Jan. 30, 2016
Day One Results (HTML)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State would finish day one of the Penn State National with the Men's Distance Medley Relay highlighting action at the Horace Ashenfelter III indoor track on the campus of Penn State University.
Broadcast and live streamed online by Austin, Texas based FloTrack, day one of the Penn State National would give spectators in attendance a chance to see some of the premiere DMR's in the nation as Penn State and Stanford would finish the night with the fourth and fifth fastest DMR's in NCAA history, respectively.
In a battle down the front stretch of the Ashenfelter III indoor track Penn State's Brannon Kidder and Stanfords' Sean McGorty matched each other step for step as they raced towards what would be the No. 1 and No. 2 times in the nation as of Friday night.
The quartet of Jordan Makins, Alex Shisler, Isaiah Harris, and Brannon Kidder would miss the meet and facility record by sixty-one one-hundredths (0.61) of a second.
Kidder, who set the NCAA collegiate record in the 1000-meters last time out, would cap the Nittany Lion Relay splitting an unofficial 3:55 on the anchor leg (1600m).
Freshman Keianna Albury would make her way through the rounds to finish sixth in the final of the women's 60-meters recording times of 7.61, 7.61, and 7.58 in the prelims, semi-finals, and finals, respectively.
Xavier would represent the blue and white in the men's 60-meters advancing through the prelims. Semi-finals, and finals emerging with the top time after each round.
Smith, who holds the school record in the 60-meters, would reset his own record clocking a new school record of 6.68 seconds in the final of the 60-meters in a close final that saw Buffalo's Darien Johnson trail Smith by one one-hundreth of a second clocking 6.69.
Quenee Dale, currently ranked No. 12 in the NCAA in the 60-meter hurdles, would advance through the rounds clocking 8.49, 8.32, and 8.39 on her way to a sixth-place finish.
Junior Dannielle Gibson would walk away with the women's long jump title winning the event by over four inches finishing competition with a best jump of 6.11m (20'-0.5"), setting a new indoor personal record in the process.
In the men's long jump, Malik Moffett took eighth, jumping 7.19m (23'-7.25").
Rachel Fatherly and Alyssa Robinson would team up to bring home second and fourth-place finishes in the women's weight throw, respectively. Fatherly Robinson would finish the day with best throws of 19.97m (65'-6.25") and 19.06m (62'-6.5"), respectively. Robinson's throw would set a new indoor personal record for the junior from Saint Clairsville, Ohio, besting her old mark of 18.83m (61'-9.5") by over half a foot.
Freshman Madeline Holmberg and junior Tal Ben-Artzi, who started the day of competition for Penn State in the women' s pentathlon would take fifth and sixth-place in the one day competition with total scores of 3580 and 3566 points, respectively.
Holmberg's score of 3580 is a new personal record having been her first time to compete in the pentathlon for Penn State. The freshman from Greensburg, Pa. would set PR's in high jump, shot put, and 800-meters.
Representing the Nittany Lions in the men's heptathlon was Robert Cardina.
Cardina competed in the 60-meters (7.22), long jump (6.88m/22'-7"), shot put (12.99m/42'-7.5"), and high jump (1.95'-4.75") to finish with a day one total of 3,016.
Running unattached in the men's 1500m invitational was Robby Creese who missed the USA indoor championships standard by 16-hundredths of a second with his time of 3:41.36 followed by Colin Abert and John McGowan who finished third and fourth, respectively, clocking 3:48.15 and 3:57.32.
Colin Abert's time of 3:48.15 is currently the No. 1 time in the NCAA following day one action at the Penn State National.
Penn State will return to action tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. with the women's 400-meters.