Penn State Behrend Track & Field Has
Strong Showing at Mount Union
The
Penn State Behrend track & field team competed in its second indoor
meet of the 2008 season on Saturday, February 9 at Mount Union. A number
of Behrend Lions qualified for the ECAC Championships with strong
performances and five new school records were set.
Behrend freshman Bryson Hartzler (Belleville/Indian Valley) jumped
6' 4" in the men's high jump event, placing second and setting a
school record in the process. In the men's long jump event,
Brett McLean (Dorchester, MA/Newton North) had a jump of 21' 8.5"
which beat the previous school record, but the new Behrend record
now belongs to Ronson Mazany (Ashville, NY/Panama Central).
Mazany jumped 21' 9.75" to set the new school record on Saturday.
In addition freshman John Bowman set a new Behrend record of 33' 0"
in the men's weight throw event.
Also on the men's side a new school record was set in the 4x160
meter relay with a time of 1:14.73. Mike Ferraro (Erie/Harborcreek)
also came in with an ECAC qualifying time of 6.64 seconds in the 55
meter dash.
For the women, Cassie Manelick (Youngsville/Youngsville) threw a
distance of 29' 5" in the women's weight throw event, good for a new
Behrend record. Also picking up points for the team scoring
were Danielle Wynder (Jersey City, NJ/W.L. Dickinson), Liz Keller
(Olean, NY/Bradford), and two relay teams.
Other members of the Behrend Lions picking up points on the men's
side were Denny Kang (South Park/South Park), David Robinson-Gault
(Amherst, NY/Amherst Central), Doug Stevenson
(Sharpsville/Sharpsville), Mike Stark (Gibsonia/Pine-Richland), Earl
Bass (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls), and two relay teams.
The men's team finished in fifth place of ten competing teams with
42 team points. The Behrend women finished in eighth place of
11 competing teams with eight team points.
Behrend track and field is back in action on Saturday, February 23.
The blue and white will travel to compete in the Kent State
Invitational which begins at 10:00 a.m.
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