Indoor Track: Nativity’s Stank, 4×400 relay grab gold at ESU Warrior Classic
The Nativity foursome, from left, Bo McDonald, Liam Messina, Michael Stank and Nolan Daynorowicz won the 4x400-meter relay gold at Saturday's ESU Warrior Classic indoor track competition at East Stroudsburg University.
EAST STROUDSBURG — Nativity’s Michael Stank won the boys’ 400-meter dash and ran a leg on the Green Wave’s winning 4×400-meter relay at Saturday’s ESU Warrior Classic indoor track competition held at East Stroudsburg University’s Koehler Field House.
Stank, a senior, won the 400 in 52.55, almost a second faster than second-place Joseph Mendy of Kinnelon (53.51). Teammates Liam Messina (55.25) and Bo McDonald (55.87) were eighth and 11th, respectively.
Stank, Messina and McDonald then teamed with Nolan Daynorowicz to win the boys’ 4×400-meter relay in 3:38.49. Daynorowicz also took eighth in the 800 in 2:10.96
Competitors from Minersville, Nativity, Schuylkill Haven and Tamaqua participated in the indoor event. The Miners’ Paiten LaPoint was second in the boys’ 200 in 25.82, Tamaqua’s Anthony Marchetti took eighth in the boys’ 3,200 in 10:44.78 and Haven’s Ethan Kline took sixth in the boys’ shot put with a top throw of 41 feet, 11 inches.
Here’s a list of local results, with the total number of participants in parentheses for each event:
ESU Warrior Classic Indoor Track
Saturday, East Stroudsburg University’s Koehler Field House
Boys’ 55-meter dash (113)
1. Timothy Leonard, Wilkes-Barre Area, 6.58
2. Paiten LaPoint, Minersville, 6.74
8. Michael Stank, Nativity, 6.87
16. Bo McDonald, Nativity, 6.98
Boys’ 200-meter dash (88)
25. Paiten LaPoint, Minersville, 25.82
Boys’ 400-meter dash (70)
1. Michael Stank, Nativity, 52.55
8. Liam Messina, Nativity, 55.25
11. Bo McDonald, Nativity, 55.87
26. Grady McGovern, Minersville, 59.46
51. Brian Godinez, Tamaqua, 1:05.79
Boys’ 800-meter run (67)
8. Nolan Daynorowicz, Nativity, 2:10.96
33. Luis Sanchez, Tamaqua, 2:28.45
36. Johnny Burgess, Minersville, 2:30.27
Boys’ 1,600-meter run (75)
27. Aiden Elston, Tamaqua, 5:15.58
43. Johnny Burgess, Minersville, 5:26.79
47. Parker Steencken, Tamaqua, 5:30.78
54. Kolin Long, Minersville, 5:39.98
Boys’ 3,200-meter run (34)
8. Anthony Marchetti, Tamaqua, 10:44.78
Boys’ 4×400-meter relay
1. Nativity (Daynorowicz, Stank, Messina, McDonald), 3:38.49
Boys’ Long Jump (32)
10. Liam Messina, Nativity, 18-5.25
Boys’ Shot Put (29)
6. Ethan Kline, Schuylkill Haven, 41-11
Girls’ 400-meter dash (61)
12. Isabella Hughes, Schuylkill Haven, 1:08.79
Girls’ 800-meter dash (46)
23. Isabella Hughes, Schuylkill Haven, 2:53.97
Girls’ 55-meter hurdles (27)
12. Isabella Hughes, Schuylkill Haven, 10.15
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