Track and Field Competes in Westminster Invitational Saturday
The Penn State Behrend women's track & field team competed in the Wesminster Invitational on Saturday in New Wilmington, PA.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's track & field team competed in the Wesminster Invitational on Saturday in New Wilmington, PA.
Key Moments:
* Freshman Emily Mischen broke the oldest Behrend track and field record in the women's outdoor shot put, throwing a 11.11m toss, finishing in ninth place
* Riley Crissman (Bradford, PA/Bradford) took home second in the women's 5,000m run (18:27.11) followed by Savanna Carr (Franklin, PA/Franklin) who finished fifth (19:04.63)
* In the 1500m run, Jenna Shelton (Cabot, PA/Knoch) finished fourth with a time of 4:52.25 while Courtney Sargent (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) followed with a 4:55.64 taking sixth
* Gabriella Loeffler (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) took fourth in the 400m dash, running a 1:00.97
Remaining Top Performers
100m
Suraihyah Sule (Snellville, GA/Shiloh) – 13th (13.76)
400m Hurdles
Maria Czerwinski (Erie, PA/McDowell) – 19th (1:18.99)
200m
Sule – 24th (29.14)
Long Jump
Haley Yenchik (Cecil, PA/Canon McMillan) – 7th (4.95m)