Andre Hicks

Good food, good weather, great performances abound: As Donna Dye noted after her visit to the XC State meet in November, \"they know how to eat in PA.\" And the Pan-Ram Inv. at the great 8-lane track at Harrisburg\'s Central Dauphin HS was no exception. The burgers were charcoaling, the sun was blazing. But most of all, the performances were cooking as the 16th Pan-Ram Invite enjoyed great weather and a bunch of meet records (plus a stirring battle between a talented vet and the new kid on the block in the girls 1600.)

Andre Hicks nearly got 6-08 in the High Jump with a few good looks, but had to settle for a very strong 6-06. McCaskey\'s Felicia Daniels took the 55 Hurdles in 8.5 seconds. Three guys were timed in 6.4 seconds in the 55 dash, with Wilson\'s Shawn Smith first, Hershey\'s Roosevelt Davis, 2nd, and Donegal\'s Matt Tshudy in 3rd. Smith also captured the 200 in 23.7. Wilson\'s Brian Dodds cleared 14-0 to win the Pole Vault. Teammate Brent Ott was 2nd at 13-0. Lewistown\'s Ashley Curry won the girls\' Pole Vault with a jump of 10-0. Kate Papenberg, Red Lion, posted a nice 1600m-3200m double of 5:23.0 and 11:35.9. Hershey\'s Jess Tack threw the shot 36-08.50. Amy Backel, Northern, cleared 5-02. Danville\'s Ben McConnell posted a 52-05 400 and Cumberland Valley\'s David Little went 2:04.4 for the 800 win.

Ryan Whiting of Central Dauphin posted a 57-03.75 Shot Put. Andre Hicks, the Harrisburg high jumper, cleared 6-06 to easily win his event. Felicia Daniels of McCaskey, smoked the field in the trials, going 8.3. She cruised in the finals in 8.8. Harrisburg's Brianna Flagg posted the top Shot Put performance of the season with a throw of 39-10.75. Cumberland Valley senior Gen Gray won the two middle distance events, taking the 800 in 2:31.30 and the Mile in 5:33.00. Red Land junior Kristina Kline also took two, the Long Jump (17-01.50), and the Triple Jump (34-11.50).

Harrisburg's Andre Hicks won two events, the High Jump, clearing 6-04, and the Long Jump with a leap of 19-05.50. Reading's Jessica Forrest won two events, the 55 meter dash in 7.2 and the 200 in 26.6. And joining Hicks and Forrest as double champs was Red Lion's Kate Papenberg, taking the 1600 in 5:25.7 and the 3200 in 11:39.2.