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 Last Chance Qualifier Meet, hosted by Houghton on Saturday.
HOUGHTON, N.Y. – The Penn State Behrend women's indoor track & field team competed in its final tune-up meet prior to conference championships at the Last Chance Qualifier Meet, hosted by Houghton on Saturday.
Key Moments:
* Junior Bethany Litwiler (Reynolds, PA/Reynolds) kicked off the meet with a season best time of 20:09.05 for first in the 5000m. She was followed by Sam Abate (North East, PA/North East) (20:31.58) and Baylee Dernar (Wattsburg, PA/Seneca) (21:58.16) in the event
* Ivy Laffan (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) and Ella McGowan (Erie, PA/Waterford) finished first and second in the 400m
* Laffan had a time of 1:03.97, while McGowan ran a personal best time of 1:07.42. Lo Skinner (Baltimore, MD/Parkville) notched fourth with a career best of 1:11.42 in the 400
* Madison Kappeler (Cecil, PA/Canon-McMillan) advanced to the 60m finals with a first place preliminary time of 8:21. In the finals, Kappeler registered runner-up with a personal record time of 8.13
* Kappeler would also go on to finish first with a season best time of 27.02 in the 200m. Laffan delivered a season best time in this event (28.13)
* The senior from Cecil, PA completed the day third in the pole vault (10-11)
* In the weight throw, Jessica Park (East Meadow, NY/East Meadow) was victorious with a mark of 42-7
* Grace Jones (Union City, PA/Union City) (31-4/Triple Jump) and Lindsey Hartle (Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth) (11:25.54/3000m) scored first place in their respective events
* Freshmen throwers Braylee Lukehart (Reynoldsville, PA/DuBois Area) (31-10 ¼), Caroline Lewis (Erie, PA/McDowell) (30-2 ¼), and Norah Keeney (Ontario, NY/Wayne) (28-7 ½) placed fifth, sixth, and seventh in the shot put
* The meet ended with a 4x4 relay victory from the team of Abate, Dernar, Alivia Hetrick (Waterford, PA/Waterford), and Abby Major (Erie, PA/McDowell) (5:05.12)
Up Next:
* Behrend travels to Brockport, NY to compete in its first-ever SUNYAC Indoor Track & Field Championships next Friday and Saturday