Women's Track and Field Kicks Season Off

The Penn State Behrend women's track and field team started the season on Saturday at the Edinboro Invitational.

Women's Track and Field Kicks Season Off
January 21, 2012

EDINBORO, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's track and field team started the season on Saturday at the Edinboro Invitational.

The 4 x 800m relay team started the year off strong.  The team of Victoria Harwood (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven), Catie Bertges (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy), Haley Hughes (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton), and Katie Spade (Warren, PA/Warren) came in third place with a time of 10:43.64.

Katie Monoskey (Punxsutawney, PA/Punxsutawney) continued to build on her success from a year ago.  The senior thrower came in seventh place in the weight throw with a distance of 11.81m. 

The Lions will be back in action on Saturday at the Youngstown State Invitational.  Start time is set for 3 p.m.