Butler breaks records at indoor meet
Butler's girls broke three team records and the Golden Tornado boys snapped one during the Pennsylvania Indoor Track and Field State Championships Sunday at Penn State University.
Noah Beveridge finished second to Liam Conway of O.J. Roberts in the boys mile, breaking his own school record while winning the silver medal. Beveridge ran the mile in 4 minutes, 16.01 seconds. Conway's winning time was 4:15.21.
Liz Simms was part of all three records broken by the Tornado girls. She joined Chesna Tomko, Maggie Welty and Erin LeMay on the 4x800 meter relay team that placed fourth. Their time of 9:33.82 broke the old school record by nine seconds.
Butler's 4x200 placed fifth with a school-record time of 1:45.28. Gabrielle Boden, Maddie Tonini, Tomko and Simms ran that event.
Simms placed ninth in the 800 meters with a school-record time of 2:17.37.
Butler's 4x400 team of Tomko, Tonini, Boden and Simms placed sixth with a season-best time of 4:00.89. Jena Reinheimer placed sixth in the shot put and Butler's boys distance medley relay unit of Brett Brady, Jake Wolfrum, Tim Porter and Beveridge placed eighth.
Other results involving area athletes include:
Seneca Valley's boys distance medley relay of Sam Owori, Seth Ketler, Luke Bellack and Alex Dixon won that event with a 10:21.72.
Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic's Rylee Kopchak placed eighth in the girls mile in 5:11.63.
Moniteau's Kendall Grossman was 15th in the pole vault at 10-6 and the Warriors' Cambrie Campbell was 15th in the shot put at 35-09.50.
Complete Butler results follow:
Girls
4x800: 4-Chesna Tomko, Maggie Welty, Erin LeMay, Liz Simms 9:33.82
4x200 relay: 5-Gabrielle Boden, Maddie Tonini, Chesna Tomko, Liz Simms 1:45.28
4x400 relay: 6-Gabrielle Boden, Maddie Tonini, Chesna Tomko, Liz Simms 4:00.89
Shot put: 6-Jena Reinheimer 39.8
800 meters:9-Liz Simms 2:17.37
Boys
Mile: 2-Noah Beveridge 4:16.01. 13-Brett Brady 4:30.83
Distance medley: 8-Brett Brady, Jake Wolfrum, Tim Porter, Noah Beveridge 10:35.35
4x400: 14-Cade Gratzmiller, Ryan Marcella, Noah Beveridge, Jake Wolfrum 3:32.32
Pole vault: 15-Jack Codispot 13-0
Diving
Seneca Valley junior Katelyn Caccamo qualified for the state meet with a fourth-place finish Saturday at the WPIAL Class AAA girls diving championship at North Allegheny High School.
Caccamo turned in a score of 359.85. Penn-Trafford's Paige Kalik won the district crown with a 440.4.
Earning medals were Butler's Paige Williams (6th, 339.45), Seneca Valley's Meghan Keppler (7th, 335.95) and Maddie Montalbano (8th, 334.65).
Private Schools
Portersville Christian's boys basketball team defeated Neighborhood Academy, 43-32, in the SWCAC championship game over the weekend.
Elijah White scored 30 points and had 93 total points in the three-game tournament. PCS is 18-12 overall this season and was 7-3 in regular season conference play.
Portersville Christian defeated Cornerstone Prep, 58-39, in the SWCAC semifinals Friday.
White scored 31 points, including three 3-pointers. Caleb Younger drained five treys and had 21 points.
