Behrend Track and Field Heads to Westminster
The Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s track team heads to New Wilmington, Pa. this Saturday or and invite hosted by Westminster beginning at 10 a.m.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's and women's track team heads to New Wilmington, Pa. this Saturday or and invite hosted by Westminster beginning at 10 a.m.
Coverage: Live Stats
Men's Track and Field News & Notes:
* Dan Dabrowski (Harborcreek, PA/Harborcreek) had the second-best toss in Behrend history last weekend with a mark of 47.99m in the discuss placing fourth last Saturday
* The result last weekend ranks Dabrowski 10th nationally amongst all Division III throwers
* In the high jump, Samuel Hetrick (New Bethlehem, PA/Redbank Valley) and Braeden Smith (Erie, PA/Seneca) rank second and seventh, respectively following their performance last week at the Dave Labor Invitational
* Hetrick took gold last weekend with a 2.00m leap as Smith finished third with a mark of 2.00m
* Ryan Festa (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) cracked the top-50 in the pole vault for all of DIII, registering a mark of 4.36m to place him 40th in the nation while tying for third last week
* Blake Burns (Jefferson, OH/Jefferson Area) saw a seventh-place finish in the 110m hurdles a week ago concluding with a time of 16.48
Women's Tracks and Field News & Notes:
* Caroline Upham (Erie, PA/Iroquios) took home bronze in the high jump last weekend at Slippery Rock
* Upham registered the best mark for the Lions in the event this year with a height of 1.50m
* Ivy Laffan (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) crossed 11th in the 400m at 1:03.51
* Olivia Nola (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) is 10th in the Niagara Region in the 1500m after her performance on March 25 at Carnegie Mellon, logging a time of 4:58.01
* Madison Kappeler (Cecil, PA/Canon-McMillan) is tied for eighth in the region with a 3.10m pole vault last weekend
Participating Teams:
Allegheny
Bethany (W.V.)
California (Pa.) (M)
Carnegie Mellon
Chatham
Edinboro
Franciscan (Ohio)
Gannon
Geneva
Grove City
Kent State-Trumbull
Mercyhurst
Point Park
PSU-Fayette
Robert Morris Club Team
Seton Hill