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SELINSGROVE, PA - The Landmark Indoor Track & Field Championships return to Susquehanna University this Saturday, Feb. 28 as the River Hawks are prepared to do battle in their Robert I. Estill Field House to capture another conference title. The men enter the championships voted tied for first in the Landmark Pre-Championship Poll as they seek their fifth straight title, while the women were picked to finish fifth as they look for their fourth title in five years. 

Led by head coach Ethan Senecal, Susquehanna has enjoyed another statement season. While many familiar names are back to build upon their already-impressive careers, including a chance to repeat as conference individual champions, many new names have entered the fray to help the River Hawks gain an edge, not to mention critical points in key areas. A few new names that come to mind are women's pole vaulter Kendall Simms, who made it her M.O. this winter to rewrite the school pole vault record. She did so four times over, with the bar currently raised to 3.55m. Another one is women's first-year hurdler and sprinter Alyssa Varias, who has turned on the jets in the 60-meter hurdles, with her season best at 9.76. For the men, distance runner Derick Blair has had a plentiful winter to follow up his cross country campaign this fall that saw him capture the Landmark Conference individual title, the first Susquehanna runner to do so since 2011. He has covered a lot of ground between the mile, 3K, and 5K and is currently entered in the 3K and 5K for Saturday. 

Some of the defending Landmark indoor championships include runners Mason Winslow and Aidan Diglio, who were half of the conference-winning 4x400 team that set a championship meet record of 3:22.48. The two also made a splash in the regular season finale last week at Bucknell's tuneup meet, where Winslow set a new 500 meter record at 1:06.24, while Diglio set the third-fastest in the same event at 1:08.06. Between them was Aaron Kolosowsky, who now holds the second-fastest 500 time at 1:07.99. Thrower Cole Goodwin has racked up a great career in the shot put and the weight throw, as the senior won the Landmark shot put title back in 2024 at 14.42 meters. Since then he's established a new standard for himself, throwing for over 15 meters in both events, including a 15.42m shot put mark and 15.43 weight throw margin back in January. For the women senior runner Ashley Newman looks to make the most of her final indoor Landmark championship as she has established herself as a solid distance runner, mainly in the 200, while coming back to serve on the 4x200, where she was part of the unit that took third in last year's title chase with a time of 1:49.07. This season her group ran a season-best 1:51.32. 

On the men's side...

• Calder El Bachir Diakite: Twice named a Landmark Athlete of the Week in the 60-meter hurdles this season... is 13th in the nation in the 60-meter hurdles with a PR time of 8.13, set during December's Early Season Invitational at Susquehanna.... also set a PR in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.22 during the River Hawk Invite in January... also a member of the 4x400 team that ran a season-best 3:25.25 at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational. 
• Carter Smink: Another accomplished sprinter and hurdler, ranked 28th nationally in the 60-meter hurdles with a winning finals time of 8.23 that he ran at the SU Valentine Invite on Feb. 14... also picked up the baton as a member of the 4x400 team that ran a year-best of 3:32.10 during the Valentine Invite... set a PR in the triple jump, also at the Valentine Invite, with a time of 11.99m. 
• Rowan Smith: Utilized his multi abilities to score a 4,391 score at Ithaca's Bomber Invite and Multi Jan. 31-Feb. 1, where he set a new PR in the 1,000 meters at 2:59.06... also scored a 4,355 during the Susquehanna Early Season Multi on Dec. 6... while not competing in the multis, has worked on his jumping and running, setting a season best of 1.84m in the high jump at Ithaca, while running another season best in the 60 hurdles at 8.66 at Houghton on Jan. 24. 
• Dominic Santos: Set a season best in the 60-meter dash with a 7.02 finals time to place second at Houghton on Jan. 24, while also setting a season high in the 200 at 22.43. 
• Mason Winslow: Ranked in the top 20 in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region in three running events... holds the eighth-fastest time in the 400 meters at 49.32, which he accomplished during the Ithaca Bomber Invitational on Jan. 31... ranked 13th in the 200 meters with a time of 22.31 at Houghton on Jan. 24... holds the 20th-fastest regional time in the 60 meters after his sprint of 7.03 at Houghton... also a member of the 4x400 team that ran the region's third-fastest time of 3:22.03 at Ithaca.
• Owen Nugent: One of the new faces for Susquehanna that ranks 20th in the region with a 200 time of 22.52, set at the SU Valentine Invite.
• Aidan Diglio: Ranks 22nd in the Mid-Atlantic Region with his 400 time of 50.47, set during the Ithaca Bomber Invitational... set a PR in the 800 at 2:08.77 during the River Hawk Invite on Jan. 17... was a member of the 4x400 team that ran the region's third-fastest time of 3:22.03 during the Ithaca Bomber Invite on Jan. 31. 
• Derick Blair: A sophomore coming off the Landmark Conference individual cross country title, has put the Landmark on notice with his top times between the mile, 3K, and 5K... his highest regional ranking is 13th in the mile at 4:21.00 set during the River Hawk Invite on Jan. 17... is 15th regionally in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:58.96 during the SU Valentine Invite... ran 8:46.60 in the 3,000 meters at Ithaca on Jan. 31. 
• Nikolai Lulewich: Holds the region's 20th-fastest time of 8.83 from early February's Friday Night Showdown... also set new PR's at Ithaca in the 200 meters at 24.06 and the 400 at 53.13. 
• Charles Montross: Ranks 13th in the region with a 60-meter hurdles time of 8.72 during the Friday Night Showdown... his season best of 1.83m in the high jump during the River Hawk Invite is 22nd-best in the region... ranks 18th in the long jump after jumping 6.44m during the Friday Night Showdown. 
• Austin Hurrell: Currently owns the fourth-best regional mark in the triple jump at 6.93m, set during the SU Early Season Invitational. 
• Cole Goodwin: A four-time Landmark Athlete of the Week thanks to his work in the shot put and weight throw... established a new PR in both events, beginning with a 15.42m throw during the River Hawk Invite on Jan. 17, currently second-best in the region, followed by his weight throw coming in at 15.43m during the Ithaca Bomber Invitational, currently ninth-best regionally. 
• Kieran Hennessy: A first-year thrower making impressive strides... currently ranks 16th in the region in the weight throw at 14.65m, set during the River Hawk Invite on Jan. 17... has a season-best shot put throw of 12.70m from the Highlander Invitational at Houghton University on Jan. 24. 

On the women's side... 

• Charlotte Houle: A multi athlete who specializes in the high jump... scored 2,404 points in the pentathlon at Susquehanna's Early Season and Multi on Dec. 6, setting PR's in the 800 meters at 2:45.13 and the 60 hurdles at 11.29... set a PR in the shot put at 9.32m at Houghton on Jan. 24... holds a season best in the high jump at 1.50m, set during the Early Season Multi, currently the 19th-best in the region.
• Kendall Simms: A first-year who took little time to rewrite the school pole vault record four times over... initially broke the record during Houghton's Highlander Invitational on Jan. 24 at 3.42m, then every week after raising the bar to 3.47m at Ithaca, then 3.52m at Susquehanna's Friday Night Showdown and most recently 3.55m at the SU Valentine Invite, which ranks tenth all-time in the Landmark record books... also tried her hand in the 60 meters during the Valentine Invite at 8.67.
• Denicia German: Holds the 18th-best mark in the region with her triple jump measuring in at 10.21m, set during the Highlander Invitational... a member of the 4x200 relay team that set the fifth-fastest Landmark time this winter of 1:51.32 during the Friday Night Showdown. 
• Bella Dauberman: Ranks in the top 15 regionally in the shot put and weight throw... owns the 11th-best shot put mark with her PR of 11.42m during the Highlander Invitational, then her 13.76m mark in the weight throw at the SU Early Season Invite currently 15th-best. 
• Alyssa Varias: A first-year making a name for herself in the 60-meter hurdles... holds the 20th-best regional time in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.76 set during the SU Valentine Invite... also has season bests with her 200 time of 30.28 set at Houghton on Jan. 24 and a 400 time of 1:10.82 set at Ithaca. 
• Keira Carbone: Holds the 22nd-best mark in the region in the weight throw at 13.15m, set during Susquehanna's Early Season Invitational on Dec. 6.
• Abigail Haskell: Is 25th in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the weight throw after throwing for a new PR of 13.05m during the River Hawk Friday Night Showdown on Feb. 6... also set a PR in the shot put at 10.34m during the Ithaca Bomber Invitational on Jan. 31. 
• Ashley Newman: A senior sprinter improving every time out... has a season best time of 1:03.02 in the 400 meters set during the Houghton Highlander Invitational, as well as her 200 time of 26.96 during the River Hawk Friday Night Showdown on Feb. 6... a member of the 4x200 relay team that set the fifth-fastest Landmark time this winter of 1:51.32 during the Friday Night Showdown. 
• Sophia Bostwick: A junior balancing the pole vault and running exceptionally well... holds a season best in the pole vault at 2.87m, set during the Susquehanna Early Season Invitational on Dec. 6... ran a PR 2:28.45 in the 800 meters at the River Hawk Friday Night Showdown... ran a PR 5:20.09 in the mile during the River Hawk Invite Jan. 17... holds the sixth-fastest Landmark time in the 3,000 meters with a new PR of 10:38.04 set during the Ithaca Bomber Invitational on Jan. 31... sixth-fastest Landmark time this winter in the 5,000 meters with a PR of 18:17.93 set during Houghton's Highlander Invitational. 
• Alison Sponseller: Another gifted pole vaulter and runner... has a season best pole vault of 2.57m set during the River Hawk Invite on Jan. 17... set PR's in three running events this season, beginnign with the mile at 5:42.61 during the River Hawk Invite Jan. 17, 11:25.43 in the 3,000 at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational on Jan. 31, then 19:26.91 in the 5,000 set during the SU Valentine Invite on Feb. 14.