STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The Towson University track & field team closes out January in Pennsylvania at the Penn State Nationals from January 30-31.
Event Information
Facility: Ashenfelter Indoor Track | State College, Pa.
Tentative Start Times:
Friday, January 30
Field Events
- Pentathlon – 11:15 a.m.
- Long Jump – 6 p.m.
Track Events
- 60m Prelims – 4:10 p.m.
- 800m – 6:25 p.m.
- 60m Finals – 7:25 p.m.
- 400m – 7:50 p.m.
Saturday, January 31
Field Events
- High Jump, Triple Jump – 11:30 a.m.
Track Events
- 600m – 10:30 a.m.
- 200m – 11:40 a.m.
- 200m Invite – 3:45 p.m.
- 4x400m Invite – 4:50/5:25 p.m.
Roster & Entries
- Princess Asante – 60m, 200m
- Mydison Britton – 400m, 200m
- Jaylynn Dorsey – Long Jump, 200m
- Bianca Durant – 60m, 200m
- Nancy Hudson – 60m, 200m
- Addison Inge – High Jump
- Layla James – 600m
- Jaayah Jenkins – 600m
- Kiara Murray – Long Jump, Triple Jump
- Kadidja Ouattara – 60m, 200m
- Leeann Redlo – Pentathlon
- Qiora Rollins – 400m, 200m
- Jasmine Scott – 400m, 200m
- Spencer Settle – 400m, 200m
- Baara Stewart, 800m, 600m
- Sierra Swangin – High Jump
- Aniyah Toppin – Long Jump, Triple Jump
- Nesther Wea – 400m, 200m
Last Meet Recap
Last weekend, the Black & Gold traveled to Philadelphia, Pa. for Bucknell's Gulden Invitational, where Towson collected four first-place finishes and earned meet MVP honors from junior
Baara Stewart.
In the 60m, senior
Princess Asante captured gold for the Tigers, clocking 7.71.
Nesther Wea added another top finish in the 200m, taking first with a time of 25.19.
The Tigers' 4x800m of Stewart,
Addison Mau,
Jaayah Jenkins and
Layla James combined for a winning time of 9:24.30, placing third all-time in program history. Stewart continued her standout weekend in the 1000m, winning gold and resetting Towson's school record with a personal-best 2:53.54. The mark broke a 39-year-old record previously set by Maureen Shaneman in 1987.
Stewart's performances earned her Gulden Invitational MVP honors, and earlier this week she was named CAA Track Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive time.
Up Next
The Tigers are set to compete at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships from February 6-8 in Boston, Massachusetts.
