Photo by: Ryan Comstock
PA had themselves a weekend at both NBNI and NIN, earning tons of All-American honors across the board in almost every event imaginable. The talent from this state is insane, and it was shown in full force this weekend, competing with the nation's best.
To start at New Balance Nationals on Thursday, Greyson Cooke of Lower Merion 01 placed 3rd in the Freshman boys 400m in a time of 50.48
Alexander Mazzeo of Lower Merion 01 placed 3rd in the Boys 5000m Championship in a time of 14:26.
Haverford Township 01 7:43.93 4x800m 3rd place (Ryan Cleary 1:58.17 Jonathan Awad 1:58.95 Teddy Foster 1:53.57 Sean Lawson 1:53.23)
Penn Charter 8:55.20 4x800m 2nd place (Mackenzie Skelly 2:16.74 Marlie Klein 2:09.91 Abby Downin 2:13.81 Gwen Hamilton 2:14.75)
Mifflin County 06 10:05.09 DMR 1st place (Reese Cubbison 1200m 3:06.58 Connor Lynch 400m 51.02 Wyatt Kauffman 800m 1:54.23 Carter Smith 1600m 4:13.27)
Lower Merion 01 10:07.39 DMR 3rd place (Nicholas Mazzeo 1200m 3:05.84 Greyson Cooke 400m 49.67 Owen Davis 800m 1:56.03 Alexander Mazzeo 1600m 4:15.84)
South Fayette 07 11:54.82 DMR 5th place (Nina DiMartini 1200m 3:40.20 Ellena Gibbs 400m 1:00.70 Madeline Stock 800m 2:19.14 Angela Zeng 1600m 4:54.78)
Colin Sturges of Perkiomen Valley 01 placed 3rd in the boys Shot Put, throwing 19.74m or 64-09.75 feet.
Aydriane Bowden of Kennett 01 won the girls' pentathlon, scoring 3793 points, 126 points more than 2nd place.
Gunner Benedix of Malvern Prep placed 4th in the boys' pentathlon, scoring 3758 points.
Carter Smith of Mifflin County 06 placed 2nd in the boys' 800m championship, running 1:49.93
Downingtown West 01 1:27.12 4x200m 2nd place (Gavin Seavey, Jaden Midgett, Ryan Witherspoon, Olo Kolade)
Viola Wilent of Lower Merion 01 placed 4th in the girls' pole vault, jumping 4.08m or 13-04.50 feet.
Maddie Fuhrmeister of Central Bucks West 01 placed 5th in the girls' pole vault, jumping 4.08m or 13-04.50 feet.
Carter Smith of Mifflin County 06 placed 4th in the boys' 1 Mile Championship, running 4:04.05.
Cyrus Saunders of Neshaminy 01 placed 4th in the boys 60mh Championship finals.
Downingtown West 01 3:15.32 4x400m 4th place (Rowen O'Brien 49.73, Ryan Witherspoon 49.04, Josiah Wade 48.94, Olo Kolade 47.60)
To switch things over to Nike Indoor Nationals, the top 8 earn the All-American title instead of the top 6 at NBNI.
Kaddel Howard of Cedar Crest 03 earned 2 All-American Honors. First, she won the 400m in 52.65 and then placed 5th in the 200m in 23.50
Ava Cavanaugh of Episcopal Academy placed 5th in the girls 800, running 2:07.31
Neenah Trusty of Friends' Central placed 8th in the 800m running 2:08.61.
Kendra Williamson of Episcopal Academy placed 7th in the girls' 2-mile, running 10:22.32.
The Haverford School for Boys 1:28.71 4x200m 3rd place (Haven Hoilett, Charles Beifeld, James A Hawkins Jr., Ahijah Goins)
Imhotep Institute Charter 12 1:29.53 4x200m 7th place (Malik Drayton, By'ire Murphy, Jaime Boyer, Brian Culmer)
Noah Popp of Saint Joseph's Prep 12 placed 4th in the boys' high jump, jumping 2.05m or 6-08.75 feet.
The Haverford School for Boys 3:18.76 4x400m 3rd place (Haven Hoilett, Isaiah Bland, James A Hawkins Jr., Ahijah Goins)
George Washington 12 3:21.97 4x400m 4th place (Aazir Nixon, Jakai Stevenson, Lyfe Srallworth, Dee Gbeandeh)
Penn Wood 01 3:22.99 4x400m 7th place (Ricky Mason, David Gayflor, Deasmond Cole, Tafeeq Fountain)
Penn Wood 01 3:32.73 SMR 5th place ( Tafeeq Fountain, David Gayflor, Deasmond Cole, Ricky Mason)
Central Bucks East 01 had themselves a weekend going All-American in 3 relay events, the 4x400m running 3:56.77 for 7th place, the 4x800m running 9:08.22 for 2nd place, and the DMR running 12:03.41 for 4th place.
Alivia Noecker of Wilson 03 placed 6th in the girls' shot put, throwing 45-06.25 feet.
Milena Sciullo of Grove City Area 10 placed 6th in the girls triple jump, jumping 40-08.00 feet.
Overall, this weekend was a very successful one for your PA athletes, bringing home tons of All-American titles. The boys' overall athlete of the week has to go to Carter Smith with his 3 All-American titles, 2 being in open events and a national title in the DMR. On the girls' side of things, it has to go to Kaddel Howard with her 2 All-American titles and 1 national championship over the 400m.
Photo by: Ryan Comstock
PA had themselves a weekend at both NBNI and NIN, earning tons of All-American honors across the board in almost every event imaginable. The talent from this state is insane, and it was shown in full force this weekend, competing with the nation's best.