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EAST STROUDSBURG - East Stroudsburg University will send three individual athletes and six relay squads to the 122nd annual Penn Relays, which will be held Thursday through Saturday at historic Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania.

Graduate student Travis Toth (hammer), senior William Berry (high jump) and junior Allison Decker (5000m) will compete individually for ESU.

Toth has the PSAC's leading mark and eighth-best mark on the NCAA Division II provisional list in the hammer (202-2), which he hit at last weekend's All-American Meet at ESU. Toth's mark is a PR and one foot off the ESU record.

Toth will compete at Franklin Field for the third time for the Warriors, placing fifth (of 29) at 179-5 in 2013, and sixth (of 26) at 187-2 in 2014. Toth redshirted last season.

Berry is third in the PSAC and t-18th in DII in the high jump (6-9 3/4), which he cleared two weeks ago at Bucknell. He will also make his third appearance at Franklin Field - placing second (of 15) in the Eastern high jump at 6-8 1/4 in 2014, and fourth (of 26) in the college high jump at 6-8 1/4 last spring.

Decker will compete in the 5K, where she is eighth in the PSAC (17:48.02) this spring. She has an NCAA DII provisional time in the 10K (36:18.18) which stands second in the PSAC and 28th in DII.

ESU's women's 4x200m, 4x400m and 4x800m relays will compete, along with the men's 4x2, 4x4 and shuttle hurdles.

The Warriors will compete in the men's shuttle hurdles for the third straight year, an event rarely contested, with freshman Akeim Thomas (15.13 - 8th), senior Adam Robertino (14.99 - 4th), sophomore Christian Castro (7th - 15.06) and junior Steven Morgan (14.35 - 1st) all holding top-eight times in the 110m hurdles in the PSAC this season. Prior to 2014, ESU's previous shuttle hurdles squad competed at Penn in 2005.

Twenty-one ESU athletes will compete at Penn overall.

ESU's schedule and probable relay lineups are below:

Thursday
6:35 p.m. - Women's 4x400m (Decontee Krayee 63.0, Leiana Dean 61.0, Jaid Harsch 60.8, Victoria Matthews 59.8) - 4:04.91 (4th of 9 in heat, 69th of 81 overall)

8:50 p.m. - Women's Championship 5000m (Allison Decker) - 16:56.53 [NCAA DII provisional] [ESU #2 time] (21st of 63)


Friday
1:40 p.m. - Men's 4x200m (Patrick Monahan 21.9, Robert Garvey 22.2, Steven Morgan 22.3, Derrick Washington 21.9) - 1:28.52 [ESU #9 time] (5th of 9 in heat, 17th of 45 overall)

2:00 p.m. - Women's 4x200m (Tirzah Johnson 26.6, Kiana Farrar 25.8, Leiana Dean 25.9, Marissa Flim 25.6) - 1:44.11 [ESU #9 time] (7th of 9 in heat, 35th of 52 overall)

3:10 p.m. - *Men's Shuttle Hurdles (Akeim Thomas, Adam Robertino, Christian Castro, Steven Morgan) - 59.99 [ESU #2 time] (6th of 12 overall - top non-DI)
* Championship of America Invitational

4:25 p.m. - Men's 4x400m (Robert Garvey 50.1, Derrick Washington 49.5, Akeim Thomas 50.0, Khai Samuels 50.4) - 3:20.05 (3rd of 9 in heat, 43rd of 72 overall)


Saturday
1:30 p.m. - Men's Championship High Jump (William Berry)

3:15 p.m. - Men's College Hammer (Travis Toth)

4:10 p.m. - *Women's 4x800m (Kaylyn West, Victoria Matthews, Lauren Toth, Samantha Young)
* Championship of America Invitational