State and WPIAL track and field leaders as of April 23

By: Paul Schofield
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | 6:39 PM

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Following are the top running times, throwing distance jumping distances in Pennsylvania. Also listed are the top three WPIAL and City League athletes with their state rankings in parenthesis.)

WPIALs/City League’s best

Boys Individuals

(Times and distance are what have been recorded to PennTrackXC MileSplit by April 23)

100: Jesse Myers, State College and Shawn McCoullum, George Washington, 10.57.

1. (4) William Smith, Woodland Hills, 10.62; 2. (13) Colton Dean, Canon-McMillan, 10.78; 3. (40) Kenny Lewis, Gateway, 10.94.

200: Jayden Morton-Mims, Imhotep Charter, 21.02.

1.(8) Colton Dean, Canon-McMillan, 21.74; 2. (20) William Smith, Woodland Hills, 22.10; 3. (26) Matt Nguyen, Mt. Lebanon, 22.21.

400: Jayden Horton-Mims, Imhotep Charter, 45.95.

1. (26) Luke Denny, Norwin, 50.05; 2. (38) Zach Nash, North Allegheny, 50.36; 3. (39) Kayden Lightner, North Hills, 50.39.

800: Giovanni Mastromonaco, Nazareth, 1:53.92.

1. (2) Ryan Pajak, Ringgold, 1:54.16; 2. (3) Kayden Lightner, North Hills, 1:54.29; 3. (11) Clark Lalomia, Quaker Valley, 1:55.73.

1600: Drew Griffith, Butler, 3:59.81.

2. (5) Dale Hall, Hampton, 4:16.08; 3. (6) Patrick Burgos, Elizabeth Forward, 4:16.20; 4. (49) Michael Braun, Freeport, 4:24.61.

3200: Drew Griffith, Butler, 8:37.43

2. Ryan Pajak, Ringgold, 8:38.02; 3. Jack Bertram, North Allegheny, 8:56.99; 4. Jaxon Schoedel, Mohawk, 9:01.40.

110 hurdles: Tyler Burgess, Palmyra, 14.09.

1. (14) Davin Gartley, Quaker Valley, 14.81; 2. (18) Luke Cramer, Mt. Lebanon, 14.83; 3. (19) Achan Green, Penn Hills, 14.86.

300 hurdles: Andrew Beers, Parkland, 37.29.

1. (6) Colton Dean, Canon-McMillan, 39.14; 2. (12) Aaron Taylor, Canon-McMillan, 39.55; 3. (19) Kyler Matson, Seneca Valley, 39.79.3:27.63.

4×100 relay: Coatesville, 41.56.

1. (5) Butler, 42.60; 2. (17) North Allegheny, 43.04; 3. (21) Gateway, 43.20.

4×400 relay: Coatesville, 3:17.37.

1. (9) Butler, 3:22.61; 2. (28) Penn-Trafford, 3:27.63; 3. (31) Norwin, 3:27.85.

4×800 relay: Ridley, 7:48.40.

1. (13) Butler, 8:04.41; 2. (15) South Fayette, 8:04.69; 3. (20) Fox Chapel, 8:08.25.

Discus: Peyton Murray, Hempfield Area, 186-3

2. Matthew Sarnowski, Penn-Trafford, 185-7; 3. (9) Nino Nadarevic, Gateway, 164-2; 4 (21) Jake Kunzman, Baldwin, 156-4.

Shot put: Brady Mider, Berks Catholic, 61-1.

1. (5) Peyton Murray, Hempfield Area, 59-1; 2. (8) Jaden Kirkwood, New Castle, 57-4; 3. (15) Dino Nadarevic, Gateway, 55-0.

Javelin: Bronson Krainak, Danville, 211-8.

1. (9) Logan Kerstetter, Penn-Trafford, 179-3; 2. (10) Ryan Beam, Pine-Richland, 178-10; 3. (12) Louis Liberatore, Canon-McMillan, 177-5.

High jump: Hayden Smith, Union-Allegheny Clarion, 6-11.

1. (6) Ruben Gordon, Washington, 6-7; 2. (14) John Jablunovsky, Ligonier Valley 6-5; Emery Moye, Pine-Richland, 6-5.

Long jump: Jayden Ekoko, Easton Area, 24-0.

1. (12) Xavier Thomas, Central Catholic, 22-5 ¾; 2. (14) Tucker Jeremias, Avonworth/Northgate, 22-4 ¼; 2. (25) Colton Dean, Canon-McMillan, 22-2 1/4.

Triple jump: Jordan Sowell, Cheltenham, 49-4.

1. (10) Luke Cramer, Mt. Lebanon, 45-9 ¼; 2. (13) Xavier Thomas, Central Catholic, 45-6 1/2; 3. (16) Kyrell Harris, New Castle, 45-1.

Pole vault: Breckin Swope, East Pennsboro, 16-0.

1. (8) Nicholas Puskar, Norwin, 14-8; 2. (16) Charlie Weber, Indiana, 14-3; 3. (21) Zach Duckworth, North Allegheny, 14-2.

Girls Individuals

100: Avery Lewis, Friends Central, 11.31.

1. (6) Hayzes Robinson, Avonworth/Northgate, 12.18; 2. (23) Tori Atkins, Laurel, 12:35; 3. (24) Olivia Renk, South Fayette, 12.37.

200: Avery Lewis, Friends Central, 23.55.

1. (8) Tori Atkins, Laurel, 24.97; 2. (13) Oliva Renk, South Fayette, 25.16; 3.(20) Hayzes Robinson, Avonworth/Northgate, 25.37.

400: Kaddel Howard, Cedar Crest, 55.09.

1. (10) Mackenzie Winning, North Allegheny, 57.43; 2. (13) Tori Atkins, Laurel, 57.55; 3. (17) Isabella Costa, North Allegheny 58.23.

800: Olivia Cieslak, Haverford Township, 2:04.77.

1. (18) Emily Sinton, South Fayette, 2:17.67; 2. (21) Eilidh Edgar, Trinity Christian, 2:17.72; 3. (24) Kendall Lucas, North Allegheny, 2:18.24.

1600: Olivia Cieslak, Haverford Township, 4:42.72.

1. (13) Grace Fritzman, West Allegheny, 5:02.39; 2. (15) Chelsea Hartman, Shady Side Academy, 5:03.67; 3. (23) Meagan McKenna, Peters Township, 5:07.90.

3200: Baylee Espinosa, Lewisburg, 10:40.01.

1. (3) Grace Fritzman, West Allegheny, 10:46.85; 2. (4) Chelsea Hartman, Shady Side Academy, 10:47.24; 3. (5) Eva Kynaston, North Allegheny, 10:49.18.

100 hurdles: Macaela Walker, Oxford Area, 14.28..

1. (9) Megan Cain, Mt. Lebanon, 15.03; 2. (11) Delaney Schumaker, South Fayette, and Rose Kuchera, Canon-McMillan, 15.10.

300 hurdles: Payton Drumwright, Engineering and Science, 43.89.

1. (4) Delaney Schumaker, South Fayette, 44.46; 2. (8) Lauren Bowden, Butler, 45.13; 3. (11) Megan Cain, Mt. Lebanon, 45.82.

4×100 relay: Cheltenham, 47.95.

1. (20) Mt. Lebanon, 49.72; 2. (17) Penn Hills, 49.87; 3. (18) Woodland Hills, 49.89.

4×400 relay: Penn Charter, 3:52.38.

1. (5) North Allegheny, 3:56.64; 2. (19) Butler, 4:03.44; 3. (20) Norwin, 4:04.07.

4×800 relay: Saint Marys Area, 9:28.13.

1. (2) South Fayette, 9:34.21; 2. (4) North Allegheny, 9:35.87; 3. (8) Seneca Valley, 9:40.36.

Discus: Margaret Bila, Lancaster Catholic, 134-4.

1. (4) Maddie Talley, Hempfield Area, 127-4; 2. (6) Marlo Cyanovich, Montour, 126-3 ½ 3. (19) Zoe Bupp, Shenango, 115-7.

Shot put: Sasha Garnett, Richland, 45-0.

1. (6) Avery Hogan, Armstrong, 39-1; 2. (8) Maggie Clair, Canon-McMillan, 38-4; 3. (11) Mikayla Anderson, Beaver Falls, 38-3.

Javelin: Sophia Mazzoni, Derry Area, 156-10.

2. (12) Karlee Buterbaugh, Knoch, 127-5; 3. (13) Abby Tucker, Canon-McMillan, 127-2; 4. (14) Lily Shahan, Belle Vernon, 126-10.

High jump: Milena Sciullo, Grove City, 5-6.

1. (3) Neela Hill, Laurel Highlands, 5-4 ¼; 2. (14) Oumou Thiero, Quaker Valley, Ava Koski, Neshannock, Anna Troutman, Fox Chapel and Isabella Costa, North Allegheny, 5-3.

Long jump: Avery Lewis, Friends’ Central.

1. (3) Keilynn Manson, Taylor Allderdice, 19-6 1/2; 2. (7) Daphne Flerl, North Catholic, 18-7 ¼; 3. (10) Sara Roe, Shenango, 18-3 ½.

Triple jump: Destin Smith, Souderton, 40-7.

1. (6) Jordynn Carter, Carlynton, 37-11; 2. (9) Rose Kuchera, Canon-McMillan and Jay Olawaiye, Quaker Valley, 37-4.

Pole vault: Lilyana Carlson, Bermudian Springs, 13-1.

1. (2) Grace Iwig, Hempfield Area, 12-6; 2. (3) Lindsay Breneman, North Allegheny, 12-3; 3. (10) Sophie Aglietti, North Allegheny, 11-9.

Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.

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