The Pitt-Johnstown men's and women's track and field teams opened the 2024-25 indoor season on Friday with a strong performance in the Division I dominated Youngstown State (OH) University Icebreaker Meet at the Watson and Tressel Training Site in Youngstown, Ohio.
 
On the men's side, Noah Serr and Jacob Mann placed fourth (1.96m) and 17^th (1.76m) in the High Jump, while Hunter Johnson finished 13^th (6.59m) and Ryan Porch placed 19^th (6.44m) in the Long Jump.  Isaiah Dyer placed 15^th in the Triple Jump at 12.79m.
 
Michael Ifidon was the runner-up ion his 200-Meter Dash heat and 10^th 0verall at 22.28.
 
In the 400-Meter Run, Cristian Thornton placed 15^th at 50:03, while Michael Ifidon was 11^th in the preliminaries of the 60-Meter Dash at 6.98.  In addition, Nicholas Legnine was seventh and Hunter Johnson was ninth in the 60-meter qualifiers.  Johnson went finished 15^th in the 60-meter preliminaries.
 
On the women's side, Pitt-Johnstown's Mayah Charity placed 27^th in a field of 51 runners in the 200-Meter dash at 9.54.  Charity was also 12^th in the 60-meter qualifier, and Kara McKenzie was 12^th in the 60-Meter Hurdles Preliminaries.
 
Kaela Grant, Izzy Portello, Anna Stewart, Kiersten Ulmer, and Carly Weimer represented the Mountain Cats in various events.
 
Pitt-Johnstown will continue its indoor scheduled at the Youngstown State Invitational on Jan. 17 and at the Muskingum Muskie Meet in Concord, Ohio on Jan. 25.