BUTLER TWP — They might have been competing at Butler's Art Bernardi Stadium, but Seneca Valley's Connor Barrett and Chris Cipro felt right at home.

Both juniors, Barrett and Cipro won the high jump and 3,200-meter run, respectively, at Friday's 43rd annual Butler Boys Track and Field Invitational.

Barrett's personal best in the high jump is 6 feet, 5½ inches, which was set earlier this season. He managed a 6-4 on Friday.

"I was pleased with the first-place finish," said Barrett. "But it was great weather today and I wanted to get 6-6."

Cipro finished the 3,200-meter event in 9 minutes, 37.2 seconds. It was 2½ seconds better than Mercyhurst Prep's Mike Stolar.

The performance also lowers Cipro's Butler County-best time in the event more than three seconds from a previous 9:41.01.

Barrett and Cipro helped SV tie for fourth with North Hills in the final team standings at 37 points, but it was Butler that proved to have the best all-around effort.

The Golden Tornado placed second with 49 points. The only squad that kept the host team from winning its own invitational for the first time since 2001 was McDowell, which rode six first-place finishes to 97 total points.

"Our guys did a nice job," said Butler boys coach Rick Schontz. "We had a couple of runners who didn't run in specific events because their hamstrings have been bothering them a bit and we want them ready for Tuesday (against Pine-Richland and North Allegheny). But McDowell did a heck of a job today."

Helping Butler's cause were Logan Renwick and Mike Martin, who placed second and third in the triple jump, respectively.

Renwick, in his first year of varsity track and field, reached a career best with a leap of 44-10½.

"There was a lot of good competition here today," he said. "I'm surprised at how well I did, being a freshman."

Renwick tied for fifth in the high jump at 5-10.

Martin jumped 44 feet in the triple jump and managed sixth place in the long jump.

Leading Butler's effort on the track was Casey Piper, who took home a second-place finish in the 200 dash at 22.4 seconds.

"Casey's an excellent runner and he has really matured over the last few years," said Schontz. "

The Tornado also received solid performances from their three relay teams.

The 3,200 team (Wade Grubbs, Steve Monnie, Nate Neff and Ben Porter) placed sixth while the 400 foursome (Jason Fair, Doug Moran, Piper and Fred Pinto) was fourth, as was the 1,600 team of Moran, Mason McLaughlin, Piper and Pinto.

Moniteau's Tyler Armagost threw the javelin 178-7 earlier in the week in a double-dual meet with A-C Valley and Keystone.

The sophomore didn't quite match that heave on Friday, but he did get third place with a 167-2.

"The 178-7, that was my career best," said Armagost. "My performance today wasn't bad, but they have a grass runway here. I usually throw better with a track runway."

Other solid performers included Karns City's Chris Harmon, who earned third place in the 800 run.

Knoch's 3,200 relay quartet of Cory Steinhagen, Brian Tackett, Ben Hutterer and Mike Fugate placed third behind Bradford and Mount Lebanon.

Seneca Valley's 1,600 relay team of Mitch McGrew, Chris Eden, Kevan Kelleher and Dan Dickey also finished third.

Slippery Rock's Doug Orloski ended in fourth place in the javelin with a throw of 165-8½.