April 4, 2017
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State took part in the Stanford Invite Friday night with a few athletes turning in personal best performances at Cobb Track & Angell Field.
Leading Penn State on the women's side, Jillian Hunsberger recorded a 10th-place finish in the 5,000-meters posting a time of 16:06.21 that fell just over five-seconds off her personal best from this past indoor season when the Pittsburgh native ran 16:01.90 at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in Geneva, Ohio.
Hunsberger's mark also ranks as the No. 7 time in program history joining a list that also features three other current Nittany Lions; Tori Gerlach, Elizabeth Chikotas and Tessa Barrett.
Kathryn Munks finished third in her section of the 5K with her time of 16:28.57 - a new personal best time.
Timothy McGowan, representing the Penn State men's team, finished the meet with a new outdoor personal best in the event. McGowan ran 14:08.40 over the 12.5 lap race missing his all-time best in the event of 14:04.38 set at the Husky Classic by just over four seconds.
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