LEWISBURG, Pa. – Ally Tama (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) strengthened her case to hold the Kutztown University women's track & field pole vault record for quite some time as the senior cleared a personal-best and NCAA Provisional 3.85m (12'7.5"), highlighting KU on the second and final day of the Bison Outdoor Classic, hosted by Bucknell University.
 
Tama finished fourth overall in the pole vault. Her teammate, Myah Davies (New Market, Md./Linganore), was one of five Golden Bears to earn Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-qualifying marks. Davies had hers in the pole vault, Ava Bendetti (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland) in the 800m, Kira Solt (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) in the 100m hurdles, Raechel Bonner (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) in the 400m and Taniyah Lawler (Chester, Pa./Chester) in the 400m hurdles.
 
The 4x800 relay team, consisting of Anastasia Fratanduono (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan), Colleen Gilbert (Willow Street, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg), Kiara Mayers (Damascus, Pa./Honesdale) and Ava Bendetti (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland), placed fourth overall in a time of 9:57.47. Alicia Underkoffler (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) had a PR in the 400m of 1:05.30.
 
Kutztown will next compete in the All-American meet at East Stroudsburg University next Saturday, April 23.
 
BISON OUTDOOR CLASSIC
SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2022
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY
 
Kutztown Results
 
4x100 Relay
18. Kira Solt (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough), Taniyah Lawler (Chester, Pa./Chester), Sage Rowley (Runnemede, N.J./Triton Regional), Hazel Deschamps (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) – 51.02
 
4x800 Relay
4. Anastasia Fratanduono (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan), Colleen Gilbert (Willow Street, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg), Kiara Mayers (Damascus, Pa./Honesdale), Ava Bendetti (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland) – 9:57.47
 
800m
67. Ava Bendetti (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland) – 2:20.22, PSAC-Qualifying, PR
 
100H
35. Kira Solt (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) – 15.84, PSAC-Qualifying
45. Hazel Deschamps (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) – 17.47
 
400m
19. Raechel Bonner (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) – 58.80, PSAC-Qualifying
55. Angela Iaccarino (Monroe, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury) – 1:01.67
86. Alicia Underkoffler (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) – 1:05.30, PR
 
100m
81. Hazel Deschamps (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) – 13.74
 
200m
35. Raechel Bonner (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) – 26.31
 
400H
9. Taniyah Lawler (Chester, Pa./Chester) – 1:04.93, PSAC-Qualifying
33. Jaidah Mitchell (Pemberton, N.J./Pemberton Township) – 1:09.04
 
Pole Vault
4. Ally Tama (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) – 3.85m (12'7.5"), NCAA Provisional, PR, improves on program record
22. Myah Davies (New Market, Md./Linganore) – 3.55m (11'7.75"), PSAC-Qualifying
26. Haylee Edwards (Mohnton, Pa./Twin Valley) – 3.25m (10'8")