BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Sophia Knerr (Columbia, N.J./North Warren Regional), Raechel Bonner (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin), Ava Bendetti (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland), and Jaidah Mitchell (Pemberton, N.J./Pemberton Township) won individual events, while Kiana Young (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) and Andrea Danciu (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin) set top-ten program marks, as the Kutztown University women's track and field team competed this weekend at the Coach P Invitational, hosted by Moravian in Bethlehem.

Knerr won the 3000-meter steeplechase with a PSAC time of 12:04.72. Bonner and Bendetti followed that up with PSAC times and first-place finishes in the 400-meters and 800-meters respectively. Mitchell was the last KU winner, hitting a PSAC time of 1:06.20 in the 400-meter hurdles.

Along with that foursome, Kiana Young (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg), Hazel Deschamps (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty), Kacie Sienko (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy), Brianna Foster (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley Park), Andrea Danciu (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin), Haylee Edwards (Mohnton, Pa./Twin Valley), and Mia Grassia (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore) all earned PSAC marks on Saturday. 

Young ran a time of 12.19 in the 100-meter dash finals, which is the second-fastest time in program history. She bests her previous best time of 12.46, which was the eighth-best mark, and tops KU Athletics Hall of Famers Monique Bosley's time from 1983 by .05 of a second. She also ran a time of 12.25 in the prelims, which would've tied Brianna Foster (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley Park) for the third-best time in program history. 

Danciu cleared the bar at 3.55m (11'7.75") in the pole vault, which was good enough for second place and a PSAC mark. It was also the seventh-best mark in program history. 

The 200-meter dash and 4x400 relay events did not take place due to lighting and rain on Saturday.

KU is back in action next week with two meets. The Golden Bears will take part in the Penn Relays in Philadelphia with events set to take place from Thursday, April 27 till Saturday, April 29. KU will also take part in the Paul Kasier Classic, hosted at Shippensburg on Saturday, April 29. 
 

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COACH P INVITATIONAL | BETHLEHEM, PA
KUTZTOWN WOMEN'S FRIDAY RESULTS

Shot Put
29. Alison Bender (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg), 8.32m (27' 3.75")

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SATURDAY RESULTS

100m Hurdles Prelim
9. Rhianne Markovchick (Weatherly, Pa./Weatherly), 16.43

100m Prelims
8. Kiana Young (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg), 12.25, PSAC Qualifying
13. Andrea Danciu (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin), 13.05
20. Sage Rowley (Runnemede, N.J./Triton Regional), 13.33
28. Markya Wallace (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin East), 13.73

100m Finals
4. Kiana Young (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg), 12.19, PSAC Qualifying, 2nd best in KU history

3000m Steeplechase
1. Sophia Knerr (Columbia, N.J./North Warren Regional), 12:04.72, PSAC Qualifying
7. Julianna Elsesser (Schnecksville, Pa./Parkland), 13:16.09

1500m
3. Deandra Young (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg), 4:58.43

400m
1. Raechel Bonner (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin), 58.07, PSAC Qualifying

800m 
1. Ava Bendetti (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland), 2:19.94, PSAC Qualifying

400m Hurdles
1. Jaidah Mitchell (Pemberton, N.J./Pemberton Township), 1:06.20, PSAC Qualifying
2. Hazel Deschamps (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty), 1:08.27, PSAC Qualifying
5. Alicia Underkoffler (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown), 1:09.34

Long Jump
2. Kacie Sienko (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy). 5.48m (17'11.75"), PSAC Qualifying
3. Brianna Foster (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley Park), 5.46m (17'11"), PSAC Qualifying
17. Anna Giannotti (Lake Hopatcong, N.J./Morris Catholic), 4.75m (15'7")
20. Haleigh Davis (Morgantown, Pa./Twin Valley), 4.65m (15'3.25")

Triple Jump
7. Anna Giannotti (Lake Hopatcong, N.J./Morris Catholic), 10.32m (33'10.25")
13. Annika Wise (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt), 9.90m (32' 5.75")

Javelin
21. Rhianne Markovchick (Weatherly, Pa./Weatherly), 21.86m (71'8")

High Jump
2. Mia Grassia (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore), 1.61m (5'3.25"), PSAC Qualifying
6. Kacie Sienko (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy), 1.55m (5'1"), PSAC Qualifying

Pole Vault
2. Andrea Danciu (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin), 3.55m (11'7.75"), PSAC Qualifying, 7th in KU history
5. Haylee Edwards (Mohnton, Pa./Twin Valley), 3.40m (11'1.75"), PSAC Qualifying

Discus
19. Alison Bender (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg), 25.31m (83'0")