LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University women's indoor track & field team was busy today (Friday, Feb. 14) as the Bald Eagles competed at a pair of meets.
A trio of Bald Eagles headed to Boston and took part in the David Hemery Valentine Invite. Leading the way in Boston was
Laurel Moyer (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain), who ran the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's third-fastest 5K this season. Moyer ran 17:45.83, which is one of the top times run in school history.
Rachel Grow (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run) ran a season-best 2:30.15 in the 800-meter run and
Karlee Noel (Altoona, Pa./Altoona) rounded out the LHU women who competed in Boston.
The rest of the team competed at the Fasttrack National Invitational, hosted at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, New York and sprinter
Riyana Owens (Red Lion, Pa./Dallastown) ran a sizzling 200-meters. Owens won her heat and finished seventh out of 21 in the 200-meter dash invite field. She ran 25.58, which established a PSAC mark, season-best, collegiate personal-best and sits as the second fastest time ever at LHU. Entering today, Owens already held the second-fastest time with a mark of 25.67, which she ran a year ago at this same venue.
Also pacing the way for Lock Haven at the Fasttrack National Invitational was standout-jumper
Karina Long (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin). She was fourth with a PSAC leap of 18-02.25 in the long jump. In the triple jump event, Long was 12
th with a mark of 35-10, a PSAC championship qualifying distance.
In the 400-meter invite,
Kayla Brathwaite (Arouca, Trinidad & Tobago/Bishop Anstey East) finished 19
th of 28 with a PSAC and season-best run of 1:00.49.
Ana Concepcion (Allentown, Pa./Louis E. Dieruff) ran her season and collegiate best time of 26.47 in the 200-meter dash. She narrowly missed the PSAC qualifying standard.
McKenzie Rhone (Starrucca, Pa./Susquehanna) ran a season-best in the 400, thanks to a time of 1:02.99.
Challenging an elite field,
Billie Jo Bollinger (Manheim, Pa./Manheim) ran another strong race in the 60-meter hurdles
(prelim time of 9.77, #PSAC).
Boson University David Hemery Valentine Invite Results
Fasttrack National Invitational Results
UP NEXT:
The LHU women will wrap up the 2019-20 regular season next Saturday, February 22 at Kent State's Tune Up meet.
