Senior distance runner Travis Mahoney made his last career Penn Relays appearance for Temple Thursday, and did not disappoint.
The only men’s participant in Thursday’s events for Temple, Mahoney finished second with a silver medal in the men’s 3000 meter steeplechase championship, placing with a time of 8 minutes and 48.18 seconds. Mahoney was the runner up to winner Andrew Poore of Indiana, who crossed at 8:43.52 to win the gold.
Freshman thrower Margo Britton shined in her Penn Relays debut, throwing for a distance of 51 feet, 6 ½ inches in the women’s shot-put and placing second. Britton would cap off her day with a 15th place finish in the women’s discus throw with a distance of 140-5.
The women’s field events continued to impress as senior thrower Alanna Owens placed second in the shot-put eastern with a throw of 47-3. Freshman jumper Kiersten LaRoche also made an impressive Penn Relays debut with Temple, placing eighth in the long jump eastern with a jump of 18-7.
Junior sprinters Isatta Kenneh and Dia Dorsey, senior sprinters Andrea Butler, and sophomore sprinter Gennie Depass made up a women’s 4×100 team that placed 26th out of a total of 82 teams with a time of 47.5 seconds. The women’s 4×400 relay, consisting of sophomore sprinter Ambrosia Iwugo, freshman sprinter Michelle Davis Timothy, junior middle distance runner Tonney Smith, and junior sprinter Sheina Roberts, also placed 26th and crossed with a time of 3:44.19.
–Drew Parent
