area) with a 14:52.12 in the 5000 meters.

At the DeSchriver Invitational, the Haven earned six wins, three each from the men’s and women’s squads.

For the Lady Eagles, sophomore Maggie Borden (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic) earned a victory in the 400 meters, while freshman Angela Kramer (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) earned her third win of the season in the pole vault and senior Brooke Rangi (Kawerau, New Zealand/Kawerau College) took first in the 55-meter hurdles.

Ashley Hartman (Garrett, Pa./Berlin Brothersvalley) continues her brilliant rookie season by tying the 11-year-old school record in the 55 meter race.

On the men’s side, sophomore Jim Dempsey (Blue Bell, Pa./Wissahickon) took top honors in the high jump, classmate Chris Robson (Lewisberry, Pa./Red Land) finished first in the 5000 meters in a meet-record 15:23.46 and the 4x400 relay of Hite, junior Keith Veldhuis (Thamesford, Ontario/Ingersoll DCI), sophomore Shawn Clancy (Hornell, N.Y./Hornell) and senior Paul Hallman (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) earned a victory at ESU as well.

Blood, Hite, Spidell, Cowan, Benson, Borden, Kramer, Rangi, Hartman, Dempsey, Robson, Veldhuis, Clancy, Hallman and the rest of the LHU track and field teams are back in action Saturday, Feb. 13 at Slippery Rock University.

LHU Men’s Placewinners DeSchriver Invitational:

Jim Dempsey                     1^st      High Jump               *6’ 6”

Chris Robson                     1^st      5000m                       *15:23.46 (NEW MEET RECORD)

(Hite, Veldhuis

Clancy, Hallman)                1^st      4x400m Relay           *3:25.69

Shawn Clancy                    2^nd     High Jump               *6’ 2”

                                        5^th      Long Jump               *21’ 10-1/2”

Keith Veldhuis                   2^nd     55mHH                     *7.98

Ryan Blood                       3^rd     1000m                       2:37.13

Frankie Graham                  3^rd     High Jump               *6’ 2”

Paul Hallman                     3^rd     500m                         1:08.77

Tim Hite                           4^th      400m                         *51.15

Cory Spidell                       5^th      800m                         *1:59.80

Fieldon Daubert                   6^th      Weight Throw        *48’ 2”

Tom Skrivanek                   6^th      Triple Jump              41’ 0”

LHU Men’s PSAC Qualifiers DeSchriver Invitational:

Nate Aldrich                                Weight Throw~40’ 4”

Ed Kaminski                               Weight Throw~40’ 6-1/2”

Keith Veldhuis                             Long Jump~21’ 3-1/2”

LHU Men’s Qualifiers New Balance Collegiate Invitational: