Wilmington boys grab team title at D-10 Class AA Track & Field Championships

May 17, 2008 10:30 pm

— By Ed Farrell
Herald Assistant Sports Editor

The weather for the annual District 10 Track & Field Championships was borderline abysmal for most of Saturday. But the forecast for next weekend’s PIAA Championships is bright, based on Mercer County’s collective performance.
With Wilmington winning a quintet of individual titles, the Greyhounds garnered 102ê points to easily outdistance runner-up George Junior Republic (63è) and the remainder of the 28-team boys’ Class AA field en route to the crown. Fort LeBoeuf edged Erie County foil Fairview 82-78 for the 22-team female AA banner.
The Greyhounds’ great Chris Burns and throwers Paul Yohman, Josh Falvo and Ryan Bell dominated. Burns, bound for the University of Pittsburgh for football, won the 100-meter dash and long jump, while Yohman yanked twin titles in the shot put and discus, with Falvo forging runnerup berths in both. Bell basically made one throw — a meet mark (196-5) — to earn his win in the javelin.
Wilmington’s wealth of wondrous talent was enough to invigorate veteran mentor J.R. McFarland. Standing on the soggy sod at Hickory High’s Hornet Stadium, McFarland, in his 31st year as a Wilmington track coach (having led the Lady Greyhounds to 2 D-10 and 3 WPIAL titles), admitted,
“We do have kids who can score big points, and we knew that coming in. All year, they’ve scored big points at the Baldwin Invitational, McDowell Invitational and (City of Hermitage) Invitational. As long as you keep the kids healthy, you know we were going to score some big points.
“This is probably one of the stronger, if not the strongest, boys team that Wilmington has had, just because of those big points we can get,” McFarland admitted. “They went undefeated in the dual-meet season, won a number of invitationals ...
“But (former Wilmington boys’ coach and Lawrence County legend) Ray Cebula gets the credit,” McFarland emphasized. “He pretty much laid the foundation for this team, and he’s the one responsible for getting Chris Burns to come out, and Chris, obviously, is a big part of the team. ... He’s had a great four years here. He’s a great athlete, very coachable and we’re really going to miss him, as well as the other seniors.”
In addition to the Hounds’ haul of medals, numerous other countians collected crowns, including:
ä Mercer’s Weston Schaa, who swept the high and triple jumps, going out attempting to annex a personal-best 6-9 on the former.
ä Grove City’s Kristy Woods, who out-threw her cousin, Hickory’s Emily Woods, for a double-double in the shot and disc.
ä Sharon’s Jacques Moss and Billy Altman, who claimed the 400-meter dash and intermediate hurdles, respectively. Moss also anchored the Tigers’ triumphant 4x4 relay team that included Jim Santillan, James Hosey and Ronnie Howard.
ä George Junior Republic’s 4x1 foursome of Triston Miller, Haneef Tull, Chris Featherstone and Earl Banks, who garnered gold when the Greyhounds bobbled a baton exchange and bowed 43.61 to 43.87.
ä Lakeview’s Fawn Miller, who mustered a meet mark in the javelin (145-6).
Included among other individual-event double-winners were Girard’s A.J. Dohanic (high, intermediate hurdles), Fairview’s Sam Havko (800-, and 1600-meter runs), Harbor Creek’s Lauren Zarger (1600-, 3200-meter runs). The latter eclipsed a 26-year-old record (10:57.10, set by Northwestern’s Alaine Keefer in 1982) with her 10:56.12 clocking in the metric 2-mile run.
Titusville’s Jacquelyn Kerr equalled the meet mark (11-6, set by Fairview’s Kim Stuyvesant in 2001) in the pole vault.
Also, numerous area athletes established school standards, and in some instances it was good enough to qualify for state; others, not quite. Sharpsville’s Shane Sigler stood 2nd to Havko in the metric mile (4:26.06), but earned a berth on the statewide stage by bettering Sharpsville’s standard by 2 seconds. Meanwhile, West Middlesex’s Miranda Negrea nudged her own mark in the triple jump (34-3), but placed 3rd to Reynolds’ Kara Mostoller and Fort LeBoeuf’s Andrea Henneberry. According to Middlesex mentor Bob Morris, the latter soared to victory on her final attempt, bumping Negrea from a trip to Shippensburg.
Lakeview Lady Sailors’ skipper Greg Slatcoff will steer a pair of relay teams to Shippensburg, including the runner-up sprint and mile quartets. Regarding the latter, he related via a voice quivering with emotion,
“This was the situation: (senior) Eden Slater is the heart of our team. She does everything for everybody. She would put her heart on the line for the other three. But (Saturday), the other three (Ashley Lewis, Kelsey Pears, Kayla Campbell) put their hearts on the line for Eden Slater. They wanted her to go to states. They knew the only way she was going to go was by winning or at least taking second place here, and they did it. Kayla Campbell came out and anchored that and did a fantastic job of bringing that race home so that we can take Eden to the state meet.
“ ... She’s always been there for everybody else, and (Saturday), they were there for her, and that was real special,” Slatcoff summarized.
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District 10 Class AA Championships
*Indicates new meet mark; Bold face indicates PIAA Championships qualifier (standard listed in parentheses)
BOYS
Team standings and Key: Wilmington (W) 102ê; George Junior Republic (GJR) 63è; Titusville (T) 58; Mercer (Mer) 51; North East (NE) 48; Faiview (Fv) 46ê; Girard (Gir) 43è; Sharon (Sh) 43; West Middlesex (WM) 33; Hickory (H) 26; Fort LeBoeuf (FL) 26; Harbor Creek (HC) 26; Grove City (GC) 23è; Greenville (Gv) 21; Sharpsville (Sv) 17; Eisenhower (E) 14ì; Mercyhurst Prep (MP) 8; Franklin (Fr) 8; Northwestern (N) 7; Reynolds (R) 7; Iroquois (I) 7; Corry (Cor) 5; Seneca (Sen) 4; Kennedy Catholic (KC) 4; Union City (UC) 3; Farrell (Far) 3; Lakeview (Lv) 2; Youngsville (Y) 1.
Individual Results
3200 relay (8:15.55) — 1. North East (Carter Denne, Dylan Klein, Garrett Gray, Zach Mix), 8:08.83; 2. Fairview (Michael Taylor, Ryan Hirst, Jordan Babcock, C.J. Kennett), 8:15.60; 3. West Middlesex, 8:16.93; 4. Harbor Creek, 8:18.45; 5. Grove City, 8:40.02; 6. Eisenhower, 8:44.01; 7. Lakeview, 8:57.44; 8. Corry, 9:03.12.
110 hurdles (15.35) — 1. A.J. Dohanic (Gir), 15.01; 2. Weston Schaa (Mer), 15.52;3. Trevor Foley (T), 15.87; 4. Kyle Maio (N), 15.88; 5. Cameron Atha (T), 16.0; 6. Adam Kays (R), 16.06; 7. Chris Grimm (HC), 16.42; 8. Mike Podskalny (HC), 16.51.
100 (11.20) — 1. Chris Burns (W), 11.24; 2. Forrest Minteer (W), 11.33; 3. Triston Miller (GJR), 11.43; 4. Earl Banks (GJR), 11.45; 5. Billy Altman (Sh), 11.47; 6. Damarco Alberty (Sv), 11.52; 7. Haneef Tull (GJR), 11.86; 8. Tom Statts (H), 11.87.
1600 (4:28.06) — 1. Sam Havko (Fv), 4:23.71; 2. Shane Sigler (Sv), 4:26.06; 3. Ethan Isoldi (Merc), 4:28.29; 4. Mix, 4:34.77; 5. Jordan Wingard (Cor), 4:38.65; 6. Matt Lawhead (WM), 4:39.73; 7. Bjorn Wastvedt (W), 4:43.67; 8. Jimmy Schrecongost (E), 4:46.18.
400 (50.70) — 1. Jacques Moss (Sh), 51.03; 2. Corey Henderson (T), 51.08; 3. Chris Featherstone (GJR), 51.26; 4. Taylor, 51.41; 5. Marcel Peters (I), 52.30; 6. Seth Weidler (Gir), 53.44; 7. Joe Herrmann (H), 53.44; 8. Jim Santillan (Sh), 53.78.
400 relay (44.31) — 1. George Junior Republic (Miller, Tull, Featherstone, Banks), 43.61; 2. Wilmington (Minteer, C. Burns, Derrick Burns, Nick Riggall), 43.87; 3. Mercer, 44.85; 4. Sharon, 45.18; 5. Fairview, 45.32; 6. Iroquois, 45.33; 7. Titusville, 45.69; 8. Fort LeBoeuf, 46.30.
300 hurdles (40.80) — 1. Altman, 39.35; 2. Dohanic, 39.46; 3. Foley, 40.15; 4. Podskalny, 42.37; 5. Colin Feeney (FL), 42.74; 6. James Hosey (Sh), 42.93; 7. Maio, 42.94; 8. Luke Yohman (W), 42.98.
800 (1:59.70) — 1. Havko, 1:57.89; 2. Denne, 1:58.13; 3. Adam Shrawder (WM), 1:58.85; 4. Henderson, 2:03.41; 5. Hirst, 2:04.59; 6. Isoldi, 2:05.91; 7. Eddie Summerlin (Gv), 2:06.58; 8. Lawhead, 2:07.01.
200 (22.88) — 1. Dohanic, 23.08; 2. Rob Fazzolare (Fr), 23.54; 3. Alberty, 23.55; 4. Jake Kennedy (Gir), 23.67; 5. Miller, 23.68; 6. Jake Hartley (Far), 23.97; 7. Bobby DiBartolomeo (H), 23.99; 8. Justin Spencer (GC), 24.03.
3200 (9:48.01) — 1. Gray, 9:45.72; 2. Mark Carlucci (MP), 9:55.72; 3. Klein, 9:56.29; 4. Tom Bollinger (GC), 9:57.80; 5. Jake Kildoo (GC), 9:59.55; 6. Alex Beardsley (NE), 10:00.31; 7. Mike Ryan (WM), 10:13.11; 8. Will Robinault (Y), 10:19.97.
1600 relay (3:29.87) — 1. Sharon (Santillan, Hosey, Ronnie Howard, Moss), 3:32.02; 2. Greenville (Justin McCrillis, Summerlin, Josh Riffe, Tyler Lapadat), 3:33.98; 3. Fort LeBoeuf, 3:34.60; 4. Titusville, 3:34.63; 5. Girard, 3:34.76; 6. North East, 3:35.39; 7. Harbor Creek, 3:38.81; 8. Grove City, 3:39.55.
Shot put (50-3) — 1. Paul Yohman (W), 52-11è; 2. Josh Falvo (W), 52-5; 3. Josh Williams (FL), 51-1; 4. Greg Reiber (GC), 50-9 3/4; 5. Travis Wojtalik (WM), 50-9è; 6. Josh Mitchell (GJR), 50-6è; 7. Bob Saltsgiver (H), 49-4; 8. Chad Parker (FL), 48-6è.
Discus (148-0) — 1. P. Yohman, 151-6; 2. Falvo, 151-3è; 3. Saltsgiver, 148-6è; 4. Ryan Repoff (HC), 146-8 3/4; 5. Chris Staten (KC), 145-10; 6. Reiber, 141-3; 7. Bobby Brannon (Mer), 135-7è; 8. Mitchell, 134-4.
Javelin (176-0) — 1. Ryan Bell (W), 196-5*; 2. Matt Durisko (H), 191-10; 3. Justin Angermeier (Mer), 180-0; 4. Josiah Rupert (Gv), 179-3; 5. Nate Bayless (T), 166-1; 6. Wojtalik, 166-0; 7. Andy Bayer (Gv), 162-1; 8. Zac Knight (NE), 160-3.
Long jump (21-6) — 1. C. Burns, 21-10; 2. Riggall, 21-6; 3. Deon Hanton (GJR), 21-0 3/4; 4. Joe Spelling (E), 20-8 3/4; 5. Dan Bauce (R), 20-8; 6. Josh Figueroa-Rodriguez (GJR), 20-5 3/4; 7. Derick Fiedler (Fv), 20-5; 8. Brett Smith (UC), 20-0 1/4.
Triple jump (44-0) — 1. Schaa, 43-8; 2. Tim Quattlebaum (GJR), 43-1; 3. Trevor Cragle (FL), 41-3; 4. Riggall, 41-2; 5. Zack McKnight (Gir), 40-11 3/4; 6. Matthew Williams (Fv), 40-7; 7. Smith, 40-6 1/4; 8. Adam Heim (Sen), 39-11.
High jump (6-4) — 1. Schaa 6-6; 2. Atha, 6-2; 3. Spelling, 6-0; 4. Hanton, 6-0; 5. Featherstone, 5-10; 6. Richie Widdowson (Sen), 5-10; 7. Matt O’Leary (NE), 5-10; 8. (tie) Minteer, Peter Jackson (Fv), Michael Rulander (E), 5-10.
Pole vault (13-6) — 1. Parker Kocan (T), 14-1; 2. Mark Saylor (WM), 13-0; 3. Chris Carpin (HC), 13-0; 4. Vince Kopen (H), 12-6; 5. Aaron Webber (Gv), 12-0; 6. Jake DeMedal (W), 11-6; 7. Cragle, 11-6; 8. Rob Coulter (W), 11-6.

GIRLS
Team Standing and Key: Fort LeBoeuf (FL) 82; Fairview (Fv) 78; 3. General McLane (GM) 72; Lakeview (Lv) 61; Titusville (T) 58; Grove City (GC) 48; Slippery Rock (SR) 38; Harbor Creek (HC) 35è; Union City (UC), 33; Reynolds (R) 30; Mercer (Mer) 29è; Hickory (H) 28; Seneca (Sen) 26; North East (NE) 26; West Middlesex (WM) 20; Kennedy Catholic (KC) 14; Wilmington (W) 11; Sharon (Sh) 14; Farrell (Far) 3; Greenville (Gv) 3; Iroquois (I) 2; Youngsville (Y) 1.
Individual Results
3200 relay (9:50.40) — 1. Union City (Hannah Day, Morgan Sparks, Vicky Bem, Rebecca Reichbaum), 9:48.06; 2. Seneca (Nora Nies, Kiera D’Antonio, Beth Meabon, Allison Gibbens), 9:52.50; 3. Titusville, 9:56.14; 4. Fort LeBoeuf, 10:15.51; 5. West Middlesex, 10:25.65; 6. Kennedy Catholic, 10:27.75; 7. Lakeview, 10:35.55; 8. Iroquois, 10:38.97.
100 hurdles (16.01) — 1. Nicki Sarra (GM), 16.19; 2. Angela Shaffer (SR), 16.48; 3. Lauren Henry (NE), 16.93; 4. Sarah Hansen (GM), 17.10; 5. Imani Smith (GM), 17.16; 6. Laura Clabbatz (FL), 1721; 7. Candace Hogue (SR), 17.44; 8. Jamie Jaworski (HC), 17.56.
100 (12.80) — 1. Katherine Faller (Fv), 12.97; 2. Brittany Sargent (Fv), 13.13; 3. Fawn Miller (Lv), 13.25; 4. Autumn Tesinsky (Lv), 13.27; 5. Jessica Tonda (GM), 13.40; 6. Erin Yount (HC), 13.47; 7. Nicole Spencer (FL), 13.52; 8. Christina Sagulla (Mer), 13.61.
1600 (5:18.30) — 1. Lauren Zarger (HC), 5:14.97; 2. Hilary Weismiller (GM), 5:23.04; 3. DeAnn Pertz (T), 5:27.09; 4. Annette Hailbach (NE), 5:30.56; 5. Ciara Shorts (FL), 5:35.66; 6. Becca Wheeling (GM), 5:37.99; 7. Sara Chuzie (GC), 5:39.41; 8. Sahia Brumagin (UC), 5:43.29.
400 (59.95) — 1. Hana Casalnova (GC), 58.99; 2. Gibbens, 59.76; 3. Chrissy Keck (Fv), 1:00.72; 4. Jordan Sanfrontello (Fv), 1:00.79; 5. Kayla Campbell (Lv), 1:01.39; 6. Eden Slater (Lv), 1:02.38; 7. Morgan Sparks (UC), 1:02.39; 8. Tayler McCracken (Fv), 1:02.83.
400 relay (51.30) — 1. Fairview (Kristin Corbin, Bethany Corbin, Sargent, Faller), 50.27; 2. Lakeview (Jessica King, Pears, Ashley Lewis, Tesinsky), 51.03; 3. General McLane (Tonda, Ashley Westgate, Val Majewski, Sarra), 51.08; 4. Fort LeBoeuf (Nicole Spencer, Clabbatz, Jessica Ferrick, Abby Smith), 51.11; 5. North East, 52.59; 6. Greenville, 52.68; 7. Titusville, 5286; 8. Reynolds, 53.55.
300 hurdles (47.64) — 1. Elissa McCune (SR), 47.39; 2. Henry, 48.36; 3. Claire Creasy (Mer), 48.50; 4. Yount, 49.89; 5. Hansen, 50.32;6. Sarra, 50.35; 7. Stephanie Kish (W), 50.55; 8. Alexa Rymniak (Mer), 50.99.
800 (2:20.60) — 1. Day, 2:19.47; 2. Casalnova, 2:19;48; 3. Slater, 2:23.80; 4. Keck, 2:27.93; 5. Katie Cianci (Kennedy Catholic), 2:29.63; 6. Shorts, 2:30.32; 7. Becca Dillen (GM), 2:31.95; 8. Julie Eckendorf (Fv), 2:32.29.
200 (26.30) — 1. McCracken, 26.98; 2. Campbell, 27.52; 3. Creasy, 27.78; 4. B. Corbin, 27.93. 5. Darin Barnhart (T), 28.03; 6. Cassi Conway (W), 28.18; 7. Spencer, 28.52; 8. Pears, 28.58.
3200 (11:35) — 1. Zarger, 10:56.12*; 2. Brittany Kaltenbaugh (FL), 11:37.72; 3. Pertz, 11:55.41; 4. Spencer McIntyre (T), 11:58.26; 5. Meabon, 12:13.03; 6. Melissa Smith (Mer), 12:15.67; 7. Wheeling, 12:16.11; 8. Jessica Kocan (Fv), 12:16.44.
1600 relay (4:09.95) — 1. Fairview (Sargent, Keck, Sanfrontello, Faller), 4:07.50; 2. Lakeview (Ashley Lewis, Pears, Slater, Campbell), 4:14.37; 3. General McLane, 4:15.24; 4. Union City, 4:16.17; 5. West Middlesex, 4:20.56; 6. North East, 4:21.53; 7. Fort LeBoeuf, 4:25.15; 8. Youngsville, 4:26.55.
Shot put (37-0) — 1. Kristy Woods (GC), 44-5; 2. Emily Woods (H), 39-8 2/4; 3. Symone Somerset (H), 38-0 1/4; 4. Kali Blackburn (R), 33-2 1/4; 5. Julia Myers (GM), 33-1 1/4; 6. Kaveeda Myers (F), 32-6 3/4; 7. Megan Lane (W), 32-4 3/4; 8. Jen Talarico (I), 32-1è.
Discus (115-0) — 1. K. Woods, 132-4; 2. E. Woods, 126-5; 3. Jenn Wells (Sen), 107-0; 4. Carley Gilson (UC), 106-6; 5. Savannah Schaa (Mer), 105-0; 6. Ashley Kirkpatrick (KC), 102-4; 7. Aleisha Sterling (Sh), 101-4; 8. Bridget McCray (T), 98-4.
Javelin (121-0) — 1. Miller, 145-6*; 2. Melanie Prelec (SR), 121-4; 3. McCray, 119-11; 4. Lindsay Alexander (FL), 111-9; 5. Rachel Moldovan (KC), 106-5; 6. Brittany Baker (GM), 104-0; 7. Julie Skaine (Sh), 96-5; 8. Liz Kirvonak (HC), 96-4.
Long jump (16-11) — 1. Kara Mostoller (R), 17-4è; 2. Ferrick, 17-2è; 3. Sargent, 16-9; 4. Spencer, 16-8è; 5. Smith, 16-0è; 6. Conway, 5-11 3/4; 7. Becca Moore (GM), 15-7è; 8. Jacquelyn Kerr (T), 15-6è.
Triple jump (35-6) — 1. Andrea Henneberry (FL), 35-1; 2. Mostoller, 34-6; 3. Miranda Negrea (WM), 34-3; 4. Moore, 33-10; 5. Ariel Mehlenbacher (T), 35-9è; 6. Sagulla, 32-8; 7. Becky Simon (GC), 32-6; 8. Kristen Fritz (GM), 32-1è.
High jump (5-2) — 1. Shaffer, 5-2; 2. Smith, 5-2; 3. Mostoller, 5-0; 4. (tie) Negrea, Claire Morris (H), Jessica Bittler (WM), Mehlenbacher, LeAnn Devin (H), 4-8.
Pole vault (10-3) — 1. Kerr, 11-6*; 2. Gabrielle Harrington (FL), 10-3; 3. Creasy, 9-9; 4. Casey Folga (HC), 9-9; 5. Megan DeGraaf (GC), 9-9; 6. Mehlenbacher, 9-3; 7. Laurel Montgomery (GC), 8-9; 8. Megan Rudzik (W), 8-3.

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