North Catholic's Trevor Paschall (center left) runs alongside Seneca Valley’s Tyler Yurich in the 100-meter dash at last year’s Butler County Classic. Paschall won four gold medals at last spring’s WPIAL Class 2A championship meet. Eagle File Photo

CRANBERRY TWP — Trevor Paschall’s junior season on the track was truly a great one — four WPIAL Class 2A titles and a state crown in the 200-meter dash.

Those efforts created great memories for the North Catholic star, and incredibly lofty standards to live up to.

“I’m the top dog in the WPIAL in my individual events (100, 200, 400),” said Paschall. “I didn’t have that (motivation) last year. I plan on running all three of those events at districts again. Guys are going to be gunning for me and it’s going to push me to go event faster.”

As good as he was last spring, it is clear to Paschall and North coach Terry Fisher how the Cranberry Township resident can improve his times.

“He’s got great top end speed, but is often sluggish out of the blocks,” Fisher said. “His times so far this season are better than what we expected, though. He’s off to a great start and we’re excited for him.”

“Last year at states, I was fighting just to stay in the 400,” added Paschall. “I know I need to work on my endurance in the second half of the race.”

Paschall recently placed eighth in the state and sixth at Adidas Nationals in the indoor 200.

His outdoor times of 10.79 (100), 21.65 (200) and 48.69 (400) are all North Catholic records.

Paschall’s other WPIAL championship last spring came in the 4x100 relay when he teamed with Kyle Tipinski, Jack Fennell and Luke Mager in taking first place.

Fisher has been coaching Paschall for five years, beginning with his time on the Stallions Youth Track Club, a group that competes on the local, regional and national level.

The latter is humble and gracious regarding his athletic success.

“He’s exactly how he comes off as being,” said Fisher, but has an internal fire. “He thrives in competitions and wants to go up against the best.

“Win or lose, he’s back the next day working even harder.”

After high school, Paschall will continue to run track at the University of North Carolina, where he will receive a partial scholarship.

The Tar Heels won out over several schools, including Duke and Princeton.

“I’m excited to know where I’ll be for the next four years,” said Paschall. “It takes the pressure off as to schools looking at me and having to make a decision.

“UNC was my dream school as a kid,” he said. “Once I got the offer from them, I knew it was going to be tough to turn down.”