SHIPPENSBURG, Pa.- The West Chester University women's track and field squad scored 10 more points on Friday at the second day of the PSAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, led by a seven-point effort from its pole vault group to sit in sixth in the team standings after the first two days of the PSAC Outdoor Championships. West Chester also had a strong day in Saturday prelims and will have a busy Saturday ahead on the final day of the PSAC Championships when action gets underway tomorrow at 11 a.m.
Megan Werner (Bristol, Pa./Conwell Egan) scored three more points for West Chester in the 3K Steeplechase as she finished sixth in 11:36.57 to finish off the Golden Rams afternoon on the track.
Hannah LaFave (Spring Brook Township,Pa./North Pocono) and
Kaylie Groff (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra) both picked up points for West Chester in the pole vault, taking third and eighth with marks of 11 feet 11 ¾ inches (3.65 meters), while 11-7 ¾ (3.55 meters), respectively. LaFave scored six points for West Chester, while Groff scored one in this event.
West Chester's 4x100 relay squad placed second in prelims in 47.21 seconds to punch its ticket through to the finals on Saturday afternoon.
Cate Hildebrand (Chalfont, Pa./C.B. South) took third in the 100 hurdles prelims in 14.46 seconds, while also placing fourth in the 400 hurdle prelims in 1:03.49 to punch her ticket to the Saturday finals in both events.
Amanda Marquis (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette) also qualified for the Saturday finals in the 400 as she finished fourth in prelims in 57.02 seconds.
Katja Larsen (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) placed fourth in the 200 prelims in 25.01 seconds to qualify for the Saturday finals, while
Cassie Nugin (Camp Hill, Pa./Cedar Cliff) and
Ember Foster (Duncannon, Pa./Susquenita) will both compete in Saturday's 800 finals after finishing second (2:16.57) and sixth (2:18.08) in the prelims on Friday.
Larsen was also one of three Golden Rams to qualify for the Saturday finals of the 100 as
Genevieve McDonald (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) and
Erin Gombert (Lehighton, Pa./Palmerton) helped West Chester finish 6,7,8 in prelims in 12.00, 12.07, and 12.11 seconds, respectively.
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West Chester will be back in action tomorrow for the third and final day of the PSAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Shippensburg.
