GREENSBORO, NC (April 18) – The Vulcans recorded the fastest time in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) this season in the 4x100-meter relay over the weekend at the Aggie Invitational hosted by North Carolina A&T State. Additionally, freshman Abigail DeFruscio broke the school record in the javelin throw on Thursday at the John Papa Invitational hosted by Slippery Rock.

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• The 4x100-meter relay of senior Alice Etienne, sophomore Loreena Manser, freshman Amanda Mercurius and sophomore Riley Tighe posted a time of 47.20 seconds.
• The Vulcans rank first on the league's performance list in the event by seven-hundredths of a second.
• Individually, Manser reached the NCAA provisional standard in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.85 seconds.
• She also cleared conference-qualifying marks with a time of 11.88 seconds in the 100-meter dash and 5.73 meters (18-9.75 feet) in the long jump.
• Etienne posted a PSAC-qualifying distance of 11.40 meters (37-.50 feet) in the triple jump.
• Tighe finished the 100 meters with a  wind-aided time of 12.22 seconds and recorded a time of 25.53 seconds in the 200 meters.
• Mercurius crossed the finish line in the 200 meters with a time of 25.34 seconds.
• Junior Emily Mahle posted a PSAC-qualifying height of 1.60 meters (5-3.0 feet) in the high jump.

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• DeFruscio broke school record in the javelin throw with a mark of 38.42 meters (126-0.0 feet).
• Last week, she set the previous record at 38.11 meters (125-0.0 feet) at the Westminster Invitational.
• Sophomore Camille Neutzling set a pair of season-best times while reaching PSAC-qualifying standards in the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles.
• She finished with a time of 14.79 seconds in the 100 hurdles and rounded the track in 1:03.58 in the 400 hurdles.
• Senior Madison Murtland also established a season best with a time of 4:49.31 in the 1,500-meter run.
• Fellow senior Jing McCann reached the conference-qualifying distance in the hammer throw with a mark of 51.89 seconds (170-3.0 feet).
• Sophomore Anna Schuessler cleared a height of 3.55 meters (11-7.75 feet) in the pole vault to meet the PSAC-qualifying mark.

NEXT
• The Vulcans will split entries again next week with select entries competing at the Penn Relays on April 23-25 and Paul Kaiser Classic hosted by Shippensburg on April 24-25.