Women's Track and Field Heads to AARTFC Championships This Weekend

Women's Track and Field Heads to AARTFC Championships This Weekend

ERIE, Pa. – The women's track and field teams head to Rochester, NY this weekend for the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Championships hosted by Nazareth.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions will be participating in three events this weekend after earning qualifying marks earlier this season
* Olivia Nola (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) heads into the 3000m as the #1 seed with a time of 10:20.62
* Nola has won the 3000m twice this year while compiling four top-10 finishes
* Nola hit the qualifying time at the Reggie Thomas Collegiate Classic on February 12 hosted by Tiffin where she won the event
* Behrend will send both a 4x200 relay and a distance medley to the AARTFC Championship
* Eligible participants for the 4x200 include Ivy Laffan (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf), Victoria Dieterich (Oakmont, PA/Riverview), Madison Kappeler (Cecil, PA/Canon-McMillan), Haley Felton (Midway, PA/Fort Cherry), Maria Campbell (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) and Izzy Spires (Wattsburg, PA/Seneca)
* The Lions will send Emily Ferrans (Bradfordwoods, PA/North Allegheny), Laffan, Spires and Nola as their four for the distance medley