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PIAA TRACK QUALIFIERS

The following are Thursday’s results from the WPIAL Class AAA and AA Track and Field Championships at Baldwin High School. The top four placewinners in Class AAA and five in Class AA automatically advance to next weekend’s PIAA Championships at Shippensburg University. Those athletes that meet the qualifying standard up to eighth place will also advance. Listed are the overall winner as well as area medalists (top 8) with area state qualifiers in bold.

Class AA Girls

3200 relay: 1-Avonworth-Northgate 9:46.24; 6-Freeport (Rachael Kubeldis, Nicole Miller, Kayla Zboran, Hayley Davis) 10:10.71

100 hurdles: 1-Emily Lelis (Springdale) 14.72

100 dash: 1-Alyssa Wise (Washington) 12.25

1,600 run: 1-Emily Lamm (Shady Side Academy) 5:13.07; 5-Rachel Kubeldis (Freeport) 5:27.29; 6-Kayla Zboran (Freeport) 5:28.7

400 dash: *1-Kim Watterson (Springdale) 57.66

400 relay: 1-Mt. Pleasant 49.86; 7-Freeport (Aly Moore, Danica Durand, Bronte Soul, Dava Jack) 52.12

300 hurdles: *1-Emily Lelis (Springdale) 45.08

800 run: 1-Peyton Hampson (Waynesburg) 2:16.53

200 dash: 1-Alyssa Wise (Washington) 25.30

3,200 run: 1-Madeline Schmiedeknecht (Winchester-Thurston) 11:17.25; 7-Kayla Zboran (Freeport) 11:53.28

1,600 relay: 1-Beaver 4:01.94; 6-Freeport (Aly Moore, Brittany Bianco, Lynsey Gugino, Grace Ward) 4:17.29

High jump: 1-Ashley Bender (Mohawk) 5-2; 6-Aly Moore (F) 4-10

Long jump:1-Bronte Soul (Freeport) 17-2.75

Triple jump:1-Bronte Soul (Freeport) 36-7

Shot put: 1-Michelle Watson (Shenango) 39-1.25

Discus: 1-Michelle Watson (Shenango) 114-2

Javelin: 1-Jessie Merckle (Fort Cherry) 156-8

Pole vault: 1-Marissa Kalsey (Waynesburg) 12-6

Class AA Boys

3200 relay: 1-Quaker Valley 8:01.35

110 hurdles: 1-Dustin Fuller (Washington) 14.71

100 dash: 1-Trenton Coles (Clairton) 10.94

1,600 run: 1-Josef Dipietrantonio (Beaver) 4:23.68

400 dash: 1-Dustin Fuller (Washington) 50.12

400 relay: 1-Aliquippa 42.28

300 hurdles: *1-Dustin Fuller (Washington) 38.50

800 run: 1-L.J. Westwood (Quaker Valley) 1:56.48

200 dash: 1-Darren Myers (Burrell) 22.29

3,200 run: 1-Josef Dipietrantonio (Beaver) 9:34.65

1,600 relay: 1-Washington 3:26.9

High jump: 1-Josh Wise (Washington) 6-7

Long jump: 1-Reggie Mitchell (Shady Side Academy) 22-5.75

Triple jump: 1-Mijerean Witcher (Washington) 43-1

Shot put: 1-Kaleb Kingston (Laurel) 54-10.25

Discus: 1-Nick Delmonaco (Riverview) 156-10

Javelin: 1-Sean Darragh (Fort Cherry) 167-0; 7-Cole Hepler (Freeport) 158-4

Pole vault: 1-Joey Rakowski (Quaker Valley) 14-8

Class AAA Girls

3200 relay: 1-Bethel Park 9:15.80; 3-Knoch (Emilee Hertweck, Tess Haverstick, Jessica Wise, Samantha Logan) 9:26.6

100 hurdles: 1-Beatrice Goodyear (Mt. Lebanon) 14.62; 7-Lexis Frost (Butler) 16.86

100 dash: 1-Lauren Costa (West Allegheny) 12.13; 5-Jasmine Bailey (Butler) 12.7

1,600 run: *1-Autumn Greba (Norwin) 4:52.41

400 dash: 1-Hanna Green (Latrobe) 55.93; 6-Jasmine Bailey (Butler) 58.01

400 relay: 1-Hempfield 48.56; 5-Butler (Lexis Frost, Jasmine Bailey, Paige Allen, Kristen Knass) 50.09

300 hurdles: 1-Tatiana Cloud (Kiski Area) 45.06; 2-Kennedy Evans (Butler) 46.82

800 run:1-Samantha Logan (Knoch) 2:14.53

200 dash: 1-Jasmine Jones (Hempfield) 24.69

3,200 run: 1-Margo Malone (North Hills) 10:57.17

1,600 relay: 1-Latrobe 3:56.74; 5-Knoch (Emilee Hertweck, Tess Haverstick, Jessica Wise, Samantha Logan) 4:02.59; 7-Mars (Kristen Check, Sabrina Edwards, Reilly Butler, Lydia Dennis) 4:04.88

High jump: 1-India McCoy (Ambridge) 5-7; 5-Paige Rittelmann (Butler) 5-3; 6t-Lauren Maher (Butler) 5-1

Long jump: 1-Maddie Holmberg (Hempfield) 17-9; 2-Lydia Dennis (Mars) 17-5.5

Triple jump:1-Lydia Dennis (Mars) 37-9.5; 5-Lexis Frost (B) 35-9

Shot put: 1-Martina Milcec (Norwin) 40-8

Discus:1-Ava Bonetti (Butler) 123-4; 4-Emily Thomas (Mars) 114-10

Javelin: 1-Mira Carrozza Canon-McMillan) 141-5; 2-Jayme Rutkowski (Seneca Valley) 138-0

Pole vault: *1-Larisa Debich (Hempfield) 12-9

Class AAA Boys

3200 relay: 1-Kiski Area 7:54.84; 4-Knoch (Luke McCullough, Phil Kletzli, Alex Cetnar, Preston Carlsson) 8:07.66

100 hurdles: 1-Jeff Elam (Latrobe) 14.55

100 dash: 1-Aaron Barlow (Gateway) 10.88; 3-Forrest Barnes (Seneca Valley) 10.99

1,600 run: 1-Alex Moran (Mt. Lebanon) 4:20.04

400 dash:*1-Oliver Philogene (Seneca Valley) 48.44

400 relay: 1-Kiski Area 42.56

300 hurdles: *1-Jeff Elam (Latrobe) 37.78

800 run: 1-Vincent Tonzo (North Allegheny) 1:53.66; 7-Phil Kletzli (Knoch) 1:58.81

200 dash: 1-Aaron Barlow (Gateway) 21.74

3,200 run: 1-Andrew Kuchka (Baldwin) 9:10.36

1,600 relay: 1-Central Catholic 3:19.27; 7-Seneca Valley (Oliver Philogene, Andrew Schroeder, Forrest Barnes, Bradley Banks) 3:22.63

High jump: 1-Shawn Johnson (Canon-McMillan) 6-4; 2-Tom Kocur (Seneca Valley) 6-3; 8t-Anthony Yurkovich (Butler) 6-1

Long jump: 1-Shawn Johnson (Canon-McMillan) 22-11.75

Triple jump: 1-Shawn Johnson (Canon-McMillan) 46-9; 7-Spencer Murray (Butler) 43-3

Shot put: 1-Max Adams (Hempfield) 53-2.5; 4-Andy Tuzikow (Knoch) 50-5; 6-Travis Reed (Butler) 49-11.25

Discus: 1-Max Adams (Hempfield) 177-4; 4-Andy Tuzikow (Knoch) 157-3; 5-Travis Reed (Butler) 147-9

Javelin: 1-Billy Stanley (South Park) 227-0; 6-Stephen Shoemaker (Butler) 166-3

Pole vault: 1-Jesse Laverdiere (Laurel Highlands) 15-0; 8-Dan Cashdollar (Seneca Valley) 13-6

*-meet record

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