Lions Have Strong Outing at Youngstown St. Invitational
The Penn State Behrend men's track and field team competed today at the Youngstown St. Invitational for their second indoor meet of the season.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The Penn State Behrend men's track and field team competed today at the Youngstown St. Invitational for their second indoor meet of the season.
Denis Lydon (Plum, PA/Plum) led the way for the Lions with a 5000m run time of 15:48.11. In the process, Lydon shattered the previous school record by just over 18 seconds.
Billy Cvecko (Erie, PA/McDowell) continued to have a strong start to the season. The sophmore runner finished the 800m run with a time of 2:02.73, which was good enough for third place. Cvecko also finished the one mile run in 4:33.91 for a 10th place finish.
In the field events, Conor MacMannis (Fredericksburg, VA/Kubeszki) took home eighth place in the long jump with a distance of 6.38m. MacMannis also did well in the high jump, taking fifth place with a height of 1.87m. Kyle Whitley (Edinboro, PA/General McLane) cleared 12.11m in the triple jump to place seventh.
The Lions will be back in action on Saturday at the Mt. Union Invitational. Start time is 10 a.m.
