RELEASE DATE: 3/01/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mike Gray PSAC shot put champion – men finish ninth and women tie for 11^th in team scoring at PSAC Indoor Track and Field Championship

EAST STROUDSBURG – Junior  Mike Gray  won the PSAC men’s shot put to highlight Mansfield’s performance at the 2009 PSAC  Indoor Track and Field championship which concluded at East Stroudsburg Sunday.

Gray’s heave of 52-07.25 was more than 2 ½ feet of the next closest competitor. Gray, who finished third in the weight throw held on Saturday, was responsible for 14 of Mansfield 19 team points. Gray earned All-PSAC honors in each event.

The Mountaineers also got team points from Ryan Detwiller who finished seventh in the high jump (6-02.00) and freshman Nathan McNabb who was eighth in the mile run (4:24.09).

Mansfield finished ninth in the men’s team standings. Shippensburg was the team champion with 134 points.

The Mountaineer women scored their only team points in the 4x400 relay with the team of Abbie Waltz, Carly Klinger, Erica Ferguson and Brooke McDaniel finishing seventh with a time of 4:06.71.

McDaniel just missed qualifying for the final in the 400 finishing ninth in the preliminaries with a time of 59.52. The top eight finishers advanced to the final.

Mansfield finished in a tie with California for 11^th place in the women’s team scoring. Slippery Rock won the championship with 146 points

Women - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored

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    1) Slippery Rock              146        2) Shippensburg              142  

    3) Lock Haven                 101        4) Indiana (Pa.)              84  

    5) Kutztown                    62        6) East Stroudsburg           41  

    7) Millersville                39        8) Clarion                    36  

    9) West Chester                28       10) Edinboro                   18  

   11) Mansfield                    2       11) California (Pa.)            2  

   13) Bloomsburg                   1                                           

                    Men - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored

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    1) Shippensburg               134        2) Lock Haven                129  

    3) East Stroudsburg           120        4) Slippery Rock              91  

    5) Indiana (Pa.)               80        6) Kutztown                   43  

    7) West Chester                32.50     8) Cheyney                    22  

    9) Mansfield                   19       10) Millersville               18.50

   11) California (Pa.)            12       12) Bloomsburg                  1