King's College Athletics

Emily Harrington earned third in the pentathlon with a total of 2,774 points, edging Caitlin Henneforth for third place by 14 points. Harrington started the day with a school record time of 9.44 seconds in the 60 meter hurdles to score 820 points. The junior had the fastest time in the field of 12 while besting her own previous record of 9.45 seconds that she ran yesterday in the prelims of 60 hurdles. Messiah senior Taylor Wiederrecht had the second fastest time in the field at 9.47 seconds scoring 814 points. In the second event, the high jump, Harrington scored 544 points with a season best height of 1.43 meters (4'8.25"). Harrington entered at 1.22 meters needing two attempts to reach that height before nailing her first attempts at 1.25 meters, 1.28 meters, 1.31 meters, and 1.34 meters. She needed two tries at 1.37 meters but hit her first attempt at 1.40 meters and 1.43 meters before missing all three tries at 1.46 meters. Misericordia junior Caitlin Henneforth had the top height in the field at 1.58 meters (5'2.25").
 
The junior scored 456 points in the shot put with a huge career best of 8.87 meters (29'1.25") on her first of three attempts. Harrington threw 7.78 meters and 8.78 meters on her other two tosses. Eastern sophomore Joelle Wash had the best mark of the field at 10.60 meters (34'9.5") on her second attempt. In the long jump, Harrington picked up 418 points with a distance of 4.46 meters, while was sixth in the event but she earned enough points to stay in third place going into the final event. Susanna Pirollo of Alvernia won the long jump with a 4.78m jump, while Camryn Castellini was second after posting a distance of 4.61 meters.  The final event was the 800 meter run, and Harrington earned 536 points with a time of 2:43.28 to finish with the fifth-fastest time of the 11 competitors. Pirollo was first with a 2:35.10 to take second place overall, while Wiederrecht of Messiah won the overall title with 2,955 points, just seven points clear of Pirollo.