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Megan Hayward warmed up for the upcoming PSAC Swim Championships by winning two races in two different events prior the big meet.
				The junior, a Tunkhannock graduate, is the top distance freestyle performer for the Kutztown women&rsquo;s team. On Jan. 11, she finished first in the 500 free (5:51.50) and the 1650 free (19:59.1) at a tri-meet in Allentown.
				On Jan. 25, Hayward captured the 500 free (5:40.15) and the 1000 free (11:33.09) as the Golden Bears topped Lock Haven 142-106 on senior day on Jan. 25 in Kutztown. She also swam a leg on the winning 200 free relay (1:51.65) in that meet.
				&ldquo;Megan has made great progress in the 1000 and 500,&rdquo; coach Tim Flannery said. &ldquo;She has qualified for the PSACs in the 1650 and warmed up for that meet as a double-winner in both our meets in January. I&rsquo;m really looking forward to seeing her swim at the PSACs.&rdquo;
				Hayward didn&rsquo;t swim with Kutztown last year and went out for the team in September.
				&ldquo;Not bad for a little less than four months of training,&rdquo; Flannery said.
				The league meet will be held Feb. 19-22 in York.
				Sara Hopkins (Concordia)
				The 5-foot-5 sophomore collected her third double-double of the season as the women&rsquo;s basketball team dropped a 67-54 decision to Goldey-Beacom on Sunday. The Crestwood graduate had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
				She had 13 points and 10 assists against Bridgeport on Nov. 23 and 14 points and 10 rebounds against Bloomfield on Dec. 3. Hopkins is averaging 9.5 points and 3.9 rebounds a game, leads the team with 77 assists and has 22 steals.
				Payden Montana (Penn State)
				The sophomore finished second out of 21 throwers in the shot put for the women&rsquo;s indoor track team at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge last Saturday in State College with a toss of 50 feet, 6 &#188; inches. She was runner-up to a senior.
				The Berwick graduate also finished sixth in the weight throw with a personal best heave of 52-6 &#189;. Those marks are an improvement over her effort in the Penn State National on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 when she was fifth in the shot put (49-1 &#190;) and 26th in the weight throw (48-8 &#188;).
				Ryan Monk (UNC Pembroke)
				The redshirt junior finished second at 285 pounds for the wrestling team to help the Braves finish first at the Mountain East Championships on Feb. 1 in West Liberty, W.Va. The Dallas graduate won his semifinal match 6-2 but before falling 11-1 to No. 2 Jared Campbell of Notre Dame (Ohio) in the championship.
				Monk bounced back by winning his bout 6-4 in a 43-0 victory over Lander on Feb. 5. The Penn State transfer is 6-11 overall and 5-8 in dual matches in his first season with the team.
				Tina Capparell (Delaware)
				The sophomore finished fifth out of 66 runners for the women&rsquo;s indoor track team at the Albany Winter Classic last Friday in Staten Island, N.Y. Her time was a personal best 5:01.33.
				Capparell, from Hazleton and a Marian Catholic graduate, posted another personal best when she finished third out of 37 in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:08.03 at the Great Dane Classic on Jan. 11.
				Colton Babcock (Shippensburg)
				The sophomore has the most pins on the wrestling team as the Northwest graduate has recorded seven for the Raiders. The team held a quad meet to celebrate senior day and alumni day on Saturday and Babcock went 3-1 on the day.
				He recorded his first non-pin victory with a 9-5 decision in a 25-16 loss to Millersville. He came back with a pin in 5:45 in a tough 25-24 loss to Belmont Abbey in the final meet of the day.
				Mitchell Rome (Navy)
				The freshman finished second in the 5,000 meter run for the men&rsquo;s indoor track team at the Navy Invitational 2 on Feb. 1 in Annapolis. His time was 15:40.95.
				The Dallas graduate finished 18th in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:59.40 at the Wesley Brown Invitational on Jan. 18. Rome began his college career by finishing second in the 5,000 with a time of 15:28.84 at the Navy Invitational 1 meet on Dec. 7.
				Morgan O&rsquo;Hara (Susquehanna)
				The senior co-captain will close out her career with the women&rsquo;s swim team at this weekend&rsquo;s Landmark Conference Championship in Germantown, Md. The Hazleton Area graduate competes in sprint races for the River Hawks.
				Her best times this season are 26.31 (50 freestyle), 56.91 (100 freestyle), 32.07 (50 backstroke) and 1:05.24 (100 backstroke). O&rsquo;Hara also swims on relay teams, mainly the 200 freestyle and 400 medley.
				Ashley Blannard (Bloomsburg)
				The sophomore finished second in the long jump at the East Stroudsburg Quad Meet last Saturday with a leap of 17 feet, 6 inches. The Wyoming Valley West graduate finished fourth in the long jump at the Bison Open and Multi on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 in Lewisburg with a 17-4 &#188; effort.
				Freshman Becca Avery, a Tunkhannock graduate, finished 12th in the shot put with a season-best mark of 32-10 &#188; for the Huskies at the East Stroudsburg meet.
				Andrea Shipton (Hamilton)
				The sophomore, a Crestwood graduate, finished fifth in the pole vault for the Continental women&rsquo;s indoor track team at the Blue and Orange Invitational last Saturday in Utica, N.Y. with a height of 10 feet, 6 inches.
				Shipton has finished first in three of the five indoor track meets she has competed in this winter. In her latest, at the Pioneer Open on Feb. 1 in Utica, she set a personal best mark with a 10-8 effort.
				Emily Carey (Ithaca)
				The junior finished third in the pole vault for the women&rsquo;s indoor track team at the Blue and Orange Invitational last Saturday in Utica, N.Y. She cleared 10 feet, 11 &#190; inches. The Lake-Lehman graduate also finished sixth in the long jump with a personal best leap of 16-9 &#190;.
				Carey&rsquo;s personal best in the pole vault is 11-1, which she recorded when she finished ninth in the All-Atlantic Region Outdoor Track and Field Championship last May.

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