Men's and Women's Track and Field Heads to Ashland

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's and women's track and field team heads to Ashland, Ohio for the Ashland Alumni Open beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

Coverage: Live Results

Men's News & Notes:

* Eric Stehlik (Northport, NY/Northport) and Samuel Hetrick (New Bethlehem, PA/Redbank Valley) earned Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) weekly accolades on Monday
* Stehlik was named Track Athlete of the Week, registering a top-5 finish in each event he took part in over the span of two meets
* Stehlik hit an All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) qualifying mark in the 100m during the Behrend Invitational, grabbing gold at 10.96
* Hetrick earned Field Athelte of the Week by tying for the second-best high jump in all of NCAA Division III with a leap of 2.08m
* During the Behrend Invitational, Dan Dabrowski (Harborcreek, PA/Harborcreek) broke the Behrend record in discus, registering a mark of 48.81m for first place
* Anand Bhambhwani (Pittsburgh, PA/Mt. Lebanon) punched his ticket to the AARTFC Championship with a 1.90m leap in the high jump last weekend

Women's News & Notes:

* Olivia Nola (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) was tabbed CSAC Track Athlete of the Week with first-place finishes in each event she competed in
*  Over the course of the SRU Open and the Behrend Invitational, Nola grabbed victories in the 5k, 800m, 1500m and the 4x800m relay
* Nola set a PR during her win in the 5k, finishing in 18:24.41
* Caroline Upham (Erie, PA/Iroquois) was a Field Athlete of the Week honorable mention for earning an AARTFC-qualifying mark of 1.55m in the high jump
* Madison Kappeler (Cecil, PA/Canon-McMillan) took gold in the pole vault on Sunday at 2.90m
* Ivy Laffan (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) wrapped up the 200m in 59.79 to qualify for the AARTFC Championships

Participating Teams:

Ashland
Baldwin Wallace
Bryant & Stratton
Buffalo
Capital
Cedarville
Eastern Michigan
Findlay
Heidelberg
John Carroll
Kent
Lake Erie
Madonna
Marietta
Mercyhurst
Miami (OH)
Michigan
Mount Union
Mount Vernon Nazarene
Northwood
Oberlin
Ohio Northern
Otterbein
Penn State Behrend
Seton Hill
Slippery Rock
Tiffin
Ursuline
Walsh
Wayne State
Wilmington
Youngstown State