Billy Stanley of South Park set a school record in the javelin with a US#2 mark of 212-3 at his home meet on Wednesday, breaking the old school record of 211-6 by Chad Radgowski in 2005
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Moon Area
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Coraopolis, PA PHOTO GALLERY Photo Gallery by William McBride
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03/30 - 03/31 |
Widener University
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Chester, PA COLLEGIATE RESULTS POSTED |
| 03/30 |
Downingtown West Spring Invitational
Downingtown West
Indoor 400 meter champion Kenya Woodall of Coatesville ran a strong opening season double! Woodall ran PA#1 times to win the 400 (56.08) and the 200 meter dashes (24.93). Marissa Cicione of Cardinal O'Hara ran 5:13.21 to win the 1600 meter run. Unionville ran 9:41.83 to win the 4x800 meter relay.
For the boys, Ryan Hart of Downingtown East threw a PA#2 discus of 173-5. Aaron Willett of Coatesville followed up his finals appearance at indoor nationals with a T-PA#8 performance in the 110 meter hurdles with a winning time of 14.10. Willett also ran a PA#2 time of 38.19 to win the 300 meter hurdles. AJ Chaborek of West Chester Henderson (4:22.04) and Kenny Leidal of Downingtown West (4:23.51) ran PA#1 and PA#2 times respectively in the 1600 meter run. Steve Yannacone of Unionville (1:56.15) and Alex Jenkins of Downingtown West (1:57.64) also ran PA#1 and PA#2 times in the 800 meter run. Madison Miller of Wilson (181-7) beat out Perry Hopkins of Unionville by three inches in the javelin. |
Downingtown, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 03/30 |
Tamaqua Area
Christine Striesel of Tamaqua put on an amazing javelin display in front of her home fans. Streisel set a new lifetime best by over seven feet with a new national leading throw of 160-11! Her mark is also a US#20 AT mark! PA now has the top two javelin throwers in the country! Strisel also added a shot put with with a mark of 35-11. Other highlights include a strong 1600 meter race between Paige Stoner of Pottsville and Haley Yost of Northwestern Lehigh, with Stoner running 5:12.7 to win by just over a second. Cassie Woleschok of Blue Mountain won the triple jump with a mark of 36-7.25.
For the boys, Brendan Shearn of North Schuylkill won the 1600 (4:34.9) and ran a new PA leading time in the 3200 meter run (9:36.5). Eric Hertzog of Tamaqua ran 14.6 to win the 110 meter hurdles. Cole Proffitt of Manheim Central threw 176-8 to win the javelin.
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Tamaqua, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 03/31 |
Plymouth Whitemarsh
Photos by Don Rich and Patty Morgan
 Kyle Long of Hempfield (3) broke his own meet record twice in the discus. After two fouls, Long threw a state leading 184 to end the prelims. In the finals, he broke his meet record with a new record of 188-1, and on his 5th throw, he broke it again with a US#3 mark of 188-4! Harley Lacroix of Cheltenham won the long jump with a mark of 22-1.75.
Holy Ghost Prep won the distance medley with a time of 10:44.27. Todd Townsend of West Catholic ran 39.88 to win the 300 meter hurdles. Ronnie Gillespie of Upper Perkiomen ran 11.13 to win the 100 meter dash. Germantown Friends ran 8:09.02 to win the 4x800 meter relay. Tevin Kirby of Hatboro Horsham threw 52-2.75 in the shot. Jim Belfatto of Cardinal O'Hara ran 4:30.31 to win the 1600 meter run.
Daryl Worley of Penn Charter ran 49.61 to win the 400 meter dash and 22.53 to win the 200 meter dash. Francis Ferruzzi of Upper Dublin won the 3200 meter run with a state leading time of 9:28.70. 8 guys ran 9:40 or faster in the race. Alex Barker of Conrad Weiser cleared 14-6 to win the pole vault.
 For the girls, Emma Keenan of Gwynedd Mercy Academy set a new meet record in the 400 meter dash with a PA#2 time of 56.10. Katie Catania of Methacton won the long jump with a mark of 17-2. Freshman Cyre Virgo of Fleetwood Area won the high jump with a mark of 5-6.
Emma Sullivan of Methacton cleared 11-1 to win the pole vault. Seline Tan-Torres of Methacton ran 46.49 to win the 300 meter hurdles. Katelyn Jackson of Springside ran 12.60 to win the 100 meter dash.
 Tori Gerlach of Pennridge ran a strong 10:40.01 to win the 3200 meter run and earn US#12 honors. |
Plymouth-Whitemarsh, PA RESULTS POSTED
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| 03/31 |
Altoona Area
Angel Piccirillo of Homer Center ran in her first outdoor meet since her 2nd place finish at New Balance Indoor Nationals. Kennedy Weisner of Elk County Catholic gave Piccirillo some incredible competition, leading to some great performances for both athletes. In the 1600 meter run, Piccirillo ran a state leading 4:53.43 to hold off Weisner by .19 seconds! Their performances are US#2 and US#3 respectively! In the 800 meter run, Piccirillo won by nearly 3 seconds over Weisner, running 2:15.37. Both wins are meet records! Nikki Kerns of Altoona won the 100 hurdles (15.73), the 300 hurdles (46.42) and the high jump (5-2).
For the boys, Patrick Anderson of Kane Area won the pole vault with a US#5 clearance of 16-2! Ryan Steinbugl of Altoona finished 2nd with a clearance of 15-10. Kiski Area ran 8:06.62 to win the 4x800 meter relay. Logan Haines of Kiski Area ran 11.10 to win the 100 meter dash. Nicholas Patton of Tyrone Area won the 400 (50.51), the 200 (22.26) and the long jump (21-7.50). Jimmy Werner of St Mary's threw 138-6 to win the discus. |
Altoona, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 03/31 |
Whitehall
Pocono Mountain West won the girls 4x100 and 4x200 meter relays, while North Penn won the 4x400 and 4x800 meter relays.Performance of the day for the girls went to Ramonia Benitez of Pocono Mountain West with her winning triple jump mark of 37-1. For the boys, Pleasant Valley won the 4x200 and 4x400 meter relays and Yianni Korovesis of Stroudsburg threw 158 feet even to win the javelin.
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Whitehall, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 03/31 |
Chambersburg
Ibn Short of Milton Hershey cleared a T-US#12 height of 6-9 to win the high jump. TJ Elliott of Central Dauphin East ran 10.96 (meet record 10.94 prelims) to win the 100 meter dash. Chambersburg ran 8:01.39 to take the state lead in the 4x800 meter relay and set a new meet record. Milton Hershey set a meet record in the 4x100 meter relay with a time of 43.04. Almany Bangura of Milton Hershey ran 22.70 to win the 200 meter dash. Cole Proffitt of Manheim Central threw 184-11 to win the javelin.
For the girls, freshman Angelica Gonzalez ran 12.28 to win the 100 meter dash. Central Dauphin ran 49.51 to set a meet record in the 4x100 meter relay. Katlin Gould of Cedar Cliff ran 58.85 to win the 400 meter dash. Natalie Holder of Chambersburg ran a meet record 2:17.16 to win the 800 meter run. Deme'shia Davis of Central Dauphin East ran a meet record 25.21 to win the 200 meter dash. Rachel Fatherly of Williamsport threw 126-10 to win the discus and threw a meet record 43-7.25 to win the shot put. Marshay Ryan of Chambersburg won both the long jump (PA#1 18-1) and the triple jump (37-8.50). |
Chambersburg, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 03/31 |
Brother Jerome Benway Memorial Invitational
Saint Basil Academy
Kayla Coley of Cheltenham won the 100 hurdles (14.4) and 300 meter hurdles (PA#1 44.5). Villa Joseph Marie ran 1:46.5 to win the 4x200 meter relay. Upper Dublin ran 4:07.8 to win the 4x400 meter relay. St Basil Academy ran 9:43.4 to win the 4x800 meter relay. Diamond Hodge of Girls High won the long jump with a mark of 17-6.
For the boys, Father Judge ran 43.3 to win the 4x100 meter relay, 1:32.6 to win the 4x200 meter relay, and 3:35.0 to win the 4x400 meter relay. Ian McGinnis of Father Judge won the shot put (54-10) and the discus (140-9.50). |
Jenkintown, PA RESULTS POSTED |
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Haverford Township HS
Andrew Brandt of Marple Newtown cleared 6-6 to win the high jump. Strath Haven won the shuttle hurdle (1:02.9), Sprint Medley (3:36.3), 4x100 (43.7), and 4x400 meter relays (3:29.2). For the girls, Garnet Valley ran 12:50 to win the distance medley relay, Penncrest ran 4:06.4 to win the 4x400 meter relay, and Strath Haven ran 1:07.8 to win the shuttle hurdles relay.
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Havertown, PA RESULTS POSTED |
| 03/31 |
Diamond State Relays
Alexis I. DuPont High School
Tyra Roberts of Bensalem threw 38-4.25 to finish 2nd in the shot put. Nazirah Jones of Penn Wood jumped 36-1 to win the triple jump.
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Greenville, DE RESULTS POSTED
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| 03/31 |
The Hill School
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Pottstown, PA |
| 03/31 |
Susquehanna University
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Selinsgrove, PA COLLEGIATE RESULTS POSTED |
| 03/31 |
Lafayette College
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Easton, PA COLLEGIATE RESULTS POSTED |
| 03/31 |
Baldwin
Photos and Story by Phil Grove
A pair of state runners-up in the javelin a year ago registered meet records in headlining solid early season efforts at the South Hills Classic.  Days after he opened his 2012 schedule with a school-record and US#2 javelin toss of 212 feet, 3 inches, Billy Stanley of South Park registered two more throws over the 200-foot mark. His opener of 203-8 was good enough for the win by more than 30 feet, as was his second-rounder of 202-9. Another of former South Park jav standout Chad Radgowski's efforts was wiped from the books, this time a 192-2 missile from 2005.Meanwhile, Jessie Merckle of Fort Cherry started a busy day for herself with her specialty, winning the javelin with a US#2 of 151-0 and backing it up with a 148-footer. Merckle, who also placed in the long and triple jumps, needed every bit of those two throws as Samantha Taylor of Gateway was second at a US#4 of 143-2.  Other top efforts for the boys came from North Allegheny's Kyle Shivetts, whose 11.10 and 22.28 clockings were easy winners in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Teammate Vincent Tonzo blazed 1:54.26 in the 800 run, while North East's Ryan Smathers nipped Grove City Area's Daniel Jaskowak at twice the distance, 4:21.86 to 4:22.01.Jaskowak was second again in the 3,200, as his 9:33.31 was bested by the 9:32.27 from Baldwin's Andrew Kuchta. Torey Doaty of Central Catholic led a 1-2 finish for the Vikings in the 300 hurdles, recording a 39.71 in the next-to-the-last heat. In the 400 relay, Gateway's 43.38 was more than 1.5 seconds ahead of the field. In addition to finishing second to Stanley in the javelin for the second consecutive year, David Reinhardt of Bradford Area had two field event wins. He defended his meet title in the discus (159-1) and moved up a spot in the shot put (53-11). Jesse Laverdiere of Laurel Highlands edged Brandon Teribery of Bradford Area as both cleared 15 feet in the pole vault. The final big effort of the afternoon came from one of five winners from outside Pennsylvania. Errin Baynes of Wheeling Park (W.Va.) soared 6-10 to start his high jump campaign, removing a 6-6 jump in 2010 by McDowell's Patrick Cochran from the books and beating the field by a whopping 8 inches. On the track for the girls, Callie Gunzenhauser of Mt. Lebanon reeled in and passed front-running Kelsey Metheny of Bethel Park on the last lap of the 1,600, reaching the line in 5:13.63 to Metheny's 5:14.26. Metheny and her Bethel Park teammates dominated the 4x800 relay, with a 9:36.02 effort more than 10 seconds ahead of the runner-up. Eliza Lowe of Grove City showed strong form in a pair of hurdle victories, clocking 15.48 in the 100s and 46.67 in the 300 barriers. Anna Chodubski of McDowell won the long jump at 17-11.50, leading two others past the 17-foot mark. |
Pittsburgh, PA
RESULTS POSTED PHOTO GALLERY |
| 03/31 |
Washington & Jefferson Invitational
Washington & Jefferson College
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Washington, PA COLLEGIATE |
Billy Stanley of South Park set a school record in the javelin with a US#2 mark of 212-3 at his home meet on Wednesday, breaking the old school record of 211-6 by Chad Radgowski in 2005
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Moon Area
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Coraopolis, PA |