Results

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (May 12) – Freshman Daniel Munro (Brookhaven, Pa./Penncrest) shattered the decade-old school record and captured the league title in the pole vault on Friday afternoon during the second day of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships.

Munro became the first pole vaulter – men's or women's – to win the event at the league meet in recent school history (since 2008) while also reaching the NCAA provisional standard. He claimed the conference crown by clearing a height of 4.82 meters (15-9.75 feet) on his first attempt at the height. Munro broke the mark of 4.66 meters (15-3.5 feet) set by Mitch Codd when he finished third at the 2012 PSAC Championships. The Penncrest product opened the event at 4.57 meters (15.0 feet) and then cleared 4.72 meters (15-5.75), both on his third and final attempt. Munro entered the championships seeded fourth on the league's performance list and is only the second league entry to reach the NCAA mark this spring.

Additionally, Munro scored in the decathlon at the league championships with a season-high 5,908 points. He placed second in both the 100-meter dash and pole vault, plus finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles, as part of the decathlon.

The Vulcans rank fourth in the team standings with 27 points after seven events at the league championships. Shippensburg sits in first place with a sizable lead after totaling 80 points over two days, while East Stroudsburg ranks second with 38.5 points and host Slippery Rock is in third place with 31 points.

Junior Noah Bernarding (Cochranton, Pa./Cochranton) registered the top time in the preliminaries of the 800-meter run on Friday. He topped the field by 0.46 seconds after crossing the finish line in 1 minute, 51.39 seconds. Additionally, senior Mason Jobe (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Salem) qualified for the finals in the 800 meters by placing sixth overall with a personal-best time of 1:54.60.

Senior Kristopher Lytle (Columbia, Md./Atholton) qualified for the finals in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash. He won his heat of the 100 meters and placed sixth overall in 10.77 seconds while running against the wind. Lytle finished in second place in the 200 meters with a wind-aided time of 21.20 seconds.

The Vulcans scored a pair of entries in the long jump at the league championships. Freshman Brendin Marks (Chantilly, Va./Chantilly) posted a season-best distance of 7.08 meters (23-2.75 feet) on his second attempt to finish in fifth place, while senior Jalen Cloud (Leechburg, Pa./Kiski) placed seventh overall with a mark of 7.04 meters (23-1.25 feet) on his final attempt.

Senior Avery Boea-Gisler (Pittsburgh, Pa./Serra Catholic) established a personal best in the preliminaries of the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 53.52 seconds. Freshman Aidan McMahon (Johnstown, Pa./Richland) also set a season-best mark in the event after crossing the finish line in 57.05 seconds. Due to an error with a heat in the preliminaries, there will be a timed final for all the entries in the 400 hurdles.

The 4x100-meter relay of senior Tyrese Canada (Richmond, Va./Henrico), McMahon, freshman Steven Graves III (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Township) and Lytle qualified for the finals by placing fifth overall with a season-best time of 41.64 seconds.

Cal finishes the PSAC Championships tomorrow, Saturday, May 13, with events starting at 11 a.m.