Four Qualify for All-Atlantic Meet at Slippery Rock Invitational

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend track & field team competed at the Slippery Rock Invitational today.

Key Moments:

* The Lions had four athletes qualify for the All-Atlantic meet today
* Antonio Stello (Punxsutawney, PA/Punxsutawney) qualified in the 200m dash, running a time of 22.20 for a second place finish
* In the discus, Dan Dabrowski (Erie, PA/Harborcreek) took home first place with an All-Atlantic qualifying throw of 45.56m
* Braeden Smith (Erie, PA/Seneca) and Samuel Hetrick (New Bethlehem, PA/Redbank Valley) went one and two in the men's high jump with leaps of 2.06m and 2.01m, respectively. Both qualified for the All-Atlantic meet
*  The women's 4x400m team of Izzy Spires (Erie, PA/Seneca), Savanna Carr (Franklin, PA/Franklin Area), Haley Felton (Midway, PA/Fort Cherry), and Madison Kappeler (Cecil, PA/Canon-McMillan) finished in second place (4:58.70)
* Kappeler finished sixth in the pole vault (3.08m)
* Eric Stehlik (Northport, NY/Northport) took home first in the 400m dash (52.08)
* In the 1500m run, Phoenix Myers (Erie, PA/Seneca) finished first with a time of 4:04.69

Top Remaining Finishers

100m Dash
Felton – 7^th (14.47)

200m Dash
Felton – 9^th (29.99) - Women's
Stehlik – 3^rd (22.48) - Men's 

800m Run
Spires – 9^th (2:40.47) - Women's 
Zachary Tingley (Stoneboro, PA/Lakeview) – 2^nd (1:57.50) - Men's 

1500m Run
Spires – 6^th (5:28.30)

5000m Run
Jessie Johnson (Edinboro, PA/General McLane) – 6^th (21:06.97) - Women's 
Nick Post (Erie, PA/Seneca) – 2^nd (17:10.40) - Men's 

100m Hurdles
Blake Burns (Jefferson, OH/Jefferson Area) – 2^nd (16.45) 

Pole Vault
Ryan Festa (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) – 3^rd (4.10m)

Long Jump
Amory Coleman-Reeves (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) – 2^nd (6.97m) 

Triple Jump
Anand Bhambhwani (Pittsburgh, PA/Mt. Lebanon) – 2^nd (12.84m)

Next Up:

* The Behrend Lions will host the Behrend Invitational on Sunday beginning at 10 a.m.