ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – The Cedar Crest College track & field team finished seventh out of 13 teams at the Blue Jay Tune-Up on Friday and Saturday, hosted by Elizabethtown College. The Falcons tallied 26 team points.

In the 100-yard dash prelims, sophomore Alyssa Maldonado (Delmar, Md./Parkland) placed 14^th with a time of 14.12 seconds. Junior Krishana Brooks (Long Branch, N.J./Long Branch) followed and crossed the finish line in 14.45 seconds.

First-year Keyara Harriston (Allentown, Pa./William Allen) was the lone representative for Cedar Crest in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking a time of 19.30 seconds, taking fifth.

The Falcons had four on the track for the 200-meter dash. First-year Laila Stevenson (Sayreville, N.J./Sayreville War Memorial) led the way with a seventh-place finish with a time of 28.68 seconds. Sophomore Mel Val (Tracy City, Tenn./St. Andrew's Sewanee) clocked  time of 29.81 seconds. Brooks came in behind Val (30.56 seconds). Sophomore Emily Matoushek (Waymart, Pa./Forest City Regional) recorded a personal-best time of 30.79 seconds.

In the 800-meter event, sophomore Giada Smith (Springtown, Pa./Palisades) finished 13^th, crossing the finish line in 2:48.02.

Seniors Shayla Simek (Lehighton, Pa./Lehighton Area) and Lauren Davis (Oley, Pa./Oley Valley) represented Cedar Crest in the 1500-meter run. Simek paced the Falcons and registered a time of 6:47.07 followed by Davis (6:59.19).

The Falcons had five participants in the discus throw. Senior Bella Bozen (Lockport, Ill./Lockport Township) placed third with a mark of 36.75 meters. Classmate Alana Connor (Manassas, Va./Charles J. Colgan) came in seventh with a throw of 32.51 meters. First-year Caterina Catizone (Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley) tossed for a mark of 26.85 meters. Sophomore Symarah Drey (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) and junior Courtney Gibbons (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) rounded out the Cedar Crest throwers in the event with marks of 20.96 meters and 20.52 meters, respectively.

The Falcons had three participants record a mark in the hammer throw. Connor finished eighth with a throw of 38.62 meters. Bozen followed with a mark of 32.72 meters. Gibbons had a throw of 20.09 meters.

Cedar Crest had two top-ten finishers in the javelin. Bozen placed third with a mark of 31.78 meters. Catizone finished ninth with a throw of 25.18 meters. Drey rounded out the participants for the Falcons with a mark of 24.29 meters.

First-year Kaitlyn Cohen (Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville-Dewitt) was the lone Falcon in the pole vault, taking fourth with a mark of 2.15 meters.

Cedar Crest had a pair in the shot put with Catizone placing ninth (9.63 meters) and Connor in 11^th (9.09 meters).

The Falcons will now turn their attention to the United East Conference Championships, which are slated to take place on May 2 and 3 at Keystone College.