Women's Track and Field Compete at Toy Drive Invite
The Penn State Behrend women's track and field team competed in the Toy Drive Invitational Saturday afternoon hosted by Mount Union.
ALLIANCE, Oh. - The Penn State Behrend women's track and field team competed in the Toy Drive Invitational Saturday afternoon hosted by Mount Union.
The women had four first-place finishes and eight in the Top Five.
Rachel Pell (Elizabeth, PA/Elizabeth Forward) outran the field to win the 500m dash with an ECAC qualifying time of 1:21.84. She also placed second in the 60 hurdles final with a time of 9.80.
Becca Worley (Townville, PA/Maplewood) started the year off on the right track by winning the 5000 run with a final time of 20:01.66.
Savanna Carr (Franklin, PA/Franklin Area) finished in first place in the 3000 run with a time of 10:51.95. Riley Crissman (Bradford, PA/Bradford Area) and Courtney Sargent (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) followed in second and third with times of 11:06.09 and 11:29.05, respectively.
Yenchik, Carlsson, Pell, and Loeffler qualified Behrend's "A" team for ECAC's in the 800 relay after finishing in first place at 1:50.37.
Haley Yenchik (Cecil, PA/Canon McMillan) qualified for ECACs in pole vault as she finished second with a height of 3.35m (10'11.75"). Gabriella Loeffler (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) placed third in pole vault at 3.05m (10'0"). Yenchik finished in 11th in the 200m run with a time of 28.58.
Jenna Shelton (Cabot, PA/Knoch) ran a time of 5:31.73 in the mile run to earn second place while Ashley Beckwith (Findley Lake, NY/Clymer Central) placed third in the triple jump recording a distance of 9.91m (32'6.25").
Ashlyn Carlsson (Butler, PA/Knoch) placed third in the 500 dash with a final time of 1:26.20. She continued her day to finish seventh in the long jump with a height of 15'8.25".
The Lions will be back in action when they compete at SPIRE on January 20, 2018 beginning at 10 a.m.