Rodgers-Owens and Wehrle Named Behrend Co-Athletes of the Week
Penn
State Behrend sophomore
Virginia Rodger-Owens
(Washington, DC/P.L. Dunbar) and freshman Amanda Wehrle (Rossiter/Punxsutawney)
have
been
named the ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR athletes of the week for the week of
May 5, 2008.
Over the weekend the men's and women's track & field teams traveled to Christopher Newport for the annual Mason-Dixon Conference Championships. The women finished the competition in fourth place with standout performances from each of these women.
Rodgers-Owens took away second place in the 100m and 200m dashes, finishing the100m in 12.61 and the 200m in 26.32. Wehrle added two third place finishes, including a fifth place finish in the 100m.
Amanda
and Virginia then teamed up for a first place finish in the 4x100m
relay, winning with a time of 50.31. Wehrle was also part of
the 4x400m relay team that finished the day with a second place
finish. Both these women also were selected to the Mason-Dixon
All-Conference team for their top performances over the weekend.
The track & field team will gear up for ECACs that will be held May 15-16 at Springfield College in Massachusetts. Sixteen Behrend athletes have qualified for the championships in over 10 different events.
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