The Karns City track and field team will be well represented at the PIAA championships next weekend.

The Gremlins' boys and girls 400-meter relay teams both came home from Kane with first-place finishes and state meet berths at the District 9 Class AA Championships Friday.

The Karns City boys relay team of Tyler Kepple, Logan Moroney, Nathan Weckerly and Tristian Rhoades won the event with a time of 44.77 seconds.

The Gremlins' girls 400 relay team of Taylor Brown, Brittany Coyle, Annie Hededus and Breann Wood also win the district title with a time of 50.68.

Emily Schumacher will head to the state meet in two events, winning the 400-meter run with a time of 59.27 and placing second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 19.20 seconds. That time met the PIAA qualifying mark.

Rhoades also won the 200-meter dash, finishing in 23.15.

Moniteau also had several PIAA qualifiers.

Heather Porter won the pole vault with a leap of 10 feet, 6 inches.

Jacob Taciuch won the triple jump with an effort of 41 feet, 9¾ inches.

Following are the team totals for Karns City, Moniteau, A-C Valley and Union, along with individuals who accrued points with a top-six finish:

Boys

1-Kane 80.5; 6-Karns City 38; 11-Union 24; 12-Moniteau 22; 19-A-C Valley 2

110 hurdles: 6-Wyatt Everetts (KC) 17.13; 100 dash: 2-Aaron Graham (U) 11.64, 3-Logan Moroney (KC) 11.76, 5-Trevor Shaffer (Mo) 11.83, 6-Landon Delisio (AC) 11.83; 1,600 run: 4-Matt Slagle (KC) 4:48.35; 400 relay: 1-Karns City (Tyler Kepple, Logan Moroney, Nathan Weckerly, Tristan Rhoades) 44.77, 4-Union (Chase Shirey, Chet Carmichael, Aaron Graham, Kaden McGregor) 46.00; 300 hurdles: 3-Wyatt Everetts (KC) 42.61; 200 dash: 1-Tristan Rhoades (KC) 23.15

Shot put: 3-Jarrod Hull (Mo) 44-4 1/4, 4-Kyle Davidson (Mo) 43-3 3/4; Discus: 6-Darren Seary (U) 123-3; Javelin: 3-Keenan Rankin (U) 161-5; High jump: 3-Tyler Wiser (U) 5-10; Triple jump: 1-Jake Taciuch (Mo) 41-9 3/4, 6-Cooper Shepard (KC) 39-8 1/2

Girls

1-Brookville 98; 4-Karns City 63; 11-Moniteau 14; 14-A-C Valley 11

3,200 relay: 3-Karns City (Lacee Scheerbaum, Drew Barnhart, Emily Jones, Emily Schumacher) 10:01.64; 100 hurdles: 5-Nikki Yeckel (Mo) 17.20; 100 dash: 3-Breann Wood (KC) 13.10, 5-Brittany Coyle (KC) 13.28; 1,600 run: 5-Emily Jones (KC) 5:39.80; 400 run: 1-Emily Schumacher (KC) 59.27, 4-LeeAnn Gibson (KC) 1:02.16; 400 relay: 1-Karns City (Taylor Brown, Brittany Coyle, Annie Hegedus, Breann Wood) 50.68, 4-A-C Valley (Michaela Callender, Morgan Cratty, Alexis Linamen, Emily Brenneman) 52.21; 800 run: 2-Emily Schumacher (KC) 2:19.20; 200 dash: 4-Breann Wood (KC) 27.35, 5-Brittany Coyle (KC) 27.85; 3,200 run: 5-Emily Jones (KC) 12:29.40; 1,600 relay: 4-Karns City (LeErin Jones, Cheyenne Troutman, LeeAnn Gibson, Emily Schumacher) 4:14.80

Javelin: 5-Ashley Brehem (Mo) 115-2; High jump: 3-Meredith Snyder (AC) 5-0, 5-Cheyenne Troutman (KC) 5-0; Triple jump: 6-Annie Hegedus (KC) 34-6 3/4; Pole vault: 1-Heather Porter (Mo) 10-6

Josh Raymundo won in singles play, but the Mars boys tennis team lost to Eastern Lebanon County, 4-1 in the PIAA Class AA quarterfinals Friday morning at the Hershey Racquet Club.No other details were available.