Feb. 19, 2016
Saturday, February 20
12:00 p.m - Field Events
12:50 p.m - Track Events
Heat Sheets | | Meet Info | Schedule
MEET PREVIEW
| Teams Attending | |
| Coppin State | Lebanon Valley |
| Dickinson | UConn |
| Elon University | West Virginia |
| Georgetown | Susquehanna |
| Messiah | Monrow College |
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State track & field teams are set to host the final home indoor track & field meet of the year in this weekend's Penn State Tune-Up scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. on Saturday at the Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.
PENN STATE TUNE-UP
When: Saturday, February 20
Where: Ashenfelter III Indoor Track | University Park, Pa.
Cost of Admission: Free
LAST TIME OUT - FASTRACK NATIONAL INVITE / HUSKY CLASSIC
For the seventh-time this season a Penn State school record was been broken as redshirt-freshman Tessa Barrett laid down the sixth-fastest time in the women's 5,000-meters this season with her time of 15:46.08 at the Dempsey Indoor Track on the campus of the University of Washington.
Barrett, who earned All-American honors during cross country season, took down one of the oldest records on the books during day one action as she erased the 31-year-old record of 15:53.50 set by Paula Renzi back in 1985.
Day two of the Husky Classic would see Tori Gerlach run 9:13.65 in the 3,000-meters, a season best time that currently ranks 13th in the NCAA.
While Barrett and Gerlach competed on the west coast, the majority of the team took part in the Fastrack National Invite at the newly opened Ocean Breeze indoor track on Staten Island in New York.
Penn State would finish action in New York with five event wins on the day starting first in the women's shot put where Rachel Fatherly finished competition with a best throw of 16.62m (54'-6.50").
Fatherly carried her success in the women's shot put with her to the women's weight throw, capturing her second win on the day in as many events with her toss of 20.42m (67'-0") a season best.
The Nittany Lions picked up two more event wins in the field as pole vault school record holder Lexi Masterson cleared 4.20m (13'-9.50") for a second week in a row to win her signature event, along with Madeline Holmberg who took the win in the women's long jump with her mark of 5.91m (19'-4.75"), a season best.
Penn State's final first-place finish on the day came by way of the men's 60-meters as sophomore Xavier Smith sprinted his way to the victory needing only 6.80 seconds to capture the title in the finals.
Penn State combined to record 54 top-10 finishes on the day, several of which were second-place finishes including Tessa Barrett (5000m), Quenee Dale (60mH), Ahmenah Richardson (HJ), Alyssa Robinson (Shot Put), Morgan Shigo (Weight Throw), Malik Moffett (200m)and the Men's & Women's 4x400m Relays.
NITTANY LION NEWS & NOTES
NATIONAL RANKINGS
At the NCAA level, Penn State has 15 student-athletes in the top-20 of their respective events.
Head coach John Gondak's teams combine a total of 65 student-athletes inside the top-20 in their events in the Big Ten Conference including five conference-leading marks.
LATEST USTFCCCA RANKINGS
The Penn State men's track & field teams moved up in the 2016 week four indoor track & field season National Computer Rankings, as released Monday afternoon by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
The men's team moved up six spots to No. 14 after checking in at No. 20 in last week's rankings.
Penn State is currently the highest ranked Big Ten Conference member in the rankings at No. 14 while Purdue moves up one spot to No. 22 rounding out the Big Ten members in the rankings.
BREAKIN' RECORDS
Seven school records have been broken between the men's and women's track & field teams this season. Xavier Smith (60m), Brannon Kidder (1000m), Tori Gerlach (1000m, Mile), Rachel Fatherly(Shot Put), and Lexi Masterson (Pole Vault), Tessa Barrett (5000m) have all broken a school record through six meets this season.
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Penn State Tune-Up meet is the final meet of the regular season for the Nittany Lions before the team departs for Geneva, Ohio to take part in the 2016 Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships February 26-27.
NEXT TIME OUT
Penn State is set gearing up to compete in the Big Ten Indoor Championships in Geneva, Ohio February 26-27.
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