PINE TWP — Annie Hegedus could barely practice Thursday because of a pulled gluteus muscle.

Still, Hegedus, a sophomore on the Karns City girls track and field team, decided to gut it out at the Pine-Richland Invitational Friday.

On her first leap of the day in the triple jump, she jammed her leg when she landed.

At that point, Hegedus had some serious doubts about how she would fare.

“I didn’t even think I’d place,” Hegedus said.

Not only did Hegedus place, leaping 33 feet, 1¼ inches on her final jump, she finished first.

No one was more surprised by that than Hegedus.

“It wasn’t my best jump at all,” Hegedus said. “I’m falling apart.”

Hegedus was one of only two local winners at Pine-Richland. The Knoch girls 1,600-meter relay team of Katie Bozzo, Ashlyn Carlsson, Emily Robb and Jessica Wise also placed first with a time of 4 minutes, 17.31 seconds.

The Knoch girls finished eighth out of the 30 teams at the invite. Mount Lebanon ran away with the meet with 111 points — 54½ points better than second place Elizabeth Forward.

Carlsson had a big day for the Knights. In addition to running a leg of the winning 1,600 relay, she also ran anchor on the Knights’ fourth-place 3,200-meter relay finish. Carlsson also placed third in the 800 with a time of 2:25.18.

For Hegedus, though, winning the triple jump was a good first step in what will be a hectic month of May.

Hegedus also plays AAU basketball during the spring, as well as attending personal workouts two days a week.

She isn’t worried all of those activities will affect her jumps as the District 9 meet looms.

“I can’t stop doing either of them,” Hegedus said.

Hegedus is also trying to adjust to a new takeoff spot in the triple jump.

She has moved back four feet from her usual spot. It’s been a difficult adjustment.

“Mentally, it freaks me out,” she said.

The Knoch boys also fared well, finishing seventh.

Riverside and Canon-McMillan tied with 71 points. New Castle was right behind with 70 points.

Knoch’s highest placer was Stefan Carlsson, who finished second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:00.85.

Junior Colin McTighe and his brother, freshman Brennan McTighe, both placed in the discus. Colin was fourth with a toss of 132 feet while Brennan was sixth at 124-4.

Brennan also placed fourth in the shot put with an effort of 46-11½.

“Coming into this year, my main goal was to letter,” Brennan said. “Once everything started clicking and I qualified for WPIALs, my goals changed. Now I’d like to go farther and farther and get to the WPIAL finals and maybe even states.”

Colin said his younger brother has the potential to do great things.

“He’s going to break some records,” Colin said.

Boys

Team Results

1t-Riverside 71, 1t-Canon-McMillan 71, 3-New Castle 70, 4-Trinity Christian 51, 5-Pine-Richland 51, 7-Knoch 37.5, 26t-Seneca Valley 4, 26t-Freeport 4, 30-Mars 1

3,200 relay: 1-Canon-McMillan 8:13.69, 7-Knoch (Don Bierhals, Luke Brewer, Alex Cetnar, Stefan Carlsson) 8:35.21; 110 hurdles: 1-Jarred Davis (Mercer) 15.21, 5-Zach Snyder (Seneca Valley) 16.39, 8-Evan Merhaut (Knoch) 16.64; 100 dash: 1-Kahlil Huddleston (New Castle) 11.47; 1,600 run: 1-Thomas Reinhart (Pine-Richland) 4:32.21; 400 run: 1-Antonio Rudolph (New Castle) 50.13; 400 relay: Shaler 44.83; 300 hurdles: 1-William Saunders (Fox Chapel) 40.19, 5-Dylan Hochbein (Freeport) 43.41; 800 run: 1-Mike Mazzanti (New Castle) 1:56.33, 2-Stefan Carlsson (Knoch) 2:00.85; 200 dash: 1-Bobby Gold (Riverside) 22.97; 3,200 run: 1-Colton Trimble (South Side) 9:53.87, 8-Preston Carlsson (Knoch) 10:17.36; 1,600 relay: 1-Riverside 3:27.57, 8-Knoch (Alex Campbell, Luke Brewer, Don Bierhals, Alex Cetnar) 3:39.38

Shot put: 1-Alec Rideout (Canon-McMillan) 51-7, 4-Brennan McTighe (Knoch) 46-11.5; Discus: 1-Alec Rideout (Canon-McMillan) 139-6.5, 4-Colin McTighe (Knoch) 132-0, 6-Brennan McTighe (Knoch) 124-4; Javelin: 1-Shane Fisher (Riverside) 163-7, 8-Eric Hacker (Knoch) 139-3; High jump: 1-John Wallace (Trinity Christian) 6-2; Long jump: 1-Bobby Gold (Riverside) 20-0, 3-Alex Campbell (Knoch) 19-10.5; Triple jump: 1-Shane Fisher (Riverside) 42-2.5, 8-Jared Geist (Knoch) 38-10; Pole vault: 1-Bobby Upton (North Allegheny) 13-3, 8-Carl Shaw (Knoch) 38-10

Girls

Team Results

1-Mount Lebanon 111, 2-Elizabeth Forward 56.5, Pine-Richland 56, 4-Greensburg-Salem 39, 5-Canon-McMillan 38, 8-Knoch 29.5, 21-Karns City 10, 24-Mars 6, 26-Freeport 5, 29-Seneca Valley 4

3,200 relay: 1-Pine-Richland 9:57.20, 4-Knoch (Mandi Moxie, Lauren Karenbaeur, Mandy Hunt, Ashlyn Carlsson) 10:15.50; 100 hurdles: 1-Emily Lelis (Springdale) 14.87; 100 dash: 1-Taylor McCorkle (Oakland Catholic) 12.42; 1,600 run: 1-Kelsey Potts (Mount Lebanon) 4:58.51; 400 run: 1-Samantha Gibson (Trinity Christian) 58.95; 400 relay: 1-Mount Lebanon 49.06; 300 hurdles: 1-Emily Lelis (Springdale) 45.20, 5-Katie Bozzo (Knoch) 47.93; 800 run: 1-Julie Kocjancic (Mount Lebanon) 2:20.51, 3-Ashlyn Carlsson (Knoch) 2:25.18; 200 dash: 1-Taylor McCorkle (Oakland Catholic) 25.55; 3,200 run: 1-Jillian Hunsberger (Mount Lebanon) 11:05.2, 5-Hayley Davis (Freeport) 12:09.35; 1,600 relay: 1-Knoch (Katie Bozzo, Ashlyn Carlsson, Emily Robb, Jessica Wise) 4:17.31, 5-Seneca Valley (Emily Cekella, Sarah Foster, Jessica Morris, Mikayla Psenick) 4:30.89, 7-Mars (no individual runners available) 4:35.81, 8-Freeport (Brittany Breier, Alexis Foran, Breana Kloes, Katie Hill) 4:37.29

Shot put: 1-Kathleen Davey (Canon-McMillan) 36-10, 5-Rachel Kroneberg (Knoch) 31-6.25; Discus: 1-Rachel Wattick (Canon-McMillan) 105-3, 8t-Miranda McCune (Knoch) 93-0; Javelin: 1-Jenna Lucas (Fort Cherry) 139-1; High jump: 1-Samantha Gibson (Trinity Christian) 5-4, 5-Sarah Doyle (Mars) 5-0; Long jump: 1-Tarah Wright (Shady Side Academy) 15-6.25; Triple jump: 1-Annie Hegedus (Karns City) 33-1.25; Pole vault: 1-Courtney McQuaida (Greensburg Salem) 11-6