2011 PTFCA Indoor State Championship 2011

Evenly paced race with Piccirillo pulling away from Schmidt over the final lap.

Larisa Debich clears 12-03 to win the vault.

Gabby went 37-00 to win the triple jump state title.

Holland cleared 5-10 to win the state title.

McClelland won the high jump with a leap of 6-10.

Imani won the triple jump crown with a leap of 48-05.50.

Rushton won the shot with a put of 59-00.25.

Beau won the vault with a clearance of 15-00.

Austin popped a PR in the long jump of 23-00.25 to take the state title.

Wissahickon ran a solid race to take the state title with a time of 10:28.02.

North Penn set a state meet record with their winning time of 12:08.32.

Strath Haven blew it open early and ran to a 9:17.66 clocking for the win.

Ryan Gil went wire-to-wire with Tom Trainer on his heels the entire way.

Jordan went 18-10.50 to garner 10 points toward Abington's team victory.

Photo by Patty Morgan

Sara Sargent set a PA#1 All-Time mark of 9:49.27.

Rachel won her 2nd straight indoor shot title.

Angel ran a conservative pace and used a powerful kick to win her 2nd straight indoor mile title.

Chloe Schmidt won her 3rd state title over 800 meters with a come from behind finish.

Wade Endress unleashes a furious kick to set a new state record time of 1:51.73.

Cheltenham comes from behind to win the state title.

Abington takes a thrilling showdown with Cheltenham.

Chris Williams wins it with a time of 7.89.

Wade Endress explodes over the last 400 meters to win with a 4:13.41 clocking.

Leah Nugent battled Shelley Black to within .01 seconds of the state record of 8.44 with times of 8.45 to 8.46.

Central Bucks West set a new State Record with their 7:45.06 clocking, also US#7 All-Time Indoors.

Cierra surprised everyone and herself with a .8 sec PR with a US#1 time of 24.16.

Photo by Don Rich

Photo by Don Rich

Photos by Msrlent Vandenneste and Don Rich

Located in the Hall of Fame area at Abington High is a plaque hanging right next to the locker room entrance. It’s not just any plaque to the members of the boys’ track & field team.   (Photo courtesy of Brian Deck)

Photo by Don Rich

 There was a time – one year ago, to be exact - when Monica Pechanec had no idea about the pole vault.  “All I knew is it was something in track and field that used a long pole and a box,” she said. “I didn’t know anything about it.”