BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Cedar Crest College track & field team competed at the Coach P Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Moravian University.

In the shot put, senior Alana Connor (Manassas, Va./Charles J. Colgan) took 18^th with a mark of 10.52 meters. First-year Caterina Catizone (Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley) followed with a throw of 10.08 meters.

Connor finished 24^th in the hammer throw, registering a mark of 36.41 meters. Junior Courtney Gibbons (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) threw 26.92 meters.

In the 100-meter dash prelims, sophomore Alyssa Maldonado (Delmar, Md./Parkland) ran a time of 13.98 seconds.

The Falcons had two on the track in the 3000-meter steeplechase. Graduate student MacKayla Reed (Duncansville, Pa./Hollidaysburg Area Senior) finished in 14^th (14:54.88). Senior Shayla Simek (Lehighton, Pa./Lehighton Area) clocked a time of 15:40.32.

Cedar Crest's team of junior Krishana Brooks (Long Branch, N.J./Long Branch), first-year Laila Stevenson (Sayreville, N.J./Sayreville War Memorial), sophomore Emily Matoushek (Waymart, Pa./Forest City Regional), and first-year Keyara Harriston (Allentown, Pa./William Allen) in the 4x100-meter relay recorded a time of 53.15 seconds.

The Falcons had four in the 400-meter dash finals. Stevenson led the way, crossing the finish line in 1:00.22, marking a program record. Sophomore Mel Val (Tracy City, Tenn./St. Andrew's Sewanee) followed in 1:04.41. Sophomore Emily Matoushek (Waymart, Pa./Forest City Regional) and Brooks clocked times of 1:11.07 and 1:11.70.

Sophomore Giada Smith (Springtown, Pa./Palisades) was the lone Cedar Crest participant in the 800-meter run, registering a time of 2:37.76, setting a new program record.

Harriston ran the 200-meter dash for the Falcons and finished in a time of 28.27 seconds.

Connor led the way for Cedar Crest in the discus throw, taking third with a mark of 31.42 meters Catizone collected a mark of 27.37 meters. Sophomore Symarah Drey (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) registered a mark of 25.61 meters. Gibbons tallied a throw of 22.04 meters. 

In the javelin, Catizone earned a mark of 27.03 meters. Drey followed with a throw of 25.72 meters. 

Cedar Crest will have its final preparations before the United East Conference Championship Meet at the Blue Jay Tune-Up at Elizabethtown College on Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25.