Women's Track Competes in SPIRE Midwest Open

GENEVA, Oh. – The Penn State Behrend women's indoor track & field team competed in the SPIRE Midwest Open this weekend in Geneva, Ohio.

Key Moments:

* Riley Crissman (Bradford, PA/Bradford) broke the school record for the 3k with a time of 10:38.34
* Myeisha Sanders (Erie, PA/East) broke the school record in the weight throw with a throw of 13.69 meters
* The women's DMR relay team of Jenna Shelton (Cabot, PA/Knoch), Gabriella Loeffer (Pittsburgh, PA/Badwin), Kelly Giles (North Huntington, PA/Norwin), and Riley Crissman qualified for the All Atlantic Championships

Remaining Top Performers
Women

60m

Loeffler – 60th (8.62)

400m

Ashtin Petitt (Youngsville, PA/Youngsville) -  64^th (1:10.22)

200m

Loeffer - 62nd (27.95)

1 Mile Run

Shelton – 20th (5:26.43)

3000m

Crissman- 9th (10:38.34)

5000m

Courtney Sargent (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) – 15th (19:43.25)

4x400 relay

Loeffer, Shelton, Suraihyah Sule (Snellville, GA/Shiloh), Haley Yenchik (Cecil, PA/Canon McMillan) – 15th (4:16.30)

High Jump

Caroline Upman (Erie, PA/Iroqouis) – 13th (1.48m)

Pole Vault

Yenchik – 6th (3.37m)

Triple Jump

Yenchik – 3rd (10.59m)

Shot Put

Sanders – 26th (9.91m)

Next Up:

* The Behrend Lions return to action on Saturday, February 2 at Mount Union for the Mount Union Wuske Invite.