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MANSFIELD - Graduate student Travis Toth won the men's hammer for his fourth career PSAC championship to lead East Stroudsburg University on the second day of the 2016 PSAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday at Mansfield University.

Toth hit a mark of 202-5, improving his PSAC-leading and No. 9-ranked NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark of 202-2 entering the meet, to capture his second PSAC title this year. He won the PSAC indoor title in the weight throw, and won the weight indoors and hammer outdoors in 2014 before a redshirt season in 2015.

Toth is the ninth ESU men's track and field athlete to win at least four PSAC championships. He is expected to earn a trip to the NCAA Division II Championships (May 26-28) in Bradenton, Florida.

Toth was one of five ESU men's athletes with a top-eight finish on Friday. The Warriors are tied for third (39 points) entering the final day of competition.

Four ESU women's athletes posted scoring performances Friday, following the PSAC title in the 10,000m from junior Allison Decker to open the meet on Thursday night. ESU stands sixth of 16 schools (26 points) entering Saturday.

Women's Results

ESU had two freshmen scorers in the high jump in Victoria Matthews (3rd - 5-5 1/4) and Carly Gregas (5th - 5-3 1/4), who both hit PR's and recorded their first PSAC individual scoring performances. Matthews entered tied for sixth (5-4 1/4) and Gregas tied for 14th (5-2 1/4) on the initial entry list.

Sophomore Kaylyn West placed fourth in the 3000m steeplechase (11:14.84), matching her seed entering the meet. West's PR of 11:04.82 this season is an NCAA DII provisional qualifier. She placed seventh in the mile and eighth in the 800m during the indoor season.

Freshman Michayla Weitman picked up an eighth-place finish in the heptathlon for her first PSAC scoring effort. Weitman moved up from 12th through the first four events and had PR's in all three events Friday - 15-11 1/4 in the long jump, 99-7 in the javelin and 2:36.99 in the 800m after ranking ninth going into the final event.

In the track prelims on Friday, ESU qualified two for the 400m hurdles final in sophomore Jaid Harsch (4th - 1:04.01) and junior Kelley Anne Stuetz (8th - 1:05.83).

Harsch had an impressive day, running a PR of almost two seconds (1.94) and a season best of almost four seconds (3.90) in the 400m hurdles to clock the eighth-fastest time in school history.

In the 100m hurdles, Harsch ran a PR of 14.71 but finished three-hundredths of a second out of the No. 8 qualifying spot. Her 14.71 is second-fastest in school history and a PR of 0.29 seconds.

Stuetz reached the 400m hurdles final for the second straight year after finishing eighth last spring at ESU.

Freshman Acacia Douglas ran a PR in the 100m hurdles (15.21), the fifth-fastest time at ESU, and was 14th in the prelims.

Freshman Marissa Flim ran 12.37 in the 100m dash, 10th-fastest at ESU, and was 13th in the prelims.

ESU's 4x100m relay failed to reach the final with a disqualification in the prelims due to an exchange error.

Men's Results

All five ESU scorers turned in top-five finishes on Friday, led by Toth's title in the hammer

Toth won by a margin of 11-5 over Shippensburg's Caleb Bartlett (191-0), and a margin of 25-6 over third-place Shippensburg's Wulf Sutcliffe (177-11). Toth entered with the PSAC's No. 1 mark (202-2) with Bartlett No. 2 (200-6).

Junior Alec Lederer was runner-up in the 3000m steeplechase (9:32.74), matching his No. 2 seed entering the weekend (9:29.13) after placing sixth last year. His finish is ESU's best in the steeplechase since Jim Lauck was runner-up in 1989.

Senior Eric Conard was third in the decathlon (6,117), moving up from eighth through the first five events. Conard posted a PR of 173-9 in the javelin and ran 4:44.00 in the 1500m, his fastest time since his freshman season, in his final two collegiate events. Conard was the PSAC champion last spring and earned his sixth career PSAC scoring performance in the multis.

The Warriors went 3-4 in the long jump with sophomore Zach Dillon third (22-7 1/4) and junior Sean Hagerty fourth (22-6 1/4). Dillon was eighth on the entry list (22-3) and matched his third-place finish from the 2015 indoor season as a freshman. Hagerty improved on his fifth-place finish during the 2016 indoor season.

Freshman Khai Samuels ran an impressive 800m, placing fifth (1:53.53) in running the No. 4 time in school history and the No. 1 time by an ESU freshman, besting Frank Fezza's time (1:54.02) set in 2010. Samuels backed up his sixth-place finish at the indoor championships.

Junior Anthony Ruiz was ninth in the steeplechase (10:07.36), just missing his first PSAC scoring effort.

In the track prelims, the Warriors put nearly all of their expected contenders into the finals, including two defending PSAC champions.

Junior Steven Morgan, the No. 1 seed in the 110m hurdles (14.35) and the two-time defending PSAC champion, ran the top time in the prelims (14.54) to lead three Warriors who qualified for Saturday's final in the high hurdles.

Senior Adam Robertino and sophomore Christian Castro qualified for the finals in both the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles.

Robertino ran fifth in the 110H (14.88) and seventh in the 400H (55.75). His 110H time is a PR and the ninth-best in school history.

Castro gained the sixth qualifying spot in the 110H (14.89), posting the 10th-best time in school history. He picked up the eighth and final qualifying spot in the 400H (56.16).

Senior Derrick Washington, defending PSAC champion in the 400m, ran the prelim's top time (48.09) after entering ranked No. 3 on the seed list (48.52).

Freshman Akeim Thomas notched the seventh-fastest time in the 200m prelims (21.96), reaching the final after ranking 29th on the PSAC qualifying list during the regular season.

Thomas just missed a spot in the 110m hurdles final, placing ninth in 15.16.

Morgan also just missed his spot in the 200m, finishing one-hundredth out of the No. 8 spot in 21.99.

The Warriors ran the No. 2 qualifying time in the 4x100m relay (42.16) entering Saturday's final.

Saturday's Events

Along with No. 1 prelim times from Morgan (110H) and Washington (400), several other Warriors have PSAC championship hopes on Saturday.

Decker is slated to run in the 5000m, where she is the No. 4 seed (16:56.53), after winning the 10,000m as the No. 1 seed on Thursday night.

Senior William Berry, a three-time PSAC champion in the high jump who has won the last two PSAC outdoor titles and captured the 2016 PSAC indoor title, is the No. 3 seed (6-9 3/4) entering Saturday.

In the men's triple jump, junior La Treil Ridgeway enters as the No. 3 seed (46-3 1/4).

ESU's women are the defending PSAC indoor champion in the 4x800m relay, where Matthews, sophomore Samantha Young, junior Lauren Toth and West set a PSAC championship record at Edinboro in February.

The men are the defending outdoor champion in the 4x400m relay with Washington the only returner off that squad.


Women's Results (finals)

800m
13. Lauren Toth - 2:21.01
20. Hope Decker - 2:26.77

3000m Steeplechase
4. Kaylyn West - 11:14.84
18. Michelle Zazzero - 13:17.83

High Jump
3. Victoria Matthews - 5-5 1/4
5. Carly Gregas - 5-3 1/4

Long Jump
12. Samantha Mason - 17-2 1/4
17. Victoria Matthews - 15-10 1/4

Heptathlon
8. Michayla Weitman - 3,790
[100H 16.92, HJ 4-4 3/4, SP 28-8 1/4, 200 27.45, LJ 15-11 1/4, Jav 99-7, 800 2:36.99]


Women's Results (prelims)

100m
13. Marissa Flim - 12.37 [ESU #10 time]
25. Tirzah Johnson - 12.70

200m
20. Marissa Flim - 26.21
24. Kiana Farrar - 26.40

400m
14. Victoria Matthews - 59.42

100m Hurdles
9. Jaid Harsch - 14.71 [ESU #2 time]
14. Acacia Douglas - 15.21 [ESU #5 time]
20. Joanne Mason - 16.92

400m Hurdles
4. Jaid Harsch - 1:04.01 [ESU #8 time]
8. Kelley Anne Stuetz - 1:05.83

4x100m Relay
--. DQ (handoff out of zone 2-3)


Men's Results (finals)

800m
5. Khai Samuels - 1:53.53 [ESU #4 time] [ESU freshman record - 1:54.02 Frank Fezza 2010]

3000m Steeplechase
2. Alec Lederer - 9:29.13
9. Anthony Ruiz - 10:07.36

Pole Vault
--. Nate Sharrah

Long Jump
3. Zach Dillon - 22-7 1/4
4. Sean Hagerty - 22-6 1/4

Hammer
1. Travis Toth - 202-5 [improves NCAA DII provisional and ESU #2 mark] [4th career PSAC title - weight 2014 and 2016; hammer 2014 and 2016]

Decathlon
3. Eric Conard - 6,117
[100 11.79, LJ 18-0 1/4, SP 31-4, HJ 5-8 1/2, 400 52.36, 110H 16.09, Disc 111-8, PV 13-5 1/4, Jav 173-9, 1500 4:44.00]

Conard PR's - 100 11.79 (tied), HJ 5-8 1/2 (tied), 400 52.36, Jav 173-9

11. Nate Sharrah - 5,007
[100 12.17, LJ 17-8, SP 32-4 3/4, HJ 5-6, 400 57.53, 110H 18.25, Disc 89-7, PV 13-1 1/2, Jav 142-11, 1500 5:33.11]

12. Malik Francis - 4,617
[100 11.98, LJ 17-11 1/2, SP 30-2 1/4, HJ 4-11, 400 52.73, 110H 17.39, Disc 92-10, PV 7-10 1/2, Jav 92-8, 1500 5:15.32]


Men's Results (prelims)

100m
14. Patrick Monahan - 10.91
17. Quincy Palmer - 10.98
19. Ernest Pendleton - 11.02
20. Montel Johnson-Troupe - 11.08
24. Zach Dillon - 11.27

200m
7. Akeim Thomas - 21.96 [ESU #9 time]
9. Steven Morgan - 21.99
15. Patrick Monahan - 22.28
19. Quincy Palmer - 22.48
23. Ernest Pendleton - 23.11

400m
1. Derrick Washington - 48.09 (defending champion)

110m Hurdles
1. Steven Morgan - 14.54 (2-time defending champion)
5. Adam Robertino - 14.88 [ESU #9 time]
6. Christian Castro - 14.89 [ESU #10 time]
9. Akeim Thomas - 15.16
11. Mike Matrisciano - 15.52

400m Hurdles
7. Adam Robertino - 55.75
8. Christian Castro - 56.16
17. Mike Matrisciano - 58.85

4x100m Relay
2. Patrick Monahan, Steven Morgan, Quincy Palmer, Ernest Pendleton - 42.16