Hempfield Atletes Excel in College!

One of my goals in retirement was to see as many Hempfield atlhetes perform in college track & field meets!  This past weekend I had a chance to see four Hempfield graduates!  The Penn State National Indoor Meet this past weekend had some of the top track & field athletes in the country!  Below are three of Hempfield's graduates that competed this week.  To see complete results visit:

Penn State National Invitational

Hansel Akers

Hansel has had a great career at Georgetown!

• Led off the Hoyas 4x400m relay at the Penn Relays in a personal best 47.3
• Led off the Hoyas 4x400m relay at the 2012 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships helping them to a third-place finish and anchored the fifth-place 4x100m relay
• Placed seventh at the 2012 BIG EAST Indoor Championships in the 500m
• Ran a personal best 48.34 at the Mason Spring Invitational which is the No. 28 performance in Georgetown history
• Ran a personal best 1:03.73 in the prelims of the 500m at the 2012 BIG EAST Indoor Championships
• Ran a personal best and the No. 11 performance in Georgetown history with a 35.47 clocking at the 2012 Hoya Spiked Shoe Invitational
• Placed 7th at the 2011 BIG EAST Indoor Championships in the 400m

Korinne Piper

2012-13: Placed eighth in the women's 800M run at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala...placed third in the women's 800M run at the Tiffin Carnival with a time of 2:24.86.
2011-12: Placed fifth in the mile at the Penn State Relays... finished third as a member of the distance medley relay at the Penn State Relays...a member of the ninth-place 4x800M relay team at the Big East Indoor Championships
2010-11: Indoor T/F - A member of the ninth-place 4x800M relay team in the Big East Indoor Championships...finished fifth as a member of the 4x800M relay at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational...placed top 15 in the 800M run at the Great Dane Classic...made another top-15 finish in the 1,000M run at the Doug Raymond Invitational...Outdoor T/F - Won the 800M run (section 2) at the Bison Classic...finished top 10 at the Mason Invitational in the 800M run (section 3)
2009-10: Indoor T/F - Sixth in the 1,000M run at the Kent State Gala...finished top 10 in the 800M run and as a member of the 4x4 relay team at the Illinois Carle/Health Classic...placed top 20 in the 800M run at the Akron Invitational...Outdoor T/F - Posted a top-10 finish at the Big East Championships as a member of the 4x8 relay team

David Patzer

2012 Outdoor || Top outdoor finish was 13th in the pole vault at the Bison Outdoor Classic. || 2012 Indoor || Season-best clearance was 15-1 (4.60) at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup, where he finished 10th overall ... Placed third in the vault at the Penn State Relays, and sixth at the Nittany Lion Challenge. || 2011 Outdoor || Finished second at the Jim Thorpe Open ...Placed fifth at both the Mason Spring Invitational, and Liberty Collegiate Invitational. || 2011 Indoor || Placed second at the Penn State Relays with a clearance of 15-1 (4.60) ... Cleared a career-best 15-3 (4.65) at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup


We are very proud of our Hempfield Track & Field Athletes that are participating at the collegiate level!  Stay tuned for more stories!