BUTLER TWP — A dominating season just got even better for the Butler girls track and field team.

Victories in three events — the 4x800 and 4x400 relays and the pole vault — lifted the Golden Tornado to their second straight team title at the Butler Track and Field Invitational on Friday.

The 4x800 foursome's time (9 minutes, 22.64 seconds) and Taylor Weaver's height of 11 feet, 11 inches in the pole vault both set new meet standards.

“This is a home meet for us and the girls are driven for success,” said Butler coach John Williams.

Erin LeMay is a regular on Butler's 4x800 team, but was on a student government-related trip in Harrisburg. Senior Shana Hoy took her place and turned in a split of 2:26.

It had been two years since Hoy ran an 800, but she had no reservations about holding up her end in the relay.

“I was pretty confident I could do well,” she said. “We're all working hard and pushing each other.”

Hoy and teammates Alexis Leech, Maggie Welty and Liz Simms turned in a time that crushed the invite record in the event (9:26.74 by Villa Maria last year) by more than four seconds.

“Personally, my goal coming in was for us to shatter the record,” said Simms. “The old record was pretty even with our best time this season.”

“They led from start to finish,” said Tornado assistant coach Mike Seybert. “Their time today is the best in the WPIAL and it's probably the fastest time in the state.”

The effort can serve as a springboard into the final weeks of the season.

“We're really excited about it,” Welty said. “This just adds to our confidence.”

“We came up in the state rankings,” added Leech. “Hopefully, we can get to states and place there.”

Weaver had a business-like approach to the pole vault.

“I knew I was seeded first coming into today, but I was also going for the meet record (11-10),” she said. “The school record was 11-9, so I figured I'd break that, too.”

While Knoch's Jordan Geist was outside the stadium hoping for wind at his back during his throws in the discus, Weaver was wishing it would die down.

“It was bad, but I did the best I could with it,” she said.

At the end of the invite, Simms, Hoy and Leech teamed with Maddie Tonini to place first in the 4x400 with a finish of 4:00.15. The effort missed breaking the record by just .95 seconds.

It capped Butler's team championship as the Tornado piled up 76 points. North Allegheny was second with 61.

Butler (7-0) can wrap up the Section 3-AAA title with a win Tuesday at Seneca Valley.

“With a school as big as we are, there's a lot of competition within the team,” said Williams. “And we have a lot of great senior leadership.”

Following are results from the 2017 Butler Track and Field Invitational, held Friday at Art Bernardi Stadium. Meet records are noted (*).Boys3,200 relay: Seneca 7:49.05*; 110 hurdles: Ayden Owens (North Allegheny) 14.52; 100 dash: Isaac Elliott (Ambridge) 10.95; 1,600 run: Zach Skolnekovich (Quaker Valley) 4:16.77; 400 run: Nicholas Coleman (Norwin) 49.54; 400 relay: McDowell 43.0; 300 hurdles: Ayden Owens (North Allegheny) 37.56*; 800 run: Ryan Thrush (Brookville) 1:50.89; 200 dash: Ayden Owens (North Allegheny) 21.86; 3,200 run: Zach Skolnekovich (Quaker Valley) 9:18.02*; 1,600 relay: Seneca Valley (Luke Bellack, Alex Dixon, Jon Morgan, Parker Laughlin) 3:26.92Shot put: Jordan Geist (Knoch) 74-2.5*; Discus: Jordan Geist (Knoch) 196-8*; Javelin: Zach Baum (Derry) 181-6; High jump: Taylor Hudzicki (Indiana) 6-1; Long jump: Jason Goodman (Hampton) 21-10; Triple jump: Jason Goodman (Hampton) 46-0; Pole vault: Chais Shockley (Morgantown) 13-1Girls3,200 relay: Butler (Alexis Leech, Shana Hoy, Maggie Welty, Liz Simms) 9:22.64*; 100 hurdles: Jahmia Bridges-Butler (Morgantown) 15.06; 100 dash: Hunter Robinson (Avonworth/Northgate) 12.17; 1,600 run: Clara Savchik (North Allegheny) 5:00.73; 400 run: Hunter Robinson (Avonworth/Northgate) 55.43*; 400 relay: North Allegheny 49.47; 300 hurdles: Jayla Ellis (Oakland Catholic) 45.73; 800 run: Malia Anderson (Greensburg Salem) 2:17.06; 200 dash: Hunter Robinson (Avonworth/Northgate) 24.81; 3,200 run: Clara Savchik (North Allegheny) 10:42.67*; 1,600 relay: Butler (Maddie Tonini, Liz Simms, Shana Hoy, Alexis Leech) 4:00.15Shot put: Elizabeth Weimer (Burrell) 40-1; Discus: Elizabeth Weimer (Burrell) 135-1; Javelin: Kara McDonald (Derry) 137-6; High jump: Sadie Weitzel (Latrobe) 5-1; Long jump: Amberly Valeriano (North Hills) 18-1; Triple jump: Emma Lizewski (Seneca Valley) 36-1; Pole vault: Taylor Weaver (B) 11-11*