SELINSGROVE, PA (December 9, 2022) -- Junior Chloe Yoder posted a personal-best point total of 2854, registering personal bests in four of the five events to win the women's pentathlon in the first of two days of action at the 2022 Susquehanna Early Season Multi & Invitational in Garrett Sports Complex Field House. 

The night started with a bang for Yoder, as she posted a conference record in the 60m hurdles as she won the event with a blistering 9.04 seconds. The time was 0.05 seconds faster than Goucher College's Destiny Phillips time of 9.09 from back on February 25, 2012. Yoder picked up 902 points for her efforts, while the 9.04 was the fifth-best time in NCAA Division III this year. 

Teammate Hannah Alderfer was second in the 60m hurdles with a personal-best time of 9.70. In the next event, Yoder posted a height of 1.35 meters for second place and 460 points, while Alderfer added 369 points after clearing 1.26 meters. 

In the shot put, Yoder earned the victory with a personal-best heave of 9.10 meters, posting that mark on her first throw of the evening. Her teammate would come in second in the shot put, as Alderfer tallied a distance of 8.57 meters on her third and final throw of the competition. 

Alderfer would shine in the long jump, as she earned the victory with a leap of 5.11 meters on her first attempt, besting Brooke Leithner of Pitt-Johnstown and her mark of 5.04 meters. Yoder added another personal-best as she took third in the long jump with a distance of 5.02 meters. Yoder tallied 565 points in the competition, while Alderfer collected 589 points in the winning effort. 

The final event of the night was the 800 meters and Alderfer posted another win as she raced to a time of 2:41.95 and 551 points. Yoder took home fourth with a 2:50.70, a personal-best time and 456 points. 

Yoder edged her teammate by 140 points in the event, as Alderfer finished second with 2714 points. The 2854 points by Yoder is the sixth-most in Division III this season, while Alderfer's total is 10th in the nation. 

Day two of the Susquehanna University Early Season Multi & Invitational will start Saturday morning at 10 a.m. in action from the Garrett Sports Complex.