Malecky, Barrett win titles on track
Butler's Amanda Malecky and Seneca Valley's Conor Barrett placed first in the 800-meter run and high jump, respectively, at the TSTCA Indoor Track and Field Championships, held Saturday in Moon Township.
Malecky won her event with a time of two minutes, 22.05 seconds, while Barrett claimed first place with a jump of six feet, six inches.
Seneca Valley also claimed the distance medley relay in both the girls (12:47.56) and boys (10:50.14) competitions.
The local participants who placed in the top eight follow:
Girls800 meter run: 1-Amanda Malecky (Butler) 2:22.05; 3-Erin Lopresti (Seneca Valley) 2:24.36
3000 meter run: 3-Megan Powell (Seneca Valley) 10:45.72
Distance medley relay: 1-Seneca Valley 12:47.56
Long jump: 7-Anyelika Delerme (Seneca Valley) 16-3Z\v
High jump: 4(tie)-Angie Schaffer (Slippery Rock) 4-10
Shot put: 2-Carol Cress (Knoch) 40-7¾
Pole vault: 2-Skye Sankey (Butler) 9-9
Boys200 meter dash: 5-Mason McLaughlin (Butler) 24.19; 8-Darius Hightower (Butler) 25.33
400 meter run: 3-Mason McLaughlin (Butler) 53.28
800 meter run: 5-Cam Stauffer (Seneca Valley) 2:04.37
1,600 meter run: 3-Ben Porter (Butler) 4:40.80; 6-Wayne Dailey (Butler) 4:47.74
800 meter relay: 7-Butler 1:38.98
1,600 meter relay: 4-Butler 3:36.49
3,200 meter relay: 2-Seneca Valley 8:30.20; 6-Butler 8:49.60
Distance medley relay: 1-Seneca Valley 10:50.14; 4-Butler 11:41.64
Long jump: 6-Justin Piocquidio (Mars) 21-5Z\v; 8-Mike Martin (Butler) 20-7¼
Triple jump: 3-Mike Martin (Butler) 43-1½; 6-Conor Barrett (Seneca Valley) 42-3½
High jump: 1-Conor Barrett (Seneca Valley) 6-6; 7-Mike Martin (Butler) 5-10
Shot put: 6-Matt Cooper (Butler) 46-10Z\x
Union fell behind West Forest 13-4 in the first quarter and never recovered as the Damsels' season came to a close with a 60-40 loss in a District 9 Class A quarterfinal playoff game Saturday.The Damsels (18-9), three-time defending District 9 champions, were led by Melissa Shook's 16 points.Geena Sneeringer scored a game-high 26 points for the Indians (21-5).This marks the first time in head coach Josh Meeker's six years at Union that the team will not compete in the PIAA playoffs.<B>UNION 40Amanda Barger 0 2-2 2, Ashley MacKinlay 2 1-3 6, Torri Smith 1 0-1 2, Melissa Shook 6 2-4 16, Tina Lipps 3 2-2 8, Lepha Logue 1 0-0 2, Kylee Kelley 2 0-0 4, Lanae Cicciarelli 0 0-0 0, Brooke Pollock 0 0-0 0, Heather Murray 0 0-0 0. </B>Totals: 15 7-12 40.<B>WEST FOREST 60Geena Sneeringer 8 9-15 26, Amanda Carll 3 1-2 7, Jackie Lutz 3 5-8 11, Erica Blum 3 4-8 10, Alyssa Dreihaup 2 0-0 4, Kristin Scandlon 0 2-2 2, Grace Wallace 0 0-2 0.</B> Totals: 19 21-37 60.<B>Union 4 11 14 11—40West Forest 13 15 18 14—603-point goals:</B> Union 3 (Shook 2, MacKinlay); West Forest 1 (Sneeringer).
