Nittany Lions Post Record Book Performances at Jim Thorpe InviteNittany Lions Post Record Book Performances at Jim Thorpe Invite

Nittany Lions Post Record Book Performances at Jim Thorpe Invite

May 8, 2015

Final Results

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. --
The Penn State track & field team closed out the regular season with personal-best performances across the board at the Jim Thorpe Invite. The meet was capped off with a lifetime-best throw from Darrell Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.) in the men's shot put.

With the meet coming to a close, the Nittany Lions gathered around to cheer on Hill, Jon Yohman (New Wilmington, Pa.) and Will Pope (South Salem, N.Y.) in the men's shot put.

Hill, a senior, captured the men's shot put title with a lifetime-best, and No. 2 mark in school history, 68-5.25. Also in the men's shot put, redshirt freshmen Yohman and Pope finished third (57-1.50) and fourth (54-4.75), respectively with their personal-best throws.

Rachel Fatherly (Williamsport, Pa.) led Penn State in the women's shot put, as she won the event with her personal-best toss of 54-10.25. Her mark ranks third all-time at Penn State.

Freshman Obeng Marfo (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) tallied a pair of second-place finishes with a pair of personal-best throws. In the shot put, she posted a toss of 51-0 and in the discus she tallied a mark of 155-1. Marfo's throw of 51-0 ranks ninth all-time at Penn State.

The Nittany Lions recorded a pair of top-10 school performances in the women's hammer throw. In the event, Fatherly finished second with her throw of 188-0 and Alyssa Robinson (Saint Clairsville, Ohio) finished third with her mark of 180-10. With their performances today, Fatherly ranks fifth all-time at Penn State and Robinson moves into eighth all-time.

On the track for the Penn State men, Alex Shisler (State College, Pa.) and freshman Xavier Smith (Douglassville, Pa.) both won titles Friday.

Shisler finished first in the 400-meter dash with his season-best 47.38, while Smith won the 100-meter dash with his personal-best time of 10.61 and he also finished first in the 200-meter dash with an outdoor personal-best of 21.46.

After posting season-best performances last week at the Maryland Twilight Meet, hurdlers Sancho Barrett (Amityville, N.Y.) and Shelley Black (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) found their stride again today.

After running a season-best 14.11 in the 110-meter hurdles last week, Barrett won the 110-meter hurdles Friday with his personal-best time of 13.80. With his time today, Barrett moves from 10th all-time in the Penn State record books to a tie for third all-time (Timpson -- 1988).

On the women's side, Black tied her personal-best time of 13.80 for the win in the 100-meter hurdles.

Barrett, Smith, Cody Minnig (Levittown, Pa.) and Shisler teamed up for a first-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay with their season-best time of 41.37.

Earlier this season at the LSU Alumni Gold meet, freshman Hannah Mulhern (Altoona, Pa.) moved into third all-time at Penn State with her personal-best height of 12-10 in the women's pole vault. Today, Mulhern won the women's pole vault with a personal-best height of 12-10.25. She remains third all-time at Penn State.

In all, the Nittany Lions captured 13 event titles at the Jim Thorpe Invite.

Next up for Penn State is the 2015 Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Michigan State. The Nittany Lions will travel to East Lansing, Mich., for the three-day meet (May 15-17).

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