Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Duquesne University track and field teams are set for their final tune-up before the conference championships, competing Friday at the Marty Goldberg Gator Invitational, hosted by Allegheny, and Saturday at the Red Flash Open, hosted by Saint Francis.

MEET INFORMATION 
Marty Goldberg Gator Invitational
April 24 • Robertson Athletic Complex (Meadville, Pa.) 
Live Results | Meet Schedule / Info

DUQUESNE ENTRIES

• Men's Team
  • Dino Nadarevic (discus)
  • Nick Payne (hammer)
• Women's Team
  • Capri DeCaro (long jump)
  • Rose Kuchera (100m hurdles, long jump, triple jump)
  • Madelyn Moretti (shot put)
  • Mia Pierce (discus)
  • Charly Schlauch (long jump)

MEET INFORMATION 
Red Flash Open
April 25 • Father Bede Track (Loretto, Pa.)
Live Results

DUQUESNE ENTRIES

• Men's Team
  • Belal Abdelrahman (400m hurdles)
  • Jack Barnhisel (800m)
  • Jacob Bonnar (3000m)
  • Brendan Burns (3000m)
  • Nick Carelli (discus)
  • Anthony Ciecierski (3000m)
  • Ben Colli (1500m)
  • Christian Cupp (discus)
  • Sam de la Riva (400m)
  • Austin Foster (discus)
  • Sam Freedman (1500m)
  • Maxwell Hamilton (400m)
  • Liam Kirkpatrick (1500m)
  • Kyle Kochanski (1500m, 3000m)
  • Landon Lacey (400m)
  • Cody Mankowski (high jump, discus)
  • Colm Matheney (shot put, discus)
  • Isaak Nizami (1500m, 3000m)
  • Jonah Nizami (1500m, 3000m)
  • Nick Payne (hammer)
  • Jack Pritchard (800m)
  • Jadon Rahman (400m)
  • Conor Richardson (shot put, discus)
  • Ben Shields (1500m)
  • Yaz'zhi Slaughter (long jump)
  • Cleveland Wall (3000m steeplechase)
  • Isaac Wetzel (400m hurdles)
• Women's Team
  • Emma Andreen (1500m, 4x400m relay)
  • Trinity Basara (200m, 400m)
  • Cydney Blahovec (400m, 4x400m)
  • Lily Colombo (800m)
  • Eilidh Edgear (400m, 4x400m)
  • Caroline Garbe (high jump)
  • Mary Grusky (shot put, discus)
  • Eva Leatherman (200m)
  • Ella Lindberg (hammer)
  • Kendall Lucas (2000m steeplechase, 4x400m)
  • Gianna Mosca (1500m, 4x400m)
  • Megan Palinski (hammer)
  • Elizabeth Pizon (2000m steeplechase, 4x400m)
  • Morgan Roemer (1500m)
  • Reagan Ryen (800m, 4x400m)
  • Kate Saum (800m, 4x400m)
  • Charly Schlauch (long jump)
  • Kyndra Seddon (discus, hammer)
  • Macie Steiner (100m)
  • Leah Trecki (discus)

DUKES EARN A FOURTH ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

• Makayla Keck earned Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week after an early career-best javelin throw of 51.22 meters (168-0), improving her No. 2 standing on the Duquesne all-time list, which earned gold at the ECAC Championships. The mark ranks No. 32 nationally, 14th in the NCAA East Region and second in the Atlantic 10.
• The honor is Duquesne's fourth women's Rookie of the Week selection this season, the second-most in program history (5 in 2005).
• A-10 WEEKLY HONORS THIS SEASON
  • Sylvia Kashak (Rookie of the Week, March 25)
  • Melani Schmidt (Rookie of the Week, March 31)
  • Mary Grusky (Rookie of the Week, April 8)
  • Makayla Keck (Rookie of the Week, April 22)

LAST TIME OUT

• The Dukes shined at the ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships last weekend. Duquesne totaled 15 medals, including 10 gold, while the women's team placed third overall.
• Junior Anna Rorrer was named ECAC Most Outstanding Performer after winning three gold medals, capturing titles in the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles and running on the first-place 4x400-meter relay.
• Gold medals also included the men's 4x400m, women's 4x800m relay, Rose Kuchera (women's triple jump), Nick Keller (men's 400m), Sylvia Kashak (women's 800m), Nadia Constantakis (women's pole vault), and Makayla Keck (women's javelin).
• Full recap & results, click here.

THIS SEASON IN THE RECORD BOOK

• Men's Record Book
  • Christian Cupp – Program record, decathlon (7,158 at Susquehanna); Tied No. 2, long jump (7.26m at Susquehanna)
  • Nick Keller – Program record, 400m (47.17 at IC4A Championships); No. 2, 100m (10.55 at George Mason); No. 2, 200m (21.13 at Bucknell)
  • Dino Nadarevic – No. 2, discus (49.37m at IC4A Championships)
  • Nick Payne – No. 2, hammer throw (54.45m at IC4A Championships)
  • Colm Matheney – No. 2, decathlon (6,593 at Susquehanna)
  • Jadon Rahman – No. 4, 800m (1:51.89 at George Mason)
  • Spencer Edey – No. 4, triple jump (15.04m at IC4A Championships)
  • Cody Mankowski – Tied No. 4, high jump (1.95m at George Mason)
  • Jayden Jordan-Loran – No. 5, decathlon (5,205 at Susquehanna)
  • 4x400m Relay (Zach Nash, Colm McGroarty, Belal Abdelrahman, Nick Keller) – No. 5 (3:15.34)
• Women's Record Book
  • Nadia Constantakis – Program record, pole vault (3.86m at Carnegie Mellon)
  • Mary Grusky – Program record, javelin (51.75m at George Mason)
  • Makayla Keck – No. 2, javelin (51.22m at ECAC Championships)
  • Sylvia Kashak – No. 2, 1500m (4:26.12 at Bucknell); No. 3, 800m (2:07.94 at George Mason)
  • 4x100m Relay (Melani Schmidt, Rose Kuchera, Isabella Costa, Selma Bajgoric) – No. 2 (46.78)
  • Melani Schmidt – No. 4, 100m (12.21 at Bucknell); No. 4, 200m (24.53 at Bucknell)
  • Rose Kuchera – No. 3, long jump (5.97m at ECAC Championships); No. 4, 100m hurdles (14.19 at George Mason)
  • Anna Rorrer – No. 4, 400m hurdles (1:00.73 at George Mason)
  • Brandi Brozeski – No. 5, heptathlon (4,642 at Susquehanna)
  • Seava Cresta – No. 5, 100m (12.29 at ECAC Championships)

IN THE POLLS

• Duquesne ranks No. 3 (women) and No. 3 (men) in the Atlantic 10 in checkpoint four of the USTFCCCA TFRI rankings, updated Tuesday.
• In the national Event Squad Rankings, women's javelin is No. 12 nationally, comprising of Mary Grusky, Makayla Keck, Megan Penrod, and Mia Pierce.

RANKED DUKES

• Duquesne owns 45 marks ranked among the top 10 on the Atlantic 10 performance list this season, highlighted by five conference leaders: Mary Grusky (javelin), Mia Pierce (discus), Christian Cupp (decathlon) and both the men's and women's 4x800m relays. Grusky and Makayla Keck rank among the top 15 in the NCAA East in javelin, while Cupp's decathlon score is 41st nationally.
• Women's Team
  • Mary Grusky – Javelin (1st – 51.75m)
    • Mid-Atlantic Region: 3rd | NCAA East: 10th | National: 26th
  • Mia Pierce – Discus (1st – 49.01m); Javelin (6th – 37.48m)
    • Mid-Atlantic Region: 7th (DT)
  • 4x800m Relay (Blahovec, Ryen, Saum, Kashak) – 1st (9:05.21)
  • Makayla Keck – Javelin (2nd – 51.22m)
    • Mid-Atlantic Region: 5th | NCAA East: 14th | National: 32nd
  • Rose Kuchera – Triple jump (3rd – 12.44m); Long jump (3rd – 5.97m)
    • Mid-Atlantic Region: 9th (TJ)
  • Nadia Constantakis – Pole vault (3rd – 3.86m)
    • Mid-Atlantic Region: 6th
  • Brandi Brozeski – Heptathlon (3rd – 4642)
    • Mid-Atlantic Region: 8th
  • Anna Rorrer – 100m hurdles (3rd – 13.85); 400m hurdles (3rd – 1:00.73)
  • Madelyn Moretti – Shot put (3rd – 13.56m)
  • 4x400m Relay (Schmidt, Bajgoric, Rorrer, Leatherman) – 3rd (3:47.85)
    • Mid-Atlantic Region: 10th
  • Sylvia Kashak – 800m (4th – 2:07.94); 1500m (6th – 4:26.12)
  • Caroline Garbe – High jump (4th – 1.68m)
  • Megan Penrod – Javelin (4th – 41.12m)
  • Eva Leatherman – 400m hurdles (4th – 1:00.96)
  • Melani Schmidt – 400m (5th – 55.93); 200m (8th – 24.53)
  • Isabella Costa – Heptathlon (6th – 4544); Long jump (10th – 5.63m)
    • Mid-Atlantic Region: 10th (Heptathlon)
  • 4x100m Relay (Schmidt, Kuchera, Costa, Bajgoric) – 6th (46.78)
  • Lauren Stroka – Triple jump (9th – 11.62m)
  • Kyndra Seddon – Discus (9th – 40.34m)
• Men's Team
  • 4x800m Relay (de la Riva, Hamilton, Barnhisel, Rahman) – 1st (7:40.65)
  • Christian Cupp – Decathlon (1st – 7158); Long jump (6th – 7.26m); Pole Vault (10th – 4.20m)
    • Mid-Atlantic Region: 3rd | NCAA East: 14th | Nationally: 41st (Decathlon)
  • Nick Keller – 100m (2nd – 10.55); 200m (2nd – 21.13); 400m (3rd – 47.17)
  • Colm Matheney – Decathlon (2nd – 6593)
    • Mid-Atlantic Region: 6th | NCAA East 29th
  • Dino Nadarevic – Discus (3rd – 49.37m); Shot Put (5th – 15.02m)
  • Spencer Edey – Triple jump (4th – 15.04m)
    • Mid-Atlantic Region: 9th 
  • 4x400m Relay (Nash, McGroarty, Abdelrahman, Keller) – 6th (3:15.34)
  • Nick Payne – Hammer (6th – 54.45m)
  • Jayden Jordan-Loran – Decathlon (6th – 5205)
  • Mikey Bill – Decathlon (7th – 5080)
  • Cody Mankowski – High jump (9th – 1.95m)
  • Ben Shields – 10,000m (9th – 31:01.54)
  • Louie Liberatore – Javelin (10th – 54.45m)
  • Greg Tindle – Javelin (10th – 52.83m)
  • Isaac Wetzel – 400m hurdles (10th – 54.58)

UP NEXT

• The Dukes will compete in the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships next weekend (May 2-3) at George Mason.

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