Behrend Track and Field Sets Three School
Records, Qualifies Two More for ECAC Championships Next Weekend
Men's
and women's indoor track and field traveled to the Mount Union
College Open Saturday, February 24, their last stop before the ECAC
Championships at Wesleyan College next weekend. Behrend set
three new school records at Mount Union and qualified two more
athletes for the ECACs.
Senior team captain Jon McKinney (Summerville/Union) starred on the men's side, winning the triple jump event with an ECAC qualifying distance of 43' 9.5". McKinney also grabbed a third place finish in the long jump with a leap of 19' 11.0". Both Rob Shrawder (New Wilmington/West Middlesex) and Kenji Ikeo (Osaka, Japan/Canadian Academy) finished second in their respective events. Shrawder ran the 800 meter run in 2:05.04 while Ikeo ran the 500 meter in 1:10.54. The two also joined Jordan Telin (North Huntingdon/Norwin), and Matt Cherpak (Pittsburgh/Chartiers Valley) to win the 4x400 meter relay event with a time of 3:43.04. The 4x1600 meter relay team, consisting of Doug Stevenson (Sharpsville/Sharpsville), Phil Stuczyski (Girard/Girard), Vinnie Krawiec (Erie/McDowell), and Mike Ferraro (Erie/Harborcreek), set a new school record when they completed the relay in 1:16.05.
On the women's side it was Virginia Rodgers-Owens (Washington D.C./P.L. Dunbar) and Kim Chapman (Cranberry Township/Seneca Valley) who had big days. Rodgers-Ownes qualified for the ECAC Championships in the 55 meter dash when she broke the Behrend record with a time of 7.53 seconds. Chapman broke a school record in the 400 meter dash with a 1:02.03 second place finish. Chapman will join Mckinney and Rodgers-Owens at the ECACs next weekend after qualifying earlier this season in the 500 meter run. Distance specialist Jenny Bailey (Corry/Corry) took runner-up in the 1000 meter run with a time of 3:12.42.
The ECACs are scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 2. The event will continue at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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