Feb. 18, 2017
RESULTS
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State track & field wrapped up its home slate Saturday afternoon as they hosted the Penn State Tune-Up at the Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.
The quartet of Julie Kocjancic, Tichina Rhodes, Rachel Banks and freshman phenom Danae Rivers combined to run a time of 11:01.16 in the women's DMR, a time that currently sits at No. 7 in the NCAA.
"To run a relay like that and to do it solo is a challenge," said head coach John Gondak. "It goes to show the mental fortitude of those four women."
Their time also erased the five-year-old record of 11:05.16 set by Lane, Iheoma, Simko and Millhouse set back in 2012.
Penn State brought home a pair of top-five finishes in the 60-meters as Lauren Costa and Tristan Daman finished fifth and fourth, respectively, with their times of 7.75 and 7.13.
Costa kept the trend going in the 200-meters as she took third-place running 25-seconds flat while Daman ran a personal best time of 22.38 to take fourth-place.
Stepping up to the 400-meters, Frances Bull recorded a personal best 56.74 in the event finishing second in her first attempt at the distance.
For the men, Peter Hughey was the Lions top finisher running sub-50 to finish second in 49.74.
The 600-meters saw several Penn State athletes set personal best marks including Domenic Perretta (1:18.51), Joesph Phifer (1:20.19), David Marrington (1:20.75), William Ashenfelter (1:21.88), Billy McDevitt (1:23.02) and Rachel Banks (1:33.87).
The personal best marks continued for Penn State in the mile as Isaiah Harris (4:05.89), Brandon Tubby (4:10.46), Grace Trucilla (4:51.73), Marissa Sheva (4:53.34), Victoria Crawford (4:58.25), Hannah Catalano (4:58.48) and Noemie Noullet (4:49.48) all ran new personal best times.
Greta Lindsley finished second in the 3K running 9:37.39 - a new personal best - while Timothjy McGowan ran a personal best 8:05.57 to win the men's 3K.
The 800-meters saw the women finish 2-4 with Sheva, Trucilla and Nicole O'Donnell leading the charge while Brad Rivera and Joey Logue handled things on the men's side with a 1-2 finish.
A 1-3 finish in the men's high jump saw every all three athletes tie their personal best clearance at the meet with Devin Bradham and Austin Campbell clearing 6'-8.25" (2.04m) while Spence Hay finished with a height of 6'-6.25" (1.99m).
Other athletes that recorded wins on the day include Lexi Masterson in the pole vault, Kobren Frederick in the men's triple jump, Jon Yohman in the men's shot put, and David Lucas in the men's weight throw with his mark of 65'-8.25" (20.02m) that sits just outside the top-five in program history.
Penn State will travel to Geneva, Ohio for the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships Feb. 24-25 at the Spire Institute. The Big Ten Championships will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.