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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Waterford, PA
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- High School:
- Fort LeBoeuf
Bio
Career Highlights | TFRRS
2024-25
* Member of the 4x4 relay team that placed fifth at SUNYAC Indoor Championships with a time of 4:25.54 - Indoor
* Finished 10th in the 400m (1:02.89) and 17th in the 200m (28.23) at conference indoor championships - Indoor
* Won the 400m at Houghton Last Chance Qualifier with a time of 1:03.97 - Indoor
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
* Minoring in statistics
* Member of the Penn State Behrend women's cross country team
* SAAC Secretary
* Senior Sustainable Lab Coordinator
* Greener Behrend member
* Student researcher
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

Balaski Breaks Own Javelin Record; Ranks First In Division III To Begin Outdoor Season
Junior Julia Balaski (Mercer, PA/Mercer) surpassed her own Penn State Behrend track & field javelin record at the Carnegie Mellon Invite to...
March 28, 2025

Women’s Indoor Track & Field Finishes Sixth At Championships
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team finished sixth out of 10 teams with 30 total points at the State University of...
March 1, 2025
Lions Sit In Fifth After First Day of Indoor Championships; Duncan Delivers AARTFC 60m Time
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team is currently in fifth out of nine teams with 16 team points after the first day...
February 28, 2025

Behrend Registers Eight Event Wins In Last Chance Qualifier Meet
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team competed in its final tune-up meet prior to conference championships at the...
February 22, 2025
Kappeler Tallies Second In Pole Vault At SPIRE
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team participated in the SPIRE Indoor Games on Saturday.
February 15, 2025
Kappeler Scores AARTFC Qualifying Height At Brockport
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team took part in the Brockport Multi on Saturday.
February 8, 2025

Hartle Earns Runner-Up Finish In Jim Wuske Invite
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team took part in the Jim Wuske Invitational, hosted by Mount Union on Saturday.
February 1, 2025

Women’s Track & Field Back In Action At Houghton
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team was back in action at the Houghton Highlander Invitational on Saturday.
January 25, 2025

Women’s Indoor Track & Field Began Season In Mount Union Invitational
The Penn State Behrend women’s indoor track & field team began the 2024-25 season at the Mount Union Toy Drive Invitational on Saturday.
December 7, 2024