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EAST STROUDSBURG - Kenny Cardullo (pentathlon), Matt Gallup (pole vault) and Paul Wagner (weight throw) gave East Stroudsburg University three individual winners on the first day of the PSAC Indoor Track & Field Championship, held Saturday and Sunday at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Cardullo and Wagner both set school records with their performances, and Katherine Doyle, Rusty Smith, Ed Kiser and Chris Reddick all had impressive outings in the preliminaries of the sprint events.

The Warriors men rank third with 42 points with seven of the 18 events scored, while the women are seventh with 17 points through the first six events. Shippensburg's men and Lock Haven's women hold the team leads after day one.

Cardullo was second in the long jump (21-7 1/2) and tied for second in the high jump (6-5), and used solid performances in the 55m hurdles and the shot put to hold a lead of nearly 100 points entering the 1000m run. He went out to an early lead, trailed Kutztown's Ian Clark during the third and fourth laps, and then overtook Clark in the final 200 meters to finish in 2:48.94 and seal the victory with 3534 points.

Wagner unleashed a throw of 58-8 1/2 on his third attempt to win the weight by nearly a foot over Randy Sylvia of Lock Haven and break the previous record of 58-1 set by Russ McGeehan in 1997. He also reached the NCAA provisional qualifying standard for the Division II championships in two weeks at Mankato State (Minn.).

Gallup, Tim Tray (Slippery Rock) and Troy Litten (IUP) all cleared 15-5 in the high jump, with Gallup winning on attempts after none of the athletes went over 15-11. Gallup reached 15-5 on his first attempt, while Tray cleared the height on his second attempt and Litten needed two attempts at 14-5 to finish third.

The women's 4x800 team had a strong third place finish in 9:40.45. Sam LaPergola, Niki Pasquarella and Kristine Goemaat ran the first three legs and Clarissa Cooblall anchored for the Warriors.

ESU had athletes score in both the men's and women's long jump, as Trina Carito was fifth on the women's side (17-1 1/4) and Drew Miller was sixth for the men (22-0 1/4).

Anthony Scannella was fifth to give ESU two placewinners in the men's pentathlon. Leslie Martin, the defending women's champion, was fourth for the Warriors.

Doyle set herself up as one of the favorites in both the 55m dash and the 200m in the finals on Sunday. She ran the top time in the 200m trials (25.67) by more than three-tenths of a second over Danielle Scardino of West Chester. Scardino edged Doyle for the best time in the 55m dash (7.26 to 7.29 seconds).

Rusty Smith had the top preliminary time in the 55m hurdles, running a personal best and lowering his school record to 7.55 seconds. Jarret Eaton of West Chester, who owns the top time in the nation this year in 7.41 seconds, ran 7.60 to advance to the finals.

In the 400m, Ed Kiser (49.72) and Chris Reddick (49.81) were two of four athletes to break 50 seconds in the prelims. Bradley Rager of California, the defending champ, ran 49.45 and Lock Haven's Paul Martin will also run in the fastest heat in Sunday's finals after clocking in at 49.95.

Andrew McCloskey (6.59) and Jeff McClenton (6.60) earned the final two spots in the men's 55m dash final, and freshman Jasmine Johnson (59.25) was sixth in the prelims in the 400m.

Action on Sunday will begin with the shot put, pole vault, triple jump and high jump finals at 11 a.m. The women's mile (11:30) will be the first track event, followed by the men's mile, where ESU's Iuri Pinto is the defending champion and will look add to the list of Warriors with championship performances this weekend.