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PTFCA Indoor State Championship Entry Standards from 2002-2006 Don Rich Jan 6, 2006

Every year we get questions about the entry standards for the PTFCA Indoor State Championship. The easy answer is, they change every year, depending on the performances. It\'s a ranked system. To see the official state rankings, see PTFCA\'s official web site 2006 Official PTFCA rankings. To see what it took over the past four years, click the year of your choice. 2005 PTFCA Indoor Entry Cutoffs 2004 PTFCA Indoor Entry Cutoffs 2003 PTFCA Indoor Entry Cutoffs 2002 PTFCA Indoor Entry Cutoffs

2004 PTFCA Indoor All-State Teams & Coaches of the Year Selected Don Rich Mar 10, 2004

The 2004 All State Indoor Track and Field Team was selected by a committee of the PTFCA on 3/10 taking into consideration honors won, quality and consistency of performance and head-to-head competition. Congratulations to all the new All State athletes 2004 Women's Coach of the Year - Jose Orlena - Wissahickon 2004 Men's Coach of the Year - Mary Ellen Malloy - Bensalem

2/28-Koons (Kelly), Leach, Thomas, Regan, Papay, Rademacher star @ PTFCA State Champs @ Penn State Don Rich Feb 29, 2004

If it wasn\'t for the remarkable Mile-3000 double by Allentown Central Catholic\'s Frances Koons with one meet record and a near-miss in the other, the two individual and two relay state championships by West Catholic\'s Nicole Leach would have stood alone as the best of the meet. But Koons got the nod as Female Athlete of the Meet, while Leach got her four titles and the state team crown. Koons moves on to Villanova (yes, she has made a verbal commitment), while Leach returns to chase state records and probably much more in her senior year. Not to be lost in this is Latavia Thomas\' US #1 800 of 2:08.47, breaking 24-year-old record of Upper Dublin\'s Kim Gallagher, 2:09.5h. More in the meet summary.

2004 PTFCA Indoor State Cut-Offs Don Rich Feb 22, 2004

The state cut-offs for qualifying for the PTFCA State Indoor Championships 2/28 at Penn State. Winners at the two Philly-area Meets of Champs, and the TSTCA Champs are auto qualifiers.

2/22-Tilger to focus on Mile + 4x800 @ States Don Rich Feb 22, 2004

According to Archbishop Carroll Head Coach Phil Reilly, distance ace Mike Tilger will concentrate on the Mile and the 4x800 at the PTFCA State Indoor Championships this coming Saturday at Penn State University. Following their top US 7:57.11 4x800 on 2/21at the Hall of Fame Classic in NY, Carroll is now easily one of the favorites for the 4x800 championship. Others include the PCL\'s Bonner, LaSalle and O\'Hara, plus North Penn and Warwick. Tilger holds the top 3000-3200-2 mile time in the state of 9:26.89 (2 miles). Tilger ran a PA #3 4:21.04 at PCLs on 2/15. With his 1:55-point closing anchor on the 4x800 2/21, that puts Tilger in what should be a feature race against the state\'s two sub-4:13 guys, Steve Hallinan, O\'Hara, 4:12.72, and Chris Spooner, Lewisburg, 4:12.98. Hallinan is coming back from a brief break because of a foot injury, but rebounded to a 4:18 split on 2/21 in the DMR. The state indoor record is 4:11.57, held by North Penn\'s Blair Mancini, and was set in 1981.