Men's Track

Obenrader Takes Fifth at NCAA Championships

Obenrader Takes Fifth at NCAA Championships
Posted: Mar 12, 2016

GRINELL, Ia. – Mitchell Obenrader (Fryburg, PA/North Clarion) capped off his remarkable indoor season with the Penn State Behrend men's track and field team with a fifth-place finish in the NCAA Championships Saturday morning.

Obenrader came into the championships as the eighth-seeded shot put thrower with a qualifying distance of 16.72m (54' 10.25"), an indoor school record.

On Saturday, he jumped three spots and took home a fifth-place finish at a distance of 16.62m (54' 6.75") to claim his first indoor track and field All-American honor.

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