Track and Field

Steve Snider (left) and son Nathan display PIAA cross country championship trophies. Steve coached the Greensburg Salem girls to a title in 1993 and Nathan coached the boys in 2018.
Westmoreland high school notebook: Greensburg Salem honors coach Snider
March 12, 2022
Maybe the “Snider Mile” will become a thing in the future.

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Kiski Area’s Antonio Giordano placed eighth in the boys 800-meter run at the TSTCA indoor championships.
Kiski track hopes to carry indoor performance into spring
March 8, 2022
After not having a winter indoor track season for two years, Tom Berzonsky was just happy his athletes had an outlet to compete.

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Steve Snider (left) and son Nathan display PIAA cross country championship trophies. Steve coached the Greensburg Salem girls to a title in 1993 and Nathan coached the boys in 2018.
Greensburg Salem mourning death of longtime coach Steve Snider
March 2, 2022
The Greensburg Salem community and Westmoreland County are mourning the loss of a legendary coach, Steve Snider.

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Moon’s Mia Cochran won the girls 3,000-meter run at the PTFCA indoor championships Sunday at Penn State.
Butler boys earn state title, 5 WPIAL athletes win gold at PTFCA indoor championships
February 27, 2022
Five WPIAL athletes and a relay team earned gold medals Sunday at the annual Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association state indoor championships at Penn State.

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Fox Chapel’s Stephen Schrim competes during the 2021 track and field season.
Fox Chapel sophomores Schrim, Troutman shine during indoor track season
The indoor track season is pretty much complete, and the Fox Chapel coach is giving his team high marks.

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Penn Hills’ Angelo Allen practices for indoor shot put.
Penn Hills notebook: Shot putter’s strong indoor season continues
Having already qualified for the state indoor track championship didn’t mean Angelo Allen was done stacking up strong results. The Penn Hills senior thrower’s distance of 57 feet, 5 inches won him the Tri-State Track Coaches Association title Feb. 19 at Edinboro University.

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Butler’s Guinness Brown competes in the 100-meter dash prelims at the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championships May 19, 2021, at Slippery Rock University.
Butler boys, South Fayette girls star at TSTCA indoor track meet
February 20, 2022
Star sprinter Guinness Brown of Butler turned in four first-place finishes, two in individual events and two in relays, to headline the performance of WPIAL athletes at the TSTCA indoor meet at Edinboro on Saturday.

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Penn Hills’ Angelo Allen practices for indoor shot put.
Penn Hills shot putter keeps pushing limits
February 13, 2022
Lee Zelkowitz already watched Angelo Allen break his own school record for the Penn Hills indoor track team in the shot put several times before his final throw Feb. 5 at Youngstown State.

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Plum senior Jake George gets set to sprint during a workout Feb. 9, 2022, at Plum High School.
Plum athletes off to strong start during indoor track season
February 12, 2022
Plum cross country and track and field coach Stephanie Kennedy is optimistic as she looks ahead to the outdoor track season.

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Penn Hills indoor track team hits ground running
January 23, 2022
Penn Hills indoor track coach Lee Zelkowitz was disappointed when the first meet of the season got canceled due to covid-19 precautions. The Indians coach thought his team was on pace to have a strong season and looked forward to getting started.

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Hempfield junior Elizabeth Tapper, shown on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Tapper is ranked second in Pennsylvania in the indoor shot put with a throw of 45 feet, 7 1/2 inches.
Hempfield’s Tapper uses indoor reps to hone talents in throws, pole vault
January 17, 2022
Elizabeth Tapper made history last season at Hempfield as the first female from a Pennsylvania high school to qualify simultaneously for a throwing event and the dissimilar pole vault competition at the PIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

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Greensburg Central Catholic senior Corinn Brewer posted the best score by a high school athlete at the Women’s Decathlon National Championships on Aug. 21-22, 2021 in San Francisco.
Westmoreland high school notebook: GCC’s Corinn Brewer stands out in national decathlon competition
August 29, 2021
Corinn Brewer wants to compete at the highest level of college track and field — and possibly beyond — so the senior at Greensburg Central Catholic is preparing herself now with high-level competition.

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Southmoreland’s Olivia Cernuto plays against Mt. Pleasant on Jan. 14.
Westmoreland County Girls Athlete of the Year: Olivia Cernuto, Southmoreland
July 10, 2021
Unless she takes a summer vacation or a few random days off, Olivia Cernuto gets little rest during the sports year.

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Maddie (Holmberg) Nickal finished seventh in the hepathlon at the U.S. Olympic trials.
Hempfield’s Nickal finishes 7th, Latrobe’s Green 8th at Olympic trials
June 28, 2021
Maddie (Holmberg) Nickal placed seventh in the heptathlon and Latrobe’s Hanna Green was eighth in the 800-meter run when the U.S. Olympic trials concluded late Sunday night in Eugene, Ore.

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Hempfield graduate Bridget Guy competes for Virginia during her collegiate career.
Green gets Olympic reprieve; Williams, Wiltrout come up short
June 26, 2021
Latrobe native and graduate Hanna Green received good news late Friday at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore.

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Hempfield graduate Bridget (Guy) Williams competes in the pole vault for Virginia.
Hempfield’s Williams, Latrobe’s Green advance at U.S. Olympic trials
June 24, 2021
Bridget (Guy) Williams is headed to the U.S. Olympic trials women’s pole vault finals after clearing 14 feet, 9 inches during qualifying Thursday in Eugene, Ore.

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Norwin senior John Giansante
Westmoreland notebook: Norwin’s Giansante hits right notes on, off track
June 12, 2021
For John Giansante, it is all about rhythm.

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Norwin senior John Giansante
Norwin Star notebook: Triple jumper puts a bow on high school career
For John Giansante, it is all about rhythm.

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Hampton’s Gage Galuska wins the 400-meter dash at the WPIAL Class AAA championships May 19.
Hampton’s Galuska keeps his cool at states, medals in 400
June 5, 2021
Hampton senior Gage Galuska was a little slower — and a lot colder — at the PIAA Class AAA track and field championships.

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Pine-Richland’s Gianna Rotelli competes at the WPIAL championships May 19, 2021, at Slippery Rock.
Rotelli’s WPIAL runner-up finish among several meet highlights for Pine-Richland track team
May 30, 2021
Because of her small stature, Gianna Rotelli feels she is overlooked sometimes when she enters track and field events.

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