Women’s Track and Field Takes Third at Kenyon Classic

The Penn State Behrend women’s track and field team competed at the Kenyon Classic on Saturday afternoon.

Women’s Track and Field Takes Third at Kenyon Classic
February 16, 2013
Results

GAMBIER, Ohio – The Penn State Behrend women's track and field team competed at the Kenyon Classic on Saturday afternoon.

The Lions took third place as a team with a score of 94, just 11.50 points away from first place.

Behrend was led by Catie Bertges (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) and Katie Spade (Warren, PA/Warren).  Bertges won the 3000m run with a time of 10:52.69 while Spade took first in the one mile run at 5:21.96.

Four other athletes competed in the 3000m run with Bertges and placed in the top-10.  Haley Hughes (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton) took second at 11:02.40.  Danielle Stanko (Saegertown, PA/Saegertown), who also took third in the 5000m at 19:48.66, placed third again with a time of 11:21.40.  Katie Patterson (Erie, PA/Villa Maria) was in eighth place at 11:41.60 and Katie Manno (Erie, PA/McDowell) took 10th at 11:49.41.

Senior Victoria Harwood (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven) had an excellent day at the meet as well.  Harwood set a new school record in the pole vault after placing second at 3.50m.  She also set a school record in the 400m run with another second place finish at 1:00.90.

Angela Sweeney (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) and Nicole Teribery (Bradford, PA/Bradford) competed in the pole vault alongside Harwood.  Sweeney took fifth at 3.05m with Teribery vaulting 2.90m for sixth.

Alex Paget-Blanc (Paris, France/Aelene Boucher) and Jen Gibson (Hookstown, PA/South Side) participated in the 400m with Harwood.  The duo placed third and sixth, respectively.  Paget-Blanc finished with a time of 1:02.54 and Gibson crossed the line at 1:05.29. Paget-Blanc also competed in the 200m and took fourth at 27.81.

In the 800m run, Spade had another outstanding finish.  The junior took second at 2:26.79.  Jamie Szramowski (Pittsburgh, PA/Oakland Catholic) and Bertges ran in the 800m too.  Szramowski took fourth at 2:30.09 and Bertges placed ninth with a time of 2:35.42.

Turning back to the field, two athletes placed in the top-10 in the shot put and the high jump.  Maranda Tano (Butler, PA/Butler) took seventh in the shot put with a distance of 9.72m.  Katie Boehmer (McDonald, PA/South Fayette) placed ninth in the high jump at 1.32m.

On Friday night at the RIT Orange/Brown Invitational, Szramowski, Spade, Harwood, and Paget-Blanc qualified for ECAC's in the 4x400m relay.  The squad finished with a time of 4:08.18 to set a new school record.

Behrend will be back in action on March 1st at the ECAC Indoor Championships.