Men's Track and Field Heads to Nazareth on Friday
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team heads to Rochester, New York on Friday for the Alumni Opener hosted by Nazareth College.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's track and field team heads to Rochester, New York on Friday for the Alumni Opener hosted by Nazareth College.
Coverage: Live Stats
Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions opened their season last weekend at Mount Union and took home first in two events
* Phoenix Myers (Erie, PA/Seneca) finished the one mile with a time of 4:33.34 to claim first place
* Myers also had the fastest time in the 5000m, clocking in at 16:10.55
* The 1600m relay team of Nick Temel (Conneaut Lake, PA/Conneaut Lake), Eric Stehlik (Northport, NY/Northport), Kody Klein (North East, PA/Cathedral Prep) and Nicholas Hartman (Cranberry Twp., PA/Seneca Valley) finished in 3:34.49 for second place
* Behrend had six others finish an event in the top-5
* Islam Daghestani (Meadville, PA/Meadville Area) took third place in pole vaulting with a mark of 4.08m
* Braeden Smith (Erie, PA/Seneca) had the best finish in the field last weekend with a leap of 2.00m in the high jump to take second place