Malone University Athletics

Oprean, a senior from Canton, Ohio (Canton Central Catholic H.S.), broke a decades-old Malone record at the Bucknell University (PA) Bison Classic last Saturday.  

Oprean broke an outdoor 5000-meter school record that had stood for 26 years as she blazed the track in a time of 16:54.56 to shatter the previous mark of 17:02.24 set by Marguerite Skello-Brabowicz in 1988. Oprean finished third among 32 runners in the field, many of whom were from NCAA Division I schools. The mark was also an NCAA Division II national provisional qualifying time.