April 3, 2017
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State took part in two meets this past weekend, Stanford Invite; Florida Relays, with the women's 4x800-meter relay rewriting the school record in the event Saturday afternoon.
At the Florida Relays, Penn State pieced together a 4x800-meter relay that crossed the finish line and shot right to the top of the Penn State laurels.
Marissa Sheva, Julie Kocjancic, Frances Bull and Danae Rivers teamed up to run 8:38.17 topping the mark of 8:39.44 set by Caitlin Lane, Bekka Simko, Kalyn Fisher and Maura Ryan in 2011.
One similarity between the old school record relay team and the new record holders is they both had a Penn State women's soccer player on the respective relays.
Maura Ryan was a member of the women's soccer team from 2006-2009, while Sheva completed her sophomore season of Nittany Lion soccer this past fall and was a member of the 2015 NCAA Championship team.
Isaiah Harris made his 2017 outdoor debut with a spectacular performance at the Florida Relays this past weekend.
Harris opened up in his signature event - 800-meters - posting the No. 1 time in NCAA that also holds as the No. 2 time in the world for all of 2017 including both indoor and outdoor seasons.
Harris returned the following day to team up with Bobby Hill, Domenic Perretta, Jordan Makins as the men's 4x800-meter relay recorded the No. 10 time in program history with their second-place finish in a time of 7:18.70.
Rivers, who was a member on the aforementioned 4x800-meter relay that set the school record, also had individual performance that ranks as the second-fastest 1,500-meter on the books for Penn State.
The freshman ran 4:16.33 in the 1,500-meters that currently ranks as the No. 8 mark in the NCAA as well as No. 1 in the Big Ten.
Penn State will return to the eight lane oval as they travel to LSU for the Battle on the Bayou Apr. 8 in Baton Rouge, LA.
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