MANSFIELD,
Pa. – The Lock Haven
University men’s track and field squad got a pair of
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)
champions in the final day of action at the PSAC
Outdoor Championships, hosted by Mansfield
University. The Bald Eagles bumped up one spot from
sixth, while the women’s side also finished
fifth.
Junior
William Buckenmeyer (Alexander, N.Y./Alexander
Central) earned his first career PSAC
championship in the steeplechase, a stadium record
of 9:30.49. Sophomore
Chris Robson (Lewisberry, Pa./Red Land)
took second with a 9:35.67. Sophomore
Jim Dempsey (Blue Bell, Pa./Wissahickon)
made a clean sweep of the 2004-05 conference
championships in the high jump, clearing the bar
with a stadium record 6-feet-9 leap.
Senior
Chris Cowan (Horseheads, N.Y./Thomas A. Edison)
picked up All-PSAC status in the 5,000 meters
(15:13.60).
Aaron Benson (Mt. Jewett, Pa./Kane Area)
also finished fifth in the event.
Senior
Mike Brito (Union, N.J./Union)
narrowly-missed All-PSAC status with a fourth-place
finish in the 400-meter hurdles. Senior
Joe Wiegner (Ivyland,
Pa./James Madison University)
took fifth in the 1,500 meters and
Shawn Clancy (Hornell, N.Y./Hornell) took
the same spot in the 110-meter hurdles.
On the women’s
side, no champions joined yesterday’s pole vault
title-winner
Angela Kramer (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove),
but three picked up All-PSAC finishes. Sophomore
Mary Ewanich (Cornwall, N.Y./Cornwall)
earned the Lady Eagles’ lone second place spot with
a 1:03.77 finish in the 400 meter hurdles.
Sophomore
Ginger Williams’s (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake)
134-foot-10 toss in the disc earned All-PSAC honors,
while classmate
Maggie Borden (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic)
also added a third-place finish in the 400 meters at
57.30. Borden also took sixth in the 200 meters.
The 4x100 relay
picked up fourth place and
Kathleen Davey (Springfield, Pa./Springfield)
and
Brittany Turner (Wilmington, Del./John
Dickinson) earned fourth
and sixth in the 1,500 meters. Turner added another
sixth place in the 800 meters.
Shippensburg
University took the men’s title, while Kutztown
University women’s squad picked up their win.
PSAC
Champions