IN BRIEF
SLIPPERY ROCK— Mars graduate Brad Mueller and Slippery Rock University junior Jennifer Hansen have been named PSAC Men's Track and Women's Field Athletes of the Week after breaking SRU records.
Mueller, a graduate student, ran the 60-meter dash in 6.80 seconds at the Kent State Tune-Up recently. He earned an automatic berth in the NCAA Division IIChampionships and the converted time of 6.30 in the 55-meter dash is best in the PSAC this season.
Hansen broke her own SRUand PSAC record in the pole vault with an effort of 12 feet, 9½ inches at the Kent State Tune-Up. She outdistanced her closest competitor by 17 inches.
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Erin Cranmer-Hart, a senior on the Bucknell University women's indoor track and field team, was named Bison Female Athlete of the Week for her performance at the Patriot League Track and Field Championships last weekend.The Slippery Rock High graduate won the mile with a time of 5 minutes 4.84 seconds on Sunday, anchored the winning distance medley relay (12:16.33) and grabbed fourth place in the 1,000 (3:02.08).
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University women's soccer coach Noreen Herlihy signed six players to letters of intent.The incoming players are midfielder Alyssa Barrett of Rochester, N.Y., midfielder-forward Chelsea Sneed of Estero, Fla., midfielder-forward Christina Ippolito of Liverpool, N.Y., defender Casey Quinn of Glenwood, N.J., forward Shelby Layman of Hagerstown, Md., and midfielder Alexis Kline of Selinsgrove.SRUhas been to the PSACfinals three of the past five seasons and posted a best-ever 17-5-1 record in 2007.
