Women's Track and Field Notches Four Top Five Finishes

ALLIANCE, Oh. – The Penn State Behrend women's track and field team had a strong showing, notching four top five finishes Saturday at the Mount Union Invitational.

Paige Allen (Butler, PA/Butler) led the Lions on the day recording two third-place finishes and contributing to a sixth-place finish in the 800m relay. Allen started the day helping the 800m relay squad to a sixth-place finish with a time of 1:55.35. Rachel Pell, (Elizabeth, PA/Elizabeth Forward) Maura Costa, (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) Abby Gilmore (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) and Kati Piger (Williamsport, PA/Loyalsock) all pitched in the event.

Allen followed up the 800m relay with a third place finish in the 60m dash carding a time of 7.99. Later in the day she turned in a second third place performance in the 200m dash tallying a time of 26.29.

Katie Manno (Erie, PA/McDowell) started the day for the Lions coming in eighth place in the 3,000m run. Manno paced her way to a time of 11:25.94.

In the 800m run, Gilmore notched a 13^th place finish. Gilmore completed the race with a time of 2:37.62.

Costa led the Lions in the pole vault competition cementing a 15^th place finish. Costa got up to 2.76m.

A trio of Lions had solid performances in the long jump. Piger took 12^th place while Abbi Papale (Erie, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) and Allen finished 15^th and 16^th, respectively. Piger posted 4.53m while Papale leaped to 4.42m. Allen notched 4.40m.

Next up for the squad is the Tiffin Invitational next Saturday. Events start at 10 a.m.