Smith Qualifies For NCAA Championships; Lions Place in Nine Events

ITHACA, NY – The Penn State Behrend indoor track & field team competed in the final day of the All-Atlantic Track and Field Championships on Saturday. The Lions competed against 40 track and field teams. Behrend finished in 13^th place on the men's side and 22^nd place on the women's side.

Key Moments:

* Braeden Smith (Erie, PA/Seneca) claims the AARTFC men's high jump championship qualifying him for the NCAA Championships next week in Boston, Massachusetts
* Smith had a jump of 2.06m tying him for tenth-best in the nation
* In the men's 300m, Chris Drozynski (Stoneboro, PA/Lakeview) medaled taking 6^th place with a school-record-breaking time (8:43.23)
* Haley Yenchik (Cecil, PA/Canon McMillan) finished 16^th in the women's long jump with a jump of 5.27m rebreaking her own school record
* Riley Crissman (Bradford, PA/Bradford Area) finished 11^th in the 3000m run with a school-record-breaking 10:27.73
* Nick Coleman (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) finished 12^th in the 400m run with a time of 51.81
* The 4x200m men's team of Kurt Eberhardt (Gibsonia, PA/Hampton), Coleman, Eric Stehlik (Northport, NY/Northport), and Nick LaChut (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) finished with an 8^th place medal and a time of 1:32.47
* The team finished the weekend with 16 scoring athletes and five broken school records