They look like brother and sister. And they run alike, as well. Fast. From 800 to 3200 meters, they both are among the best in the state.
They look like brother and sister. And they run alike, as well. Fast. From 800 to 3200 meters, they both are among the best in the state.
Dana Ventrone, Chartiers Valley, won the 100 in 12.65 and the Long Jump with an effort of 17-07.5.
Mt. Lebanon ran the fastest PA time to day in the 4x800, going 7:49.0.
Thursday, she broke 5:00 at the Penn Relays in the Invitational Mile. Saturday, she dropped down to the 800 and set a meet and stadium record in Lock Haven, going 2:13.50.
Another Penn Relays participant found the time to compete Saturday after a trip to Philly.
Kiski Area's Anthony Cellitti took the 100 in 10.7 and the 200 in 22.9. Mack Brickley, Greater Latrobe, won the two mid-distance events, the 800 in 2:02.4 and the 1600 in 4:35.4.
With all due respect to the Drake Relays, the best meet I'll probably never see (only because it falls on the same weekend as Penn), this post is all about next weekend's Penn Relays and some special "Memories".
Just two days off the Father Judge Relays and three days before the first races of the Penn Relays, William Penn had a little important work to fit into their schedule.
Five meet records were broken at the meet, including three by the boys and two by the girls. I
The Javelin in PA continues to be strong, as 2002 PIAA State Championship runner-up Brad Zimmerman of Warwick, uncorked a throw of 217-10.
The rain had stopped and the sun came out early as the Philly-area warm-up for the Penn Relays. William Penn tuned out the competition, taking the 4x100 in 47.44 and the 4x400 in 3:52.72 (Kandis Worthington, 59.5, Christina Smith 58.2, Kneshia Sheard 58.3, Juanita Broaddus 56.8).
Mount Lebanon and Harborcreek travelled to Mansfield, Ohio and came back with a few awards.
Matt Warco, Peters Township, won three events to highlight the meet, taking the 1600 in 4:31.1, the 400 in 51.2 and the 800 in 2:01.7.
Triple individual event winners included Jaymes Crain, Canton (22.9, 52.2, 139-4 DT) and SamFairchild, Towanda (19-9.5 LJ, 6-0 HJ, 14-0 PV).
Lewisburg junior Chris Spooner was busy most of the day, winning the 1600 in 4:26.49, anchoring the 4x800 to an 8:13.95 win, running a leg of the 4th place 4x400, and getting 2nd in the 800 in 2:01.13.
Andy Lehatto pulled a nice fast double win, taking the 100 in 10.69 and the 200 in 22.15. Twin Valley's Shawn Moore took the 1600 in 4:37.45 and the 3200 in 10:12.89. In the Hurdles, Tyler Kulp was a double winner for Boyertown, going 14.68 and 40.49.
North Penn captured the 400, 800 and 1600 meter relays in strong times, going 42.9. 2, 1:30.2 and 3:23.2, respectively.
Milton Hershey won both the boys and girls team titles, holding off Central Dauphin by just four point 104-100 in the boys competiton, and the Hershey girls 116 to 94. I
Hempfield's Lauren Bricker had a successful day, taking the Long Jump (16-1) the Triple Jump (37-1), and anchored the winning 4x800 to a 9:46.8.
Nativity's Lindsey Smith came within one inch of sweeping four events.
What began as a cold, damp, windy day, quickly warmed to a sunny, windblown afternoon at the 2nd Annual Great Valley Invitational.
The host A.I. duPont girls captured the team title behind five mostly field relay wins, to outdistance PA's Penn Charter by 38 points.
Strath Haven won four relays events, including the 4x100 in 51.3, the 4x400 in 4:04.7, the Souther SMR in 1:51.2 (800m), and the Javelin (184-11).
Andrew Rademacher, Hickory, became the first in PA to clear 15-0 outdoor, just matching the mark.
North Penn went to New Jersey for good competition, and found it.
Al Gregory of Pennsbury followed up his 10.3 100 meters in last Tuesday's dual meet vs. North Penn with a 10.5 in the Bristol Knights of Columbus Invitational at Holy Ghost. But he lost.