SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The 4x4 relay team, consisting of Kiana Young (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg), Jaidah Mitchell (Pemberton, N.J./Pemberton Township), Brianna Foster (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley Park) and Raechel Bonner (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) ran to the second fastest time in program history and finished one spot shy of placing top-three as Kutztown women's track & field finished seventh overall following day three of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships at Slippery Rock University.
 
The quartet ran for a time of 3:52.47 for five points and a fourth-place podium finish.
 
Bonner also earned four points in crossing the finish line fifth in the 400m final in a time of 58.55. Ava Bendetti (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland) earned her team three points for a sixth-place finish and personal record in the 800m (2:18.42) and both Jaidah Mitchell (Pemberton, N.J./Pemberton Township) and Haylee Edwards (Mohnton, Pa./Twin Valley) recorded one point each for KU in the 400m hurdles final and pole vault, respectively.
 
Erika Moriarty (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown) and Sophia Knerr (Columbia, N.J./North Warren Regional) both had PRs in the 1500m and the 5000m, respectively.
 
Kutztown completed its 2022-23 season and will look forward to next year with a deep and talented roster back.
 
PSAC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday, May 13, 2023
Kutztown Women's Results
 
4x100m Relay Final (8 teams)
None
 
1500m (21 competitors)
12. Anastasia Fratanduono (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan), 4:53.07
15. Erika Moriarty (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown), 4:54.09, PR
 
100m Hurdles Final (8 competitors)
None
 
400m Final (8 competitors)
5. Raechel Bonner (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin), 58.55, 4 pts.
 
100m Final (8 competitors)
None
 
800m Final (8 competitors)
6. Ava Bendetti (Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland), 2:18.42, 3 pts., PR
 
400m Hurdles Final (8 competitors)
8. Jaidah Mitchell (Pemberton, N.J./Pemberton Township), 1:08.66, 1 pt.
 
200m Final (7 competitors)
None
 
5000m (23 competitors)
9. Sophia Knerr (Columbia, N.J./North Warren Regional), 18:19.12, PR
12. Jaelyn D'Amelio (Manahawkin, N.J./Southern Regional), 18:29.00
 
4x400 (12 teams)
4. Kutztown 'A' (Kiana Young (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg), Jaidah Mitchell (Pemberton, N.J./Pemberton Township), Brianna Foster (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley Park), Raechel Bonner (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin)), 3:52.47, 5 pts., 2nd all-time at KU
 
Javelin (18 competitors)
None
 
Pole Vault (18 competitors)
8. Haylee Edwards (Mohnton, Pa./Twin Valley), 3.41m (11'2.25"), 1 pt.
14. Andrea Danciu (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin), 3.26m (10'8.25")
 
Triple Jump (18 competitors)
15. Kacie Sienko (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy), 10.66m (34'11.75")
 
Shot Put (18 competitors)
None