STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The Shippensburg University women's distance medley relay team of junior Mary Dell, sophomore Abby Huber, junior Shannon Hare and freshman Neely Spence posted a jaw-dropping time of 11:30.59 on Friday night from the Penn State National Invitational on the Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track that shattered the previous conference and school record by more than 28 seconds.

Shippensburg finished second at the Division-I dominated event, besting Georgetown by 0.20 seconds and topping schools such as Virginia, West Virginia, Connecticut and host Penn State. Lock Haven finished 33 seconds behind the Lady Raider quartet, placing 11th. Villanova won the DMR on Friday night with a time of 11:18.83.

As a means of comparison, the winning DMR time at last year's Division II Indoor Championships was 11:39.81, a full nine seconds behind the Lady Raider quartet. Shippensburg finished less than one second behind the all-time D-II championship meet record of 11:29.89 recorded in 2007 by Grand Valley State.

Shippensburg held the previous PSAC record that was set last season with a time of 11:59.08. The group of Hare, Huber, Dell and current sophomore Jamie McCollum earned All-American status for the performance at the Division II National Championships held at Minnesota State-Mankato.

Friday night's time is by far the best in Division II this season, as the previous-best mark was 12:13.65 by Grand Valley State. The automatic qualifying mark was 11:51.70.