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MARS INVITATIONAL

The following are medalists — the top six places — from the Mars Track and Field Invitational Friday. The first-place winners and all area medalists are listed.

BoysTrack Events3,200-meter relay:

1-Seneca Valley Madison Goodman, Brent Kendrick, Mark Davis, Oliver Philogene) 8:19.03; 6-Knoch (Phil Kletzli, K.J. McCrea, Van McCarren, Alex Cetnar) 8:33.46

110 hurdles: 1-Alex McCune (North Hills) 15.18;

2-Cyniel Hinton (Summit Academy) 15.24; 3-Derek Durand (Freeport) 15.35

100 dash: 1-Robert Foster (Central Valley) 11.24

1,600 run: 1-Zach Hebka (North Hills) 4:27.56;

5-Alex Edmonds (Moniteau) 4:38.95

400 dash: 1-Hunter Williams (Seneca Valley) 50.94; 2-Oliver Philogene (Seneca Valley) 51.13; 5-Andrew Rumburg-Goodlin (Knoch) 52.06

400 relay: 1-Wheeling Park (Josh Dent, Zach Morris, Damon Beckett, Jake Flatley) 44.27;

2-Seneca Valley (Steve Swanson, Ed Yancey, Oliver Philogene, Hunter Williams)

300-meter hurdles: 1-Alex McCune (North Hills) 40.77;

3-Andrew Schroeder (Seneca Valley) 41.05; 5-Derek Durand (Freeport) 41.47

800-meter run: 1-Morgan Huegel (Cranberry) 1:59.31

200-meter dash: 1-Nico Zahniser (Greenville) 22.99;

5-Andrew Rumburg-Goodlin (Knoch) 23.49; 6-Marcel Ittner (F) 23.50

3,200-meter run: 1-Joe Kush (North Hills) 9:26.96

1,600-meter relay: 1-Seneca Valley (George DeAugustino, Andrew Schroeder, Oliver Philogene, Hunter Williams) 3:23.63 (meet record)Field EventsHigh jump: 1-Erinn Baynes (Wheeling Park) 7-0.25 (meet record);

3-Tom Kocur (Seneca Valley) 6-0Long jump: 1-Derek Durand (Freeport) 20-9.5Triple jump: 1-Josh Douglass (Avonworth-Northgate) 43-2;

4-Dylan Bilka (Seneca valley) 40-3Shot put:

1-Adam Tuzikow (Knoch) 50-8; 3-Cody McClelland (Freeport) 46-1.5; 5-Andy Tuzikow (Knoch) 44-7.5Discus:

1-Steve Swanson (Seneca Valley) 163-3.5; 2-Adam Tuzikow (Knoch) 144-24-Andy Tuzikow (Knoch) 140-9

Javelin: 1-Andy Borgen (Pine-Richland) 161-10;

3-Curtis Hughes (Freeport) 136-7; 4-Kyle Armagost (Moniteau) 134-6

Pole vault: 1-Garrett Shaw (Knoch) 13-0; 2-Dylan Bilka (Seneca Valley) 13-0; 3-Alec Battin (Mars) 12-0; 4-Adam Dorko (Seneca Valley) 11-6Team standings: 1-Seneca Valley 82, 2-North Hills 68, 3-Wheeling Park 62.5,

5-Knoch 39, 6-Freeport 31, 17-Summit Academy 8, 21t-Mars 6, Moniteau 6Track MVP: Alex McCune (North Hills) 20

Field MVP: Adam Tuzikow (Knoch) and Josh Douglass (Avonworth-Northgate) 18

GirlsTrack Events3,200-meter relay: 1-Hampton (Gina Alm, Rachel Durkot, Nicole Luchansky, Emily Rabenold) 10:01.03;

2-Seneca Valley (Taryn Latsko, Becky Paine, Morgan Williams, Jessica Morris) 10:08.62

100 hurdles: 1-Vicky Crise (Highlands) 15.57

100 dash: 1-Brittany Traynor (North Hills) 12.84

1,600 run: 1-Caitlin Bungo (Sewickley Academy) 5;13.19;

6-Emilee Hertweck (Knoch) 5;29.44400 dash: 1-Claire Hoover (Fox Chapel) 1:04.41;

2-Taylor Bombalski (Freeport) 1:05.95; 3-Kayla King (Mars) 1:06.28; 4-Sara Milcic (Mars) 1:06.87

400 relay: 1-Hampton (Thali Beard, Sarah Cook, Amanda Spencer, Samm Werner) 49.52;

4-Mars (Kristen Check, Karli Paracca, Julie Koenig, Ashley Krause) 52.54; 6-Freeport (Kamri Brestensky, Alyson Moore, Nicolette Blake, Chelsea Chaffman) 53.47300 hurdles: 1-Amanda Spencer (Hampton) 46.27;

5-Lynsey Gugino (Freeport) 49.12; 6-Mani Brueckner (Mars) 49.87800 run: 1-Caitlin Bungo (Sewickley Academy) 2;24.01;

3-Shelby Resch (Seneca Valley) 2:25.69200 dash: 1-Kami Kaczanowicz (Burrell) 26.48;

5-Karli Paracca (Mars) 27.00

3,200 run: 1-Shannon Malone (North Hills) 11:32.22

1,600 relay: 1-Knoch (Tess Haverstick, Jessica Wise, Jamie Mahan, Samantha Logan) 4:10.07; 2-Mars (Mani Brueckner, Lydia Dennis, Karli Paracca, Julie Koenig) 4;10.18; 4-Freeport (Kamri Brestansky, Lynsey Gugino, Chelsea Chaffman, Alyson Moore) 4;16.14; 5-Seneca Valley (Haley Fox, Jessica Morris, Shelby Resch, Taryn Latsko) 4:18.42Field EventsHigh jump: 1-India McCoy (Ambridge) 5-4 (tied meet record)

Long jump: 1-Ashley West (Pine-Richland) 16-8.5;

5-Danica Durand (Freeport) 16-1; 6-Bronte Soul (F) 16-0 5

Triple jump: 1-Ashley West (Pine-Richland) 35-6.75;

2-Lydia Dennis (Mars) 35-0; 3-Bronte Soul (Freeport) 33-11.5

Shot put: 1-Vicki Miller (Highlands) 36-6

Discus: 1-Morgan Marshall (Greenville) 104-11

Javelin: 1-Sam Taylor (Gateway) 120-8;

3-Jamie Rutkowski (Seneca Valley) 109-6Pole vault: 1-Mariah Ryan (Lakeview) 8-6;

5-Heather Porter (Moniteau) 8-0Team standings: 1-Hampton 60.5, 2-DuBois 55, 3-North Hills 50,

8-Knoch 25, 9-Mars 23, 10t-Seneca Valley 22, 15-Freeport 16, 24-Moniteau 1.5Track MVP: Kami Kaczanowicz and Caitlin Bungo (Sewickley Academy) 20

Field MVP: Ashley West (Pine-Richland) 28

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