Women’s Returner Bios
Lindsey
GRAYBILL JR./JR. Eligible Macungie, Pa. Emmaus DISTANCE • CROSS COUNTRY Graybill’s Collegiate Career Bests Indoor 800-Meters 2:15.02 1000-Meters 2:55.40 1500-Meters *** Mile Run 4:59.96 3000m Steeplchase ***
Outdoor *** *** 4:35.12 10:30.47
On the National Stage … || 2011 Outdoor || Ran a personal-best 10:30.47 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing 24th overall at the NCAA First Round … Performance is the seventh best in school history. || 2010 Cross Country || Was the Nittany Lions’ sixth finisher at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, placing 154 among team competitors at 192nd overall … Placed 48th overall at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships. At the Big Ten Championships … || 2011 Outdoor || Took 13th in the steeplechase with a finishing time of 10:50.52. || 2010 Outdoor || Placed 21st in the 1500-meters at the conference meet (4:37.12). || 2010 Cross Country || Finished seventh for the Nittany Lions and 52nd overall in 21:36 – her best 6K time of the season. || 2010 Indoor || Ran the 800-meters, finishing in 18th overall in 2:15.02. || Cross Country || Was a member of the Lions’ Big Ten Championship squad ... Placed 68th at the championships in 22:34. On the Course ... || 2011 Cross Country || Was a member of the Penn State top seven in the final four competitions of the season … Best individual finish was 35th at the Penn State National. || 2009 Cross Country || Placed ninth overall and fourth for Penn State at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational ... Highest individual finish was sixth at the Lock Haven Dolan Duals ... Earned a 30th-place standing at the Penn State National. Around the Track … || 2011 Outdoor || Enjoyed an impressive series of finishes in the steeplechase, placing third at the Jesse Owens Classic, fifth at Florida Relays, and 10th at Penn Relays … Ran a then-PR 10:34.28 at Penn. || 2011 Indoor ||Ran a collegiate PR 4:59.96 for the mile run at the Penn State National, finishing fifth in the open section … Also ran on the fourthplace distance medley relay at the PSU National … Placed seventh in the mile at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup. || 2010 Outdoor || Highest individual finish as fourth-place effort in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Bucknell Team Challenge (11:01.1h) … Placed fifth in the 1500 at the Sun Angel Clas-
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PENN STATE 2011-12
TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
sic, running 4:37.02 … Clocked a PR 4:36.18 for the 1500 at Florida Relays. || 2010 Indoor || Took second in the 1000-meters at the Penn State National with a finishing time of 2:55.40 … Posted a PR 5:07.85 for the mile at the PSU Northeast Challenge, finishing 12th … Finished 11th in the 800 at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup. Before Penn State ... || High School || Led her team to a 2008 Pennsylvania state cross country title, placing fourth overall and third among team competitiors ... Also led her team to a district championship as a senior, earning runner-up honors individually ... Was also the number-one runner on Emmaus’ state title team in 2007 ... Helped her team to a second-place finish as a sophomore ... Was a three-time state qualifier in both indoor and outdoor track ... Placed third in the 1600 meters as a junior and fifth as a senior, running a personal-best 4:55.56 as a junior. || Personal || Daughter of Michelle and Jim Graybill ... Birthday is June 25, 1991 ... Majoring in Elementary Education.
Brittney
HOWELL SO./SO. Eligible Wyncote, Pa. Cheltenham MULTI-EVENTS Howell’s Collegiate Career Bests Indoor 200-Meters *** 800-Meters 2:34.07 60-Meter Hurdles 8.87 100-Meter Hurdles *** High Jump 5-3.25 (1.61) Long Jump 18-10 (5.74) Shot Put 33-7.50 (10.25) Javelin *** Pentathlon 3509
Outdoor 25.40 2:33.22 *** 14.53 5-4.50 (1.64) 18-5.25 (5.62) 33-5.25 (10.19) 92-10 (28.29) 4602
At the Big Ten Championships … || 2011 Outdoor || Competed in the heptathlon and open long jump at the conference meet, clearing a season-best 5-4.50 (1.64) in the heptathlon high jump … Also turned in a collegiate-outdoor best 18-5.25 (5.62) in the open long jump, placing 10th overall. || 2011 Indoor || Had a busy afternoon at her first conference meet, turning in a sixth-place finish in the pentathlon, and following up with a fifth-place effort in the long jump … Scored a personal-best 3509 in the pentathlon at the conference meet … Also competed in the open 60-meter hurdles. In the Field … || 2011 Outdoor || Totaled a PR 4604 to finish third at the Penn Relays heptathlon … Scored the best marks in the competition in both the 200 (25.78) and 100 hurdles (14.66) … Finished fifth in the 100 hurdles and the long jump at the George Mason Spring Invitational … Highest individual finish was a second-place effort in the long jump at the Jim Thorpe Invitational. || 2011 Indoor || Placed third in the pentathlon at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup with a score of 3358 … Totaled 3326 points to finish sixth in her first-career pentathlon at the Penn State National … Turned in a collegiate indoor-best 18-10 (5.74) to place 12th in the open long jump at the PSU National … Also clocked an indoor PR 8.87 for the 60 hurdles during the pentathlon at the PSU National. Before Penn State ... || High School || Won the indoor state title in the long jump and placed third in the 60-meter hurdles as a senior ... Went on to take runner-up honors at the 2010 PIAA Outdoor Championships ... 2009 PTFCA Indoor State Champion in