Photo Galleries of Districts action posted or coming, including Districts 1 + 3 Friday & Saturday, District 6 AA + AAA, District 7 AAA, District 8 and District 10 AAA
Photo Gallery by James K. Wood of the 5/13 PIAA District 8 Championships @ Oliver HS
TUESDAY:Time flies, especially when you\'re running around 11 seconds for the 100 and 22 for the 200. That\'s been the story of Brad Kanuch\'s career, and on Tuesday, he raced for the last time at the magnificent Mansion Park track in Altoona in the PIAA District 6 AA Champs. The conditions were cold with occasional drizzle for most of the meet, and were almost ideal for the distance runners, but a challenge for those who had to stop and plant their feet to throw, say... a Javelin. New state-best record holder (new implement, 2002), Karlee McQuillen of Westmont-Hilltop, overcame the slippery conditions to take home the gold in her main event, as well as the Shot Put. Further to the west, it was a great day to have a meet almost everywhere, except at South Side Beaver High School. Kind of like April deja vu as the rain and cold returned for one last hurrah. The top seeds took care of business. Also on Tuesday, there no surprise on the girls side at the PIAA District 2 AA Champs as Dallas dominated the competition... but on the boys side, Lakeland beat traditional power Scranton Prep by 7-1/2 points, starting the meet with a win in the 4x800. At the PIAA District 7 AA Champs, rain was the story. Kacey Gibson Neshannock, and Rachel Erny, Brentwood, posted wins. Ellwood City\'s Jake Walker closed out his district career with the distance double. And shot putter Allyn Laughlin of Center, flirted with 50\', going 49-06.50 (if you can, you may want to watch all six throws at Shippensburg, She\'s not the only one capable of hitting those big numbers.) And teammate Lindsay Dolan won the 100 hurdles and took 2nd and 3rd in two others. WEDNESDAY: Germantown Academy won the girls title, and the host Hill School won the boys title at the PA Independent League Championships. At PIAA District 10 AAA, the General McLane girls proved their depth by beating McDowell... but the McDowell boys were victors. Three General McLane girls won the 100, 200, 400, 800, Long Jump and Triple Jump. At PIAA District 4 AAA, it was the Shikellamy girls and the Selinsgrove boys. Big jav throws by the boys. In PIAA District 5, it was the Berlin Brothersvalley girls and the Northern Bedford boys. Berlin\'s Megan Lamens won two events and took 2nd in two others. At PIAA District 9 AAA Champs, it was Bradford all the way with a sweep of both girls and boys titles. Erin Hannon is completely healthy this spring (as opposed to a stress fracture in 2005), and rolled through the 100 Hurdles, High, Long and Triple Jumps. THURSDAY: Hannon will face fellow senior Rachel Gehret of Altoona in three of those events, the jumps. Gehret swept the jumps at the PIAA District 6 AAA Champs, including a 19\'+ Long Jump. State College won the girls title behind the distance double from Katherine Ward. Altoona won the boys, thanks in large part to sophomore AJ Alexander, champ in the 100, 200 and anchor of the winning 4x100. He also took 3rd place points in the Long Jump. In the PIAA District 2 AAA Champs The Hazleton girls won by 2.5 points over Delaware Valley, while the Wallenpaupack boys were team champs. John Motter of Berwick and Coughlin\'s Lynn Lisofsky pulled the same Hurdles double. Kevin Sives of Wallenpaupack, won the 800 and 1600. Teammate Jessica Hunter went took the 1600 win 3200. Sean Craig of Honesdale, won the 400 and anchored two winnning relays. In the field, Wallenpaupack\'s Justin Kraft and Honesdale\'s Cass Schweighofer pulled the same double, each taking the Shot Put and Discus. PIAA District 11 AA/AAA AA GIRLS: Nativity BVM senior Katie James won the 100 and 200m. Sophomores dominated the 400, 800 and 1600. North Schuylkill junior Lindsey Guldin won the Shot Put with a big throw to go with a Discus win. AAA GIRLS: William Allen senior Brianna Broyles was a triple champ, taking the 100, 100 Hurdles and the 300 Hurdles. Pocono Mountain junior Anita James won the 200, 400 and Long Jump with a typing PA#1 effort. Chanelle Price, Easton, was quick in the 800. The Allentown Central Catholic tandem of Meghan Burns and Marcie Sobrinski went one-two in the 1600. They also were half the winning 4x800. Lindsay Regan of Easton won her final Districts appearance. AA BOYS: Mike Cadau, Mahanoy City, won the 400 and 800 with Bethlehem Catholic senior Eric Yeager credited with the same time in the 800 for 2nd. Yeager also anchored the winning 4x400 and 4x800 teams. Kevin Dougherty won the distance double. A quick 300 Hurdles from Tamaqua senior Derrik Keich. Robbie Clews, North Schuylkill, won the Long and Triple jumps. AAA BOYS: Rushane Scott of William Allen, won the 100 and the 200. Nick Malanka cleared 15-00 to win the Pole Vault. Whitehall junior Andrew Fahringer won the Discus and Javelin with big throws. PIAA District 7 AAA: Breehana Jacobs of Laurel Highlands is only a junior, which means that this is the next-to-last time you get to see times like these at a state meet. She cruised through the 100 finals and added a WPIAL meet record in the 200. Latrobe frosh Natalie Bower won her first 1600 title, holding off Diana Filtz of Penn Trafford. Norwin has been coming on season, and they won the 4x400 comfortably. The Upper Saint Clair girls 800 tradition is evident in their 4x800 win. Anchor Katie Orchowski also won the open 800. Latrobe senior
PHOTO: Andrew Rotz, Central Dauphin, 1:52.64, Adam Smith, Camp Hill, 1:53.05 (photo by John Gayman / www.pbase.com/jgayman/track) Weekly Highlights by day: MONDAY 5/8-THURSDAY 5/11: At Widener University on Monday in the PCL Southern Division Championships, the West Catholic girls won every individual sprint, and often took 2nd as well to capture another Division crown with 174 points, 22 better than runner-up Cardinal O\'Hara. In the boys\' competition, it was Monsignor Bonner nearly doubling the 2nd place team\'s point total to with with a dominating 202. In the two PCL Northern Division Championships on 5/8-9 at Father Judge HS, the host boys of Father Judge welcomed their competition by taking them title with 147 points to edge LaSalle by just 3-1/3 points. Also on Monday at the Under the Lights Invite at Northern York HS, Camp Hill\'s Adam Smith tuned up for the big races to come with a 1:55.80 800. Brandon Tress, Bible Baptist, took both hurdles. Harrisburg Christian School\'s Sam Hanmer took both sprints. On Tuesday, the Archbishop Ryan girls scored in every event except one, and swept the top two spots in the 800, Mile and 3200, and the top three in the High Jump to dominate the competition with 192.5 points. At the LVIAC Champs @ William Allen HS, Easton\'s Chanelle Price ran alone to a 2:13.9 800. Teammate Jessica Dorsey8 hit the 11.9-24.8 sprint double and contributed to the 48.9 4x100.. Allen\'s Brianna Broyles went through the hurdles in 14.3 and 43.9. Parkland\'s John Carelli with a nice triple, 22-10.50 LJ, 45-09.50 TJ, 6-08 HJ. Allen\'s Rushane Scott 10.5-21.4. At the PIAA District 12 AA meet, Asha Jaramogi of Masterman, a junior, won the 100 in 12.5, the Long Jump 1t 17-05 and hit a 35-04 Triple Jump, plus was the lead-off leg of the winning 49.9 4x100. At the Robert Spagna Champs at Montrose on Thursday, Scranton\'s Tiffany Smith won the 100 and 200; Wallenpaupack\'s Justin Kraft also won two, taking the Shot Put with a 51-01 and the Discus, going 162-10. FRIDAY 5/12-SATURDAY 5/13: At the Central League Individual Champs at Lower Merion, Conestoga took 1-2 in the 800 as Carly Niness ran 2:13.8 and Liz Costello was just behind at 2:14.3. The two teamed with Ashley Niness and Kierstin Quinn to run a quick 3:54.9 4x400. In the girls\' 800, Northern\'s Rachel Wong ran 2:13.58. At the Mid-Penn Conference Championships, Central Dauphin\'s Andrew Rotz blew the doors off in the 800, going 1:52.64. Camp Hill\'s Adam Smith was 2nd in 1:53.05. In Friday\'s 3200, Big Spring\'s Lara Crofford ran a PAA#1 10:44.29, with Boiling Springs soph Kara Millhouse 2nd in 10:52.77. Millhouse then won the 1600 Saturday in 5:05.45. If you come to States, stand back from the track during the boys\' 4x400 final. Cumberland Valley showed their Penn Relays\' performance was something they could repeat, gong 3:17.58. Harrisburg had a better experience than their recent past, gong 3:19.01. CV anchor David Stonfer put a 48.65 400 on the board. Harrisburg\'s Delon Isom won both hurdles events, going 14.38 and 38.31. Central Dauphin East\'s Nate Speaks went 10.99 and 22.13 in the 100 and 200. The Northern York girls ran 9:24.99 in the 4x800. Bensalem\'s Reggie Carter set two PRs by .01 and busted a 3rd in sweeping the 100 in 10.86, the 200 in 21.79, and the 400 in 47.31 at the SOL National Conference Champs at North Penn HS. The host 4x800\'s left little doubt about their intentions at Districts and States, going 7:53.72 and 9:33.58. Brandon Turner, North penn, 46-10.50 TJ. Allison Sikora, Council Rock North, 5:14.02-11:21.28. At the PIAA District 12 AAA Championship, Simon Gratz cruised in some events, and let it fly in others. Kenneth Talley and twin brother Kevin went 21.29-21.55, respectively in the 200. Kenneth also PRed big in the 100 at 10.59, but it was behind a blazing 10.40 by Martin Luthher King\'s Anthony Bishop. The Central girls won the team title by four points over Girls High. At the Girls\' Inter-Ac Championshps, there were meet records at almost every turn, but the biggest was a 5-07 High Jump by Germantown Academy\'s Caroline Doty. Germantown Academy won the team title. Taylor Bumpas, Gwynedd-Mercy, and Kathleen Davies, St. Basil, each won two individual running events at the Bicentennial League Champs, but it was the depth of S. Basil\'s that prevailed in a 197-159 win over Gwynedd-Mercy. Girard College\'s Jesse Brown won both Hurdles and the Triple Jump. Holy Ghost Prep defended their home turf for the boys team title. The SOL American Conference was a Methacton show the whole way behind the headliner act of Ryann Krais as she captured four individual events, the 400 in 55.34, the 100 Hurdles in a hand-timed 14.4h (14.54p), the 300 in 42.90, and the Long Jump at 18-02.25.