Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Duquesne University indoor track and field team returns to Youngstown for the fourth time this season on Friday to compete in the YSU Last Chance Invitational.

MEET INFORMATION 
YSU Last Chance Invitational presented by Southwoods Health
February 13, 2026 • Watson and Tressel Training Site (Youngstown, Ohio)
Live Results  |  Meet Schedule

DUQUESNE ENTRIES
Roster  |  Schedule  |  Season Results

• Melani Schmidt (60m, 400m)
• Selma Bajgoric (60m, 400m)
• Seava Cresta (60m, 200m)
• Capri DeCaro (60m, long jump)
• Charly Schlauch (60m, long jump)
• Macie Steiner (200m, 400m)
• Sylvia Kashak (800m)
• Cydney Blahovec (800m)
• Kate Saum (800m)
• Kendall Lucas (800m)
• Elizabeth Pizon (800m)
• Elidh Edgar (800m)
• Trinity Basara (800m)
• Lauren Ciuca (mile)
• Reagan Ryen (mile)
• Emma Andreen (mile)
• Gianna Mosca (mile)
• Grace Senneway (3000m)
• Sophia Trevenen (5000m)
• Anna Rorrer (60m hurdles)
• Rose Kuchera (60m hurdles, long jump)
• Brandi Brozeski (60m hurdles, high jump, shot put)
• Isabella Costa (60m hurdles, long jump, shot put)
• Eva Leatherman (60m hurdles, long jump, shot put)
• Caroline Garbe (high jump)
• Grace Patterson (high jump)
• Nadia Constantakis (pole vault)
• Lauren Stroka (triple jump) 
• Devlyn Faber (triple jump)
• Madelyn Moretti (shot put)
• Megan Palinski (weight throw)
• Kyndra Seddon (weight throw)
• 4x400m Relay
  • Rorrer, Kashak, Blahovec, Ryen, Saum, Lucas, Pizon, Edgar

LAST TIME OUT
Full Recap & Results

• Rose Kuchera highlighted Duquesne's performances at the Penn State Sykes & Sabock Invitational last Saturday, breaking a program record that had stood since 2014 with a first-place finish in the triple jump. She also posted the third-fastest 60-meter hurdles time in school history.
• Sylvia Kashak ran the fastest 1,000-meter time ever recorded by a Duquesne freshman, while Anna Rorrer moved to No. 2 all-time in program history in the 60-meter hurdles.

IN THE RECORD BOOK
Full Indoor Record Book

• Long Jump
  • School Record: Rose Kuchera — 6.52m (YSU Mid-Major Invitational, Jan. 30 ... second program record jump of season)
  • 3rd All-Time: Isabella Costa — 5.90m (YSU Mid-Major Invitational, Jan. 30)
  • 4th All-Time: Sylvia Kashak — 5.89m (YSU Mid-Major Invitational, Jan. 30)
• Triple Jump
  • School Record: Rose Kuchera — 12.44m (Penn State Sykes & Sabock Challenge, Feb. 7)
• Pole Vault
  • School Record: Nadia Constantakis — 3.73m (YSU Collegiate Invite, Jan. 16)
• 60m Hurdles
  • 2nd All-Time: Anna Rorrer — 8.71 (Penn State Sykes & Sabock Challenge, Feb. 7)
  • T-3rd All-Time: Rose Kuchera — 8.73 (Penn State Sykes & Sabock Challenge, Feb. 7)
• 1000 Meters
  • 3rd All-Time: Sylvia Kashak — 2:51.94 (Penn State Sykes & Sabock Challenge, Feb. 7)
• Mile
  • 3rd All-Time: Sylvia Kashak — 4:53.40 (Ashland Invitational, Jan. 24)
• Pentathlon
  • 3rd All-Time: Rose Kuchera — 3,694 (YSU Mid-Major Invitational, Jan. 30)
• 60 Meters
  • 5th All-Time: Melani Schmidt — 7.79 (YSU Icebreaker, Dec. 5)

A-10 WEEKLY HONORS

• Rose Kuchera — Atlantic 10 Field Performer of the Week (Feb. 3)
• Isabella Costa — Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (Feb. 3)

RANKED DUKES
Leaderboards: Atlantic 10 | Mid-Atlantic Region | NCAA Division I

• Duquesne's pentathlon squad of Kuchera, Leatherman, Brozeski and Costa remained in the national top 10 in the latest USTFCCCA National Event Squad Rankings, checking in at No. 9.
• The Dukes own eight marks ranked among the top five in the Atlantic 10 this season.
  • Kuchera leads the conference in the long jump (6.52 meters / 21-4.75) and pentathlon (3,694 points) while ranking second in the triple jump (12.44 meters / 40-9.75) and fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.73). Her long jump and triple jump marks both stand as program records.
  • Rorrer ranks fourth in the Atlantic 10 in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.71 following her record-book performance last week.
  • Garbe's season-best high jump clearance of 1.67 meters (5-5.75) and Constantakis' program-record pole vault of 3.73 meters (12-2.75) both rank fourth in the A-10.
  • Costa sits fifth in the A-10 in the long jump at 5.90 meters (19-4.25), the top mark among conference freshmen.
  • Kashak owns the top 1,000-meter time by an A-10 freshman this season and ranks fifth overall at 2:51.94.
  • Leatherman is fifth in the pentathlon with 3,467 points, recorded earlier this season at Youngstown State.
  • The 4x400-meter relay team of Schmidt, Costa, Leatherman and Bajgoric posted the fifth-fastest time in the conference last week at 3:50.27.
• Kuchera's conference-leading long jump ranks sixth nationally in NCAA Division I and first in the Mid-Atlantic Region, while her pentathlon total sits eighth regionally and her program-record triple jump mark is ninth.

UP NEXT

• Duquesne will be off next week before heading to Virginia Beach for the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships on Feb. 27–28.

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