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Penn State track, field concludes 2017 outdoor NCAA competition

On the fourth and final day of the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Penn State completed it's women's competition with two All-American performances and one bronze medal.

Tori Gerlach, who posted the second-fastest time in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase, during the preliminary competition, took the bronze medal with her time of 9:46.76 — the second-fastest time in program history — and earned All-American honors.

Gerlach's finish was also the highest finish by a Nittany Lion since 2010, when Bridget Franek took home the NCAA title in the same event.

Dannielle Gibson also earned All-American honors in the women's triple jump with her sixth-place distance of 43 feet-10 inches (13.