Central Bucks West pulled off the 4x800 meter relay sweep on day one of the Suburban One League (SOL) Continental Conference Championships.
First, the West girls went 9:21.68 for the win, holding off rival Central Bucks East. Their time is a PA No. 2 and the top AAA time in the state so far this season
West got a 2:18 FAT split from Carlin McFadden and a 2:19 anchor leg from Darby Roth, and managed to run a season best without Piper Wilson (2:15 PR) and Emmi Simon (2:14 PR) in the lineup.
Event 5 Girls 4x800 Meter Relay ================================================================================================ League Meet: R 9:02.68 2014 Central Bucks South, CBS Poiesz, A Stratz, B Stratz, Kwapinski 9:50.24 AAA DI AAA Qualifier School Seed Finals Points ================================================================================================ Finals 1 Central Bucks West 'A' 9:34.01 9:21.68 AAA 10 1) Gartenberg, Lexi 11 2) McFadden, Carlin 10 3) Flood, Julia 10 4) Roth, Darby 12 2:24.421 (2:24.421) 4:42.431 (2:18.010) 7:02.597 (2:20.166) 9:21.671 (2:19.074) 2 Central Bucks East 'A' 9:38.37 9:29.99 AAA 8 1) Martin, Rachel 12 2) Brophy, Mckenna 11 3) Fox, Katie 12 4) Carpenter, Grace 12 2:23.530 (2:23.530) 4:41.757 (2:18.227) 7:04.986 (2:23.229) 9:29.981 (2:24.995) 3 North Penn 'A' 9:30.98 9:33.81 AAA 6 1) Webb, Jenna 12 2) Ahlmark, Rachel 11 3) Kountroubis, Eleni 10 4) Gambogi, Megan 10 2:21.387 (2:21.387) 4:43.359 (2:21.972) 7:14.816 (2:31.457) 9:33.804 (2:18.988) 4 Pennridge 'A' 9:37.97 9:34.80 AAA 5 1) Kriney, Emily 9 2) Kriney, Meghan 11 3) Dudek, Rachel 11 4) Gordon, Ashley 10 2:21.879 (2:21.879) 4:43.018 (2:21.139) 7:18.366 (2:35.348) 9:34.792 (2:16.426) 5 Souderton Area 'A' 10:13.64 10:20.14 4 1) Smyth, Gina 10 2) Kelley, Morgan 11 3) Bache, Campbell 11 4) Fink, Olivia 11 2:35.807 (2:35.807) 5:08.119 (2:32.312) 7:45.896 (2:37.777) 10:20.134 (2:34.238) 6 Central Bucks South 'A' 10:47.29 10:40.66 3 1) Jucewicz, Brianna 9 2) Irvin, Alyssa 11 3) Freund, Alison 10 4) Stein, Emma 10 2:26.003 (2:26.003) 5:05.913 (2:39.910) 7:49.960 (2:44.047) 10:40.652 (2:50.692) 7 Quakertown 'A' 11:43.64 11:07.45 2 1) Maceri, Emily 10 2) Nouri, Sara 9 3) Causerano, Danielle 12 4) Murphy, Rylie 10 2:54.237 (2:54.237) 5:40.572 (2:46.335) 8:26.445 (2:45.873) 11:07.444 (2:40.999)
The boys from West went 7:54.72 for the win. Already PA No. 1 in the event, their time from Friday is still the third fastest time by any squad so far this season. In a tactical final leg, half mile breakthrough Blake Ewaskey held off Pennridge's Luke Eissler for the win.
Pennridge, without two legs from their indoor state championship squad, Matt Eissler and Andersen Dimon, ran 7:58.24, a PA No. 5, for second.
Event 6 Boys 4x800 Meter Relay ================================================================================================ League Meet: R 7:45.28 2014 Pennridge, PNRG Masgai, Williams, Schulberger, Logue 8:12.04 AAA DI AAA Qualifier School Seed Finals Points ================================================================================================ 1 Central Bucks West 'A' 7:49.72 7:54.72 AAA 10 1) Shields, Owen 12 2) Crabtree, Christian 12 3) Fehrman, Luke 12 4) Ewaskey, Blake 12 2:00.414 (2:00.414) 3:59.248 (1:58.834) 5:56.492 (1:57.244) 7:54.713 (1:58.221) 2 Pennridge 'A' 8:01.24 7:58.24 AAA 8 1) Doster, Cole 12 2) Brashear, Bobby 11 3) Reice, Andrew 10 4) Eissler, Luke 12 1:58.940 (1:58.940) 3:55.572 (1:56.632) 5:57.469 (2:01.897) 7:58.235 (2:00.766) 3 Central Bucks East 'A' 8:05.10 8:02.53 AAA 6 1) Lahetta, Sean 12 2) Emery, Holden 10 3) McManus, Jack 11 4) Testa, Ryan 12 1:59.528 (1:59.528) 3:58.952 (1:59.424) 6:00.475 (2:01.523) 8:02.521 (2:02.046) 4 Central Bucks South 'A' 7:58.96 8:04.68 AAA 5 1) Prudish, Tate 11 2) Tunceli, John 11 3) Moelter, Owen 11 4) Campbell, Gavin 11 2:03.042 (2:03.042) 4:07.990 (2:04.948) 6:06.167 (1:58.177) 8:04.675 (1:58.508) 5 North Penn 'A' 8:11.55 8:07.10 AAA 4 1) Kull, Erik 11 2) Greene, Ryan 11 3) Zanck, Gavin 9 4) Reid, Dylan 11 2:00.076 (2:00.076) 4:00.896 (2:00.820) 6:03.780 (2:02.884) 8:07.091 (2:03.311) 6 Souderton Area 'A' 8:53.50 8:44.24 3 1) Greve, Tommy 12 2) Fink, Robbie 12 3) Ernst, Peter 11 4) Moyer, Josiah 12 2:11.612 (2:11.612) 4:27.395 (2:15.783) 6:39.245 (2:11.850) 8:44.240 (2:04.995) 7 Quakertown 'A' 8:59.04 9:09.33 2 1) Welliver, Chester 9 2) Pyfer, David 9 3) Pint, Zach 11 4) Brezner, Logan 12 2:14.531 (2:14.531) 4:32.930 (2:18.399) 6:52.222 (2:19.292) 9:09.324 (2:17.102)
Last year CB West swept the 4x800 at states with the girls team and the boys team taking home AAA titles at the PIAA State Championships. Friday's effort to start off their postseasons show that West could very well pull off the same sweep again this spring.
Watch the girls race above and the boys race below.