ERIE, Pa. - Penn State Harrisburg's men's and women's track & field teams wrapped up their weekend at the 2024 United East Outdoor Championships hosted by Penn State Behrend on Sunday afternoon, May 5. As a group, the Lions captured four conference championships; three on the men's side and one for the women.

The men were led by conference champions Paul Netland (110H), Tony Pelino (PV), and Isaac Whitson (TJ), while Makayla Grace Weber won a conference title (400H) on the women's side. In total, Penn State Harrisburg athletes racked up 11 all-conference honors.

Netland set a new PR in the 110m hurdles and his time of 15.31 seconds was quick enough to earn him gold in the event, while ranking second all-time in program history. Pelino matched his career-best mark of 4.35 meters in the pole vault to secure the conference title. Whitson improved upon his previous PR In the triple jump, with his top leap of 13.34 meters ranking second all-time in program history and securing conference gold in the event. For their efforts, all three athletes also earned United East All-Conference First-Team honors.

Weber set a new PR of 1:07.72 in the 400m hurdles to capture gold in the event, rank second all-time in program history, and earn all-conference first-team recognition. She also took silver in the 100m hurdles and secured second-team all-conference honors in the event. 

Leah Gray and Steph Reider each earned a pair of runner-up finishes in their respective events and collected all-conference second-team honors in each for their efforts. Gray set a new program record in the 200m with a time of 25.52 seconds to go along with a silver medal in the 100m. Reider was the runner-up in both the shot put and discus throw, while fellow thrower Gabrielle Dietrich just missed out on all-conference honors in the discus despite her best throw of 33.83 meters standing as the third-best effort in program history. Katrin Cavanaugh also earned silver in the pole vault thanks to her best effort of 3.10 meters, securing her all-conference second-team recognition in the process.

Zakareya Aidel was the fourth men's athlete to garner all-conference recognition, with his effort of 59.45 seconds securing him bronze in the 400m hurdles and earning him third-team all-conference honors.

2024 UNITED EAST ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS

MEN 

First Team

Paul Netland III (110H*)

Tony Pelino (PV*)

Isaac Whitson (TJ*)

Third Team

Zakareya Aidel (400H)

WOMEN 

First Team

Makayla Grace Weber (400H*)

Second Team

Katrin Cavanaugh (PV)

Leah Gray (100m)

Leah Gray (200m)

Steph Reider (DT)

Steph Reider (SP)

Makayla Grace Weber (100H)

* United East Champion