25 Men's and Women's Track and Field Athletes Earn All-Conference

ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend men's and women's track and field teams had 25 Mason Dixon All-Conference performers led by four conference champions.

Catie Bertges (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) led women's team by capturing the 5000m run with a time of 18:40.85.  

On the men's side, three athletes won events.  John Cerminara (Williamsburg, VA/Jamestown) took first in the discus throw with a distance of 41.67m.  Denis Lydon (Plum, PA/Plum) won the 10000m run with a time of  32:19.03.  Rounding out the conference champions was Dylan Bilka (Seven Fields, PA/Seneca Valley).  The freshman won the pole vault after clearing  4.75m.

Ten different athletes earned all-conference recognition in multiple events.  

2012 Mason Dixon All-Conference Performers

Women:

Catie Bertges – 5000m (Conference Champion)

Victoria Harwood – Pole Vault (2^nd), 4x400 (4^th)

Haley Hughes – 3000m SC (2^nd)

April McDermott – Javelin (5^th)

Katie Monoskey – Hammer (2^nd), Discus (5^th)

Katie Patterson – 10000m (6^th)

Katie Spade – 800m (2^nd), 1500m (2^nd), 4x400m (4^th)

Stephanie Stoughton – Discus (4^th), Javelin (6^th)

Angela Sweeney – Pole Vault (5^th)

Jamie Szramowski – 4x400 (4^th)

Nicole Teribery – Pole Vault (4^th), 4x400 (4^th)

Men:

Dylan Beck – 4x100m (6^th)

Dylan Bilka – Pole Vault (Conference Champion)

Cody Bupp – 110mHH (5^th), 400mIH (5^th), 4x100m (6^th)

John Cerminara – Discus (Conference Champion), Shot Put (3^rd), Hammer (5^th)

Billy Cvecko – 800m (5^th), 1500m (6^th)

Geoffrey Faltot – Long Jump (4^th), 4x100m (6^th)

Brian Lauff – 110mHH (6^th)

Denny Lydon – 10000m (Conference Champion), 5000m (3^rd)

Conor MacMannis – High Jump (3^rd)

Jibreel Oliver – 4x100m (6^th)

Garrett Shaw – Pole Vault (2^nd)

Seth Weible – Discus (3^rd)

Alex Yaegle – Javelin (3^rd)

Hunter Zudans – Javelin (4^th)