Lydia Dennis

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mars, Pa.
High School:
Mars HS

Career Results

2018 Outdoor: Competed in three meets … Placed 27th in the triple jump with 10.84m at the 49er Classic (Mar. 15-17) … Recorded a season best 4.69m in the long jump at the Bison Outdoor Classic (Apr. 14-15).

2017-18 Indoor: Competed at four meets … Recorded a 10.65m in the triple jump at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 8-9), finishing in eighth place … Recorded a 4.92m in the long jump at the Youngstown State College Invite (Jan.19), placing 15th.

2017 Outdoor: Competed in five meets … Had personal season-bests in the triple jump (11.22m) and long jump (5.14m) at the at the Carnegie Mellon 5 Team Invitational (March 25) … Placed fifth in the triple jump at the Akron-Campbell Wright Open (May 5) and seventh in the triple jump at the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Invitational (March 17).

2016-17 Indoor: Competed at five meets … Set a personal record of 26.96 in the 200m at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 9) … Posted a season-best mark of 4.98m in the long jump at the same event … Leaped to a season-best 11.08m in the triple jump at the Penn State National Open (Jan. 27).

2016 Outdoor: Participated in the University at Buffalo Open (Apr. 30) in long jump with 5.04m … Also participated in the 2016 Louisville Invitational (Apr. 15-16) in long jump with 5.18m … Competed in the University at Buffalo Open in Javelin (Apr. 30) with a throw of 22.98m.

2015-16 Indoor: Participated in the Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 17) in triple jump, placing sixth with 11.59m, setting a personal record … Also participated in the Penn State Relays (Jan. 10) in the long jump, setting a season best record of 5.46m … Competed in the Penn State Relays (Jan. 10) in the 60m hurdles finishing with a time of 1:40.34 … Also competed in the YSU Indoor Invite (Jan. 23) in shot put with a throw of 8.55m … Participated in the Kent St. Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 11) in the 200m with a time of 27.76 … Finished 20th at the SPIRE NCAA D-1 Indoor T&F Invitational (Feb. 13) in the long jump (5.13m).

2015 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2014-15 Indoor: Did not compete.

High School: Selected First Team All-Conference in 2011-13 ... Broke the school record in both triple and long jumps in each ofthose years as well ... Named Butler County Girls Track Athlete of the Year in 2013 ... Crowned TSTCA Indoor Champion in both long jump and triple jump as a junior ... Won the WPIAL Championship in triple jump and finished runner-up in long jump in her sophomore season ... Member of record-breaking 4x400m relay team as a freshman ... Played four years of varsity soccer.

Personal: Daughter of Kelly and Mark Dennis ... Has one older brother, Vinny ... Majoring in accounting and business information systems.