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EAST STROUDSBURG – Senior All-Americans Negus Graham and Lynn Mayer will look to defend their PSAC titles as they begin to conclude their careers for East Stroudsburg University at the 2011 PSAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which begin on Thursday night at Slippery Rock.

Graham, the Men's Athlete of the Meet at the indoor championships after winning the 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay, is the defending champion in the 400 and 4x400 at the outdoor championships and will also move up to the 4x100 as the Warriors defend their PSAC title.

Mayer, who was named ESU's Senior Female Athlete of the Year at the Warriors' Athletic Awards Banquet, has won the last three PSAC championships in the high jump and is a five-time All-American.

Both athletes will take the PSAC's top marks in their events into the championship. Graham has the top time in the 400 (48.00) and the No. 2 time in the 200 (21.80), and Mayer has a mark of 5-8 1/2 in the high jump.

Junior Ian Melhorn and seniors Asher Ashfield and Greg Pammer will also be keys for the Warriors' men's squad, which has won the last two 4x100 titles at the outdoor championships and the last three championships in the 4x400 between the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Melhorn enters with the top time in the 200 (21.66) and is No. 3 in the 100 (10.75), and Ashfield has the No. 2 time in the 100 (10.66) and No. 8 time in the 200 (22.09). Pammer is 11th in the 200 (22.20) and 12th in the 400 (49.74). The Warriors have the No. 2 times in both the 4x100 (41.17 – Ashfield, freshman Keith Parker-Washington, Graham and Melhorn) and 4x400 (3:16.70 – freshman Christopher Walker, Parker-Washington, Graham and Pammer).

Sophomore Mike Saparito, the indoor champion in the 800, and is rated 8th outdoors at 1:54.23 and anchored the PSAC's top 4x800m relay to a time of 7:46.66. Senior Mahmoud Aldeen, junior Sam Janssen and sophomore Amr Aldeen ran the first three legs of that relay at the Penn Relays, and Mahmoud Aldeen, Amr Aldeen, freshman Steve Werley and Saparito won the PSAC indoor title this season.

The Warriors have three of the top nine times in the 3000m steeplechase in senior Chris Zadroga (9:24.04) and sophomores James Romano (9:38.04) and Mike Pereira (9:39.34). In the hurdles, sophomores Cory Young (14.91) and Kyle Soden (15.13) are fourth and eighth at the 110m distance and Walker (55.51) is 12th at 400m.

The men's field events are paced by three juniors who are title hopefuls. Josh Hontz has the PSAC's top mark in the javelin (212-11), Brandon Hillman is ranked No. 1 in the triple jump (49-4 1/4) and Dan Johnson is No. 2 in the decathlon (6,131 points). Sophomore Russell Hedrick is third behind Hontz in the javelin at 193-8, Soden is fourth and Johnson is ninth in the high jump, freshman James Homola is fourth in the pole vault and freshman Cory Kresge is fifth in the long jump.

Senior Jasmine Johnson and sophomores Rose Mascoli and Corinne Fitzgerald will pace the women's team on the track after running several of the top times in school history this spring.

Johnson, a four-time PSAC runner-up, will look to close her career with a conference title and enters with the No. 3 time in the 400 (57.16) and No. 10 time in the 200 (25.86). She was second in the 200 and third in the 400 at last year's outdoor championships and was second in the indoor 400 this winter.

Mascoli has set three school records and has NCAA Division II automatic qualifying times in the 5000 and 10,000. She enters ranked second in the 10K (34:39.13), third in the 3K (9:54.65) and 5K (16:36.98) and eighth in the 1500 (4:39.35) before the official performance lists are posted on Wednesday.

Fitzgerald has the No. 2 time in the 3000m steeplechase with a school record of 10:44.14 and is seventh in the 3K (10:06.58) and 12th in the 10K (37:58.80). Freshmen Kim Lowry (11:34.40) and Brittany Callahan (11:37.34) will also look to score in the steeplechase and are ranked ninth and 11th, respectively.

Senior Danielle Laws ranks No. 4 in the PSAC in two throwing events, the hammer (161-3) and discus (127-10). Senior Jackie Berthelsen is No. 6 in the shot put at 39-7 1/4 and freshman Elizabeth Madden is No. 8 in the hammer (142-4). Sophomore Paige Fleagle owns the No. 10 mark in the javelin (120-0).

In the jumps, Mayer will go after her fourth straight PSAC title in the high jump and junior Devyn Emerich has the 10th-best mark at 5-8 1/2. Freshman Laura Beimfohr, who was third at the indoor championships, is No. 4 in the pole vault at 11-3 3/4.

Both the men's and women's squads will be looking for their fifth straight top-five finish in the team standings. The men have been the runner-up at the last two outdoor championships and were third indoors, and the women were fourth outdoors last year and were fifth during the indoor season.

ESU NCAA Qualifying Marks entering PSAC Championships

Women

5,000m
12. Rose Mascoli – 16:36.98 (automatic)

10,000m
5. Rose Mascoli – 34:39.13 (automatic)

3000m Steeplechase
12. Corinne Fitzgerald – 10:44.14

High Jump
8. Lynn Mayer – 5-8 1/2

Men

400m
24. Negus Graham – 48.00

4x100m Relay
35. Asher Ashfield, Keith Parker-Washington, Negus Graham, Ian Melhorn – 41.17

Triple Jump
8. Brandon Hillman – 49-4 1/4

Javelin
7. Josh Hontz – 212-11
28. Russell Hedrick – 193-8


PSAC Qualifying Marks

Women

100m
21. Rachel Pierantozzi – 12.82
34. Lauren Hannan – 13.07
35. Alyssa Rupp – 13.08
36. Brittany Jones – 13.09

200m
10. Jasmine Johnson – 25.86
21. Colleen Murphy – 26.20
28. Rachel Pierantozzi – 26.45
35. Nicole Brown – 26.70

400m
3. Jasmine Johnson – 57.16
20. Nicole Brown – 59.43
25. Colleen Murphy – 59.90

800m
26. Bridget McCarron – 2:22.68
30. Rose Mascoli – 2:23.79

1500m
8. Rose Mascoli – 4:39.35
13. Bridget McCarron – 4:43.44
22. Corinne Fitzgerald – 4:48.99
26. Kim Wernerspach – 4:51.88
44. Kim Lowry – 4:56.70

3000m
3. Rose Mascoli – 9:54.65
7. Corinne Fitzgerald – 10:06.58
16. Bridget McCarron – 10:23.99
38. Kim Wernerspach – 10:39.28
40. Kim Lowry – 10:39.49
54. Cassandra Lacorazza – 10:45.95

5000m
3. Rose Mascoli – 16:36.98

10,000m
2. Rose Mascoli – 34:39.13
12. Corinne Fitzgerald – 37:58.80
26. Emily Haws – 39:35.00

100m Hurdles
10. Brittany Knowles – 15.40
14. Aniyah Williams – 15.54
15. Lauren Ventrella – 15.60
22. Janice Erbe – 15.98

400m Hurdles
22. Adrienne Dieter – 1:08.17
24. Janice Erbe – 1:08.41

3000m Steeplechase
2. Corinne Fitzgerald – 10:44.14
9. Kim Lowry – 11:34.40
11. Brittany Callahan – 11:37.34
22. Kelsy Rushing – 12:11.95

4x100m Relay
7. Lauren Ventrella, Nicole Brown, Rachel Pierantozzi, Jasmine Johnson – 49.11

4x400m Relay
5. Nicole Brown, Colleen Murphy, Rachel Pierantozzi, Jasmine Johnson – 3:53.78

High Jump
1. Lynn Mayer – 5-8 1/2
10. Devyn Emerich – 5-3
24. Theresa Horn – 5-0 1/2

Pole Vault
4. Laura Beimfohr – 11-3 3/4
17. Steph Weber – 10-2

Long Jump
16. Lindsay Brenneman – 16-8 1/2
t-17. Adrienne Dieter – 16-8
t-17. Aniyah Williams – 16-8

Shot Put
6. Jackie Berthelsen – 39-7 1/4

Discus
4. Danielle Laws – 127-10
14. Danielle Deretchin – 119-9

Hammer
4. Danielle Laws – 161-3
8. Elizabeth Madden – 142-4
16. Caitlin Keen – 134-6
21. Jess Sekely – 129-4

Javelin
10. Paige Fleagle – 120-0
13. Laura Wall – 118-3

Heptathlon
20. Lindsay Brenneman – 2,945


Men

100m
2. Asher Ashfield – 10.66
3. Ian Melhorn – 10.75
23. Keith Parker-Washington – 11.26

200m
1. Ian Melhorn – 21.66
2. Negus Graham – 21.80
8. Asher Ashfield – 22.09
11. Greg Pammer – 22.20
12. Keith Parker-Washington – 22.25
21. Cory Young – 22.49

400m
1. Negus Graham – 48.00
12. Greg Pammer – 49.74
17. Keith Parker-Washington – 50.39

800m
8. Mike Saparito – 1:54.23
15. Sam Janssen – 1:56.16
22. Mahmoud Aldeen – 1:57.13

1500m
16. Amr Aldeen – 3:59.05
41. Mike Saparito – 4:04.42
42. Chris Schneider – 4:04.47

5000m
22. Greg Laraia – 15:10.09
26. Mike Pereira – 15:14.06

10,000m
18. Greg Laraia – 32:27.78
36. Tom Zarnoch – 33:08.84

110m Hurdles
4. Cory Young – 14.91
6. Kyle Soden – 15.13
12. Brandon Hillman – 15.43

400m Hurdles
12. Christopher Walker – 55.51
28. Andrew Sloves – 57.81
32. Cory Young – 57.99

3000m Steeplechase
5. Chris Zadroga – 9:24.04
8. James Romano – 9:38.04
9. Mike Pereira – 9:39.34
14. Jared Wilson – 9:52.14

4x100m Relay
2. Asher Ashfield, Keith Parker-Washington, Negus Graham, Ian Melhorn – 41.17

4x400m Relay
2. Christopher Walker, Keith Parker-Washington, Negus Graham, Greg Pammer – 3:16.70

High Jump
4. Kyle Soden – 6-4 1/4
9. Dan Johnson – 6-2 3/4

Pole Vault
4. James Homola – 15-5 3/4

Long Jump
5. Cory Kresge – 22-10
17. Brandon Hillman – 21-8 1/4

Triple Jump
1. Brandon Hillman – 49-4 1/4

Javelin
1. Josh Hontz – 212-11
3. Russell Hedrick – 193-8

Decathlon
2. Dan Johnson – 6,131
12. Nate Black – 4,964