Women's Track and Field Resumes Action With Multiple Career Highs
The Penn State Behrend women’s track and field team resumed play at the Highlander Invitational hosted by Houghton College on Saturday.
HOUGHTON, N.Y. – The Penn State Behrend women's track and field team resumed play at the Highlander Invitational hosted by Houghton College on Saturday.
Key Moments:
* Madison Kappeler (Cecil, PA/Canon-McMillan) finished in third place in the pole vault with a final mark of 2.90m
* Kappeler also set a new career-best in the 200m dash with a time of 29.66
* Ivy Laffan (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) and Rachel Buhl joined Kappeler in setting personal bests in the 200m with times of 28.43 and 33.66, respectively
* Emily Ferrans (Bradfordwoods, PA/North Allegheny) paced the Lions in the 3K, setting a new personal record, finishing in 11:59.21
* Laffan claimed sixth place in the 400m as Victoria Dietrich (Oakmont, PA/Riverview) finished in ninth with a PR of 1:08.29
* Brianna Downing (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) and Haley Felton (Midway, PA/Fort Cherry) each had career days in shot put, finishing with marks of 8.03m and 7.67
Up Next:
* Behrend will head to Springfield, Ohio for the Wittenberg Invitational on Saturday, January 29 starting at 10 a.m.