Complete Results (PDF)

BETHLEHEM - Sophomore Me'saj Closs recorded East Stroudsburg University's No. 3 all-time mark in the women's weight throw, and senior Christian Castro and junior Marissa Flim had standout days on the track to lead East Stroudsburg University in its indoor track and field opener at Lehigh on Saturday.

Junior Aspen Gaita opened the weekend on Friday night with a school record in the women's long jump, posting an NCAA Division II provisional mark of 18-10 3/4 to shatter the standard of 18-1 which she held with Leslie Martin (2007).

ESU athletes combined for 24 total PSAC qualifying efforts, 15 by the women and nine by the men.

Closs had a mark of 50-0 in the weight throw, just over two feet better than her previous PR (47-11 1/4). She also hit a PSAC qualifier of 38-0 3/4 in the shot put.

Castro broke his PR in the 60m hurdles, running an NCAA DII provisional mark of 8.18 in the prelims for the No. 4 time in school history, and an 8.22 for a second place finish in the final. His previous PR was 8.24 seconds.

He also clocked 22.46 in the 200m, a PSAC qualifier which tied him for No. 9 on ESU's all-time list.

Flim ran 7.79 in the women's 60m dash, tied for No. 3 all-time at ESU, to finish second in the final. She tied her previous PR in the prelims with a time of 7.83.

Junior Pat Monahan was fifth in the finals in the men's 60m dash in 7.03, just five-hundredths off his school record 6.98.

Sophomore Keondre Morris turned in PSAC qualifiers in the long jump (21-4) and triple jump (43-5 3/4), freshman Deandre Scott posted a PSAC mark in the triple jump (41-11 1/2) and freshman Dan Amari hit the PSAC standard in the pole vault (13-5 1/4) in their first competition for ESU.

Sophomore Austin Horner was 10th in the heptathlon with a PR of 4,288 points, No. 5 on ESU's list. He had a PSAC qualifier in the long jump (21-11) on Friday.

Senior Jeremy Rigotti also turned in a PSAC qualifier in the 5000m (15:49.13) on Friday, and sophomore Andrew Schumacher ran ESU's No. 8 time (1:06.82) in the 500m on Saturday.

Gaita had two NCAA DII provisionals on Friday, in the long jump and 60m hurdles (8.81), and also added a PSAC qualifier in the high jump (5-5). Junior Michayla Weitman, who had a PR and ESU's No. 9 score in the pentathlon Friday, went 17-2 in the long jump.

Four women hit the PSAC high jump standard - Gaita and juniors Carly Gregas (5-3), Victoria Collins (5-1) and Victoria Matthews (5-1).

Four women also had PSAC marks in the throws, led by Closs in the weight and shot put. Sophomore Sam Giangrasso hit the mark in the weight throw (43-10 1/2), and sophomores Barbara Grossov (38-11) and Alexis Schuldes (38-2) qualified in the shot put.

Sophomore Morgan Dey had the third-fastest time in the 60m dash prelims in a PSAC-qualifying 7.98, with Flim clocking second in both the prelims and final.

Sophomore Tiana Webster ran 9.67 for a PSAC time in the 60m hurdles.


Women's Results

60m dash (finals)
2. Marissa Flim - 7.79 [ESU #t-3 time] [PSAC qualifier]
6. Morgan Dey - 8.04

60m dash (prelims)
2. Marissa Flim - 7.83
3. Morgan Dey - 7.98 [PSAC qualifier]
10. Nyle Hill - 8.23
32. Delise Barnes - 8.70

200m
9. Leiana Dean - 26.94
13. Tiana Webster - 27.21
22. Nyle Hill - 27.68
45. Delise Barnes - 29.35

500m
9. Sarah Klag - 1:21.48
11. Shante Dorin - 1:21.78
12. Allyson Stitzer - 1:21.83
21. Tiana Wilkinson - 1:25.43
30. Nia Hill - 1:27.87

60m Hurdles (prelims)
12. Tiana Webster - 9.67 [PSAC qualifier]

4x400m Relay
5. Klag, Stitzer, Collins, Matthews - 4:12.02
7. Dorin, Hill, Wilkinson, Dean - 4:15.81

High Jump
2. Carly Gregas - 5-3 [PSAC qualifier]
t-6. Victoria Matthews - 5-1[PSAC qualifier]
t-8. Victoria Collins - 5-1 [PSAC qualifier]
--. Sydney Utesch

Long Jump
13. Jordyn Martz - 15-4
--. Aliyah Dean

Triple Jump
11. Jordyn Martz - 32-2

Weight Throw
5. Me'saj Closs - 50-0 [ESU #3 mark] [PSAC qualifier]
8. Sam Giangrasso - 43-10 1/2 [PSAC qualifier]
12. Barbara Grossov - 40-10 1/4
14. Alexis Schuldes - 38-5 1/2
--. Caitlyn Blake

Shot Put
3. Barbara Grossov - 38-11 [PSAC qualifier]
5. Alexis Schuldes - 38-2 [PSAC qualifier]
6. Me'saj Closs - 38-0 3/4 [PSAC qualifier]

Pentathlon
1. Aspen Gaita - 3,607 [holds school record at 3,701]
60H 8.81, HJ 5-5, SP 28-11 1/4, LJ 18-10 3/4, 800 2:34.90
* PSAC qualifiers in 60H, HJ and LJ
* School Record in LJ (was 18-1)


5. Michayla Weitman - 2,895 [ESU #9 score]
60H 10.21, HJ 4-7 1/2, SP 28-9 1/4, LJ 17-2, 800 2:35.36
* PSAC qualifier in LJ



Men's Results

60m dash (finals)
5. Patrick Monahan - 7.03 [PSAC qualifier] (holds school record at 6.98)

60m dash (prelims)
5. Patrick Monahan - 7.10

200m
3. Christian Castro - 22.46 [ESU #t-9 time] [PSAC qualifier]
7. Nick Lawrence - 23.28
10. Patrick Monahan - 23.36
19. Omari Slocombe - 23.67

500m
3. Andrew Schumacher - 1:06.82 [ESU #8 time]
8. Ronald D'Eliseo - 1:07.55
14. Liam Nappi - 1:10.12
17. Mike Matrisciano - 1:10.50
--. Colin Crosbie

5000m
2. Jeremy Rigotti - 15:49.13 [PSAC qualifier]

60m Hurdles (finals)
2. Christian Castro - 8.22

60m Hurdles (prelims)
1. Christian Castro - 8.18 [ESU #4 time] [PSAC qualifier]
13. Liam Nappi - 9.04
14. Andrew Schumacher - 9.18
17. Garth Estadt - 9.49

4x400m Relay
2. Andrew Schumacher, Nick Lawrence, Ronald D'Eliseo, Mike Matrisciano - 3:28.55

High Jump
--. Garth Estadt

Pole Vault
6. Dan Amari - 13-5 1/4 [PSAC qualifier]

Long Jump
9. Keondre Morris - 21-4 [PSAC qualifier]
17. Garth Estadt - 20-4 1/2

Triple Jump
8. Keondre Morris - 43-5 3/4 [PSAC qualifier]

Heptathlon
10. Austin Horner - 4,288 [ESU #5 score]
60m 7.37, LJ 21-11, SP 28-0, HJ 5-10, 60H 8.98, PV 9-11 3/4, 1000 2:59.47
* PSAC qualifier in LJ