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The uniform may be different, but the intent is the same as Providence&#8217;s Regan Rome heads to Jacksonville, Fla., this weekend to compete in the NCAA Division I Eastern Prelims. The final 12 in each event head to the NCAA Track and Field Championships from June 5-9 in Austin, Texas.Rome, a Dallas graduate, is seeded ninth in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 33:26.39. That came in the Stanford Invitational on March 29-30.If Rome can advance in the field of 48, she will be shooting for her third first-team All-America honor in Austin. Prior to joining the Friars as a grad student, Rome was a standout distance runner at William &amp; Mary.She previously earned first-team All-America in the 10,000 when she finished sixth in 2017 and when she finished seventh in the 5,000-meter run in 2016. She also earned second-team honors when she took 12th in the 3,000 in 2016.The top eight finishers in each event gain first-team honors.Payden Montana (Penn State)The Penn State freshman, Villanova sophomore Taryn Ashby and VCU freshman Kayla Merkel are also competing in the Eastern Preliminaries.Montana, a Berwick grad, is seeded 17th in the shot put with a toss of 53 feet, 10 &#188; inches. She recorded that distance when she finished first in the season-opening ASU Invitational March 22-23.Ashby, a Pittston Area grad, stands 28th in the javelin throw with a heave of 157 feet, seven inches. She hit that mark when she finished seventh at the Florida Relays on March 28-30.Merkel, a Hazleton Area grad, is seeded 45th in the javelin at 149 feet, 2 inches which she posted when she won the title at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship May 4-5.Maria Trivelpiece (Fordham) The senior and fellow senior Chelsea Skrepenak saw their season and college careers come to an end when the 29-26 Rams softball team was beaten 2-0 by Washington and 1-0 in eight innings by Seattle in the NCAA Division I Regionals last weekend in Seattle.Trivelpiece, a Hazleton Area grad, hit .347 (58-for-167) with five doubles, two home runs, 29 runs scored and 30 RBI.Skrepenak, from Dallas and a Holy Cross grad, hit .328 (60-for-183) with 11 doubles, three triples, three home runs, 21 RBI and a team-high 49 runs scored. She also stole 12 bases in 15 attempts.Morgan Bienkowski (Binghamton) The freshman right-hander was named to the America East Conference All-Rookie team for her efforts with the softball team this spring. The Holy Redeemer grad posted a 6-6 record for the Bearcats who finished 19-29 after a fourth-place finish in the league tournament.Bienkowski had a 5.06 ERA in 16 games and 10 starts. She had four complete games. In 54 innings, she gave up 62 hits and 51 runs, 39 earned, with 42 walks and 40 strikeouts.Megan Llewellyn (Temple) The women&#8217;s rowing team collected three medals and finished fourth at the American Athletic Conference Championship last Friday in Oklahoma City.The freshman, a Hazelton Academy of Sciences grad, sat in the No. 1 seat on the Owls third Varsity 4 boat, which just missed a medal when it finished fourth with a time of 8:49.570 over the 2,000-meter course, less than 10 seconds behind the third-place finisher.Tyler Yankosky (Millersville) The junior right-hander was the closer with the baseball team, the Marauders finishing 38-16 after dropping games to Bloomsburg (2-1) and Mercyhurst (2-0) in the Division II NCAA Tournament last Friday in Millersville.The Wyoming Valley West grad pitched in 15 games with one start and was 4-1 with five saves and a 2.07 ERA. In 33.2 innings, he gave up 21 hits and 13 runs, 10 earned, with 21 walks and 43 strikeouts.Gwen Glatz (Swarthmore) The 5-foot-6 freshman was named Rookie of the Year and earned a spot on the Centennial Conference first team for her play with the 22-15 Garnet softball team. The Wyoming Area grad, who played in all 37 games as either a pitcher or third baseman, hit .357 (40-for-112) with a team-high 15 doubles, a triple, 24 runs scored and a team-high 38 RBI.On the mound, Glatz was 9-2 with a .225 ERA and in the field she made six errors on 135 chances (.956).Tyler Jackson (PSU Harrisburg) The 6-foot-3 sophomore right-hander was a standout out of the bullpen for the baseball team which finished 33-15-1 after losing to Tufts 7-4 in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament last Saturday in Cortland, N.Y. The Lions nipped Alvernia 13-12 in the first round. It was the program&#8217;s first-ever NCAA trip.Jackson pitched in 25 games and had a 3-0 record with four saves with 37 strikeouts in 49.2 innings. Freshman Tucker Ell (Holy Redeemer) saw limited action with the team and hit .313.Mackenzie Yori (King&#8217;s) The junior was named to the MAC Freedom second team and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III East Region third team for her play with the softball team. She hit .386 (49-for-127) with nine doubles, three triples and 14 RBI.The speedy Hazleton Area grad led the Monarchs in runs scored with 33 and was 20-for-20 in stolen bases. Sophomore Mindina Lieback (Pittston Area) hit .317 while freshman Kristi Ann Skok (Wyoming Area) also batted .317.Paige Mokychic (Keystone) The sophomore catcher picked up a pair of awards at the end of the softball season. She was named to the Colonial States Athletic Conference first team and the CoSIDA Academic All-Region team. The Tunkhannock grad batted .434 (59-for-136) with nine doubles, two triples, five home runs, 40 runs scored and 35 RBI. A biology major, she carried a 3.93 GPA.Cedar Crest&#8217;s sophomore catcher Danielle Krispin, another Tunkhannock alum, was an honorable mention selection.Josh Lydon (Scranton) The freshman right-hander pitched in 15 games with one start and two saves for the Royals baseball team which finished 17-22 overall and 9-9 in the Landmark Conference.The Dallas grad worked 15.2 innings and gave up 18 hits and 17 runs, 11 earned, with 10 walks and nine strikeouts. He picked up his first save in a 6-5 victory over Bridgewater State on March 10 and his second in a 7-6 triumph over Catholic on March 31.<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Dallas grad Regan Rome is looking to secure another trip to the NCAA championships when she represents the Providence track team this weekend. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/web1_PCt041219-531.jpg</photo0><caption0>Dallas grad Regan Rome is looking to secure another trip to the NCAA championships when she represents the Providence track team this weekend. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Bill ArsenaultFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div>

College Corner: Dallas’ Rome aiming for another NCAA championship berth