West Chester track team gearing up for PSAC Championships
Jillian Morgan
Issue date: 2/8/10 Section: Sports
The West Chester University Golden Rams are off to a promising start this season. They have come through with good performances at The Ursinus Collegeville Classic, the Orange and Maroon Classic and recently at the 12th annual Bison Open inside Gerhard Fieldhouse on the campus of Bucknell University. The meet consisted of seventeen schools, including four Division I Universities and eight PSAC teams, as well.
Previous to the meet at Bucknell, distance runner John Hedrick mentioned, "he was excited to see how the team would do during the weekend. This meet will give us a preview for what to expect at PSAC's."
Hedrick ran a 9:50.00 in the 3000m as well as clocking in at 17:04.01 in the 5000m. Along with Hedrick, Mike Malejko ran both the 3000m and the 5000m, with times of 9:26.25 and 16:15.03, respectively.
"Overall our goal this weekend is to qualify people for PSAC's," Malejko mentioned before the meet. "Between good teams and good athletes, this meet is definitely going to be exciting. When athletes go into a meet expecting a challenge, we run faster and try even harder. Hopefully that will help when it comes to making the cut for PSAC's."
As if Malejko could predict the future, many athletes returned from Bucknell with heads held high and school records under their belts. Prior to the meet, captain Matt Houser made it known that he had some personal goals for himself.
"I broke two new schools records at the first meet of the season in the 60m dash and 300m dash," Houser said. "I would love to add onto that by dropping my times in the 200m dash and the 400m dash.
"It would also be a blessing if I could own those two records as well."
Based on Houser's performance this weekend, he is close to reaching one of his goals. Houser recorded the fourth-best time in history at WCU in the 400m clocking in at 49.86 seconds. His time is also the second-best in the PSAC so far this winter, which also qualified him for the indoor championships next month. Houser was also a runner up in the 60m with a time of 7.08 seconds.
Previous to the meet at Bucknell, distance runner John Hedrick mentioned, "he was excited to see how the team would do during the weekend. This meet will give us a preview for what to expect at PSAC's."
Hedrick ran a 9:50.00 in the 3000m as well as clocking in at 17:04.01 in the 5000m. Along with Hedrick, Mike Malejko ran both the 3000m and the 5000m, with times of 9:26.25 and 16:15.03, respectively.
"Overall our goal this weekend is to qualify people for PSAC's," Malejko mentioned before the meet. "Between good teams and good athletes, this meet is definitely going to be exciting. When athletes go into a meet expecting a challenge, we run faster and try even harder. Hopefully that will help when it comes to making the cut for PSAC's."
As if Malejko could predict the future, many athletes returned from Bucknell with heads held high and school records under their belts. Prior to the meet, captain Matt Houser made it known that he had some personal goals for himself.
"I broke two new schools records at the first meet of the season in the 60m dash and 300m dash," Houser said. "I would love to add onto that by dropping my times in the 200m dash and the 400m dash.
"It would also be a blessing if I could own those two records as well."
Based on Houser's performance this weekend, he is close to reaching one of his goals. Houser recorded the fourth-best time in history at WCU in the 400m clocking in at 49.86 seconds. His time is also the second-best in the PSAC so far this winter, which also qualified him for the indoor championships next month. Houser was also a runner up in the 60m with a time of 7.08 seconds.
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