Hawks Make Progress at DuPage Invite

Posted April 01, 2014 11:00 pm

Bill Smith, Harper College Hawks Sports Information

The Harper College women's track and field team set more PR's at the College of DuPage Invite on Saturday while taking seventh place as a team.

Distance runner Lori Delfin (/Wheeling) ran a personal-best 21:06.91 in the 5k and finished in second place. Fellow distance specialist Mary Piltaver (/Conant) took third in the same event with a national-qualifying time of 21:13.22.

In the field events, four Harper athletes tried their hand at the javelin, with all setting PR's in the process. Amanda Hagen (/Hoffman Estates) led the group with a toss of 22.77m, followed by Gabby Beaupre (Elk Grove Village, Ill./Elk Grove) (19.91m), Anna Lanier (Dominican Republic/Home School) (16.88m) and Gabrielle Brosnan (Mount Prospect, Ill./Christian Liberty) (16.59m). Hagen also PR'ed in the hammer throw with a toss of 26.00m.

The Hawks return to competition on Saturday at 4 PM at Wheaton College.

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