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(Photo courtesy of Bloomsburg University Sports Information)
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Kirsten O'Malley (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) had the highlight of the day as she won the long jump, convincingly, with a mark of 5.46 meters. O'Malley currently holds the second-best mark in the PSAC - 17th-best in the country - with her season-best mark of 5.71 meters at Houghton last month. She would later team up with Sarah Gottschalk (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township), Autumn Avery (Hughesville, Pa./Hughesville), and Carli Dedics (Drums, Pa./Hazleton Area) for a fourth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:06.67.
Also competing in the long jump was Kathleen Stevenson(Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) who finished ninth with a mark of 4.99 meters.
In the high jump, Amanda Simone (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) had another PSAC-qualifying mark on Saturday as she tied for third in the event with a mark of 1.59 meters. Chelsea Vaughn() was right behind, finishing in a tie for sixth with a mark of 1.54 meters. Hannah Masenheimer (New Tripoli, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh) later qualified for the conference meet in the weight throw with a distance of 13.00 meters. She was the top Bloomsburg finisher in the event as Rachael Sullivan (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg) placed 18th (12.61 meters) and Dana Sheply(Maple Shade, N.J./Maple Shade) was 32nd (9.83 meters).
Freshman Alaina Pearson (Coal Township, Pa./Shamokin Area)posted her second qualifying mark of the weekend as she took eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 10.56 meters. Her jump is the 16th-best mark in the conference this season.
On the track, Dedics took seventh in the 60-meter dash, qualifying for the event finals with a time of 8.05 seconds in the morning, and then finishing with a time of 8.10 in the finals. The final PSAC qualifiers came in the mile as both Hannah Boudreau(Hampstead, Md./North Carroll) and Madison Mimnaugh (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Pittston Area) got under the standard for the conference meet. Boudreau finished second with a time of 5:17.79 while Mimnaugh was sixth, clocking in at 5:25.19. Boudreau's time is the eighth-best mark in the PSAC this season while Mimnaugh's is 12th.
Boudreau also took fifth in the 1000-meter run on Saturday, finishing with a time of 3:19.53.
Two others posted top ten finishes on Saturday - Avery was fifth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:27.02 while Gottschalk was fourth in the 500-meter run after crossing the finish line in 1:23.04.
The Huskies will compete again on Friday, February 2, and Saturday, February 3, when they head to Youngstown, Ohio to participate in the Youngstown State National.
