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EDINBORO – Sophomore Danielle Smith won the 60m and 200m, sophomore Christina O'Connor won the high jump and the men's 4x400m relay sealed a second-place team finish with a photo finish victory for East Stroudsburg University at the 2013 PSAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, which concluded Sunday at Edinboro.

ESU's men's team finished as the runner-up for the fifth time in the last eight PSAC Championships, combining the indoor and outdoor seasons.

The women finished fourth and had three individual winners in Smith, O'Connor and junior Elizabeth Madden, who won the weight throw on Saturday.

Men's Results

ESU held a 4.5 point lead over Slippery Rock for second place going into the 4x400, and wrapped up the meet with a .007 margin of victory over Shippensburg, with Slippery Rock finishing third.

The quartet of junior Keith Parker-Washington, freshman William Berry, sophomore Damien Boham and senior Mike Saparito clocked 3:17.98 (3:17.971) to edge Shippensburg (3:17.978), which officially had an identical time.

ESU used its depth in the relays to score 24 points – 10 in the 4x4, eight with a second-place finish in the 4x8 and six with a third-place finish in the DMR. Saparito ran on all three, anchoring the 4x8 and leading off for the DMR.

The Warriors' men had top-four performances in 10 individual events over the weekend, particularly in the track finals contested on Sunday. Shippensburg won the team title with 197.5 points, followed by ESU (119.5), Slippery Rock (111) and fourth-place Lock Haven (65).

ESU was previously runner-up at the indoor championships in 2010, and finished second outdoors three straight years from 2009-11. The Warriors have finished fourth or better at nine straight PSAC Championships since the 2009 season.

Boham was second in the 400m in 49.00, bettering his qualifying mark of 49.01 in the prelims. Saparito ran third in the 800m in 1:54.81 and Parker-Washington was fourth in the 200m in 22.37.

Saparito anchored his second career PSAC relay title to go with his 2011 indoor titles in the 800m and 4x800m relay. He has finished in the top three in the indoor 800 three times in his career.

Parker-Washington picked up his fourth career relay title, adding it to the indoor and outdoor 4x400 relays as a freshman in 2011 and last year's 4x100m relay outdoors.

In the 60m dash, the Warriors earned 11 points with sophomore Brandon Mercer fourth (7.06), freshman Mark Burgess fifth (7.07) and freshman Joey Bruno seventh (7.16).

They gained nine more points in the 3000m, where junior Chris Schneider was fourth (8:35.95) and senior Frank Fezza was fifth (8:37.80). Senior Amr Aldeen was fifth in the mile in 4:19.39. Fezza was third and senior James Romano was fourth in the 5000m on Saturday, and all four were scorers on the Warriors' PSAC runner-up and NCAA Division II qualifying cross country team in the fall – led by Fezza, an All-American who was second in the PSAC and Atlantic Region.

Senior Kyle Soden scored in two events, placing third in the 60m hurdles (8.46) and tied for eighth in the high jump (6-2 3/4), where he was the defending champ. He has scored in the high jump in all seven PSAC meets in his career, along with five scoring performances in the hurdles.

The Warriors had four scorers in the high jump with three over 6-6 3/4. Freshman William Berry and sophomore Donovan Tolbert were tied for third, and freshman Seth Bailey finished fifth.

Tolbert also secured a top-three finish in the triple jump, placing third with a mark of 47-6 1/2.

Senior Andrew Sloves picked up two points in the heptathlon, placing seventh with 4,249 points for a PR of 278 points. Freshman Eric Conard was ninth (4,180) with a 257-point PR.

On Saturday, the Warriors had 11 points from Fezza and Romano in the 5K and 12 points from sophomores Travis Toth (2nd, 59-1 1/2) and Mike Smith (5th, 56-2) in the weight throw.

The 4x800 relay of freshman Dmitri Mobley, Boham, Schneider and Saparito was second in 7:49.49. The DMR of Saparito, Berry, Aldeen and Fezza was third in 10:12.44.

Women's Results

O'Connor continued ESU's run in the women's high jump, winning with a mark of 5-7 3/4 to give the Warriors five of the last seven PSAC titles in the event. Lynn Mayer, a six-time All-American, won four straight in 2010 and 2011. O'Connor entered the weekend ranked fourth on the national list at 5-8 1/2. She won on fewest number of misses with Slippery Rock freshman Ashley West also clearing the height.

Smith added two PSAC indoor titles to her 100m and 200m outdoor titles from last spring, winning the 60m dash in a school-record 7.66 seconds and capturing the 200m in 25.04. She was the top qualifier for both events from the prelims, running 7.72 and 24.99, respectively.

Junior Rachel Pierantozzi also scored in both of the sprints, finishing fourth in the 60 in 7.83 and sixth in the 200 in 25.77. Her 200 time was a PR and the 60 time was identical to her time in the prelims, with is one-hundredth off a PR.

The Warriors had two scorers in the 800m in junior Kim Wernerspach, who was fourth in 2:18.56, and sophomore Imani Rosario, who was seventh in 2:20.45.

Senior Lauren Ventrella was fifth in the 60m hurdles in 9.02, her seventh career individual scoring performance which includes the 2010 PSAC championship in the event.

The 4x400m relay finished fourth in 3:59.90 with Ventrella leading off, followed by senior Aniyah Williams, Smith and Rosario.

The Warriors picked up valuable team points on Saturday as well, including Madden's PSAC title and school record in the weight throw (52-1 3/4).

Junior Theresa Horn was fourth and Williams was eighth in the pentathlon, junior Laura Beimfohr tied for fifth in the pole vault and senior Corinne Fitzgerald was sixth in the 5000m.

The Warriors were fifth in the 4x800m relay (freshman Heather Spadola, Rosario, sophomore Gabrielle Gombos and Wernerspach) and seventh in the DMR (junior Kim Lowry, junior Meghan Ragard, sophomore Maria Manno and senior Rose Mascoli).

ESU has been a consistent finisher in the top half of the PSAC, placing sixth or higher at 13 straight PSAC meets since 2007.

The field for the 2013 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships will be announced this week.

The Warriors' provisional qualifiers include: Danielle Smith (60m, 200m), Christina O'Connor (high jump), Laura Beimfohr (pole vault), Women's DMR, Keith Parker-Washington (200m), Damien Boham (400m), Mike Saparito (800m), Donovan Tolbert (triple jump), Travis Toth (weight), Mike Smith (weight), Men's DMR and Men's 4x400m Relay.


Women's Results

60m Dash
1. Danielle Smith – 7.66 [NCAA Provisional – School Record, breaks 7.72 from prelims]
4. Rachel Pierantozzi – 7.83

200m
1. Danielle Smith – 25.04
6. Rachel Pierantozzi – 25.77

800m
4. Kim Wernerspach – 2:18.56 [ESU #4 time]
7. Imani Rosario – 2:20.45 [ESU #5 time]

Mile
11. Rose Mascoli – 5:19.99

3000m
10. Corinne Fitzgerald – 10:20.85
25. Rose Mascoli – 10:42.76

60m Hurdles
5. Lauren Ventrella – 9.02

4x400m Relay
4. Lauren Ventrella (59.8), Aniyah Williams (59.2), Danielle Smith (60.1), Imani Rosario (60.6) – 3:59.90

High Jump
1. Christina O'Connor – 5-7 3/4
t-13. Theresa Horn – 4-11 3/4
t-13. Michaela Williams – 4-11 3/4

Shot Put
14. Liana Ercan – 33-11 1/2
--. Elizabeth Madden



Men's Results

60m Dash
4. Brandon Mercer – 7.06
5. Mark Burgess – 7.07
7. Joey Bruno – 7.16

200m
4. Keith Parker-Washington – 22.37

400m
2. Damien Boham – 49.00 [NCAA provisional – ESU #3 time, ran 49.01 in prelims]

800m
3. Mike Saparito – 1:54.81
15. Amr Aldeen – 1:58.99

Mile
5. Amr Aldeen – 4:19.39
11. James Romano – 4:22.99

3000m
4. Chris Schneider – 8:35.95 [ESU #3 time]
5. Frank Fezza – 8:37.80
10. Chris Ott – 8:49.27
24. Kyle Reese – 9:13.21

60m Hurdles
3. Kyle Soden – 8.46

4x400m Relay
1. Keith Parker-Washington (49.4), William Berry (51.0), Damien Boham (48.2), Mike Saparito (49.0) – 3:17.98 (3:17.971 - .007 over Shippensburg) [NCAA provisional – ESU #3 time]

High Jump
t-3. William Berry – 6-6 3/4
t-3. Donovan Tolbert – 6-6 3/4
5. Seth Bailey – 6-6 3/4
t-8. Kyle Soden – 6-2 3/4

Triple Jump
3. Donovan Tolbert – 47-6 1/2

Shot Put
9. Casey Ciaston – 47-2 1/2
14. Travis Toth – 42-7
--. Mike Smith

Heptathlon
7. Andrew Sloves – 4249 [ESU #3 score]
9. Eric Conard – 4180  [ESU #4 score]