CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL // Day 1 Results
 
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EDINBORO, Pa. – Laurel Moyer (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) topped the second-place finisher by over 14 seconds on the way to victory in the 5,000-meter championship race and she powered the way for the Lock Haven University women's indoor track & field team as the Bald Eagles opened the 2020 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships.
 
The individual title in the 5K certainly headlined the first of two days of action at the conference championships for Lock Haven. Leading the way on Day 1 action (today), along with L. Moyer, was Billie Jo Bollinger (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central), Karina Long (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) and Riyana Owens (Red Lion, Pa./Dallastown).
 
Long scored in the long jump (5^th), while Bollinger booked a spot in tomorrow's finals of the 60-meter hurdles. Owens ran a sensational 200-meter prelim and qualified for tomorrow's finals as well.
 
L. Moyer put the Bald Eagles on the board with 10 team points after her dominating effort in the 5K. L. Moyer soared by the field, winning by over 14 seconds. She ran a time of 17:48.80 in the championship race, which was just three seconds off her season-best mark. The second-place finisher checked in at 18:02.88
 
Long was fifth in the long jump with a mark of 18-01.75. She scored four points for Lock Haven.
 
Bollinger ran 9.30 and qualified for tomorrow's 60-meter hurdle finals. She was sixth of 19 in the prelims today.
 
Owens ran 25.55 and qualified fifth for tomorrow's finals at 200 meters. For Owens, the time marked a season-best, collegiate-best and sits as the No. 2 time in school history.
 
Arianna Moyer (Enola, Pa./Bucknell) and Hannah Weddle (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) both competed in the weight throw, finishing 13^th and 23^rd, respectively. A. Moyer was 13^th of 29 and matched her season-best mark with a throw of 46-03.25. Weddle was 23^rd with a mark of 41-05.00.
 
Kayla Brathwaite (Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago/Bishop Anstey East) finished 10^th in the 400-meter dash prelims. She dipped under a minute and ran a season-best 59.71, but will not advance to tomorrow's finals despite the strong effort.
 
Owens and Ana Concepcion (Allentown, Pa./Louis E. Dieruff) both ran well in the 60-meter dash prelims, but despite strong postseason efforts, neither qualified for tomorrow's final. Owens ran a season-best 7.79 and pushed close to her school record time of 7.73, but she finished 10^th in the prelims. The top-eight moved onto the finals. Concepcion ran 8.12 in the preliminary round.
 
LHU relay teams competed in the distance medley relay and the 4x800-meter relay today. Lock Haven's DMR finished 10^th with a time of 13:12.97, a season-best mark. The final event of today was the 4x8, and Lock Haven finished 11^th (10:34.26).
 
The 2020 PSAC Championship will continue tomorrow (Sunday, March 1) in Edinboro. The first women's event of the day tomorrow is the high jump at 11:30 a.m. and Lock Haven will be represented in that event. The championship will conclude with the women's 4x400-meter relay, slated for a 3:50 p.m. start Sunday.