Photo by Phil Grove
Boys' Recap
Make it another re-breaking of the Pennsylvania state record for Jordan Geist. The Knoch senior unleashed a throw of 73-10 for the win at the MileSplit Scholastic Showcase at SPIRE on Sunday. That's over a foot better than Geist's previous record, which he set earlier this season at YSU with a throw of 72-9.75. That's the sixth best throw from a high schooler indoors of all-time and puts him as the No. 3 all-time performer.
Evan Blaire of Hickory threw 62-7.75 for second place. Cathedral Prep's Cameron Landis was fourth with a PA#5 throw of 57-10.
Int he weight throw, Ohio's Jake Wickey was able to beat out Geist on his final throw. Wickey unleashed a toss of 78-0 to take the win over Geist, who threw 74-2.25. Blaire took fifth with a PA#3 throw of 65-4.50.
Watch an interview with Geist after the meet:
North Allegheny's Ayden Owens continued his spectacular season with a big run second in the 200 meters. owens clocked a 21.51 on the 300 meter track, moving him to PA#2 in the event.
Waynesburg Central's Ben Bumgarner threw down the fastest 3200 meters in the state on Sunday. The Penn State recruit ran a PA#1 9:16.14 for the third place in the event.
In an absolutely loaded 800 meters, three PA runners went under two minutes. While Motor City track Club's Cameron Cooper blasted a US#1 in the half mile, we saw some other good times. Greensburg Salem's Frankie King was 17th (1:59.11), Cathedral Prep's Derek Jones was 19th (1:59.40), and Greeneburg Salem's Dylan Binda was 21st (1:59.55).
Some quick times were turned in in the 1600 meters. Seneca's Phoenix Myers ran a very fast 4:18.96 to take fourth overall. Kiski Area's Eric Kennedy was 12th in 4:23.14 and South Fayette's Sam Snodgrass was 20th in 4:26.46