Lions Compete at Brockport; Allen and Pell Qualify For ECACs
Rachel Pell broke the school record in the 60m hurdle and both Pell and Paige Allen qualified for ECAC's as they Penn State Behrend women's track and field team competed at Brockport Saturday afternoon.
BROCKPORT, NY - Rachel Pell (Elizabeth, PA/Elizabeth Forward) broke the school record in the 60m hurdle and both Pell and Paige Allen (Butler, PA/Butler) qualified for ECAC's as the Penn State Behrend women's track and field team competed at Brockport Saturday afternoon.
Pell started the day with a second-place finish in the 60m hurdles, finishing with a time of 9.63 and beating the school record that she set just last week. She then followed up her record-breaking performance with a third-place finish in the 500m dash with an ECAC qualifying time of 1:21.47.
Allen raced her way first place in the 400m dash. The senior qualified for ECAC's with a time of 59.97. Pell and Allen were then joined by teammates Gabriella Loeffler (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) and Ashlyn Carlsson (Butler, PA/Knoch) in the 4x400 race where they took first with a time of 4:06.84.
Loeffler also added two more Top 10 finishes on the day. She was fifth place in the 200m dash with a time of 27.47 and then finished sixth in the pole vault with a height of 3.05m (10'0").
Haley Yenchik (Cecil, PA/Canon McMillan) also placed in the pole vault. The sophomore finished fourth after posting a height of 3.20m (10'6").
In distance, Riley Crissman (Bradford, PA/Bradford Area) and Rachel Ramsey (North Versailles, PA/East Allegheny) each placed in the 3000m run. Crissman finished third with a time of 11:07.50 while Ramsey crossed the line in 11:44.32 for eighth overall.
The Lions will be back in action next Saturday when they compete in the Ithaca Bomber Invite beginning at 10 a.m.