Kidder Highlights West Coast Swing at Stanford TwilightKidder Highlights West Coast Swing at Stanford Twilight

Kidder Highlights West Coast Swing at Stanford Twilight

Cobb Track & Angell FieldStanford, Calif.

Friday, April 22

FINAL Results | LIVE Results

April 23, 2016

STANFORD, Calif. -
Penn State finished their third-consecutive west coast meet with a few key performances at the Stanford Twilight meet hosted by Stanford University at Cobb Track & Angell Field.

The first Nittany Lion on the track was Sarah Jane Underwood who ran her way to a heat two win at 2:08.29 to finish 10th overall.

Following Underwood's performance in the 800-meters were Isaiah Harris and Jordan Makins in the same event.

Harris and Makins finished 2-3 in the first heat running times of 1:47.06 and 1:48.54. Makins time is a new personal best for the sophomore from Perth, Australia besting his previous PR of 1:48.96 by forty two one-hundredths of a second.

In the women's 1,500-meters Julie Kocjancic and Greta Lindsley turned in times of 4:25.35 and 4:28.36, respectively, finishing 7th and 11th in their heat.

The men's 1,500-meters saw Brannon Kidder make a big move on backstretch for the win running a very quick time of 3:40.11 crossing the line with a 15-meter lead. Kidder's time would have ranked No. 3 in the nation heading into tonights meet.

Robby Creese finished close behind clocking 3:43.86 to take eighth-place.

Ean Disilvio runs 14:17.31 in the final event of the day the men's 5,000-meters to set a new PR finishing 16th overall.


The Nittany Lion head to Lewisburg tomorrow to compete in the Bucknell Team Challenge starting at 11 a.m.

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