Track and Field Competes at CSAC Championship Saturday
The Penn State Behrend track and field team will travel to Keystone College on Saturday for the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Championship. The events begin at 10 a.m.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend track and field team will travel to Keystone College on Saturday for the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Championship. The events begin at 10 a.m.
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Behrend News & Notes
* Both the men and women's track and field teams will be looking to secure their fifth CSAC Championship
* The Lions have won the championship since its berth in 2016
* In 2019, the men won with a score of 269 followed by Alfred State scoring 148
* The women's team scored 290.5 to win the title, taking down Keystone with a score of 92.5
* On the men's side, Behrend holds the top spot in 14 different events
* Phoenix Myers (Erie, PA/Seneca) leads the pack in the 1500m (4:04.69), 5000m (15:39.01), and the 3000m steeplechase (9:50.43)
* Amory Coleman-Reeves (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) is ranked first in the long jump (6.97m) and 100m (11.10) as well as second in the 200m (22.40)
* The women rank first in five events in the conference
* Savanna Carr (Franklin, PA/Franklin Area) is the top seed in both the 1500m (5:24.31) and the 5000m (20:12.01)
* Emily Mischen (Gibsonia, PA/Deer Lakes) leads the shot put by one than one meter with a 11.40m mark
* Madison Kappeler (Cecil, PA/Canon-McMillan) and Maria Campbell (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) are ranked first and second, respectively in the pole vault