Track athletes tune up for D-10 at Mercer County Invitational

May 11, 2008 08:23 am

— By Ed Farrell
Herald Assistant Sports Editor

Though no team titlists were crowned during Saturday’s Mercer County Track & Field Invitational, the annual event was no mere exhibition as athletes fine-tuned in final preparation for next weekend’s District 10 Championships.
Ed Pikna, West Middlesex High boys team coach, paraphrasing one of his assistants, Mike Williams, perhaps put it best:
“There’s not a whole lot of things, right now you can do at this point in the season to get yourself to the state meet; but there’s an awful lot of things you can do this week in practice that can keep you from the state meet or that can keep you from hitting that personal best at districts.”
Meet manager Barb Dzuricsko noted next weekend’s Class AA D-10 Championships will offer state berths only to the top 2 placewinners in each event, plus those finishing 3rd-through-8th who meet a predetermined qualifying standard.
A case in point regarding the significance of Saturday’s invite was Sharon High boys’ 4x4 relay team. In the day’s final event on the track, the Tigers — sans starters Billy Altman and Jim Santillan — still roared to a 1st-place and season-best 3:34.40, led by anchorman Jacques Moss.
“ ... It was my job to bring it home,” Moss said with a smile after turning in (an unofficial) personal-best 50.9 split, which was actually better than his 51.39 clocking in winning the open 400-meter dash.
“We’re pretty confident,” confided Moss regarding next weekend’s District 10 Championships.
Other highlights from Saturday’s invite:
ä Wilmington High’s Chris Burns brought home a quartet of golds, including the 100- (11.15) and 200-meter (22.83) dashes and long jump (21-6), and he lent a leg to Wilmington’s winning sprint-relay foursome (44.08). His Greyhounds’ teammate, Paul Yohman, yanked throws of 53-5è and 154-5 in the shot put and discus, respectively, for his twin-killing, while Slippery Rock’s Ethan Geisler swept the high (15.87) and intermediate (40.87) hurdles.
ä A quintet of girls posted double-doubles, including Grove City’s Hana Casalnova (400-, 800-meter runs) and Kristy Woods (shot, disc), Lakeview’s Fawn Miller (100, javelin) and Ashley Lewis (high hurdles, sprint-relay leg), and Reynolds’ Kara Mostoller (long, triple jumps).
ä Miller established a meet mark in the javelin (149-3), while Woods did likewise in the shot (44-9), eclipsing her own mark of 2 years ago. And Mostoller mustered a 16-foot, 11-inch long jump.
ä West Middlesex’s Adam Shrawder set one of two male marks as he was clocked in 1:59.12 in the 800-meter run (breaking a 7-year-old record), and Wilmington’s Ryan Bell bettered the javelin record by almost 12 full feet (197-8).
Pikna proudly pointed out a footnote regarding Shrawder and teammate Matt Lawhead. The two competed in Friday night’s Allegheny College Invitational and placed 1st and 3rd in the “Miracle Mile” in respective times of 4:30.1 and 4:32.2. Virtually hours later they bounced back to form half of the Big Reds’ winning 4x8 relay quartet to an 8:23.69 showing.
ä Kennedy Catholic’s 4x8 quartet, featuring senior Katie Cianci, junior Anne Sommerfelt, sophomore Bethany Kifer and frosh Nicole Joseph stunned the field by winning in a time of 10:011.45, a season-best performance according to head coach Chris Houck.
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TRACK & FIELD
Mercer County Invitational
Key: Commodore Perry (CP), Farrell (F), George Junior Republic (GJR), Greenville (G), Grove City (GC), Hickory (H), Kennedy Catholic (KC), Lakeview (L), Mercer (M), Reynolds (R), Sharon (S), Sharpsville (Sv), Slippery Rock (SR), West Middlesex (WM), Wilmington (W).
Individual Results
BOYS
3200 relay — 1. West Middlesex (Powell, Lawhead, Ryan, Shrawder), 8L23.,69; 2. Grove City, 8:41.18; 3. Lakeview, 9:03.10; 4. Greenville, 9:07.36; 5. Hickory, 9:12.50; 6. George Junior Republic, 9:23.59; 7. Sharpsville, 9:46.17.
110 hurdles — 1. Ethan Geisler (SR), 15.87; 2. Adam Kays (R), 16.51; 3. Luke Yohman (W), 16.55; 4. Trey Jackson (GJR), 16.69; 5. Khalif Dickson (GJR), 16.77; 6. Dan Colgan (R), 17.10; 7. Colby Howe (WM), 17.12; 8. James Hosey (S), 17.15.
100 — 1. Chris Burns (W), 11.15; 2. Forrest Minteer (W), 11.21; 3. Earl Banks (GJR), 11.28; 4. Damarco Alberty (Sv), 11.29; 5. Justin Spencer (GC), 11.54; 6. Bobby DiBartolomeo (H), 11.60; 7. Tom Statts (H), 11.2; 8. Ronnie Howard (S), 11.62.
1600 — 1. Shane Sigler (Sv), 4:35.81; 2. Jake Kildoo (GC), 4:38.53; 3. Marshall Hartley (CP), 4:39.15; 4. Andrew Martin (R), 4:51.16; 5. Mike Boardman (H), 4:54.06; 6. Ed Summerlin (G), 4:54.95; 7. Cory Rodgers (L), 4:56.45; 8. Jackson Udy (SR), 4:56.47.
400 — 1. Jacques Moss (S), 51.39; 2. Patrick Morris (W), 5.199; 3. Chris Featherstone (GJR), 51.01; 4. Jack Cravener (SR), 52.49; 5. Joe Herrmann (H), 53.15; 6. Ryan McGeehan (GC), 53.19; 7. Brandon Campbell (H), 53.64; 8. Jon Jansco (WM), 53.75.
400 relay — 1. Wilmington (Minteer, C. Burns, Derrick Burns, Nick Riggall), 44.08; 2. GJR, 45.34; 3. Mercer, 45.53; 4. Sharon, 45.96; 5. Greenville, 46.12; 6. Hickory, 46.71; 7. Reynolds, 48.54.
300 hurdles — 1. Geisler, 40.87; 2. L. Yohman, 42.03; 3. Hosey, 42.75; 4. Jackson, 43.17; 5. Kahsy, 43.49; 6. Howe, 43.81; 7. Alex Betz (G), 43.91; 8. Colgan, 44.53.
800 — 1. Shrawder, 1:59.12*; 2. Dan Hartzell (SR), 2:01.87; 3. Lawhead, 2:03.51; 4. Bill Marstellar (Sv), 2:05.94; 5. Jordan Nichols (GC), 2:07.15; 6. Summerlin, 2:07.20; 7. Aaron Anderson (GC), 2:07.21; 8. Nick Steele (SR), 2:08.81.
200 — 1. C. Burns, 22.83; 2. Jake Hartley (F), 23.19; 3. Alberty (Sv), 23.22; 4. Spencer, 23.45; 5. DiBartolomeo, 23,62; 6. Ronnie Howard, 23.76; 7. William Bagnall (S), 24.07; 8. Jack Cravener (SR), 24.12.
3200 — 1. Tom Bollinger (GC), 10:05.52; 2. Kildoo, 10:09.35; 3. Ryan, 10:12.04; 4. Hartley, 10:14.44; 5. Justin Weaver (Sv), 10:41.59; 6. Udy, 10:45.75; 7. Jacob Spurk (SR), 10:46.88; 8. Kyle Devlin (WM), 10:50.27.
1600 relay — 1. Sharon (Bagnall, Howard, James Hosey, Moss), 3:34.40; 2. Slippery Rock 3:34.44; 3. Greenville, 3:36.01; 4. Grove City, 3:38.03; 5. Sharpsville, 3:40.95; 6. Wilmington, 3:51.05; 7. Reynolds, 3:54.46.
Shot put — 1. Paul Yohman (W), 53-5; 2. Greg Reiber (GC), 50-7; 3. Josh Falvo (W), 48-6 1/2; 4. Bob Saltsgiver (H), 47-11 1/4; 5. Josh Mitchell (GJR), 47-8; 6. Travis Wojtalik (WM), 47-4 1/4; 7. Chris Staten (KC), 45-8 1/4; 8. Kody McInturf (G), 44-4.
Discus — 1. P. Yohman, 154-5; 2. Falvo, 151-3; 3. Reiber, 150-11; 4. Saltsgiver, 149-7 1/2; 5. Staten, 144-10 1/2; 6. Herrmann, 132-6; 7. McInturf, 1332-2; 8. Cory Ketler (WM), 127-4.
Javelin — 1. Ryan Bell (W), 197-8*; 2. Matt Durisko (H), 175-7; 3. Josiah Rupert (G), 173-5; 4. Wojtalik, 161-10; 5. Tom Myers (W), 160-6; 6. Justin Angermeier (M), 160-2; 7. Nick Spohn (H), 159-7; 8. Mike Miller (R), 156-6.
Long jump — 1. C. Burns, 21-6; 2. Dan Bauce (R), 19-11; 3. Riggall, 19-10; 4. Josh Rodriguez-Figueroa (GJR), 19-9 3/4; 5. D. Zuschlag (G), 19-4 3/4; 6. Brant Sloan (SR), 18-9 1/4; Mark Saylor (WM), 18-8; 8. Tim Quattlebaum (GJR), 18-4 1/4.
Triple jump — 1. Quattlebaum, 42-1; 2. Mike Lemon (GJR), 39-8; 3. Sam Lotz (SR) 39-6 1/2; 4. Ian Campbell (SR), 39-0; 5. Howe, 38-6; 6. Moss, 38-0; 7. Brandon Martell (S), 38-0; 8. Sloan, 37-10 1/2.
High jump — 1. Campbell, 6-4; 2. Minteer, 6-2; 3. Featherstone, 5-10; 4. (tie) Shayne Bailey (H), Sloan, Lemon, 5-8; 7. Aaron Banas (H), 5-6.
Pole vault — 1. Saylor, 13-0; 2. Vince Kopen (H), 12-6; 3. David Caldwell (SR), 12-0; 4. Aaron Webber (G), 12-0; 5. Steele, 11-6; 6. Aaron Arbogast (L), 11-6; 7. Rob Coulter (W), 11-6; 8.
GIRLS
3200 relay — 1. Kennedy Catholic (Katie Cianci, Anne Sommerfeld, Bethany Kifer, Nicole Joseph), 10:11.45; 2. Lakeview, 10:19.47; 3. West Middlesex, 10:25.40; 4. Sharon, 10:44.79; 5. Slippery Rock, 11:13.13; 6. Hickory, 11;25.46; 7. Grove City, 11:34.59.
100 hurdles — 1. Ashley Lewis (L), 15.92; 2. Angela Shaffer (SR), 16.07; 3. Megan Hiers (W), 16.90; 4. Michelle Grossman (SR), 17.16; 5. Candace Hogue (SR), 17.17; 6. Kara Doddo (G), 17.75; 7. Leah Shannon (G), 17.90; 8. Stephanie Kish (W), 17.91.
100 — 1. Fawn Miller (L) 13.11; 2. Megan Montalvo (G), 13.27; 3. Kayleigh Nashtock (Sv), 13.29; 4. Christina Sagulla (M), 13.33; 5. Autumn Tesinsky (L), 13.35; 6. Cassi Conway (W), 13.36; 7. Kayla Campbell (L), 13.43; 8. Megan Webber (G), 13.47.
1600 — 1. Sara Chuzie (GC), 5:33.48; 2. Kendra Pyle (H), 5:42.18; 3. Lauren Shingledecker (WM) 5:43.64; 4. Jenna Rimko (R), 5:45.23; 5. Becky Consbruck (GC), 5:47.76; 6. Danielle Cerroni (S), 5:52.67; 7. Kely Stinger (L), 5:56.30; 8. Mary Lou Ware (W), 5:58.95.
400 — 1. Hana Casalnova (GC), 59.47; 2. Campbell, 1:02.67; 3. Nancy Hartman (W), 1:04.12; 4. Nashtock, 1:04.39; 5. Chelsea Stanley (SR), 1:04.74; 6. Sommerfeld, 1:04.95; 7. Jessica Stearns (G), 1:05.24; 8. Elise Baldarelli (H), 1:06.66.
400 relay — 1. Lakeview (Jessica King, Lewis, Kelsey Pears, Tesinsky‚ 51.75; 2. Greenville, 52.90; 3. Reynolds, 53.29; 4. Slippery Rock, 54.64; 5. Wilmington, 54.75; 6. Hickory, 54.77; 7. Sharpsville, 55.18; 8. West Middlesex, 55.57.
300 hurdles — 1. Elissa McCune (SR), 46.58; 2. Lewis, 47.75; 3. Miller, 49.19; 4. Claire Creasy (M), 49.85; 5. Michelle Grossman (SR), 50.52; 6. Stephanie Kish (W), 50.85; 7. Hannah Barnhart (SR), 51.72; 8. Alexa Rymniak (M), 52.75.
800 — 1. Casalnova, 2:21.48; 2. Cianci, 2:22.64; 3. Eden Slater (L), 2:24.06; 4. Jamie Miller (S), 2:33.17; 5. Hannah Horne (G), 2:35.80; 6. Hartman, 2:35.80; 7. Rachel Richter (SR), 2:36.79; 8. Nicole Wizorek (GC), 2:38.75.
200 — 1. Creasy, 27.09; 2. Conway, 27.38; 3. Montalvo, 27.44; 4. LeAnn Devine (H), 27.65; 5. McCune, 27.68; 6. Campbell, 27.69; 7. Pears, 27.96; 8. Nashtock, 28.37.
3200 — 1. Allison Pfaff (G), 12:18.28; 2. Jessica McSherry (S), 12:24.80; 3. Melissa Smith (M), 12:24.94; 4. Morgan Swartz (WM), 12;26.46; 5. Chuzie, 12:29.61; 6. Hannah Gaines (WM), 12:37.38; 7. Michelle Miller (S), 12:42.42; 8. Shingledecker, 12:47.25.
1600 relay — 1. West Middlesex (Miranda Negrea, Karen Willey, Chelsea Stitt, Kayla Shacklock), 4:16.25; 2. Lakeview, 4:19.60; 3. Hickory, 4:25.19; 4. Kennedy Catholic, 4:26.22; 5. Slippery Rock, 4:28.21; 6. Wilmington, 4:29.20; 7. Reynolds, 4:39.63.
Shot put — 1. Kristy Woods (GC), 44-9*; 2. Emily Woods (H), 37-4 1/2; 3. Symone Somerset (H), 35-1; 4. Megan Lane (W), 32-10 1/2; 5. Alaura Hanssen (W), 32-3 1/4; 6. Alayan Simmons (S), 32-2 3/4; 7. Jordyn Piepenhagen (M), 32-2; 8. Kali Blackburn (R), 31-8.
Discus — 1. K. Woods, 137-10; 2. E. Woods, 125-1; 3. Savannah Schaa (M), 108-1; 4. Ashley Kirkpatrick (KC), 107-1; 5. Aleisha Sterling (S), 105-4; 6. Piepenhagen, 100-5; 8. Candace Cozad (M), 97-0; 8. Alyssa Cirillo (H), 95-4.
Javelin — 1. Miller, 149-3*; 2. Melanie Prelec (SR), 120-2; 3. Julie Skaine (S), 107-9; 4. Rachel Moldovan (KC), 103-2; 5. Piepenhagen, 102-10; 6. Simmons, 94-8; 7. Jackie Mason (WM), 92-5; 8. Blackburn 89-0.
Long jump — 1. Kara Mostoller (R), 16-11 1/2*; 2. Shaffer, 15-5 1/2; 3. Negrea, 14-10 1/2; 4. Terisa Tubbs (F), 14-6 1/4; 5. Samantha Amyz (SR), 14-5 1/2; 6. Courtney Hills (R), 14-4; 7. Jessica Bittler (WM), 14-3 1/2; 8. Brittany King (L), 14-2 3/4.
Triple jump — 1. Mostoller, 33-4; 2. Negrea, 32-7; 3. Amyx, 32-5 3/4; 4. Shaffer, 32-5; 5. Alyssa Messett (M), 32-2 3/4; 6. Becky Simon (GC), 31-10; 7. Sagulla, 31-6 1/2; 8. Hills, 31-3 3/4.
High jump — 1. Shaffer, 5-1; 2. Negrea, 4-9; 3. Devine, 4-9; 4. Claire Morris (H), 4-9; 5. Mostoller, 4-9; 6. Rymniak, 4-7; 7. Bittler, 4-7; 8. (tie), B. King, Jordan Hinkson (H), 4-5.
Pole vault — 1. Megan DeGraaf (GC), 9-6; 2. Creasy, 9-0; 3. Megan Rudzik (W), 9-0; 4. Allison Gavala (H), 8-6; 5. Brianna Wise (H), 8-6; 6. Laurel Montgomery (GC), 8-6; 7. Shay Phillian (W), 8-0; 8. Megan Eckard (G), 8-0.
*Indicates new meet mark

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