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Butler County qualifiers

Following are the Butler County athletes who advanced to the WPIAL Class AAA Track and Field Championships by placing in the top eight at the Northern Qualifier, held Thursday at Pine-Richland.

Boys

3,200 relay: 3-Butler (Josh Rader, Patrick Fullerton, Adam Knauer, Brandon Critchlow) 8:10.52; 4-Knoch (Paul Kasunic, Preston Carlsson, Brandon Grumski, John Ejzak) 8:13.57; 5-Mars (Brendan Knox, Reed McDonough, Ben Luce, Nathan Mrdjenovich) 8:28.9; 8-Seneca Valley (Bryce Benjamin, Joey Sloan, Justin Gaydos, Michael Baxa) 8:32.34; 110 hurdles: 1-Ori Rinaman (Mars) 14.33, 5-Charlie Cook (Knoch) 15.88, 7-Trent Williams (Mars) 16.04, 8-Marcus McCall (Butler) 16.17; 100 dash: 3-Nathan Kibbie (Butler) 11.48, 5-Richard Proper (Seneca Valley) 11.49, 8-Luke Kernic (Butler) 11.64; 1,600 run: 2-Mike Kolor (Seneca Valley) 4:28.49, 5-Josh Rader (Butler) 4:29.88, 6-Tanner Quiggle (Seneca Valley) 4:30.2; 400 run: 2-Jeff Bailey (Butler) 51.39, 5-Connor Frost (Butler) 52.47, 6-Tim Vernick (Butler) 52.53; 400 relay: 1-Butler (Robert Burdine, Luke Kernic, Nikolai Peterson, Nathan Kibbie) 43.82; 3-Seneca Valley (Creamon Frazier, Mark Smith, Nick Mascari, Richard Proper) 44.57; 300 hurdles: 1-Ori Rinaman (Mars) 39.18, 6-Dom Bozzo (Knoch) 42.68, 7-Marcus McCall (Butler) 43.24; 800 run: 2-Mike Kolor (Seneca Valley) 1:54.57, 5-Preston Carlsson (Knoch) 2:00.73; 200 dash: 1-Robert Burdine (Butler) 22.65; 3,200 run: 8-Noah Beveridge (Butler) 10:06.39; 1,600 relay: 1-Butler 3:25.66, 2-Mars 3:26.48, 7-Seneca Valley 3:35.13

*Names of the qualifying 4x400 relay teams were not available

Shot put: 1-Jordan Geist (Knoch) 63-10, 2-Derek Gengler (Butler) 52-8.5, 3-Gabe Spurlock (Mars) 51-3, 4-Brennan McTighe (Knoch) 48-10.5, 8-Coltan Frost (Butler) 44-10; Discus: 1-Jordan Geist (Knoch) 169-3.75, 2-Brennan McTighe (Knoch) 145-8.5, 5(tie)-Gabe Spurlock (Mars) 122-4, 5(tie)-Steven Beichner (Butler) 122-4, 8-Ty Gornick (Knoch) 118-7.25; Javelin: 3-Jackson Williams (Butler) 161-0.5, 4-Nate Kouns (Seneca Valley) 153-1.5; High jump: 1(tie)-Jake Anderson (Butler) 6-1, 3(tie)-Ben Bachik (Seneca Valley) 5-11, 3(tie)-Matt Schallus (Seneca Valley) 5-11, 3(tie)-Nate Bayuk (Mars) 5-11; Long jump: 5-Creamon Frazier (Seneca Valley) 19-6, 6-Brandon Marchese (Mars) 19-5, 8-Brady Hartle (Butler) 19-4; Triple jump: 3-Creamon Frazier (Seneca Valley) 43-3, 4-Brandon Marchese (Mars) 42-7.25; Pole vault: 3-Nikolai Peterson (Butler) 11-9

Girls

3,200 relay: 5-Knoch (Jenna Shelton, Lauren Karenbauer, Mandi Moxie, Ashlyn Carlsson) 9:49.21; 6-Mars (Tori Kopchak, Annabel Hnath, Sabrina Edwards, Reilly Butler) 10:04.01; 7-Butler (Abby Boyle, Maggie Calvert, Erin Lemay, Emma Lemay) 10:13.54; 100 hurdles: 3-Emily Robb (Knoch) 15.9, 4-Katie Bozzo (Knoch) 15.99, 5-Sofia Beltran (Mars) 16.17, 7-Katelyn Stebbins (Seneca Valley) 16.19; 100 dash: 8-Autumn Sutton (Seneca Valley) 13.0; 1,600 run: 2-Mandi Moxie (Knoch) 5:12.01, 4-Isabelle Biase (Seneca Valley) 5:14.13, 6-Maggie Welty (Butler) 5:18.42; 400 run: 2-Tori Kopchak (Mars) 59.11, 6-Dani Matz (Seneca Valley) 1:01.78; 400 relay: 6-Butler (Sarah Koch, Emily Horstman, Savannah Miller, Maddie Glew) 51.27; 300 hurdles: 2-Katie Bozzo (Knoch) 46.66, 3-Odile Enslen (Butler) 48.17, 4-Sammy Papik (Mars) 48.46; 800 run: 1-Isabelle Biase (Seneca Valley) 2:20.72; 200 dash: 2-Emily Horstman (Butler) 25.99, 7-Nicole Cress (Knoch) 26.81; 3,200 run: 2-Rachel Hensler (Seneca Valley) 11:37.94, 3-Julia Kooser (Seneca Valley) 11:45.14; 1,600 relay: 4-Butler 4:12.56, 5-Seneca Valley 4:12.68, 6-Mars 4:15.36

*Names of the qualifying 4x400 relay teams were not available

Shot put: 1-Kalynn Callihan (Butler) 37-8.5, 4-Rachel Kroneberg (Knoch) 32-10, 5-Abby Kopac (Knoch) 32-9, 7-Jena Reinheimer (Butler) 32-2.5; Discus: 1-Rachel Kroneberg (Knoch) 113-8, 3-Kalynn Callihan (Butler) 109-8, 7-Taylor Jackson (Butler) 97-10; Javelin: 2-Alyssa DiPippa (Butler) 112-5, 3-Erin Danik (Seneca Valley) 111-0, 4-MacKenzie Rodgers (Knoch) 104-7; High jump: 1-Julia Baxter (Butler) 4-10, 4-Emily Robb (Knoch) 4-10, 5-Emily Cekella (Seneca Valley) 4-10, 6-Jillian Tilko (Butler) 4-10, 7-Sammy Papik (Mars) 4-8; Long jump: 6(tie)-Katelyn Stebbins (Seneca Valley) 15-7; Triple jump: 2(tie)-Katelyn Stebbins (Seneca Valley) 34-9, 2(tie)-Emma Lizewski (Seneca Valley) 34-9, 4-Emily Robb (Knoch) 33-10.5, 6-Juliana DiPippa (Butler) 33-2; Pole vault: 1(tie)-Taylor Weaver (Butler) 9-0

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