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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Horsham, PA
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- High School:
- Hatboro-Horsham
Bio
Career Highlights | TFRRS
2024-25
* Conference Outdoor Champion/All-SUNYAC First Team with a mark of 14-11 in the pole vault - Outdoor
* All-SUNYAC Indoor First Team in the pole vault with a height of 14-5 1/4 - Indoor
* Named to USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region Team in pole vault - Indoor
* Placed 10th at regionals with a mark of 14-7 1/2 in the pole vault - Indoor
* Finished top five in five meets during the regular season - Indoor
2023-24
* Qualified for indoor/outdoor regionals in pole vault
* Earned first-place finishes in pole vault at Saint Francis and Mount Union
* Scored a personal best height in the pole vault of 15-3 for second place at Houghton
2022-23
* Second Team All-CSAC in pole vault
* Third Team All-CSAC in 4x100 relay
2020-21
* Pole vault All-CSAC Second Team
* Joins the Penn State Behrend track & field team as a freshman
At Penn State Behrend
* Majoring in marketing
* SAAC Representative
Personal
* Son of Jan and Jerry Festa
* Three-sport athlete at Hatboro-Horsham High School in Horsham, PA
* League champion
* Team Captain
* Ski club
* Feed our Starving Children
News mentions
The Penn State Behrend track & field teams will send 18 athletes to the All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference (AARTFC) Outdoor Championships on Wednesday and Thursday, May 14 and 15, hosted by Williams College at The Lee Track at the Weston Athletic Complex
The Penn State Behrend men’s track & field team had five athletes punch their ticket to finals in their respective events on the first day of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Conference Outdoor Championships on Friday, hosted by Cortland.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track & field team competed at the Westminster Invitational Saturday.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track & field team tallied 13 personal bests and hit four regional qualifying marks to begin the 2025 outdoor season.
For the second straight time in about a month span, sophomore Brandon Konieczki (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) set a new men’s indoor track & field long jump record at the All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference Indoor Championships on Friday.
The Penn State Behrend indoor track & field team will send 10 athletes to the All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference Indoor Championships this Friday and Saturday at the Glazer Arena at the Athletics and Events Center in Ithaca.
Freshman Carter Tobin (Irwin, PA/Norwin) set a new Penn State Behrend men’s indoor track & field record in the 200m on the first day of the first day of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Indoor Track & Field Championships.
The Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s indoor track & field teams will compete for the first time as a member of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Conference in the Indoor Championships on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28 – Mar. 1.
The Penn State Behrend men’s indoor track & field team participated in the SPIRE Indoor Games on Saturday.
Sophomore Brandon Konieczki (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) set a new Penn State Behrend indoor men’s track & field record in the long jump on Saturday at the Brockport Multi.
The Penn State Behrend men’s indoor track & field team took part in the Jim Wuske Invitational, hosted by Mount Union on Saturday.
The Penn State Behrend men’s indoor track & field team was back in action at the Houghton Highlander Invitational on Saturday.
The Penn State Behrend men’s indoor track & field team began the 2024-25 season at the Mount Union Toy Drive Invitational on Saturday.