WK#2 4/3: Piccirillo, Nugent get 2 each at Bruce Dallas|DiFlorio 1:54.15 800|CRN 7:54.38 US#5 4x8

Apr 02, 2010

March 2010
03/30 Held 4/1 because of rain postponement	Larry Simmons Invitational R Penncrest Matt Bundy of Penncrest ran a 13.9 hand time to win the 110 meter high hurdles, Ed Donnelly of Haverford High won the 3200 meters in 9:34.1, and Roheem Roten of Chester ran 39.2 to win the 300 meter hurdles. In the field events, Derrick Dawson of Ridley won the triple jump with a mark of 41-07.25 and in the relays, Chester ran 3:29.5 to win the 4x400 and Great Valley ran 44.4 to win the 4x100 meter relay. For the girls, Samantha Finsterbusch of Penncrest won the 300 meter hurdles in 46.3, Emma Keenan of Gwynedd Mercy ran 2:22.8 to win the 800 meter run, and Frances McNally ran 5:29.2 to win the 1600 meter run. In the field events, Lauren Tusar of Penncrest won the triple jump with a mark of 35-7.50 and in the relays, Gwynedd Mercy ran 4:06.4 to win the 4x400 meter relay and Great Valley ran 9:53.1 to win the 4x800 meter relay.	Media, PA RESULTS POSTED
03/31	Moon Mixed Relays Moon Area	Coraopolis, PA RESULTS NEEDED Photo Gallery by William McBride
03/31	Rustin Invitational R West Chester Rustin Eric Young of Glen Mills School ran 1:57.24 to win the 800 meter run, Tyler Smith won both the 100 meters (11.08) and the 200 meters (22.59), Marcus Blakely of Coatesville won the high jump with a mark of 6-8, Blake Davenport of Kennett won the discus with a throw of 156-2, and Brent Charlton of Downingtown West won the javelin with a throw of 160-11. In the relays, Glen Mills won the 4x100 meter relay in 43.59 and Norristown won the 4x400 meter relay in 3:27.34. For the girls, Deborah Douglas of Coatesville won the 300 hurdles with a time of 48.45, Geena White of Avon Grove won the triple jump with a mark of 35-5.75, Kayla Owens of West Chester Rustin won the shot put with a throw of 36-3.75, and Kenya Woodall of Coatesville won the both the 400 (1:00.68) and the 200 meter dashes (25.86). In the relays, West Chester Rustin won the 4x100 meter relay in 50.67 and Norristown won the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 4:10.34.	West Chester, PA RESULTS POSTED
April 2010
04/03	9th Bruce Dallas Invitational Cumberland Valley Summary and Photos by Don Rich In the first eight years of the Bruce Dallas Invite, athletes, coaches and fans tolerated everything from heavy rains and tropical force winds, to thunder- storms, and even snow. So the sun-drenched day that greeted the teams as they arrived was a welcome change. Crisp in the morning for the 4x800, and comfortably warm in the afternoon for those tender early-season hamstrings of the sprint crew. With great weather - and even with a slightly reduced field due to the holiday weekend - many of the record marks of the first nine years were toppled. 15 in all. The first indication that marks were going to change in the record book came in the quick prelim times by Abington's Leah Nugent in the 100 Hurdles and by emerging sophomore sprint star Ronnie Gillespie in the 100 Meter Dash. Nugent's 14.78 cruisin' prelim was over a half second ahead of the next best qualifier. And Gillespie looked equally as smooth, posting a rather impressive 'qualifier' of 11.12. In the finals of the 100/110 Hurdles and 100 Dashes, three meet records actually would fall. Nugent was first with her PA#1 14.34, a tenth of a second better than her time a week earlier. In the boys' 110 Hurdles final, prelim leader Alex Eaton of Abington (15.13), was edged by a late-charging outside lane push by Brandon Harrison of Watkins Memorial (Ohio), who went 14.79 for the record. Eaton was 2nd in 14.86. And in the 100 Dash, expectations were met as Gillespie dipped under 11 seconds - in 10.98 to be exact - to take PA#1. There would be more from Nugent and Gillespie later in the meet. But first, the 1600 Meter Run was the stage for PA indoor mile champ Angel Piccirillo of Homer Center. The sophomore is brimming with confidence, and set an honest, strong early pace that quickly separated the field, leaving her with just three quality competitors - Kelsey Seymour of Central Cambria, Kalyn Fisher of Lewisburg, and Kayleigh Perry of Eastern Lebanon County (ELCO). All four were hoping for times to get them into the Penn Relays Mile Championship of America (COA). With Piccirillo pushing the last lap, only Seymour was able to respond initially. But over the final 100, the four were close, and at the line all went under 5:01 - an incredible result for an early season meet. Piccirillo had her first title and meet record of the day in 4:57.65. Seymour was 2nd in 4:58.47. Fisher closed for 3rd in 4:59.96. And Perry fought through a 15 meter gap that had opened with 200 to go to take 4th in 5:00.90. Watkins' sprinter Stephanie Robb captured another meet record for the Ohio school, going 59.78 in the 400 Meter Dash. But PA also had a 400 meet record to set, as Abington's Charles Ross cruised to a 48.69. Two records were set in the relays, both by girls' squads. After an opening of 9:34.34 in the 4x800 Meter Relay, Lewisburg posted a meet record of 50.22 for the 4x100. And the Abington girls closed their meet with a 4:05.51 4x400. Abington's Leah Nugent came back in the longer hurdles, running a 43.41 for the 300. And Watkins' Brandon Harrison added his 2nd win of the day, running 39.67. It was Piccirillo meet-record-time again in the 800 Meter Run. Leading pretty much the entire way, she held off a hard-charging Kelsey Seymour (again) to win 2:16.29 to 2:16.94. And Cumberland Valley's Andy Flynn took the meet record for the two-lapper in 1:56.69. The last individual record on the track for the day came from Ronnie Gillespie in a Finals-on-time 200 Meter Dash. Looking just as poised as he had in the 100, he went 22.99 for the win. The meet record he had been chasing in this event belongs to one Brady Gehret of Altoona (22.33)... but Gillespie has two years left on what looks to be a great track career. Also attempting to use the great weather for a Penn Relays COA 3000 were Northwestern Lehigh's Lindsay Kerry and Leigha Anderson of host Cumberland Valley. The two quickly separated themselves from the rest in the 3200 Meter Run, with Kerr pulling away over the last 600 to win in 11:04.73 to 11:08.81. The meet records in the field events were led by Abington sophomore Jordan Matthews, who jumped a record 18-02.25 in the Long, and also captured the Triple Jump with a leap of 37-01.25. Cumberland Valley's Alejandra Willequer threw the javelin 128-04 for a meet record. And Lower Dauphin's Brittany Whitmer clear 5-04 in the High Jump, also a meet record. Reading's Imani Brown took the Triple Jump out 45-03.25 for his meet record. A double winner on the track was Central Dauphin's Ed Schrom, who went 4:21.50 for the 1600, and came back in 9:46.85 to capture the eight-lapper. And in the field, it was Penn recruit Jake Brenza of Trinity (Camp Hill) who won the Discus with a throw of 155-02 and then the Shot Put with a 52-foot toss. In the team chase, it was the Lewisburg girls by a lot. Their 114 points was 42.5 points better than 2nd place Abington. And the host Cumberland Valley boys defended PA-honor by holding off the Watkins Memorial (OH) team 85-72.	Mechanicsburg, PA PennTrackXC on-site RESULTS POSTED Photo Gallery by Don Rich Performance List Posted
04/03	Central League Relays Haverford Township HS Conestoga throwers Phil Hunt and Chris Nelson won three field event relays (Photo by Ryan Comstock) Strath Haven boys won the shuttle hurdles relay (1:04.9) and the 4x400 meter relay (3:26.9), while Upper Darby won the 4x100 (43.6) and the sprint medley relay (3:41.2). Penncrest won the 4x200 meter relay (1:31.2) and the 4x800 meter relay (8:00.7). Derrick Dawson of Ridley had the best mark of the day in the high jump (6-5) the triple jump (42-3) and the long jump (20-02.50). For the girls, Strath Haven showed their strong 4x800 form they had in the winter with their winning time of 9:32.7, and they won the shuttle hurdle relay in 1:06.1. Penncrest won the 4x100 meter relay in 49.3, the 4x200 meter relay in 1:44.5 and the 4x400 meter relay in 4:03.4. In the field, both Shonte Kennedy and Katie McCoubrie of Conestoga jumped 16-8 to tie for the best long jump of the day.	Havertown, PA RESULTS POSTED
04/03	Chestnut Hill Academy Invitational Chestnut Hill Academy The host Chestnut Hill Academy won the 4x100 (45.5), the 4x800 (8:39.6) and the distance medley relays (11:05.6). The Haverford School won the 4x200 (1:32.8) and the sprint medley relays (3:54.2). Brian Harvey of Penn Charter threw 48-11 to win the shot put.	Philadelphia, PA PARTIAL RESULTS POSTED
04/03	Council Rock Kiwanis Invitational Council Rock North Kevin DiFlorio of Hatboro Horsham won the 800 meters by 2.5 seconds in recording a US#10 time of 1:54.15, Gus McKenzie of Germantown Friends ran 4:05.81 to win the 1500 meters, and Chris Campbell ran 15:59.86 to win the 5000 meter run. Cheltenham went 1-2 in the 400 meters with Matt Gilmore (48.65) and Bernard Bennett-Green (48.71). Brandon Bennett-Green also took home the 200 meters with a time of 22.43. In the relays, Council Rock North ran a US#5 time of 7:54.38 to win the 4x800 meter relay, Lasalle ran 10:30.48 to win the distance medley, Cheltenham ran 3:17.89 to win the 4x400 meter relay, and Cardinal O’Hara ran a US#8 time in the 800 meter sprint medley relay (1:33.53). In the field, Jim Budzinski threw 190 feet in the javelin for the 2nd straight week, and also won the shot put with a throw of 50-8. Mick Coleman of William Tennent cleared 14-6 to win the pole vault, and Chazz Wilks of Cardinal O’Hara won the discus with a throw of 161-3.	Newtown, PA RESULTS POSTED
04/03	Diamond State Relays Alexis I. DuPont High School	Greenville, DE RESULTS POSTED
04/03	Muhlenberg College Invitational COLLEGIATE Muhlenberg College	Laureldale, PA
04/03	Northern Bedford County Invitational Northern Bedford	Loysburg, PA
04/03	PW Colonial Relays Plymouth Whitemarsh North Penn girls won both the 4x800 (9:34.52) the sprint medley relay (4:23.72), and the distance medley relay (12:57.08). Gwynedd Mercy ran 4:05.79 to win the 4x400 meter relay. The Wissahickon boys were also triple winners on the day, winning the 4x100 (42.15), the sprint medley (3:31.29) and the shuttle hurdle relay (1:03.51). North Penn boys ran 10:31.09 to win the distance medley. In the field events, Anna McCloskey of Cardinal O’Hara had the best mark in the discus (118-5) and the shot put (38-04.50), Taylor Morgan of Upper Dublin had the best high jump mark on the day (5-6), and Shali Muhammad of Paul Robeson had the best long jump on the day (17-06.50). For boys field events, Ryan Brumfield of O.J. Roberts had the best high jump 6-7, and Tyrek Edwards of West Catholic had the best mark on the day in both the long jump (21-1) and the triple jump (42-05.75).	Plymouth-Whitemarsh, PA PARTIAL RESULTS POSTED
04/03	Slippery Rock University Open Meet Slippery Rock University	Slippery Rock, PA
04/03	White Rose Invitational Central York	York, PA

March 2010

03/30

Held 4/1 because of rain postponement

Larry Simmons Invitational R

Penncrest

Matt Bundy of Penncrest ran a 13.9 hand time to win the 110 meter high hurdles, Ed Donnelly of Haverford High won the 3200 meters in 9:34.1, and Roheem Roten of Chester ran 39.2 to win the 300 meter hurdles. In the field events, Derrick Dawson of Ridley won the triple jump with a mark of 41-07.25 and in the relays, Chester ran 3:29.5 to win the 4x400 and Great Valley ran 44.4 to win the 4x100 meter relay.

For the girls, Samantha Finsterbusch of Penncrest won the 300 meter hurdles in 46.3, Emma Keenan of Gwynedd Mercy ran 2:22.8 to win the 800 meter run, and Frances McNally ran 5:29.2 to win the 1600 meter run. In the field events, Lauren Tusar of Penncrest won the triple jump with a mark of 35-7.50 and in the relays, Gwynedd Mercy ran 4:06.4 to win the 4x400 meter relay and Great Valley ran 9:53.1 to win the 4x800 meter relay.