HS Track Roundup: Tide girls get 1st win, Haven, Eagles score sweeps
Blue Mountain's Makayla Keck heaves the javelin during Tuesday's Schuylkill League Division I boys' and girls' track meet against Pine Grove at the Eagles' Nest (Photo by Brook Koch-Guers).
POTTSVILLE — Alexa Giuffre won three events to lead the Pottsville girls’ track and field team to its first victory of the season as the Crimson Tide downed Minersville 83-63 in a Schuylkill League Division I dual meet Tuesday at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Giuffre won the 400, 100 hurdles and long jump, while Myla Fegley took first in the 200 and high jump. Jes Siminitus (100), Riley Davis (300 hurdles), Rhyan Brennan (triple jump), Ashley Gould (shot put) and Alyssa Cook (pole vault) added individual wins while Pottsville (1-3, 1-2 D-I) also captured a win in the 1,600 and 3,200 relays.
Anna Cook took the 800 and 1600 for the Miners (2-2, 1-2), and Avery Miller won the discus and javelin.
Pottsville 83, Minersville 63
100 — Jes Siminitus (Potts), 12.70
200 — Myla Fegley (Potts), 26.90
400 — Alexa Giuffre (Potts), 1:04.00
800 — Anna Cook (Min), 2:47.90
1600 — Anna Cook (Min), 6:17.10
3200 — Olivia Horoschak (Min), 15:33.00
100 hurdles — Alexa Giuffre (Potts), 15.50
300 hurdles — Riley Davis (Potts), 49.80
400 relay — Minersville (Cook, Herb, Pennypacker, Purcell), 54.70
1600 relay — Pottsville (Davis, Campo, Kelly, Giuffre), 4:54.20
3200 relay — Pottsville (Kelly, Hart, Wyroski, Snyder), 12:19.00
High Jump — Myla Fegley (Potts), 4-6
Long Jump — Alexa Giuffre (Potts), 16-8
Triple Jump — Rhyan Brennan (Potts), 32-8
Javelin — Avery Miller (Min), 103-7
Shot Put — Ashley Gould (Potts), 33-10.25
Discus — Avery Miller (Min), 85-4
Pole Vault — Alyssa Cook (Potts), 9-7
Schuylkill Haven 107, Panther Valley 19
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Audrey Hutchinson, Karlee Feger, Bella Murphy, Anna Schaeffer and Isabella Hughes led the way by winning two events apiece as the Hurricanes defeated the Panthers in a Division II meet at Rotary Field.
Hutchinson was victorious in the 100 and 200 for Schuylkill Haven (4-0, 4-0 D-II). Feger took the top spot in the shot put and the discus; Murphy won the triple jump and high jump; Anna Schaeffer dominated the 800 and 1,600; and Hughes swept the hurdles.
For Panther Valley (0-2, 0-2), Morgan Orsulak won the long jump for the Panthers’ only victory. The Hurricanes won 14 of the 15 events, as the 1600 relay, javelin and pole vault weren’t held.
100 — Audrey Hutchinson (SH), 13.20
200 — Audrey Hutchinson (SH), 28.48
400 — Ava Terefencko (SH), 1:07.86
800 — Anna Schaeffer (SH), 2:47.75
1600 — Anna Schaeffer (SH), 5:34.74
3200 — Joy Schock (SH), 15:38.00
100 Hurdles — Isabella Hughes (SH), 16.98
300 Hurdles — Isabella Hughes (SH), 49.69
400 Relay — Schuylkill Haven (Siket, Runkle, Terefencko, Hutchinson), 56.29
1600 Relay — No event, weather
3200 Relay — Schuylkill Haven (Porter, Terefencko, Runkle, Krammes), 11:42.39
High Jump — Bella Murphy (SH), 4-6
Long Jump — Morgan Orsulak (PV), 13-9.5
Triple Jump — Bella Murphy (SH), 30-6
Javelin — No event, weather
Shot Put — Karlee Feger (SH), 31-9
Discus — Karlee Feger (SH), 88-4
Pole Vault — No event
Blue Mountain 48, Pine Grove 11
ORWIGSBURG — Vanessa Frasnelli took first in the 1,600 and ran a leg on the victorious 3,200 relay as the Eagles downed the Cardinals in a weather-shortened Division I dual meet at the Eagles’ Nest.
Only seven of the 16 girls’ events were completed before rainy weather forced the postponement of the rest of the meet.
Breilly Lazur (100 hurdles), Izabel Zajac (high jump), Makayla Keck (javelin) and Kamryn Moran (pole vault) added wins for Blue Mountain (4-0, 3-0 D-I). Viktorya Luckenbach won the 100 meters for Pine Grove (1-3, 0-3).
100 — Viktorya Luckenbach (PG), 12.13
1600 — Vanessa Frasnelli (BM), 6:21.00
100 hurdles — Breilly Lazur (BM) 17.98
3200 relay — Blue Mountain (Warke, Frasnelli, Scheidel, Satterfield) 11:56.81
High Jump — Izabel Zajac (BM) 4-6
Javelin — Makayla Keck (BM), 139-4
Pole Vault — Kamryn Moran (BM), 7-6
Boys’ Track
Minersville 80.33, Pottsville 69.66
POTTSVILLE — Kolin Long and Bradley Kostishak each captured two wins as the Miners topped the Crimson Tide in a Division I matchup at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Long won the 800 and 1,600 for Minersville (4-0, 3-0 D-I), while Kostishak took the high jump and long jump. Paiten LaPoint won the 100, Grady McGovern raced to victory in the 400, Braden Hall placed first in the 3,200, Robert Bruce took first in the javelin and Jordan Bowers won the triple jump for the Miners.
Donovann Durham took top honors in three events — the 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles and 200 — for Pottsville (1-3, 1-2), while Ryan Galen won discus and shot put for the Crimson Tide. Pottsville swept the relays.
100 — Paiten LaPoint (Min), 10.50
200 — Donovann Durham (Potts), 23.80
400 — Grady McGovern (Min), 52.90
800 — Kolin Long (Min), 2:06.20
1600 — Kolin Long (Min), 4:49.40
3200 — Braden Hall (Min), 12:08.30
110 hurdles — Donovann Durham (Potts), 15.30
300 hurdles — Donovann Durham (Potts), 44.50
400 relay — Pottsville (Direnzo, Durham, Karkanica, Galavage), 45.60
1600 relay — Pottsville (Holley, McGinley, Karkanica, Galavage), 4:14.40
3200 relay — Pottsville (McGinley, Davis, Reichert, Clarke), 10:34.30
High Jump — Bradley Kostishak (Min), 5-2
Long Jump — Bradley Kostishak (Min), 18-11.5
Triple Jump — Jordan Bowers (Min), 37-6
Javelin — Robert Bruce (Min), 139-1
Shot Put — Ryan Galen (Potts), 36-8
Discus — Ryan Galen (Potts), 139-3
Pole Vault — Killian Bressler (Potts), 9-0
Schuylkill Haven 77, Panther Valley 54
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Luke Smith had a big role in the victory, winning three events, as the Hurricanes defeated Panther Valley in a Division II meet at Rotary Field.
Smith won the long jump, high jump and 110 hurdles for Schuylkill Haven (3-1, 3-1 D-II). Niko Carestia was victorious in the 100-meter dash and led the 400-meter relay team of Carestia, Logan Goad, Aaron Gilbert and Colton Reber. Ethan Kline was a double winner, taking the shot put and discus.
For the Panthers (0-2, 0-2), Abraham Cabrera won three events, taking the top spot in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200. Edison Mitchell won two events, placing first in the 200 and 400.
Frank Shubeck and Nuredin Gjoca each added victories for Panther Valley. Shubeck won the triple jump and Gjoca won the 300 hurdles and was a part of the winning 1,600 relay team of Mrgim Neziri, Chase McArdle, Gjoca and Mitchell.
The teams split 16 contested events.
100 — Niko Carestia (SH), 11.13
200 — Edison Mitchell (PV), 24.53
400 — Edison Mitchell (PV), 57.17
800 — Abraham Cabrera (PV), 2:30.17
1600 — Abraham Cabrera (PV), 5:35.52
3200 — Abraham Cabrera (PV), 13:01.00
110 Hurdles — Luke Smith (SH), 17.01
300 Hurdles — Nuredin Gjoca (PV), 49.80
400 Relay — Schuylkill Haven (Goad, Gilbert, Reber, Carestia), 46.60
1600 Relay — Panther Valley (Neziri, McArdle, Gjoca, Mitchell), 4:30.89
3200 Relay — Schuylkill Haven (Killian, Rogers, Angelo, Ulsh), 10:27.93
High Jump — Luke Smith (SH), J5-02.00
Long Jump — Luke Smith (SH), 18-08.50
Triple Jump — Frank Shubeck (PV), 37-01.00
Javelin — No event, weather
Shot Put — Ethan Kline (SH), 45-05.75
Discus — Ethan Kline (SH), 131-00
Pole Vault — No Event
Blue Mountain 56, Pine Grove 8
ORWIGSBURG — The Eagles swept all eight events that were completed before rainy weather halted the Division I dual meet at the Eagles’ Nest.
Chase Guers (100), Jude Scheidel (1,600), Rafael Liranzo (110 hurdles), Ethan Derfler (long jump), Kevin Frederick (triple jump), Nick Beckfield (shot put) and Dalton Minnick (pole vault) notched individual wins for Blue Mountain (3-1, 3-0 D-I).
100 — Chase Guers (BM), 10.88
1600 — Jude Scheidel (BM), 5:09.00
110 hurdles — Rafael Liranzo (BM), 15.73
3200 relay — Blue Mountain (Buchman, Meck, Scheidel, Carr) 11:19.51
Long Jump — Ethan Derfler (BM) 20-9
Triple Jump — Kevin Frederick (BM) 32-7
Shot Put — Nick Beckfield (BM), 40-7.5
Pole Vault — Dalton Minnick (BM) 10-0
Weather wipes out pair of meets
