Results
BETHLEHEM, Pa.-The West Chester University women's track and field team was back in action on Saturday for its second meet of 2026 at the Moravian Hounds Indoor Classic hosted at Lehigh University.
Katja Larsen (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) led West Chester in the 60 meters once again with a second-place finish in 7.81 seconds.
Leah Wasko (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe) led the team in the 60-meter hurdles with a fifth-place finish in 9.23 seconds, which was also a new PR.
Cate Hildebrand (Chalfont, Pa./CB South) and
Morgan Pera (Center Valley, Pa./Southern Lehigh) finished seventh and eighth in 9.49 and 9.85 seconds, respectively.
Wasko also led West Chester in the triple jump with a third-place finish and a mark of 34 fet 8 ½ inches (10.58 meters).
Genevieve McDonald (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) led West Cheser in the 400 with a fourth-place finish in 1:00.99, while
Abigail Hanneman (Point Pleasant Beach, N.J./Point Pleasant Boro), Cassie Nugin (Camp Hill, Pa./Cedar Cliff), and Ember Foster (Duncannon, Pa./Susquenita) all finished in the top-10 in 1:01.47, 1:01.92, and 1:02.24, respectively.
McDonald also led West Chester in the 200 with a time of 26.40 seconds to place third.
West Chester wrapped up its day on the track with second and fourth place finishes in the 4x400 with times of 4:14.22 and 4:24.28, respectively.
Emma Deyarmin (Leesport, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) led West Chester in the shot put with a sixth-place finish and a mark of 37-1 ¾ (11.32m). Deyarmin also led West Chester in the weight throw with a mark of 43-11 ¼ (13.39m).
Hannah LaFave (Spring Brook Township, PA./North Pocono) led West Chester in the pole vault with a mark of 10-10 ¾ (3.32m) to finish third, followed by
Kaylie Groff (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra) in fourth with a mark of 10-4 ¾ (3.17m).
Up Next:
West Chester will be back in action in split-squad action next weekend at the Bucknell Multi, Widener Schuylkill Showcase (at Penn), and the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston.
