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EAST STROUDSBURG - Senior Christina O'Connor won her fifth career PSAC championship, and fourth straight, in the high jump and junior Eric Conard won the men's decathlon to highlight East Stroudsburg University's performance on the second day of the 2015 PSAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Eiler-Martin Stadium.

O'Connor cleared 5-7 1/4 to win the high jump and moved into third on ESU's career list of PSAC titles, trailing only teammate sprinter Danielle Smith (eight) and distance standout Sue Carden (seven), who competed in multiple track events.

O'Connor ranks tied for fifth on the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying list (5-8) which she cleared at ESU's All-American Meet two weeks ago. Her season will likely extend to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where she is a three-time All-American and four-time national qualifier. She was the PSAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet in the winter, tying a PSAC record at 5-10.

Conard is one of four ESU men who have combined for five PSAC championships in the decathlon. He joins Lance Branyan (1988, 1991), Greg Tymon (1990) and Dan Johnson, who won ESU's most recent title in 2012.

Conard scored 6,209 points, a 230-point PR and an NCAA provisional qualifying score. He set PR's in four events - two on Friday (long jump - 19-11 1/2 and high jump - 5-7 1/4), and two on Saturday (110m hurdles - 15.94 and pole vault - 14-5 1/4).

Conard was eighth after the first day of competition, but gained huge ground in the eighth and ninth events. He had the field's top mark in both the pole vault (14-5 1/4), where he improved his PR by almost 14 inches, and javelin (171-11).

His final margin of victory was 117 points over Shippensburg's Danny Meyer (6,092). Conard entered seeded third on the entry list (5,743 points).

ESU's women had three individual scorers on Friday - O'Connor winning the high jump, junior Tirzah Johnson (3rd in the long jump) and graduate student Elizabeth Madden (4th in the hammer). Johnson and Madden both had PR's.

ESU's men had eight scoring performances from Conard in the decathlon, senior Damien Boham (3rd in the 800m), graduate student Jack Rosenstein (2nd) and senior Mike Smith (6th) in the hammer, Smith (4th) in the shot put, sophomore Alec Lederer (6th in the steeplechase) and freshman Zach Dillon (7th) and sophomore Steven Morgan (8th) in the long jump.

The rest of the Warriors' top performance came in preliminary events on the track, setting up a big day of finals on Saturday at Eiler-Martin Stadium.

Smith qualified fourth for the finals in both the 200m and 400m as she looks to add to her school-record eight career PSAC championships. Freshman Keneesha Jones is the No. 3 qualifier in the 100m dash, and sophomore Kelley Anne Stuetz ran a PR to qualify No. 6 for the final in the 400m hurdles.

For the men, Boham (47.67 - NCAA provisional) and junior Derrick Washington are the No. 2 and No. 3 qualifiers in the 400m, with freshman Juwaan Walker No. 6. Washington and Walker both ran PR's and Boham's time is .01 off his personal best.

Morgan is the top qualifier in the 110m hurdles, with sophomore Ronald D'Eliseo fourth and junior Adam Robertino fifth. Morgan also qualified seventh for the 200m final after scoring in the long jump on Friday.

D'Eliseo is the No. 3 qualifier in the 400m hurdles, improving his NCAA provisional time to 53.04.

ESU's men's and women's 4x100m relays both qualified for Saturday's finals as well.

Along with all of Saturday's track finals, the Warriors have several title contenders competing in finals in field events on the meet's closing day.

Junior William Berry, the defending high jump champ, has the PSAC's No. 2 mark entering the final (6-10 3/4), tied for ninth in DII.

Senior Casey Ciaston, last year's runner-up in the discus, is seeded No. 3 this spring (158-11).


PSAC OVERVIEW

Shippensburg, which has won six straight men's and five straight women's outdoor titles, leads the team standings on both sides.

For the women, Ship holds a 69-56 lead over Slippery Rock through nine events. Millersville (33), Edinboro (32) and Bloomsburg (31) are third through fifth. ESU is tied for sixth (24).

For the men, Ship leads Slippery Rock, 91-40. ESU and Lock Haven are tied for third at 38 points.

Two PSAC meet records were broken on Friday - Shippensburg's Grant Smith in the shot put (58-10) and Peter Gelston in the 3000m steeplechase (8:53.65).

There were 10 Eiler-Martin Stadium records broken as well - seven women's and three men's.

Women's records in finals were Millersville's Abbey Daley in the 3000m steeplechase (10:58.31), Bloomsburg's Kaylee Caruso in the long jump (19-4 3/4), Slippery Rock's Kaitlyn Clark in the pole vault (12-4 1/2) and Edinboro's Brianne Dietrich in the heptathlon (4,791).

Women's records set in the prelims were California in the 4x100m relay (47.27), Millersville's Erin Madison in the 400m hurdles (1:02.38) and Millersville's Kiara Allen in the 200m (24.89).

Men's records came from Gelston in the steeplechase, Smith in the shot put and Ship's Andrew Kujawski (47.67) in the 400m prelims.


ESU Women's Highlights

Along with O'Connor's fifth career PSAC title, Johnson recorded her top career PSAC finish, and fourth scoring performance, with a third-place mark in the long jump. Her jump of 18-6 ranks third in school history.

Madden, a two-time PSAC champion in the weight throw indoors, had a PR and ESU's No. 4 all-time mark in the hammer to finish fourth at 160-3. She is a seven-time PSAC scorer overall.

Smith is set up for the 200m and 400m finals, qualifying fourth in both (25.27 and 57.24). Jones was the No. 3 seed in the 100m dash and remains there after the prelims (12.27).

Stuetz was 11th on the qualifying list in the 400m hurdles and ran a PR of more than a second (1:04.44) for ESU's No. 8 time, and is the sixth-place qualifier for the final on Saturday.

The 4x100m relay of Johnson, Jones, sophomore Alexis Bell and freshman Samantha DiPietro, ran a season best of 48.01 and is No. 4 entering the final.


ESU Men's Highlights

Conard's huge Friday in the decathlon lifted him to the PSAC championship. He was fifth in the heptathlon indoors and previously placed fourth in the decathlon as a freshman in 2013.

Boham ran ESU's No. 2 time in the 800m (1:53.19) to finish third, his eighth career individual scoring trip. He was the PSAC indoor champion in the 800m and won the 2013 outdoor title in the 400m.

Rosenstein, a transfer from Bloomsburg, was just off his ESU PR of 182-0 to finish second in the hammer (181-5). Smith had a PR of 172-11, ESU's No. 6 time, to place sixth.

Smith was fourth in the shot put at 52-4 3/4, another PR (ESU's No. 3 mark) and an NCAA provisional qualifier.

Lederer placed sixth in the 3000m steeplechase (9:29.66), a 23-second PR and ESU's No. 8 time, after ranking 13th on the seed list coming into the weekend.

Dillon (seventh) and Morgan (eighth) both scored in the long jump.

In the prelims, ESU has three qualifiers in both the 110m hurdles and 400m dash.

In the 110 hurdles, Morgan (14.50) has the PSAC's No. 1 time (14.44) this season. D'Eliseo ran a PR (14.75), ESU's No. 5 all-time, and is fourth entering Saturday. Robertino also PRD'd (14.95) and is fifth.

Boham's 47.67, thousandth's off the top qualifying time, has him in strong position in the 400m. Washington (48.01) is third, running ESU's No. 5 time in the event, and Walker (49.10) is sixth with ESU's No. 10 time.

D'Eliseo improved his season best in the 400m hurdles (53.04), coming in with the PSAC's No. 2 time (53.29). He is seeded third for the final.


WOMEN'S RESULTS
 
Finals

3000m Steeplechase
9. Kaylyn West - 11:56.39
12. Abigail Kaspszyk - 12:10.13

High Jump
1. Christina O'Connor - 5-7 1/4 [has NCAA provisional 5-8 - t-5th in DII]

Long Jump
3. Tirzah Johnson - 18-6 [ESU #3 mark]

Hammer
4. Elizabeth Madden - 160-3 [ESU #4 mark]

Shot Put
16. Alysha Menzies - 37-1

Heptathlon
13. Brandie Tartza - 3,411
 
Prelims

100m
3. Keneesha Jones - 12.27
9. Alexis Bell - 12.54
19. Taylor Powers - 12.99
21. Colleen Martin - 13.08

200m
4. Danielle Smith - 25.27
9. Keneesha Jones - 25.76
12. Alexis Bell - 25.87

400m
4. Danielle Smith - 57.24

100m Hurdles
18. Jaid Harsch - 15.40

400m Hurdles
6. Kelley Anne Stuetz - 1:04.44 [ESU #8 time]
14. Erin Brady - 1:06.88
15. Jaid Harsch - 1:08.46

4x100m Relay
4. Tirzah Johnson, Keneesha Jones, Alexis Bell, Samantha DiPietro - 48.01 [ESU #6 time]


MEN'S RESULTS
 
Finals

800m
3. Damien Boham - 1:53.19 [ESU #2 time]
9. Eli Mercado - 1:55.71
14. Sean Halligan - 1:57.00
 
3000m Steeplechase
6. Alec Lederer - 9:29.66 [ESU #8 time]
15. Steve Ruch - 9:50.60
16. Anthony Ruiz - 9:58.00
 
Long Jump
7. Zach Dillon - 21-11 3/4
8. Steven Morgan - 21-11
15. Sean Hagerty - 21-2 3/4
22. John Alston - 20-1
 
Shot Put
4. Mike Smith - 52-4 3/4 [ESU #3 mark] [NCAA provisional]

Hammer
2. Jack Rosenstein - 181-5 [has NCAA provisional 182-0]
6. Mike Smith - 172-11 [ESU #6 mark]
13. Casey Ciaston - 152-5
--. Matt Kraemer

Decathlon
1. Eric Conard - 6,209 [NCAA provisional] [ESU #7 score - 230 point PR]
Thursday - 100 11.84, LJ 19-11 1/2 (PR), SP 31-1 1/4, HJ 5-7 1/4  (PR), 400 52.97
Friday - 110H 15.94 (PR), Disc 104-11, PV 14-5 1/4 (PR), Jav 171-11, 1500 4:47.39
 
Prelims
 
100m
14. Ernest Pendleton - 11.12
15. Kyle Rickard - 11.16
19. Braeden Rembert - 11.28
20. Zach Dillon - 11.34
 
200m
7. Steven Morgan - 22.19
14. Montel Johnson-Troupe - 22.41
 
400m
2. Damien Boham - 47.67 [NCAA provisional - PR is 47.66]
3. Derrick Washington - 48.01 [ESU #5 time]
6. Juwaan Walker - 49.10 [ESU #10 time]
 
110m Hurdles
1. Steven Morgan - 14.50
4. Ronald D'Eliseo - 14.75 [ESU #5 time]
5. Adam Robertino - 14.95
9. Christian Castro - 15.11
 
400m Hurdles
3. Ronald D'Eliseo - 53.04 [improves NCAA provisional time from 53.29]
12. Adam Robertino - 55.73
15. Christian Castro - 57.81
 
4x100m Relay
7. Ernest Pendleton, Juwaan Walker, Steven Morgan, Montel Johnson-Troupe - 42.41