Marauders dominate across the board at Millersville Metrics

4/5/2025 6:42:00 PM | By: Connor Glunt, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

MILLERSVILLE, Pa. — The Marauders once again dominated the Millersville Metrics, breaking the points record in the meet's 42^nd year.

NOTABLE RESULTS

As a team Millersville took home 11 first place finishes as the Marauders totaled 271 points scored. That number breaks the previous record set by 'Ville in 2023 with 238 points.
The Marauders cleaned up in the 100-meter dash, taking the top five spots in the event. Aasly De Leon won with a time of 12.56, and was followed by Heather Lesinski, Milan Snell, Arianna Kouakou, and Delaney Wenger.
Katelyn Murphy had another routine strong day in the 100-meter hurdles, winning the event with a time of 14.98.
The Marauders finished with the top two times and earned two new PSAC bids in the 400-meter dash. Jillian Sydnor won with a time of 57.52, and Shelby Derkosh was right behind her with 57.79.
The duo also took first and second place in the 200-meter dash, respectively.
Sarah Hessler started the outdoor season last week at the Towson Invite by hitting the NCAA mark in the hammer throw, and the junior followed that performance up by achieving the same feat in the discus throw. Hessler won the event with a throw of 152-1, as well as the hammer throw (171-9) and shot put (42-9 3/4).
Maddy Downs clocked in with a strong outing as well, picking up an improved mark in the discus throw (147-7) and hammer throw (168-4) en route to second-place finishes.
Seya Trujillo also improved on her already-qualifying PSAC mark in the hammer throw, finishing in third place with a distance of 163-0.
Rounding out the throws in the javelin, newcomer Annika Gunderson finished as the runner-up with a throw of 125-0. That mark qualifies her for the conference meet, and joining her will be Mikaela Wolf, who finished third with a distance of 121-5.
Back on the track, Miranda Jimenez finished up the mid-distance events with a second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing in 1:08.43.
On the first day of the event, Bella Musgrove and Bella Ruefle punched PSAC Championship tickets in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with second- and fifth-place finishes, respectively. Musgrove took second with a time of 11:57.23, and Ruefle followed her with 12:06.54.
Marissa Mounce took home a win in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:29.95.
The Marauders ended Friday night with two more conference bids in the 10,000-meter run from Emilea Alleman and Emily Massage. Alleman ended in fifth place with a time of 39:46.28 and Massage was sixth with a time of 39:57.47.
In the jumps, the Marauders picked up a win and two second-place finishes. Chanel Hercules picked up the event win in the long jump, maxing out at 17-6. In the triple jump, Danika Bolinsky took second with 34-8 1/2. The last of the bunch was Megan Malecki in the pole vault, taking second with 11-1 3/4.
To end the meet, the Marauders won both the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays. In the first race, the team of De Leon, Lesinski, Hercules, and Kouakou finished in first with a time of 48.19, improving the team's mark from last week. In the 400-meter relay, Snell, Lesinski, Cora Heilman, and Kouakou finished in 4:08.32.

FULL RESULTS

For full results from this weekend's meet, click HERE.

POSTMEET REACTION FROM HEAD COACH ANDY YOUNG

Overall thoughts: "The team really competed and supported each other well today. We had some standouts in the steeplechase with Bellas Musgrove in a massive performance in her first attempt in the event. Sarah Hessler was once again throwing great, and Jillian Sydnor and Shelby Derkosh looked great in the 200- and 400-meter dash. Annika and Michaela had a strong day in the javelin. Overall, it was a very good team performance which sets us up well for the stretch run of our year. I wouldn't want to go to battle with any other team right now."

UP NEXT

The Marauders are split up next weekend between two meets in Dillsburg and Lewisburg. They'll start the week at the two-day Messiah Multi and Invite on Thursday, April 10, and cap the weekend off with the Bucknell Bison Invite on Saturday and Sunday.

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