2015-16 WOMEN’S RETURNERS a 73rd-place finish at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (23:29.5) ... Ran in the “Open” section Notre Dame Invitational and finished 30th (18:24.8) ... At the Penn State National, Catalano placed 13th (22:56) Before Penn State... || High School PRs || Cross Country (5k): 19:45 ... Mile: 5:06.51 || High School || Catalano’s high school cross country team placed fourth in state during her freshman year and seventh in her junior year ... Four-year letterwinner in track and cross country ... Won the Ann Infield Award for indoor track ... District Six champion in the 3,200-meter run during her sophomore year ... During Catalano’s senior year, she won the mile and was a member of the firstplace 4x800-meter relay team at the District Six Championships ... Also in her senior year, she placed 12th in the mile and was a member of the fourth-place 4x800-meter relay team at the 2014 PIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... Three-time state qualifier in cross country ... Ranks third all-time in the 4x800meter relay and eighth in the mile at State College Area high school || Personal || Daughter of Gina and Dana Catalano ... Born October 8, 1995 ... Communications (public relations/advertising) major
(eighth) with her time of 21:00.9 Before Penn State... || High School PRs || 800: 2:17.43 ...1,600: 4:54.25 ... 3,200: 10:36.65 ... Cross Country (5k): 18:03.40 || High School || PIAA AA cross country state champion ... PIAA AA 3,200-meter run state champion ... All-state (cross country and track & field) ... Holds the district records in cross country, the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter events ... Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field ... Captain of the cross country team ... National Honor Society member || Personal || Daughter of Ann and Bryan Chikotas ... Born April 5, 1996 ... Mechanical engineering major
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Crawford Sophomore • Sophomore State College, Pa.
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CHIKOTAS Sophomore • Sophomore Hellertown, Pa. DISTANCE • CROSS COUNTRY
800m 1500m Mile 3000m 5000m
Chikotas’ Collegiate Personal Bests Indoor Outdoor *** 2:17.43 *** 4:23.42 4:46.54 *** 9:21.62 *** 16:20.81 16:05.46
On the National Scene... || 2015 Outdoor || Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the 5,000-meter run … Secured her spot in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with an eighth-place finish with her time of 16:09.26 … In her NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships debut, Chikotas placed 19th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:34.43 || 2014 Cross Country || Placed 54th at the Mid-Atlantic Regional with her time of 21:59 At the Big Ten Championships... || 2015 Outdoor || Finished fifth in the 5,000-meter run with her time of 16:28.92 || 2015 Indoor || Posted a pair of fourth place finishes (3,000 – 9:21.62, 5,000 – 16:20.81) || 2014 Cross Country || Finished just shy of second team All-Big Ten honors with her 15th-place finish (20:29.7) ... Named the Big Ten Women’s Cross Country Freshman of the Year ... She is the third Nittany Lion to win the award and the first since 2009 (Nicole Lord)
MID-DISTANCE
400m 600m 800m
Crawford’s Personal Bests Indoor Outdoor *** 57.10 (HS) 1:37.03 *** 2:13.49 2:11.00 (HS)
At the Big Ten Championships... || 2015 Outdoor || Placed 29th in the 800-meter run with her time of 2:14.72 || 2015 Indoor || A member of the distance medley relay that finished seventh with its time of 11:29.06 Around the Track... || 2015 Outdoor || At the season-opening Florida Relays, Crawford was a member of the 4x800-meter relay that finished fourth with its time of 8:53.41 … Recorded an eighth-place finish at the LSU Alumni Gold meet in the 800-meter run with her time of 2:13.17 … Finished first in the 800-meter run at the Jim Thorpe Invite with her season-best time of 2:12.49 || 2015 Indoor || Tallied a season-best time of 2:13.49 in the 800-meter run at the Penn State National Invitational … Posted a season-best time of 1:37.03 in the 600-meter run at the SPIRE NCAA D1 Invite Before Penn State... Transfer from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) || At IUP || Played soccer during her freshman year ... Named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference women’s soccer freshman of the year | High School PRs || 400: 57.10 ... 800: 2:11.00 || High School || Anchored the seventh place 4x800-meter relay team at the state meet during her junior year ... Anchored the fourth place 4x800-meter relay team at the state meet during her senior year ... Her track & field team won the state title her freshman year and also claimed four district titles ... Four-year letterwinner in track & field| National Level Competition | A member of the 4x800-meter relay team that finished sixth at the New Balance Indoor Nationals meet ... All-American || Personal || Daughter of Lisa and Doug Crawford ... Born December 6, 1995
Around the Track... || 2015 Outdoor || Finished second in the 1,500-meter run at the Bison Outdoor Classic with her personal-best time of 4:23.24 … Won the 5,000-meter run at the Penn Relays with her personal-best time of 16:05.46 Her time of 16:05.46 ranks fifth all-time at Penn State … Finished fifth in her section of the 1,500-meter run at the Payton Jordan Invite with her time of 4:23.77 || 2015 Indoor || At the Nittany Lion Challenge, Chikotas posted a personal-best time of 4:46.54 en route to a first-place finish in the mile … Finished 19th in the 3,000-meter run at the Husky Classic with her time of 9:25.24 … Tallied a secondplace finish in the 3,000-meter run at the Penn State National with her time of 9:25.87 On the Course... || 2014 Cross Country || Competed in six meets as a freshman ... Top Nittany Lion finisher in four of the six meets she competed in ... Opened her Penn State career with a second-place finish at the Dolan Duals (14:44.63) ... Led the Nittany Lions to the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe team title with her third-place finish (21:03.3) ... Finished 14th at the Notre Dame Invitational (16:37.4) ... Was the top Nittany Lion and the top true freshman at the Pre-National Invitational 19
PENN STATE 2015-16 • MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY