Career Highlights | TFRRS
2024-25
* Member of the 4x4 relay team that placed fifth at SUNYAC Indoor Championships with a time of 4:25.54 - Indoor
* Finished 10th in the 400m (1:02.89) and 17th in the 200m (28.23) at conference indoor championships - Indoor
* Won the 400m at Houghton Last Chance Qualifier with a time of 1:03.97 - Indoor
2023-24
* All-United East indoor honors with a first-place finish in the 4x4 relay and third-place finish in the 400m
* All-United East outdoor honors with third-place finishes in the 400m hurdles, 4x1 relay, and 4x4 relay
* Wild card entry in the 400m at regionals, finishing 22nd
* Member of the 4x2 relay team that placed 20th at indoor regionals
* Member of the 4x8 relay team that competed at Regional Championships
* Academic All-AMCC
2022-23
* CSAC Champion in 400m
* First Team All-CSAC in 400m
* Second Team All-CSAC in 4x100 relay
* Second Team All-CSAC in 200m
* Second Team All-CSAC in 4x400 relay
* Helped Behrend secure back-to-back CSAC Championship
* All-CSAC Academic team
* Team Sportsmanship Award for outdoor
2021-22
* CSAC Track Athlete of the Year
* Three-time CSAC Champion (100m, 200m, 400m)
* CSAC Champion in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays
* CSAC All-Academic
* Ran a career best in the 400m with a 59.46 finish for 25th place at the AARTFC Championships
* Helped the Lions capture the CSAC Outdoor Championships
2020-21
* Joined the Penn State Behrend women's track team as a freshman
At Penn State Behrend
* Majoring in environmental science
* Minoring in statistics
* Member of the Penn State Behrend women's cross country team
* SAAC Secretary
* Senior Sustainable Lab Coordinator
* Greener Behrend member
* Student researcher
Personal
* Daughter of Cynthia and TJ Laffan
* Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Fort LeBoeuf
* Cross Country Captain
* Four-time Second Team All-Region for cross country
* Two-time First Team All-Region for track & field
* three-time Second Team All-Region for track & field
* National Honor Society
* Class Council
* Student Council
* Model UN
* Hoofprint School Newspaper
* TEAMS Engineering Club
* Battle of the Books
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March 28, 2025
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team finished sixth out of 10 teams with 30 total points at the State University of...
March 1, 2025
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team is currently in fifth out of nine teams with 16 team points after the first day...
February 28, 2025
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team competed in its final tune-up meet prior to conference championships at the...
February 22, 2025
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team participated in the SPIRE Indoor Games on Saturday.
February 15, 2025
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team took part in the Brockport Multi on Saturday.
February 8, 2025
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team took part in the Jim Wuske Invitational, hosted by Mount Union on Saturday.
February 1, 2025
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team was back in action at the Houghton Highlander Invitational on Saturday.
January 25, 2025
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team began the 2024-25 season at the Mount Union Toy Drive Invitational on Saturday.
December 7, 2024