Full Results

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An NCAA provisional time for senior Steve Morgan and a pair of top-five performances in the 3000-meter steeplechase led the way for East Stroudsburg University this weekend, as the Warriors opened up their outdoor season at Charlotte's 49er Classic.

Morgan finished third in Saturday's 110m hurdle final after crossing the line in 14.44. That is six-hundredths under the NCAA DII provisional standard of 14.50, and it is just above his ESU record time of 14.32. Morgan has now provisionally qualified for nationals on seven separate occasions, including each of his four outdoor seasons in the 110m hurdles.

That was one of four top-five efforts for the Warriors during the two-day meet, as junior Kaylyn West placed third out of 21 runners in the women's steeplechase race, while senior Alec Lederer was fourth out of 27 in the men's race. West completed her race in 11:11.13, over a minute under the PSAC-qualifying standard of 12:25.00 and seven seconds off her personal best which ranks second in program history. Lederer registered a time of 9:30.11, finishing just over a second off of his PR in the event.

Fellow senior Alex Zubko added a top-five finish for ESU in the 10,000m, taking fifth with a time of 32:35.64. Senior Jeremy Rigotti followed in eighth with a PSAC time of 32:49.56.

The Warriors ended the weekend with a total of 24 PSAC marks across 17 different events.

Included in those qualifying efforts were five top 10 performances in the field, as junior Taylor Watkins took eighth out of 42 throwers in the javelin (129-11), freshman Noah Lockwood was ninth in the shot put (48-0 3/4) and 10th in the discus (139-8), senior La Treil Ridgeway was ninth in the triple jump (46-5 1/2) and sophomore Victoria Matthews was 10th in the high jump (5-3). Sophomore Hannah Marth was not far behind Watkins in the javelin, as she took 11th with a top attempt of 122-4.

The ESU men had six additional PSAC qualifiers in the field, with half of those coming in the high jump. Ridgeway, freshman Darnell Randall and freshman Vance Stay, Jr., registered matching top clearances of 6-0 3/4. Freshman Austin Horner (21-5 1/4) and senior Sean Hagerty (21-4 1/4) were within an inch of each other in the long jump, while junior Jonathan Hummel qualified in the hammer with a top toss of 145-7.

Morgan qualified for Saturday's final in the 110m hurdles after placing eighth out of 63 runners with a preliminary round time of 14.79. Junior Christian Castro also qualified for PSACs in the event after completing his preliminary heat in 15.80.

Other men's PSAC qualifiers on the track included sophomore Pat Monahan in the 100m (11.15) and freshman Andrew Schumacher in the 400m hurdles (56.63). Junior Khai Samuels, meanwhile, was three-hundredths off of a PSAC time in the 800m (1:57.28), and the Warriors' 4x100m relay foursome of junior Ernest Pendleton, sophomore Akeim Thomas, Morgan and Monahan took eighth out of 24 entrants with a time of 42.29.

The ESU women had four qualify for the conference meet on the track. Freshman Tiana Webster (12.43) and sophomore Marissa Flim (12.78) were each under the 100m standard of 12.80, while seniors Erin Brady (800m – 2:21.33) and Lauren Toth (1500m – 4:56.26) qualified in mid-distance events.

The Warriors return to action next Saturday, traveling to Easton to compete in the Lafayette 7-Way Meet.