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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Waterford, PA
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- High School:
- Fort LeBoeuf
Bio
Career Highlights | TFRRS
2023-24
* All-United East indoor honors with a first-place finish in the 4x4 relay and third-place finish in the 400m
* All-United East outdoor honors with third-place finishes in the 400m hurdles, 4x1 relay, and 4x4 relay
* Wild card entry in the 400m at regionals, finishing 22nd
* Member of the 4x2 relay team that placed 20th at indoor regionals
* Member of the 4x8 relay team that competed at Regional Championships
* Academic All-AMCC
2022-23
* CSAC Champion in 400m
* First Team All-CSAC in 400m
* Second Team All-CSAC in 4x100 relay
* Second Team All-CSAC in 200m
* Second Team All-CSAC in 4x400 relay
* Helped Behrend secure back-to-back CSAC Championship
* All-CSAC Academic team
* Team Sportsmanship Award for outdoor
2021-22
* CSAC Track Athlete of the Year
* Three-time CSAC Champion (100m, 200m, 400m)
* CSAC Champion in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays
* CSAC All-Academic
* Ran a career best in the 400m with a 59.46 finish for 25th place at the AARTFC Championships
* Helped the Lions capture the CSAC Outdoor Championships
2020-21
* Joined the Penn State Behrend women's track team as a freshman
At Penn State Behrend
* Majoring in environmental science
* Member of the Penn State Behrend women's cross country team
Personal
* Daughter of Cynthia and TJ Laffan
* Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Fort LeBoeuf
* Cross Country Captain
* Four-time Second Team All-Region for cross country
* Two-time First Team All-Region for track & field
* three-time Second Team All-Region for track & field
* National Honor Society
* Class Council
* Student Council
* Model UN
* Hoofprint School Newspaper
* TEAMS Engineering Club
* Battle of the Books
News mentions
Behrend Women’s Track & Field Completes Outdoor Season At Regional Championships
The Penn State Behrend women's track & field team finalized its outdoor season at the final day of the All-Atlantic Region Track and...
May 16, 2024
Behrend Competes In Final Tune-Up Meet Prior To Regionals
The Penn State Behrend women's track & field team participated in its final tune-up meet of the season prior to the All-Atlantic Region...
May 10, 2024

Behrend Wins Conference Championship; Balaski Sets New United East/School Record
The Penn State Behrend women's track & field team won its first ever United East Outdoor Championship with 180 team points, outscoring nine...
May 5, 2024

Six Personal Bests Recorded for Lions At Red Flash Open
The Penn State Behrend women's indoor track & field team competed in its final meet before conference championships on Saturday.
April 27, 2024

Behrend Takes Part in Geneseo Quad Meet
The Penn State Behrend women's track & field team competed in the Geneseo Quad Meet on Saturday.
April 20, 2024
Three Lions Set Personal Bests At Slippery Rock
Madison Kappeler (Cecil, PA/Canon-McMillan), Lindsey Hartle (Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth), and Haley Felton (Midway, PA/Fort Cherry) all earned...
April 18, 2024

Behrend Battles In Westminster Invitational
The Penn State Behrend women's track and field team competed at the Westminster Invitational on Saturday.
April 13, 2024

Women's Outdoor Track & Field Competes in Dave Labor Invitational
The Penn State Behrend women's track & field team took part in the Dave Labor Invitational hosted by Slippery Rock on Saturday.
April 6, 2024

Behrend Track & Field Sweeps AMCC Weekly Awards; Tingley Named Pitcher of the Week
Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s track & field athletes swept the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Athletes of...
April 1, 2024

Balaski, Kappeler Record AARTFC Marks At Carnegie Mellon
The Penn State Behrend women's track and field team opened up the outdoor season at the Carnegie Mellon Invite on Friday and Saturday.
March 30, 2024

Behrend Women's Indoor Track & Field Team Takes Part in Two Events on Final Day of Regional Championships
The Penn State Behrend women's indoor track & field team participated in the triple jump and 4x2 relay on the final day of the All-Atlantic...
March 2, 2024

Behrend Women’s Indoor Track & Field Secures Championship; Kappeler Scores Gold Medal
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team had one individual champion, one relay team champion, and nine silver medalists...
February 26, 2024
Behrend Indoor Track & Field Set To Compete in AMCC/United East Championships
The Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s indoor track & field team will travel to Landover, MD for the first-ever Allegheny...
February 25, 2024
Laffan Records Pair of Season-Best Times in Last Chance Meet
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field had their final tune-up meet before championships at Ashland’s “Last...
February 17, 2024
Lions Take Part in Jud Logan “Light Giver” Open
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field competed in the Jud Logan “Light Giver” Open, a two-day invitational...
February 3, 2024

Behrend Participates in Invite At Mount Union
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field took part in the Jim Wuske Invite hosted by Mount Union on Saturday.
January 27, 2024
Women’s Indoor Track & Field Competes At SPIRE Midwest Open
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team was back in action at the SPIRE Midwest Open on Saturday.
January 20, 2024

Long Breaks Indoor Triple Jump School Record Saturday
Freshman Rylee Long (Slippery Rock, PA/Moniteau) broke the women’s triple jump school record for the Penn State Behrend women’s indoor...
December 9, 2023

Behrend Indoor Track & Field and Swimming and Diving Athletes Garner Weekly Awards
Seven Penn State Behrend student-athletes have been selected as Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Athletes of the Week for the week...
December 5, 2023
Women’s Indoor Track & Field Begins New Campaign At Houghton
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field season began its season at the Houghton December Classic held at the Kerr-Pegula...
December 1, 2023