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SHIPPENSBURG – Junior Travis Toth won the men's hammer throw for his second career PSAC championship and sophomore William Berry won the men's high jump for his first, leading East Stroudsburg University on the second day of the 2014 PSAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Shippensburg on Friday.

Toth had a mark of 198-11 in the hammer that should qualify him for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships later this month, following up on the PSAC indoor title in the weight throw in late February. Toth was conference runner-up in both the hammer and weight as a sophomore.

Berry captured the high jump with a mark of 6-10 1/4 and was clean on all of his attempts until 7-0 1/4. Shippensburg's Jalen Ramsey, who had the top mark going in, also cleared 6-10 1/4 but missed early in his first attempts at 6-4 1/4 and 6-6 1/4 to put Berry in control.

He improved his NCAA provisional mark to 14th on the national list and is coming off a trip to the indoor championships. He was the PSAC runner-up in the high jump indoors and has placed in the top three in the event in all four PSAC Championships in his career.

In the men's prelims, the Warriors have four No. 1 seeds going into Saturday's finals – senior Keith Parker-Washington in the 200m (22.08), junior Damien Boham, the defending champ in the 400m (48.52), freshman Steven Morgan in the 110m hurdles (14.81) and the 4x100m relay (41.75) of sophomore Seth Bailey, D'Eliseo, Morgan and Parker-Washington..

Senior Theresa Horn was second in the women's heptathlon with a PR and NCAA provisional score of 4,454 points. She set a PR in the shot put on Thursday, and ran season bests in the 200m (27.17) on Thursday and 800m (2:29.39) on Friday.

Senior Elizabeth Madden was fourth in the women's hammer with a PR of 159-3, fourth-best in school history. She was the two-time PSAC indoor champion in the weight throw.

In preliminary action, junior Danielle Smith was third in both the 100m dash (12.21) and 200m (25.63) as she prepares for Saturday's finals. Smith, who has won seven career PSAC titles, is the two-time defending 100m champion and swept the 60 and 200 during the indoor season.

Senior Colleen Murphy ran a half-second PR and is third in the 400m (57.21) entering Saturday's final.

The 4x100m relay (senior Rachel Pierantozzi, Smith, sophomore Tirzah Johnson and freshman Alexis Bell) is the No. 2 seed for the final after running 47.65, just off its season best of 47.62.

Other men's scorers on Friday were Boham in the 800m (6th – 1:56.37), Bailey in the high jump (5th – 6-6 1/4), freshman Patrick Rynearson in the pole vault (6th – 14-8 3/4) and sophomore Corey Smith in the pole vault (7th – 14-8 3/4).

ESU has four qualifiers for the men's 110m hurdles final for Saturday in Morgan's 14.81, freshman Ronald D'Eliseo (4th, 15.19), sophomore Derrick Washington (5th, 15.23) and sophomore Adam Robertino (8th, 15.57).

D'Eliseo was fifth in the 400m hurdles prelims in 54.50. He can become the first ESU men's hurdler to score in both the 110m and 400m hurdles since Rusty Smith in 2009, and the second since Rich Torbik in 1980.

Saturday's action gets underway with field event finals at 11 a.m., and track finals at 12:30 p.m. beginning with the women's and men's 4x100m relays. The 4x4 relays will close the meet at 4 p.m.

Team Scores

ESU was second in both the men's and women's team standings during the indoor season, their best combined finish since 1979.

ESU's men are fourth with 32 points on the strength of first-place (10 point) finishes by Berry in the high jump and Toth in the hammer.

Shippensburg leads with 116 points, followed by Kutztown (53), Slippery Rock (38), ESU (32) and Lock Haven (27.5).

On the women's side, ESU is tied for 10th with 13 points and has scoring opportunities in nearly every event on Saturday. Edinboro (41 points) leads a tight pack that also includes Shippensburg (36), Millersville (32), Bloomsburg (31) and Slippery Rock (28).


Women's Results

Finals

800m
9. Kim Wernerspach – 2:18.85
24. Lauren Toth – 2:24.56

3000m Steeplechase
17. Brittany Callahan – 12:01.81
18. Stephanie Soni – 12:02.25

Hammer
4. Elizabeth Madden – 159-3 [improves ESU #4 mark]
--. Alysha Menzies

Heptathlon
2. Theresa Horn – 4,454 [NCAA provisional – ESU #4 score]
    100H 16.41, HJ 5-1 3/4, SP 35-8, 200m 27.17, LJ 17-0 3/4, Jav 100-4, 800m 2:29.39
14. Brandie Tartza – 3,104
     100H 16.63, HJ 4-11 1/2, SP 24-11 3/4, 200m 28.43, LJ 16-5 1/4, Jav 67-7, 800 dnf


Prelims

100m dash
3. Danielle Smith – 12.21
13. Rachel Pierantozzi – 12.67

200m
3. Danielle Smith – 25.63
12. Alexis Bell – 26.28

400m
3. Colleen Murphy – 57.21 [ESU #5 time]

400m Hurdles
16. Kelley Anne Stuetz – 1:08.33

4x100m Relay
2. Rachel Pierantozzi, Danielle Smith, Tirzah Johnson, Alexis Bell – 47.65



Men's Results

Finals

800m
6. Damien Boham – 1:56.37

3000m Steeplechase
9. Steve Ruch – 9:49.44
11. Anthony Ruiz – 9:50.30
12. Alec Lederer – 9:57.34

High Jump
1. William Berry – 6-10 1/4 [improves NCAA provisional from 6-8 3/4 – ESU #t-2 mark]
5. Seth Bailey – 6-6 1/4

Pole Vault
6. Patrick Rynearson – 14-8 3/4
7. Corey Smith – 14-8 3/4

Long Jump
13. Sean Hagerty – 21-1 1/2

Hammer
1. Travis Toth – 198-11 [improves NCAA provisional from 190-1 and ESU #2 mark]
11. Casey Ciaston – 156-3
21. Jordan Kain – 142-11

Shot Put
11. Mike Smith – 46-2 3/4
14. Casey Ciaston – 45-7 3/4
18. Jordan Kain – 43-0 1/4

Decathlon
9. Eric Conard – 5,708   (100m 12.20, LJ 18-10 3/4, SP 32-7 3/4, HJ 5-3, 400m 54.69, 110H 16.73, Disc 109-8, PV 13-3 1/2, Jav 153-4, 1500m 4:45.46)


Prelims

100m dash
8. Keith Parker-Washington – 11.00
12. Kyle Rickard – 11.15
14. Seth Bailey – 11.26
17. Jeff Herring – 11.44

200m
1. Keith Parker-Washington – 22.08
12. Steven Morgan – 22.70
14. Jeff Herring – 22.84
15. Angel Gaetan – 22.91

400m
1. Damien Boham – 48.52

110m Hurdles
1. Steven Morgan – 14.81
4. Ronald D'Eliseo – 15.19
5. Derrick Washington – 15.23
8. Adam Robertino – 15.57

400m Hurdles
5. Ronald D'Eliseo – 54.50
10. Derrick Washington – 56.43
12. Adam Robertino – 58.53

4x100m Relay
1. Seth Bailey, Ronald D'Eliseo, Steven Morgan, Keith Parker-Washington – 41.75 [ESU #6 time]