Junior distance-standout Laurel Moyer is having the quite the season and her run of success continued in a big way on Thursday (April 25) night at the prestigious Penn Relays. For her efforts, she has been named this week’s Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week.
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Moyer turned in a stellar effort at 5,000-meters on the way to a record-breaking effort. Moyer was 22nd out of 56 runners and the 19th collegiate finisher, and her personal-best time of 17:01.05 smashed the school record by over 17 seconds.
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Entering the weekend, Moyers’s NCAA provisional mark was the fastest time in the PSAC this season by over 27 seconds. At the end of the weekend and as of yesterday, it was still three seconds faster than the No. 2 runner in the PSAC.
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For Moyer, the time ranks her among the top-25 this season in DII (No. 23 to date). The time proved to be an overall 5K PR by 35 seconds and an outdoor-5K PR by over a minute.
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