Behrend Battles Snowy Weather at Slippery
Rock Invitational
Behrend
track and field battled wintry conditions over the weekend as they
competed at the Slippery Rock Invitational. The meet was
highlighted by Jon McKinney (Summerville/Union) and Shane Rock
(McKean/Genreal McLane) , who both qualified for ECACs on the men's
side. Jenny Bailey (Corry/Corry) and Leisl Soergel (Evans
City/Butler) shined bright for the women, each placing first in their
respective events.
The unfavorable conditions did not deter McKinney and Rock from placing first and second respectively in the men's triple jump on Saturday, March 25. McKinney, who placed second in the preliminaries, took the event with a 44' 02.25" leap in the finals. Rock came in right behind McKinney at 43' 05.25". Also for the men, Dennis Scheuer (McKean/General McLane) won the men's 400 meter hurdles, finishing in 58.12 seconds.
For the women, Jenny Bailey and Sarah Patterson (Erie/McDowell) dominated the women's 5000 meter run. Bailey (19:19.20) and Patterson (19:32.77) were the only two women to complete the race in under 20 minutes. Leisl Soergel out sprinted the competition in the women's 800 meter dash, finishing in 2:28.33. The versatile Lauren Kremm (Greenville/Greenville) chalked up three top-ten performances in the long jump, 100 meter dash, and 200 meter dash.
Track and field is in action again this weekend when they travel to Pittsburgh for the Western PA Championships, held at Carnegie Mellon University.
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