Women's Track and Field Runs at Dragon Invite

Women's Track and Field Runs at Dragon Invite

TIFFIN, Oh. – The Penn State Behrend women's track and field team competed at the Dragon Invite hosted by Tiffin University Saturday and put up some great times.

Paige Allen (Butler, PA/Butler) and Courtney Sargent (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) placed in the three events, while Ashlyn Carlsson (Butler, PA/Knock) and Rachel Ramsey (North Versailles, PA/East Allegheny) took places in two events.

Individually, Allen placed fifth in the 60m with a season-best 7.90 and second in the 200m in 26.00. She also took second along with Carlsson, Sargent and Rachel Pell (Elizabeth, PA/Elizabeth Forward) in the 4x400. They ran a time of 4:08.92.

Carlsson, Sargent, Ramsey and Katelyn Hancock (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park) won the DMR by more than a minute over the other team running. They posted a time of 13:12.95.

Ramsey took fifth in the 3000m with a time of 11:18.81, Sargent took ninth in the 800m with a time of 2:28.58 and Pell placed 11th in the 400m in 1:05.35.

In the pole vault, Haley Yenchik (Cecil, PA/Canon McMillan) placed seventh with a height of 2.98m (9' 4.5") and Maura Costa (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) took 11th at 2.71m (8' 10.75").

Behrend goes to Brockport Saturday for a 10 a.m. start.