Lahnor Ridley Selected PSAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year

IUP senior Lahnor Ridley has been selected the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Indoor Field Athlete of the Year by the league’s track and field head coaches.

Ridley (Harleysville/Souderton) scored in three events at the PSAC indoor championships last month, including titles in the long jump and triple jump and a fourth place finish in the high jump.

Ridley had winning marks of 18 feet, 2 ¾ inches in the long jump and 38-2 ¼ in the triple jump, with both representing the top figure in the PSAC during the indoor season.  She cleared the bar at 5-5 in the high jump.  Her performance earned her the Most Outstanding Field Athlete award at the PSAC meet.

Ridley provisionally qualified for nationals in all three events but did not make the cut for the NCAA meet.

Covering indoor and outdoor track and field, Ridley has scored at the PSAC meet a total of 11 times in individual events.  Including this year’s indoor championships, Ridley has contributed to IUP’s point total in the triple jump five times and the high jump and long jump three times each.

She earned runner-up spots in the triple jump at the 2004 and 2005 indoor meets and in the long jump at last year’s outdoor meet.  Ridley also made the all-conference team (top three finishers) by placing third in the triple jump at the 2004 outdoor championships.

Ridley competed in the triple jump at the 2005 NCAA indoor meet and finished in 14^th place.