SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. (April 19, 2023) - The middle of April usually brings a middle of the week track meet. Georgian Court Track and Field was at the annual Shippensburg Midweek Invitational Wednesday afternoon and evening.

Distance
• The distance runners had a successful afternoon. For the women, Amirah Beasley set a new personal-best winning the 800m. She ran 2:22.43 which is fifth all-time at GCU. Niya Barden was eighth in the race at 2:29.14.
• The men had a handful compete in distance races. Starting with the 5,000m, Alec Valle was second over and improved upon his outdoor personal-best running 15:34.93, which is still second all-time at GCU. Also in the race was Thomas Rosky who ran 17:51.22 for eighth place.
• For 3,000m, Kyle Spector and Joseph Jamolawicz finished back-to-back in fourth and fifth. Spector ran 9:27.15 and Jamolawicz 9:52.52 which is a personal-best.
• Xavier Seals ran a pair of races. He was seventh in the 1500m running 4:12.53 and 20th in the 800m at 2:04.11
• Also running 800m were Spector and Dylan Navarro. Spector finished 10th in 2:00.44 and Navarro was 16th. His time of 2:02.04 was a personal-best. 

Sprints/Hurdles/Relays
• Starting with the 100m, Noah Roach was eighth overall in 11.31. 
• In the hurdles, Michel-Jean Henry was fifth in the 110m high hurdles running 15.68 and sixth running 1:02.46 in the 400m hurdles. Julian Rodriguez was third in the 400m hurdles finishing in 56.41.
• For the quarter mile, Sean Donnamaria set a personal-best running 51.76 and finished ninth. Domenico Darcy wasn't far behind in 11th running 52.21.
• The Lion men put together a 4x100m and 4x400m relay team together. They were third in the 4x100m with the team of Roach, Henry, Terrell Moore and Dylan Breen running a season-best 43.18.
• Darcy, Moore, Donnamaria and Wayne Robinson ran 3:26.82 to finish fifth in the 4x400m.
• On the women's side, Yanely Bohorquez-Gonzalez led GCU finishing seventh in the 100m running 13.37 and eighth at 200m running 27.48.
• Samantha Lonseth also ran both events setting PR's in each. She was 12th at 100m in 14.26 and 26th at 200m in 29.93.
• Molly Burns competed in the 200m and 400m dashes. She too set PRs in both events running 28.47 for 200 which was 15th and 1:07.19 for 400m which was 16th.
• Also running 400m was Aaliyah Thorpe. She took 11th pace in 1:01.84.
• In the hurdles, Jaison-Ashley Pleva had a personal-best 15.57 for fifth place and right behind was Shalom Adzakro in sixth running 15.95.
• Selma Cazimoska finished seventh in the 400m hurdles in a personal-best time 1:16.36.
• The 4x100m relay team of Bohorquez-Gonzalez, Shanae Rayside, Adzakro and Elena Martinez-Rodriguez won the event in 49.89 which is eighth all-time at GCU. 

Throws
• Elena Keck was third overall in the shot put throwing 37-10.5. She was also 14th in the discus at 97-4 and eighth in the hammer throw at 142-2.
• Sheridan Martinez also competed in two events. She was third in the javelin throwing 120-0 and 12th in the discus at 101-8.
• Ingrid Zuniga-Rivera threw an outdoor personal-best in the shot put. She was 10th overall in 31-1.75.
• Nina Casalino competed in the javelin throwing 81-11 for 16th place.
• Robbie Babson threw the shot put and hammer. He was third in the shot throwing 52-2.75 and fifth in the hammer at 148-2.
• Joseph Sauchelli was second in the javelin throwing 160-11.

Jumps
• Donnmaria also competed in the pole vault. He jumped 12-1.5 which is fourth all-time at GCU.
• Jeshurun Devero won the triple jump at 46-4.75.
• Julian Rodriguez was eighth in the high jump clearing 5-8.5.
• Dylan Breen jumped 21-6.75 in the long jump to place ninth. 
• Shanae Rayside won the triple jump at 38-1.5 and Jaison-Ashley Pleva was fifth at 36-9.75.
• Aniyah Russell was second in the long jump. She jumped 19-1.5.
• Rayside finished 15th in the long jump at 16-2.5 while Malama Toure was 10th at 16-11.5 which is a personal-best and tied for seventh all-time. Elena Martinez-Rodriguez also moved up the all-time list jumping 17-2.25 which is sixth at GCU and good for ninth place.
• In the vertical jumps, Julia Kirschnick competed in both. She was third in the pole vault jumping 10-11.75 and sixth in the high jump clearing 4-9.75, a personal-best.
• Also in the high jump, Elena Martinez-Rodriguez was fifth at 4-11 and Tiffany Parajon eighth at 4-7.5.
• Parajon also cleared a bar in the pole vault. She got over 7-6.5 for 11th place. Nina Casalino was ninth jumping 9-6.25.

Georgian Court is off this weekend. They'll be in action again next weekend at the Penn Relays and the TCNJ Outdoor Invitational.