PA Represented the Last 2 Days at New Balance

Saturday

In the Middle School Boys' 800 Meter Championship, John Kane earned 2nd place with a 1:58.68 negative split, and Gavin Sutton earned 4th place in 1:59.61. As both of these athletes plan to attend AAA District 1 high schools in the coming years, this could be the beginning of an elite Pennsylvania rivalry.

In the Freshman Boys' 800 Meter Championship, Faheem Outland of Episcopal Academy earned 5th place with a time of 1:56.74. Outland was also part of the national champion sprint medley squad from two days prior as the team's 400-meter leg.

In the Freshman Boys' Triple Jump, Ashton Thomas earned 2nd place with a jump of 13.96 meters. For the girls, there were two All-Americans: Olivia Thomas, who earned 3rd with a jump of 12.03 meters, and Saige Cunningham, who earned 6th with a jump of 11.57 meters.

In the Freshman Boys' Shot Put, Mason Switala earned 2nd place with a throw of 16.23 meters.

The Middle School Boys' Shot Put was Pennsylvania's most dominant event of the weekend. Pennsylvania athletes claimed the 1st through 4th spots on the podium. The eighth-grade teammates from Schuylkill Valley Middle School earned 1st and 2nd, respectively. This duo, Lincoln Miller and Landon Gauby, threw 18.97 meters and 18.38 meters. These throws would put each of them into the top five among high schoolers in Pennsylvania from this outdoor season. Noah Runkle secured 3rd place with a distance of 17.01 meters, and Hugo Deans earned 4th with a distance of 15.82 meters.

In the Middle School Girls' Shot Put, Pennsylvania once again produced a national champion. Loveline Zudie earned her national title with a throw of 15.44 meters. Adeline Baldwin also found her way onto the podium after throwing 12.50 meters for 5th place.

The Girls' Pole Vault Championship was another Pennsylvania-dominated event, featuring PA athletes in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The rivalry between Viola Wilent and Maddie Fuhrmeister reached another level as the two girls finished in the top two spots in the nation. Wilent cleared 4.10 meters for her national title, and Fuhrmeister cleared 4.00 meters for the silver medal. Additionally, Jolynne Daynorowicz earned 3rd place with a clearance of 3.90 meters.

In the Boys' Freshman Javelin Throw, Emerson Uhrig claimed 4th place with a throw of 51.29 meters, and Connor Donahue claimed 6th place with a throw of 49.79 meters. For the girls, Isla Centak claimed the national title with a throw of 36.49 meters.

The Boys' Mile Championship came down to the line, where Carter Smith battled and fell just short of retaining his title as national champion. Smith ran 4:01.72 for 2nd place and closed in a 56.02-second lap. In 5th place, Jonah Montagnese ran 4:06.34 to sneak into All-American status on the last lap.

The 2000 Meter Steeplechase Championship showcased a legacy-defining moment for one of Pennsylvania's all-time great distance runners. Nicholas Mazzeo earned his title as national champion, running 5:37.60 to break the national record by three seconds.

Sunday

The first Pennsylvania All-American of the day came from the Boys' Distance Medley Relay Championship, where Carter Smith anchored the Juniata Valley Striders to 2nd place with a 4:02.06 anchor leg. Smith posted the fastest anchor split in the entire event and brought his team up seven spots. The squad finished with a time of 9:54.67, just half a second shy of their own state record from earlier this year.

In the Boys' 110 Meter Hurdle Championship, Blake Cook ran a time of 14.06 for 6th place on the podium. In the semifinal round of preliminaries, Cook posted a personal best time of 13.81 seconds, marking his first ever time under 14 seconds.

In the Boys' 4x100 Meter Relay Championship, the state-record-holding squad from Garnet Valley took 5th place on the podium with a time of 41.68 seconds. The quartet broke the state record in the preliminary round on Saturday with a blazing 40.84 seconds.

In the Boys' 800 Meter Championship, Josh Sharp led from the gun and fought hard to win until getting passed in the last 50 meters. Sharpe finished in 4th place with a time of 1:49.11. For the girls, Vivian Salerno won the second-fastest heat in a personal best time of 2:06.33 and found herself 5th place on the podium.

In the Boys' Middle School 200 Meter Championship, Richard Martin ran 22.78 seconds to earn 6th place on the podium.

Sunday's most impressive Pennsylvania showing came from the Girls' Javelin Throw Championship, in which PA athletes took 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 6th place. Eliana Schneider became national champion with a throw of 51.00 meters. This throw became a new personal best as well as a meet record. This throw was over 7 meters farther than the rest of the competition. Morgan O'Hara earned 3rd place with a throw of 42.10 meters. Jada Lubin earned 5th place with a throw of 41.82 meters. And Audrey Wolfe earned 6th place with a throw of 41.66 meters.

In the final, most electric event of the weekend, Pennsylvania showed their final All-American in the Boys' 4x400 Meter Relay. Episcopal Academy delivered the eighth-fastest time in Pennsylvania history for the event, running a time of 3:14.47.