INDIANA, Pa. - For the second time this season, the IUP men's and women's track & field programs will send athletes to Slippery Rock, this time competing in the Bill Lennox Invitational this Friday at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium. The first event is currently scheduled for 10:30 a.m. 

This is the fourth of six meets scheduled prior to the 2021 PSAC Outdoor Championships May 6-8 in Shippensburg. 

Spectator Policy
Slippery Rock University has announced that it will allow a limited number of approved spectators to attend outdoor athletic events this spring. Details regarding the spectator policy for all sports can be found here.

Follow and Information
Live Results: RockAthletics.com
Meet Information/Schedule: RockAthletics.com (PDF)
PSAC performance list: TFRRS.org
NCAA qualifying standards: PSACsports.org
Twitter: @IUPtrack_XC
Instagram: @iuptrackandfieldxc

Last time out
>> The Crimson Hawks hosted the Ed Fry Invitational Sunday, the program's first home meet since 2016.
>> Cahsia Page posted a pair of second place finishes in the 100m and 200m, improving on her conference qualifying marks in both events.
>> Nickeela Austin picked up IUP's only event win of the day, leaping 11.89 meters in the triple jump. She also landed in second place in the long jump with a mark of 5.74 meters.

Notes
>> Through three meets, the Crimson Hawks have three athletes ranked first in the PSAC in their respective events - Dre Carr in the men's 100m (11.7), Trejon Turner in the men's high jump (1.95m), and Nickeela Austin in the women's triple jump (12.15m).
>> Austin has the only NCAA provisional mark so far this season, leaping 12.15 meters in the triple jump at Lock Haven's Elliston Earlybird. It's also the best mark in the Atlantic Region and tied for 15th in Division II.
>> IUP has 31 total marks ranking among the top-16 in the PSAC so far this season, which will qualify for next month's PSAC outdoor championships. 
>> Three women's triple jumpers currently make that top-16 cutoff, led by Austin. Rachel Horrell is seventh with a mark of 11.07m and Stefanie Ketterman is 15th at 10.37m.
>> Other top marks include Cahsia Page in the women's 100m (fourth) and 200m (sixth), Jessica Jones in the women's 800m (second), Ala Small in the women's 10K (40:55.89), Brianna Herr in the women's 10K (third), Cassidy Kline in the women's 400 hurdles (second), Jayden Thomas in the men's high jump (fourth), and Austin in the women's long jump (second)