Above - Watch the Girl's 800m at the State College Invite
The Girls' 800m race at the State College HS Invitational #3 was the race of the evening.
As evident by this story's headline - Ashley Pines (Cumberland Valley) led a stacked contingent as she glided to a new lifetime best and PA No. 3 - 2:13.73. The time also ranks as the US No. 21.
Lily Schindler (Avon Grove) admirably brought the race out quickly, pacing 30-flat through the first 200 before dropping a 64-second first quarter.
Pines took over the lead at the 500m point and led to the finish. Schindler impressively held on and notched a five-second personal best of 2:14.96. She is now ranked sixth in the state.
Grace Morningstar (State College) used a strong closing 200 to close the gap between herself and the two front-runners. She eventually crossed the line in 2:16.30, a season-best and PA No. 10.
Marlee Kwasnica (State College), Chloe Poindexter (State College), and Mary Stoltz (Altoona) followed suit and finished at 2:19.88, 2:20.89, and 2:21.10, respectively.
Six of the Top-8 girls in this race ran Indoor or Lifetime bests.