Saturday Results
NEW YORK CITY - Another PSAC all-time indoor record was shattered by Shippensburg on Saturday from the Armory in New York City as the women's 4x800-meter relay team of senior
Mary Dell, sophomore
Neely Spence, junior
Emily Dubs and sophomore
Amanda Raudabaugh posted a time of 9:11.11.
The time is incredible on a number of levels. By comparison, it ranks 14 seconds faster than the previous banked track record originally set by Kutztown in 2006. It also broke the non-banked record of 9:13 that was recorded in 1980 by West Chester. Shippensburg's old record, set at the PSAC championships last year, was 9:25.27.
Another relay squad also had a heck of a day, as the 4x400-meter relay squad of junior
Erica Hess, junior
Laura Henzy, sophomore
Katie Craven and senior
Shannon Hare finished with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 3:52.88, just 11 one-hundredths of a second off the school record. It is a six-second improvement from their previous PSAC-best time recorded last weekend and ranks eighth in Division II.
Raudabaugh and Dubs, two members of the 4x800 team, also picked up NCAA provisional qualifying marks when they ran the individual 800-meter event. Raudabaugh finished in 2:15.79 and Dubs finished in 2:16.02. Raudabaugh remains the second-fastest in the PSAC this season behind Dell, while Dubs moved into third on the PSAC rankings.
Other individual performances included junior
Rebekah Newhart cleared 5 feet, 3 inches in the high jump, and sophomore
Sarah Strayer, who ran the 3K in 10:25.59. Both times rank seventh in the PSAC.
In two days, the women's team finished the New Balance Games with the following marks:
4 School Records
5K - Spence [16:13.01]
5K - Dell [17:04.01]
Pole Vault - Breski [11-3.75]
4x800M - Dell/Spence/Dubs/Raudabaugh [9:11.11]
2 PSAC Records
5K - Spence [16:13.01]
4x800M - Dell/Spence/Dubs/Raudabaugh [9:11.11]
5 NCAA Automatic/Provisional Marks
5K - Spence [16:13.01]
5K - Dell [17:04.01]
800 - Raudabaugh [2:15.79]
800 - E. Dubs [2:16.02]
4x400M - Hess/Henzy/Craven/Hare [3:52.88]
3 PSAC Top Times
5K - Spence [16:13.01]
4x400M - Hess/Henzy/Craven/Hare [3:52.88]
4x800M - Dell/Spence/Dubs/Raudabaugh [9:11.11]