Rogers helps lead Men’s Track & Field at Slippery Rock

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. --- Carlow University first-year athlete Caleb Rogers broke two school records at the Slippery Rock University Dave Labor Invitational Saturday.

Caleb Rogers throwing shot at the United East indoor championship. Photo by Keith Lucas.
Caleb Rogers throwing shot at the United East indoor championship. Photo by Keith Lucas.
April 5, 2025

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. --- Carlow University first-year athlete Caleb Rogers broke two school records at the Slippery Rock University Dave Labor Invitational Saturday.

The Celtics competed against 30 other colleges and universities across NCAA Divisions I, II and III and placed 18th with a combined team score of eight.

Rogers (Clark, Pa./Sharpsville Area HS) beat the previous school record shot put throw of 10.74 meters set by Ryan Fenstermacher on April 22, 2023. He threw 10.77 meters to place 24th in the event. Rogers also broke the school record for discus with a throw of 30.60 meters. This easily cleared Fenstermaker's previous record of 28.54 meters from April 1, 2023.

Mel Cobbler (Silver Spring, Md./Albert Einstein HS/Morgan State University) was just four tenths of a second from tying Bryan Pan's record (17.50 on April 27, 2024) with a personal best time of 17.54 in the 110-meter hurdles. He also recorded a personal best time of 25.01 in the 200.

Several other Celtics secure personal best times on the day. Francis Bochicchio (Pittsburgh, Pa./Bishop Canevin HS) and Eric Fowler (Torrington, Conn./Wamogo Regional HS/Roger Williams University) ran the fourth and fifth best times in school history in 1500 with personal best times of 4:53.21 and 4:55.93, respectively.

Ryan Hileman (Irwin, Pa./Norwin HS) ran a personal best 18.34 in the 110-meter hurdles, and Walt Kada (Cameroon, Africa/Taylor Allderdice HS) hit a PR of 12.10 in the 100 preliminaries.

Host Slippery Rock took home the combined team title with a score of 286.

The Celtics travel to Westminster College for a 10 a.m. meet April 12.

Below is the complete list of performances for the Celtics:
SR = school record/PR = personal record

100 Prelims
67. Walt Kada – 12.10 (PR)
78. Jeb Jordan – 13.28
79. Sangay Gurung – 13.43
80. Ike Aguwa – 13.50

200
58. Mel Cobbler – 25.01 (PR)

1500
84. Francis Bochicchio – 4:53.21 (PR)
87. Eric Fowler – 4:55.93 (PR)

110-meter Hurdles
19. Mel Cobbler – 17.54 (PR)
21. Ryan Hileman – 18.34 (PR)

400-meter Hurdles
25. Ryan Hileman – 1:07.99

Long Jump
39. Jordan Cannon – 5.57m
44. Ryan Hileman – 4.86m

Shot Put
24. Caleb Rogers – 10.77m (SR/PR)

Discus
31. Caleb Rogers – 30.60m (SR/PR)