WEST CHESTER, Pa.- The West Chester University women's track and field team is set to return to action on Friday afternoon at Ocean Breeze for the final time this season as the Golden Rams compete in the Fast Track Invitational. West Chester returns to action after an action-packed weekend slate last week at the Bucknell Bison Challenge and Multi and Widener Schuylkill Showdown, beginning on Friday at Bucknell through Sunday at Penn for the final day of the Schuylkill Showdown.
Last Time Out
Bucknell Bison Challenge & Multi
Demi Pavlides (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) competed in both the 200 and 400 meters, posting a time of 28.00 in the 200 to finish 28th and 1minute and 04.04 seconds to place 16th in the 400.
Kristina Tapia (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley) had another busy and successful weekend, placing seventh in the mile in 5:21.74 in the mile before finishing eighth in the 3000 meters in 10:38.19.
Cassie Nugin (Camp Hill, Pa./Cedar Cliff) and Ember Foster (Duncann, Pa./Susquenita) led West Chester in the 800 with top-10 finishes and personal-best times of 2:20.72 and 2:23.14, respectively.
West Chester also placed seventh in the Distance Medley Relay (DMR) in 12:55.53.
Widener Schuylkill Showdown
Nikolien Bezuidenhout (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) finished third in the long jump with a mark of 17 feet 0 ¾ inches (5.20 meters), while
Izabel Zajac (Auburn, Pa./Blue Mountain) led West Chester in the high jump with a mark of 4-9 (1.45m).
Kaylie Groff (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra) and Hannah LaFave (Spring Brook Township, Pa./North Pocono) both recorded top-five pole vault finishes with marks of 11-5 ¾ (3.5m) and 10-11 ¾ (3.35m), respectively.
Leah Wasko (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe) led West Chester in the triple jump with a third-place finish with a mark of 36-2 3/4 (11.04m), while Bezuidenhout was seventh with a mark of 34-4 ¾ (10.48m
).
Emma Deyarmin (Leesport, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) led West Chester in the shot put and weight throw, finishing sixth and seventh with marks of 36-5 (11.10m) and 43-11 ¼ (13.39m), respectively.
Katja Larsen (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) and Genevieve McDonald (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) paced West Chester in the 60 with top-five finishes in 7.84 and 7.85 seconds, respectively. Larsen and McDonald also led West Chester in the 200, finishing fifth and eighth in 25.74 and 25.88 seconds.
Cate Hildebrand (Chalfont, Pa./C.B. South) and Morgan Pera (Center Valley, Pa./Southern Lehigh) led the way in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing third and fifth in 9.34 and 9.39 seconds, respectively. Hildebrand also finished 13th in the 200 in 26.44 seconds.
Molly Minor (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) and Abigail Hanneman (Point Pleasant Beach, N.J./Point Pleasant Boro) took 11th and 12th in the 400 in 1:00.12 and 100.15, while
Kamryn Fontaine (DuBois, Pa./DuBois Area) led West Chester in the 800 with a time of 2:49.82.
West Chester wrapped up its weekend on the track with a fourth-place finish in 4:03.43.
Up Next
West Chester will stay busy on Valentine's Weekend as the Golden Rams return to Penn for the Widener Indoor Classic, while another contingent will head North to compete at Boston University. Both events are scheduled for Friday, February 13, and Saturday, February 14.
