Results

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (May 12) – Senior Beyoncé Kelly (Edgewood, Md./Harford Technical) completed the season sweep in the high jump on Friday afternoon and classmate Divonne Franklin (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop John Carroll) broke her own all-time meet record in the 100-meter dash on the second day of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships.

Kelly captured the league title in the high jump during both the indoor and outdoor campaign in 2023 after placing second in the event twice last season. She earned the outdoor conference title on Friday by clearing 1.69 meters (5-6.5 feet) on her first attempt at the height. Kelly opened the event at 1.61 meters (5-3.25) before progressing to 1.66 meters (5-5.25 feet) and she cleared both marks on the first attempt. The Maryland native is the program's first field standout to sweep league titles in an event in recent program history (since 2008). Kelly is tied for seventh on the national performance list this season in the high jump with a height of 1.73 meters (5-8.0 feet) set last month at Bucknell.

Franklin shattered her championship record set last year during the preliminaries of the 100 meters. She cruised to the win in the event with the second-fastest time of her career at 11.28 seconds, which topped the field on Friday by a staggering 0.51 seconds. Franklin eclipsed her previous meet record in the 100 meters by a whooping 0.38 seconds. The Philadelphia native also won the preliminaries of the 200-meter dash at Slippery Rock with a wind-aided time of 23.21 seconds, which prevented her from resetting her conference record from last year. Franklin paced the preliminary field on Friday in the event by a dominating 0.81 seconds despite three of the four heats benefiting from the wind.

The Vulcans rank eighth in the team standings with 15 points after seven events at the league championships. Host Slippery Rock leads the team standings with 48.5 points over two days, while Millersville ranks second with 40 points and Edinboro is in third place with 34 points.

Junior Malia Anderson (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Salem) won the preliminaries of the 800-meter run on Friday, as she paced the field by nearly seven-tenths of a second with a time of 2 minutes, 13.99 seconds. Anderson is the defending-outdoor league champion in the event after claiming the title last spring.

Senior Kailee Bunyard (Columbia, Md./Atholton) advanced to the finals of the 100-meter hurdles at Slippery Rock. She placed seventh in the preliminaries with a time of 15.09 seconds. Sophomore Jazzy Harper (Media, Pa./Strath Haven) posted a personal best in the preliminaries of the 100 hurdles on Friday with a time of 15.43 seconds to finish ninth overall.

The California (PA) 4x100-meter relay qualified for the finals by finishing in third place in the preliminaries. The relay of Franklin, sophomore Vanessa Damone (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt), freshman Alice Etienne (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) and sophomore Bailey Popovich (Johnstown, Pa./United) finished with a season-best time of 47.42 seconds.

Individually, Etienne scored in the long jump on Friday by placing seventh overall with a leap of 5.35 meters (17-6.75 feet) on her first attempt.

Senior Darcie Frazier (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) established a season best with 4,106 points while scoring in the heptathlon. She finished sixth overall while competing in seven events over two days. Frazier registered her highest finish in the long jump by placing second with a distance of 5.05 meters (16-7.0 feet) on her third attempt.

The Vulcans close out the PSAC Championships tomorrow, Saturday, May 13, with events starting at 11 a.m.