ITHACA, N.Y./STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The Mansfield track & field program competed at both the Cornell Deneault Invitational and the Penn State Tune-Up on Saturday prior to next week's PSAC Indoor Championships.
 
At Cornell, Jenny Bellefluer hit a PSAC qualifying mark in the 200-meter dash with her time of 26.67. The sophomore finished 10^th overall.
 
Kenzie Jones improved her PSAC time in the mile with an indoor personal best of 5:21.61 to finish 12^th. Jones bettered her previous PR by almost four seconds. Janelle Peachy also hit a personal best in the mile at 5:52.82.
 
Purity Moenga threw for an indoor personal best in the shot put. Her best attempt of 9.06 meters was good for a finish of 20^th.
 
In the men's 5K, Ryan Clifford ran to a PR of 15:55.46, but unfortunately was just .26 seconds from a conference qualifying time in the event. The sophomore was fifth overall.
 
The defending PSAC Indoor 800 meter champion, Quashaun Jaquay Willis, qualified for the conference meet with a time of 2:00.04. Willis finished ninth in the event.
 
Jordan Holmes and Travis Keefe ran personal bests in the 3,000m with times of 9:44.60 and 9:57.77 respectively.
 
At the Penn State Tune-up, Charlsie Bowen turned in a pair of top 10 performances taking fourth in the 60-meter hurdles and eighth in the pole vault. Bowen's time was 9.40 in the hurdles before clearing a height of 3.51 meters in the pole vault.
 
Nick Auchenbach was 9^th in the 200-meter dash at Penn State with a personal best time of 23.06 and just missed the conference time by two tenths of a second.
 
Next week's PSAC Indoor Championships are hosted by Edinboro on Feb. 25-26.