Jul-Aug: Shump wins NACAC|Barron AJR RW|Updike 8th|Stanley JT|Williams PV|Krais 3rd D1 in GER

 

 

 

DAY FIVE: Bethel Park's Trevor Barron smashes the 10K RW American Junior Record, going 41:50.29 to finish in 7th place.

 

 

DAY THREE: Allison Updike threw the javelin 50.08m (166-8) on her first throw of the finals Wednesday evening, and that was good for 8th. USATF quote from Updike: "It was overwhelming at first," Updike said. "Everything felt wrong in the qualifying, but tonight I had a smooth first throw and that got me my place. You just have to concentrate on yourself and believe you can do your best when you throw at meets like this."

 

DAY TWO: Rising Tamaqua senior Allison Updike, who co-holds the PA all-time record in the javelin, advanced to the finals of the IAAF World Juniors on her final throw of the prelims - going 160-6.25. The final is on Wednesday afternoon.

 

 

 

On Thursday, rising Penn Charter senior Elyse Wilkinson won her heat of the YW 800 to move on to the finals, going 2:10.92.

 

On Tuesday, Blackhawk's Angelica Peck took 6th in the YW 2000 meter steeplechase in 7:40.11.

 

 

 

 

 

On Day Six, Wallace Spencer captured 3rd in the YM 110 hurdles, going 13.85. It is the 2nd time this summer that the rising senior at Malvern Prep has dipped under 14 seconds. In the javelin, rising Selinsgrove senior Tyler Kerstetter PRed in taking 5th in the YM event - throwing 162-11. PA fared well in the pole vault. Northampton rising senior Eric Hunter PRed and was in a 3-way tie for 6th in YM, clearing 14-6. Three PA girls cleared over 11 feet in the YW event. Plymouth Whitemarsh rising senior Haley Gorenflo was 6th, and a PR at 11-6. Joining her at that height was Oxford grad Laure Beimfohr, who was 7th. It tied her PR. And district 2 Riverside rising senior Vanessa Munley was 10th when she cleared 11. On the track, Engineering & Science rising senior Cierra White was 12th in the YW 200, going 24.59.

 

 

 

(Photos by Ryan Kelly, MileStat.com)

On Day Three, 2009 Engineering & Science grad Ramaan Ansley and rising Malvern Prep senior Wallace Spencer, each qualified for the semis of the YM 100 meter dash, going 10.93 and 11.08, respectively. And Upper Dublin's Taylor Mortan captured 4th in the IG high jump, clearing 5-04. On Days One and Two, Radnor's Troy Makous took 7th in the decathlon, tallying 5400.