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Susquehanna junior Gabby Alguire will lead four area athletes into the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track Championships starting Thursday in Waverly, IA.Alguire, a Tunkhannock Area grad, is the top seed in the javelin throw after winning with a 155-7 performance the Jim Taylor Invitational on her home track in Selinsgrove on March 26.Alguire will be looking for her third straight All-American honor in the event. She finished seventh as a freshman and fifth as a sophomore.Lebanon Valley junior Olivia Jendrzejewski and Misericordia senior Amy Viti will also be competing in the women&#8217;s competition, while Widener junior Josh Colley will compete in the men&#8217;s meet.Jendrzejewski, a Hanover Area grad, is seeded sixth in the high jump with a height of 5-7 which she earned at the Bison Outdoor Classic on April 16-17. She captured the Middle Atlantic Conference title (5-5) and finished second in the ECAC Division III meet (5-6 &#189;) last week.Viti, a Hanover Area grad, is seeded eighth in the 800 with a time of 2:12.03. She won the 400 and 800 at the MAC Championship and prepped for the Nationals by finishing fourth in the 400 at the ECAC Championships.Colley, a Tunkhannock Area grad, is seeded 14th in the triple jump and earned that position by finishing third in the Mideast Invitational with a 47-7 &#190; effort last week in Chester. He&#8217;s been improving of late. He finished third in the MAC meet with a 46-0 &#189; effort.The top eight finishers in each event earn All-American honors.Rome eyes nationals William &amp; Mary sophomore Regan Rome is seeded 14th in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Division I East Regionals starting Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla. The Dallas High grad&#8217;s time (16:12.82) was recorded when she finished first in the Colonial Relays on April 1.Rome won the 5k at the Colonial Athletic Association Championship, coasting to victory in 16:27.55. She also finished third in the 1,500.This will be Rome&#8217;s first NCAA Regional either indoors or outdoors. She earned All-American honors by finishing 25th in the NCAA Cross Country Championships last fall.Duquesne senior Julia Franzosa and St. Joseph&#8217;s senior Dannah Hayward are also competing in the Regionals and both will need big efforts if they hope to be among the 12 athletes in their event to advance to the NCAA Division I Championship June 8-11 in Eugene, Ore.Franzosa, a Hazleton Area grad, is seeded 36th in the javelin. She earned that spot when she captured the javelin at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships May 7-8 with a career-best toss of 150-3.Hayward, a Coughlin High grad, is seeded 47th in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:00.04. She recorded that when she captured the Atlantic 10 title. She finished sixth in the ECAC Division I Championship last week with a time of 1:00.43.Skrepenak was a starterFreshman Chelsea Skrepenak hit just .200 but she played in 55 games and started 52 for the Fordham softball team. Skrepenak, from Dallas, was a three-year starter for Holy Redeemer before playing her senior year at Holy Cross in Dunmore.The 5-foot-2 right fielder had 23 hits in 115 at-bats with three doubles, two home runs, nine RBI and 27 runs scored. She had five errors on 83 chances (.940).The Rams finished 39-21 and had to travel to Eugene, Ore. for the NCAA Division I Regionals where they lost to fifth-ranked Oregon 8-0 and Long Beach State (9-1). Skrepenak started both games.Another freshman Maria Trivelpiece, a Hazleton Area grad, played in 34 games with seven starts mostly as a pinch hitter and pinch runner and hit .294 (5 for 17) with eight runs scored.McClain closes on a rollJunior Josh McClain was West Chester baseball team&#8217;s closer all season long, but the 6-4, 220-pound right-hander really did the job in his last seven outings.The Tunkhannock grad, who played two seasons at Northampton Community College, picked up a victory and four saves in 20.1 innings, giving up five hits with 13 strikeouts.On the season, he worked in 23 games and was 1-0 with eight saves and a 2.66 earned run average. He worked 44 innings and gave up 42 hits and 17 runs, 13 earned, with 17 walks and 34 strikeouts.The Golden Rams finished 37-14 on the season after beating Chowan 12-6 but losing to Shepherd (4-2) and Mercyhurst (6-1) in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regionals last weekend in West Lawn.Good start for SmithFreshman Alex Smith started all 11 games for the Keystone women&#8217;s lacrosse team, the Giants finished 4-7 overall and 3-6 in the Colonial States Athletic Conference.The 5-foot attack, a Coughlin High grad, had eight goals and an assist to go along with 25 ground balls, two draw controls and nine caused turnovers. She scored her first collegiate goal in her first game, a 17-6 victory over St. Elizabeth on March 7. She had two goals against Lancaster Bible and two goals against Cedar Crest, both victories.Hot finish for O&#8217;DonohueSophomore Maddy O&#8217;Donohue had a solid season with the Delaware Valley softball team but the Greater Nanticoke grad really sparkled at the end of the season. The 5-6 catcher/designated person had a hit in 11 of the Aggies final 12 games.On the season, she hit .333 (30 for 90) with eight doubles, three home runs, 15 runs scored and 15 runs batted in. Behind the plate, she made just two errors on 89 chances (.978).DelVal finished 15-16 overall and 6-9 in MAC Freedom play.Zaloga wraps it upSenior Anthony Zaloga posted a 3-3 record with a 5.00 earned run average pitching for the Moravian baseball team, the Greyhounds finished 22-21 overall and 14-7 in the Landmark Conference.Zaloga, a Hazleton Area grad, pitched in 10 games and in 27.0 innings, he gave up 41 hits and 25 runs, 15 earned, with six walks and 20 strikeouts. The 6-2, 185-pound right-hander ended his career with a 10-13 record in 37 games and 22 starts. He had 40 walks and struck out 101 in 137.1 innings.Rubasky pitches inSenior Hannah Rubasky wrapped up her career with the Concordia, N.Y. softball team by posting a win and a loss in the team&#8217;s final two games of the season.The 5-6 right-hander, a Greater Nanticoke grad, pitched the Clippers to a 6-2 victory over Dominican, N.Y. in an elimination game going seven innings and giving up six hits and two runs, one earned, with a walk and a strikeout. But she was the losing pitcher as her team was eliminated by No. 15-ranked Caldwell, N.J. 3-2. In six innings, Rubasky gave up seven hits and three earned runs.On the season, Rubasky was 6-7 with eight complete games in 19 starts.Klein sees actionFreshman David Klein played in 37 games for the Penn State-Harrisburg baseball team. The Hazleton Area grad hit .274 (29 for 106) with six doubles, a triple, a home run, 21 runs scored and 12 runs batted in. He hit his first collegiate homer in a 15-13 victory over Salisbury on April 16 and had three hits, two runs scored and an RBI in a 15-11 triumph over Juniata on April 27, the team&#8217;s final game of the season.Davies in reliefRedshirt freshman Alyssa Davies pitched in just seven games for the Bloomsburg softball team, but the 5-9 right-hander posted five shutout victories with the Huskies.The Crestwood High grad had a 2.33 earned run average. She worked nine innings and gave up nine hits and three runs, all earned, with one walk and seven strikeouts.<style>
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College Corner: Gabby Alguire leads 4 into NCAA Division III Outdoor Track Championships