April 12, 2009

Personal-Best Times a Theme for Penguins at the Northeast Ohio Quad

    Akron, Ohio -- The Youngstown State men's and women's track team posted nine more personal-best times that result in top-times in school history following Friday and Saturday's Northeast Ohio Quad against Kent State, Akron, Buffalo, and Ashland University.

    On the men's side, five Penguins etched their name into the school record books.

    Senior Mark Lipinsky's sixth place time of 15.10 in the 110m hurdles ranks third in school-history. Fellow senior J.R. Hodge now ranks sixth all-time in school-history following a sixth place finish in the 100m dash with a time of 10.79.

    Junior Justin Dickman and sophomore Jake Dialesandro ran personal-best times in the 3,000m run. Dickman's time of 9:06.80 ranks third at YSU, while Dialesandro's time of 9:15.18 is good for fourth all-time.

    In field events, sophomore John Pallini claimed third place in the shot put with a distance of 15.36m. The mark ranks fourth-best in school history.

    The women also had a strong showing a four Guins added their names to the school's record book.

    Junior Lauren Blase finished the 3,000m in second with a time of 10:08.69. Blase's time ranks second all-time. Freshman Jocelyn Steiner competed in the 3,000m steeplechase and finished in fourth with a time of 13:06.40. That time is good for seventh in school-history.

    Sophomore Amanda Carpin had a personal-best day in the pole vault clearing 3.10m to finish in fifth and now ranks second all-time at YSU. Junior Robyn Ray took third in the triple jump with a personal-best distance of 11.13m that ranks fourth best in school-history.

    Other top performers included Breanne Romeo and Emily Wollet who took second and third in the 400m. Romeo ran a time of 57.45, while Wollet crossed the finish line with a time of 57.65.

    Senior Darcelle Formby added two fifth place finishes in the 100m and 200m dash. Formby ran a time of 12.56 in the 100m and a time of 25.90 in the 200m. 

    The women finished in fourth at the event with 87 points as Akron’s women won the event scoring 223, followed by Kent State and Buffalo with 158 and Ashland with 19.

    On the men’s side the Penguins finished fifth with 38.5 as the Zips scored 217.5 points to win, followed by Kent State 175.5, Buffalo 143.5 and Ashland 43.
    The Penguins will travel to Berea on Saturday to take part in the Sparky Adams Invitational.