Steve Slaton

In the Long Jump, Conwell-Egan\'s Steve Slaton covered 22-02 before hitting sand. The jump is PA#2.

Steve Slaton made a huge impact at Lehigh the TFCAGP D2 Meet. Penn Charter\'s Kamal Marrel ran a quick 60m Hurdles. In the long jump Steve Henkelman took the win. Germantown Academy posted a fast 4x800. Penncrest\'s Mike Morganti won the shot. And Bill Lordan of Great Valley ran a 9:10.8 3000-meter for the victory.

Two meet records, one in the field and one on the track. Juan Cave, St. Joseph\'s Prep, cleared 6-10 on his 3rd attempt, and got a good look or two at 7-0. (Ryan Fritz, Octorara, 6-8). Hatboro-Horsham senior Mike Kenny pulled away over the last few laps to an 8:54.96 3k win. Cardinal O\'Hara, behind a 4:18 anchor by recovering Steve Hallinan, went a US#3 10:25.08 DMR (Greg Thomas 3:12.5, Pete Maynard 54.1, Mike Callanan 1:59.4, Steve Hallinan 4:18.8). LaSalle was 2nd in 10:27.41 (Chris Ross 3:08, Neal O\'Connell 53.2, Pat O\'Neil 2:02, Joe Fedorowicz, 4:22 - six second PR). Plymouth-Whitemarsh\'s Ozzie Brown leapt 22-6 for in the Long Jump. In the Triple Jump, Bensalem\'s John Thompson went 44-8.50, to hold off Coatesville\'s Clarence Smith by 1.5 inches. Nate Tussey, Boyertown, won the 60 Hurdles in 8:15. Central\'s Mike Wray was DQed. A close 60 Dash as Steve Slaton, Conwell-Egan, held off Phoenixville\'s Quenton Boyer 6.98-7.02. Matt Gould, Hatboro-Horsham, held off charging Eric Bowles, Upper Dublin, and Greg Williams, Henderson by less than a second, going 1:58.58. Williams also helped their 4x400 win in 3:29.24. In the next-to-last heat, Bensalem\'s LaMonte Lewis won in 22.62.

West Catholic\'s Nicole Leach took the 60 Dash, 60 Hurdles, 200 and 400, while Steve Slaton, Conwell-Egan, captured the 60 Dash, 200, 400 and the a US #6 Long Jump. Leach set three meet records, breaking two of her own, including the 60 in 7.83 and the 200 in 24.96. She also set the new 60 Hurdles record of 9.31 seconds. Slaton posted a US#6 and meet record 23-3.50 Long Jump; and took the 60 in 7.07 (7.05t), the 200 in 23.17, and the 400 in 51.36. Cardinal O\'Hara repeated (comfortably) as the boys\' Team Champs, while Archbishop Ryan repeated as the girls\' Champs by seven over St. Hubert\'s and ten over West Catholic.

West Catholic\'s 4:06.70 SMR is a new US #2, while their 3:51.54 4x400, behind a 53.5 anchor by Nicole Leach, is a new US#3. Leach was the lead-off on the SMR, followed by Erica Ferguson, Ciarra Lawson and anchor Latavia Thomas. Bonner won the 4x800 in 8:04.77 (Dave McGuire 2:00.1/Rich Touey 2:03.8/Luke Henderson 2:00.9/Mark Simpson 1:59.7), a new US#4 (in photo by Dan Nelson), while the Hatboro-Horsham girls took their race in 9:17.46, new US#2. And O\'Hara\'s Steve Hallinan, who took a brief lead at 3/4\'s in 3:10.8, solidified his place in the Millrose Mile field with his 5th place 4:12.72. West Chester Henderson made the finals of the 4x200, but a runner fell on a slippery spot, knocking them out of contention. They went 1:30.73 in the Trial, a new US#7, then 1:33.26 in the Finals. O\'Hara went 1:33.18, all @ the New Balance Games @ the NY Armory.

West Catholic\'s Nicole Leach (left with fellow Athlete of the Meet Steve Hallinan, and Olympian Jon Drummond), beat Wissahickon star Krista Simkins twice, setting two meet records by taking the 200 in 25.00 and the 400 in 55.43. Steve Hallinan, Cardinal O\'hara, ran virtually alone (and several laps in lane three passing a crowd), going 8:47.49 in the 3000. , a meet record. Central hurdler Michael Wray went 8.18 (a meet record) in the Trials of the 60 hurdles, taking the finals in 8.30. Also setting meet records were Easton senior Courtney Regan, 11-00 in the Pole Vault; and Adrienne Beltz, Hamburg, in 10:22.16 for 3000 meters; Latavia Thomas, West Catholic, 2:18.83 800; North Penn\'s boys\' 4x800 in 8:12.35, and the Haverford girls 4x800 in 9:57.14. Haverford also captured the SMR in 4:21.63 and the 4x400 in 4:13.83.

Steve Slaton of Conwell Egan, cruised to a 6.4 win in the 55m dash. He also won the 200 in 22.8. Archbishop Ryan captured two relays, the 4x800 in 8:57.8 and the 4x400 in 3:46.6. West Catholic\'s Seth Mitchell won the 400 in 52.8. Cardinal O\'Hara took the top four spots in the 800 with times of 2:04-2:08, and none of the athletes was name Hallinan or Callanan. St. Joe\'s Prep took the DMR in 11:21.5 behind the 1600 leg by Tim O\'Neill (left).