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Women's Track and Field

Susquehanna Meet Proves Impressive for the Mountain Cats

The 2022 Susquehanna University Early Season Invite and Multi was host to another impressive outing for the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Mountain Cats. 
 
On the Women's side, Mayah Charity took home a 2nd place finish in the 60-meter dash (7.99A seconds). While Abbey-Gale Brooks and Kara McKenzie both finished in the top ten in the event. Brooks ran a time of 8.11 seconds to finish 5th and McKenzie finished in 8.32 seconds to earn 9th. Charity also finished 2nd in the 200-meter dash (26.73 seconds). Brooks was edged out by Alexandra Walton in the 400-meter dash where Walton earned a sixth-place finish with her time of 1:03.98 seconds. Brooks was timed at 1:05.69 in that event. Ava Barker finished first in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:35.50. She was joined in the top three finishers by Lacey Greathouse who ran a time of 2:36.83. Jenna Smith finished second in the one mile run with a time of 5:42.34. In the 60-meter hurdles, Kara McKenzie continued her impressive meet with a third-place finish. Her time was 10.32 seconds. Off the track, Natalie Lippincott finished fourth in the high jump with a top mark of 1.47 meters. Brooke Leithner jumped 5.13 meters in the long jump to earn a second-place finish. Janiah Tutt finished seventh in this event with a top mark of 4.62 meters. Leithner finished fifth in the pentathlon with a total of 2257 points. 
 
On the Men's side, three Mountain Cats finished in the top ten of the 60-meter dash. Andrew Jeffrey finished third (7.15A seconds), Michael Ifidon (7.16 seconds), and Cristian Thornton (7.36 seconds) earned 3rd, 4th, and 10th place respectively. These three were joined in the top ten of the 200-meter dash by Blake Lauper. Jeffery finished 3rd (23.35 seconds), Thornton finished 4th (23.39 seconds), Ifidon finished 6th (23.58 seconds), and Lauper finished 9th (23.95 seconds). Thornton finished first in the 400-meter dash (53.16 seconds).  He was trailed by Lauper (2nd place; 53.18 seconds), Williams (3rd place; 53.42 seconds), and Kenneth Robinson (4th place; 54.21 seconds). Noah Lee placed 2nd in the 800-meter run (2:01.11). Fellow Mountain Cats Helaman Forsyth (2:06.72), Luke Cimakasky (2:08.77), and Ben Brassart (2:08.80) finished 3rd, 4th, and 5threspectively. Cimakasky finished on top in the one-mile run (4:33.19). Forsyth (4:47.70), Michael Hanik (4:51.38), and Joel Weber (5:12.27) all finished in the top-ten of this event. Tyler Spaid ran a time of 9.21 seconds to earn a 5th place finish. Chris Colligan finished 1st in the high jump with a top mark of 1.91mA. Colligan finished 10th in the long jump (5.60m), an event that saw Pitt-Johnstown's Clayton Engle place 4thwith a top mark of 6.27 meters. Finnian Sieg placed 3rd in the pole vault with a top mark of 3.20m. Engle earned the top spot in the triple jump at 13.91mA. In the throws, Pitt-Johnstown had Nicholas Dematteis and Jaylen Cooper finished in the top-five in shot put. Dematteis placed 3rd (12.79m) and Cooper placed 5th(12.22m). 
 
The rest of the results from both days of the meet can be found at this link:
https://results.leonetiming.com/?mid=5335
 
The Mountain Cats travel to Youngstown Ohio on January 20th and 27th for the Youngstown State University Invitational and the Youngstown State University Mid-Major Invitational. 
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Luke Cimakasky

Luke Cimakasky

Distance
Sophomore
Distance
Chris Colligan

Chris Colligan

Jumps
Junior
Jumps
Jaylen Cooper

Jaylen Cooper

Throws
Junior
Throws
Michael Hanik

Michael Hanik

Distance
Junior
Distance
Tyler Spaid

Tyler Spaid

Hurdles
Sophomore
Hurdles
Abbey-Gale Brooks

Abbey-Gale Brooks

Sprints
Sophomore
Sprints
Lacey Greathouse

Lacey Greathouse

Distance
Sophomore
Distance
Brooke Leithner

Brooke Leithner

Jumps
Senior
Jumps
Kara McKenzie

Kara McKenzie

Hurdles
Sophomore
Hurdles
Mayah Charity

Mayah Charity

Sprints
Freshman
Sprints
Jenna Smith

Jenna Smith

Distance
Freshman
Distance
Janiah Tutt

Janiah Tutt

Jumps
Freshman
Jumps

Players Mentioned

Luke Cimakasky

Luke Cimakasky

Sophomore
Distance
Distance
Chris Colligan

Chris Colligan

Junior
Jumps
Jumps
Jaylen Cooper

Jaylen Cooper

Junior
Throws
Throws
Michael Hanik

Michael Hanik

Junior
Distance
Distance
Tyler Spaid

Tyler Spaid

Sophomore
Hurdles
Hurdles
Abbey-Gale Brooks

Abbey-Gale Brooks

Sophomore
Sprints
Sprints
Lacey Greathouse

Lacey Greathouse

Sophomore
Distance
Distance
Brooke Leithner

Brooke Leithner

Senior
Jumps
Jumps
Kara McKenzie

Kara McKenzie

Sophomore
Hurdles
Hurdles
Mayah Charity

Mayah Charity

Freshman
Sprints
Sprints
Jenna Smith

Jenna Smith

Freshman
Distance
Distance
Janiah Tutt

Janiah Tutt

Freshman
Jumps
Jumps