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LOCAL PIAA TRACK AND FIELD QUALIFIERS

The following are the winners as well as local medalists from the WPIAL Track and Field Championship Thursday from Baldwin High School. The top four Class AAA athletes as well as the top five in Class AA will advance to the PIAA Championships next weekend. Other medalists needed to reach the state qualifying standard to advance. Local athletes who qualified for the state meet are in bold.

BoysClass AATrack Events3,200-meter relay: Quaker Valley 7:59.94;

5-Freeport 8:34.4;

110 hurdles: Ravaughn Pope (Aliquippa) 15.13;

2-Derek Durand (Freeport) 15.34; 3-Cyniel Hinton (Summit Academy) 15.51;

100 dash: Trenton Coles (Clairton) 10.95; 7-Marcel Ittner (Freeport) 11.51

1,600 run: Nat Fox (Quaker Valley) 4:29.75;

400 dash: Troy Sczwaczkowski (Deer Lakes) 50.76;

400 relay: Aliquippa 42.95;

300-meter hurdles: Dustin Fuller (Washington) 39.97;

3-Derek Durand (Freeport) 41.34;

800-meter run: L.J. Westwood (Quaker Valley) 1:55.65;

200-meter dash: Trenton Coles (Clairton) 21.69;

5-Marcel Ittner (Freeport) 23.05;

3,200-meter run: Ryan Archer (Vincentian) 9:49.33;

1,600-meter relay: Washington 3:26.41

Field EventsHigh jump: Jaisen Irwin (Monessen) 6-4;

Long jump: Motley Carrington (Sewickley Academy) 22-1.25;

4-Derek Durand (F) 21-4.5;

Triple jump: Colin Thomas (South Side Beaver) 44-7.25;

Shot put: Kaleb Kingston (Laurel) 53-3.75;

Discus: Bobby Hozick (Ellwood City) 155-11;

Javelin: Bryce Lemon (New Brighton) 176-1;

Pole vault: Nick Turner (Freedom) 13-6

Girls Class AATrack Events3,200-meter relay: Shady Side Academy (Gina Cunningham, Alexa Miller,

Anne Marie Bilott, Emily Lamm) 9:48.53;

5-Freeport (Taylor Bombalski, Kristie Teorsky, Rachael Kubeldis, Kayla Zboran) 10:07.71;

100 hurdles: Emily Lewis (Springdale) 15.50;

100 dash: Erikka Williams (Rochester) 12.38;

1,600 run: Nicole Hilton (South Fayette) 5:06.38;

2-Caitlin Bungo (Sewickley Academy) 5::06.46; 5-Kayla Zboran (Freeport) 5:28.06

400 dash: Kim Watterson (Springdale) 58.25;

400 relay: Rochester 50.14;

300 hurdles: Emily Lelis (Springdale) 47.24;

800 run: Caitlin Bungo (Sewickley Academy) 2:21.26;

200 dash: Erikka Williams (Rochester) 25.69;

3,200 run: Nicole Hilton (South Fayette) 10:57.37; 8-Kayla Zboran (Freeport) 12:09.49;

1,600 relay: Springdale 4:07;

4-Freeport (Aly Moore, Kamri Brestensky, Taylor Bombalski, Chelsea Chaffman) 4:10.73; 6-Shady Side Academy (Ashley Ferree, Gina Cunningham, Anne Marie Bilott, Sydney Mordoh) 4:16.90

Field EventsHigh jump: Ebony Smith (East Allegheny) 5-3;

7t-Ashley Ferree (Shady Side Academy) 4-10;

Long jump: Erikka Williams (Rochester) 18-5; 6-Bronte Soul (Freeport) 16-5.5;

Triple jump: Shannon Dugan (Deer Lakes) 35-4;

2-Bronte Soul (Freeport) 34-11.5; 4-Harley Westerman (Freeport) 34-10;

Shot put: Hayden Kimbrough (Rochester) 37-8;

Discus: Michelle Watson (Shenango) 113-1; 7-Caitlin Chaffman (Freeport) 95-10;

Javelin: Jessie Merckle (Fort Cherry) 130-5; 6-Taylor Hochbein (Freeport) 108-3;

Pole vault: Katie Flowers (Riverview) 10-9

Boys Class AAATrack Events3,200-meter relay: Kiski Area 7:55.96; 7-Seneca Valley (Brent Kendrick, Mark Davis, Oliver Philogene, Andrew Schroeder) 8:35.0;

110 hurdles: Grant Kuiawa (Thomas Jefferson) 15.13;

100 dash: Shakeil Carter (Bethel Park) 11:04;

1,600 run: Alex Moran (Mt. Lebanon) 4:19.27;

400 dash: Hunter Williams (Seneca Valley) 49.25; 3-Oliver Philogene (Seneca Valley) 49.70; 7-Andrew Rumburg-Goodlin (Knoch) 50.52;

400 relay: Ringgold 43.59;

300-meter hurdles: Byrum Louco (North Allegheny) 38.43; 7-Andrew Schroeder (Seneca Valley) 40.78;

800-meter run: Brandon Krszal (West Allegheny) 1:53.65;

2-Evan Gomez (Butler) 1:54.84;

200-meter dash: Shakeil Carter (Bethel Park) 22.53;

3,200-meter run: Paul DeGregorio (Baldwin) 9:16.12; 8-Chris Grooms (Butler) 9:42.83;

1,600-meter relay: Seneca Valley (Andrew Schroeder, Oliver Philogene, George DeAugustinio, Hunter Williams) 3:20.17; 5-Butler (Jake Alston, Evan Gomez, Darius Hightower, Corbin Seezox) 3:25.61; 8-Knoch (K.J. McCrea, Van McCarren, Andrew Rumburg-Goodlin, Phil Kletzli) 3:27.18

Field EventsHigh jump: Mike McClellan (Trinity) 6-5;

Long jump: Matt Green (Belle Vernon) 23-6.5;

Triple jump: Ian Welch (Central Catholic) 47-0.25; 8-Spencer Murray (Butler) 43-0;

Shot put: Luke Monta (Greensburg Salem) 57-10.5; 5-Adam Tuzikow (Knoch) 51-7.5;

Discus: Clement Pantalone (Greensburg Salem) 164-1; 8-Nick Martin (Butler) 142-4;

Javelin: Billy Stanley (South Park) 192-6;

Pole vault: Jacob Hensh (Laurel Highlands) 15-3;

2-Dylan Bilka (Seneca Valley) 15-3; 7t-Garrett Shaw (Knoch) 13-0

Girls Class AAATrack Events3,200-meter relay: North Allegheny 9:20.97; 7-Seneca Valley (Natalie Richards, Morgan Williams, Taryn Latsko, Becky Paine) 9:48.42;

100 hurdles: Anna Simone (Mt. Lebanon) 15.1;

4-Lexis Frost (Butler) 15.81;

100 dash: Iman Wilkerson (Penn Hills) 12.09; 8-Katelyn Wetzel (Butler) 12.89;

1,600 run: Margo Malone (North hills) 4:56.77;

5-Danica Snyder (Butler) 5

:12.19; 400 dash: Abby O'Connell (North hills) 56.56; 7-Samantha Logan (Knoch) 59.8;

400 relay: Penn Hills 47.88;

2-Butler (Katelyn Wetzel, Paige Allen, Lexis Frost, Jasmine Bailey) 49.49;

300 hurdles: Amanda Spencer (Hampton) 45.02; 8-Kennedy Evans (Butler) 47.58;

800 run: Hannah Green (Latrobe) 2:16.39;

4-Shelby Resch (Seneca Valley) 2:18.99; 6-Trisha Brandt (Butler) 2:19.95;

200 dash: Iman Wilkerson (Penn Hills) 24.72; 6-Katelyn Wetzel (Butler) 26.21; 8-Karli Paracca (Mars) 26.57;

3,200 run: Margo Malone (North Hills) 10:57.16;

5-Danica Snyder (Butler) 11:09.72;

1,600 relay: Penn Hills 3;56.21;

3-Knoch (Jamie Mahan, Tess Haverstick, Jessica Wise, Samantha Logan) 4:04.90; 6-Mars (Carly Clark, Mani Brueckner, Karli Paracca, Lydia Dennis) 4:06.26

Field EventsHigh jump: India McCoy (Ambridge) 5-9;

3t-Paige Rittelmann (Butler) 5-3;

Long jump: Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (Hopewell) 18-0.50; 5-Meghan Studds (Butler) 17-5.25;

Triple jump: Jasmine Hays (West Mifflin) 37-11; 6-Lexis Frost (Butler) 36-0.5; 7-Lydia Dennis (Mars) 35-6.5;

Shot put: Rachel Serafin (Hempfield) 46-4.5; 8-Ava Bonetti (Butler) 35-5;

Discus: Rachel Serafin (Hempfield) 134-9; 2-Ava Bonetti (Butler) 116-7;

Javelin: Felicia Reid (Kiski Area) 144-5; 3-Jamie Rutkowski (Seneca Valley) 132-2;

Pole vault: Larisa Debich (Hempfield) 12-0

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