Behrend Athletes Shine at ECAC Indoor Track and Field Championships

Eight Penn State Behrend track & field athletes represented themselves well at the ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Tufts University March 6 and 7.  Over 100 Division III institutions sent track & field athletes to Boston to compete at the championships, and the blue and white had several notable successes over the weekend.

Jenna Fatica (Erie/Villa Maria) capped off a terrific indoor season by setting a new Behrend record in the 800 meter run.  She finished in a time of 2:19.68 which was good for eleventh place overall.  Fatica also anchored the women's 4x800 meter relay team which finished with a time of 9:43.43, taking third place.   Relay members Tanisha Wheatley (Saltsburg/Kiski), Meghan Kronenwetter (St. Marys/Elk County), and Amanda Wehrle (Rossiter/Punxsutawney) were named All-ECAC along with Fatica for this finish, which also set a new Behrend record.

The men's top finisher was Ronson Mazany (Ashville, NY/Panama Central) who took fifth place in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet 7.25 inches.   Bryson Hartzler (Belleville/Indian Valley) finished sixth overall in the high jump, marking at 6 feet, 4.25 inches.  Mazany and Hartzler each earned All-ECAC recognition for their event.

Mazany also finished tenth in the triple jump, going 44 feet 8 inches to set a Behrend record.  Eston Winn (Erie/McDowell) tied a Behrend record in the men's pole vault when he vaulted 14 feet 5.25 inches, taking fifteenth place in that event.

Penn State Behrend will begin the outdoor track & field season March 27 and 28 when the squad heads south to West Virginia to compete in the Wheeling Invitational.