AKRON, Ohio // UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Three Rockets grabbed wins in individual events at the Akron Invitational and Penn State National Open on Friday. At Akron, Sydney Caddell brought home gold in the long jump with a final mark of 5.59m while Samantha Thomas grabbed first in the 200m with a time of 24.56. At Penn State, Morgan Hicks took first in the 5000m, crossing the finish line at 16:59.93.

Also in Akron, freshman Addison Lee tallied a third-place finish in the long jump with a 5.37m final mark. Fellow freshmen Chloe Pyles took fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 10.75m.

At Penn State, Cadence Christie recorded a final time of 2:11.00 in the 800m, the fifth-best time in the 800m event in program history. Junior Bailey Ranta took second in the 5000m, following behind Hicks with a time of 17:09.93.

Two other Rockets placed within the top-10 in the event with junior Aubrey Duhaime taking seventh with a time of 17:29.99 while redshirt freshman Bella Earl grabbed 10^th with a mark of 18:09.19. In the mile run, Laura Nicholson recorded a final time of 4:35.95 to take seventh overall in the event.

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Toledo will wrap up competition at the Penn State National Open on Saturday. Events are set to begin at 3:00 p.m.

Akron Invitational Results
60m
10. Samantha Thomas – 7.88

200m
1. Samantha Thomas – 24.56
26. Sydney Caddell – 26.41
36. Hailey Slagle – 26.89
39. Addison Lee – 27.11

Pole Vault
9. Jordyn Wright – 3.23m

Long Jump
1. Sydney Caddell – 5.59m
3. Addison Lee – 5.37m

Triple Jump
4. Chloe Pyles – 10.75m

Penn State National Open Results
Mile
7. Laura Nicholson – 4:35.95
38. Lauren Zanotelli – 5:00.37

Men's Mile
2. Dominic Serem – 4:01.11

800m
14. Cadence Christie – 2:11.00 – fifth all-time

5000m
1. Morgan Hicks – 16:59.93
2. Bailey Ranta – 17:09.93
4. Karina James – 17:13.81
7. Aubrey Duhaime – 17:29.99
10. Bella Earl – 18:09.19