Bob and Louise Trump were long-time track and field officials and fixtures within the ELCO community. While they were still active in 2009, the ELCO Junior High Track Invitational was renamed to honor their servitude. Mr. Trump passed away in 2019 and Mrs. Trump followed a year later, but the meet carries on, serving as a reminder to their years of service to student athletics.
The 2023 edition of the Trump Invitational was held last Friday night. Eleven teams competed, including five teams from Lebanon County. When all the events were finished and the scores tallied, it was two Lebanon County teams who won the team trophies. Cedar Crest won the Boys’ Championship, edging out Manheim Central by three points. The results for the Girls’ Championship was even tighter, with Palmyra winning by one point over Cedar Crest.
Below are the top eight finishers in each event that factored into the team scoring. The Lebanon County athletes are bolded. While most may write these results off as only being junior high track, they do offer a glimpse into what is coming up through each school’s systems when it comes to the future success of their athletic programs. If you follow sports in Lebanon County, you might also recognize a few of the family names when you read the results below.
Girls Results
100m
1st 13.12 Madison Nelson, 7th ELCO
2nd 13.25 Maddie Waldryon, 8th Palmyra
3rd 13.25 Jada Morales, 8th Annville-Cleona
4th 13.51 Cayleigh Shaak, 7th Lebanon
5th 13.78 Leeannia Peterson, 8th Ephrata
6th 13.92 Cara Miller, 8th Exeter Township
7th 13.95 Arys Guzman, 7th Cedar Crest
8th 14.02 Nia Hafey, 8th Annville-Cleona
200m
1st 27.58 Maddie Waldryon, 8th Palmyra
2nd 27.97 Jada Morales, 8th Annville-Cleona
3rd 29.04 Arys Guzman, 7th Cedar Crest
4th 29.45 Breanna Deitzler, 8th Cedar Crest
5th 29.56 Juleen Fortney, 7th Exeter Township
6th 29.91 Sabrina Phinitpapha, 9th Ephrata
7th 30.27 Adewale Oluwaseyitan, 7th ELCO
8th 30.41 Nia Hafey, 8th Annville-Cleona
400m
1st 1:08.0 Abigal Nelson, 9th ELCO
2nd 1:08.2 Kate Lachance, 8th Palmyra
3rd 1:08.3 Helena Baker, 8th Palmyra
4th 1:10.8 Dana Hoover, 8th Annville-Cleona
5th 1:10.9 Ryan Stopper, 7th Cedar Crest
6th 1:10.9 Lea Goodhart, 7th Exeter Township
7th 1:11.0 Claire Altemos, 8th Ephrata
8th 1:11.1 Addison Mays, 7th ELCO
800m
1st 2:38.4 Madeline Mcauliffe, 8th Exeter Township
2nd 2:42.5 Reagan Orwig, 8th Manheim Central
3rd 2:43.2 Amber McCurdy, 8th Palmyra
4th 2:50.3 Susan Archibald, 7th Ephrata
5th 2:50.7 Lucy Stellmach, 7th Annville-Cleona
6th 2:51.6 Mia Pfautz, 8th Ephrata
7th 2:52.6 Claudia Pagotto, 7th Lehighton
8th 2:52.7 Remy Loser, 9th Central Dauphin
1600m
1st 5:44.0 Madeline Mcauliffe, 8th Exeter Township
2nd 5:58.2 Susan Archibald, 7th Ephrata
3rd 5:59.1 Mia Pfautz, 8th Ephrata
4th 5:59.5 Amber Mccurdy, 8th Palmyra
5th 6:06.7 Lena Bluestone, 7th Exeter Township
6th 6:08.8 Lucy Stellmach, 7th Annville-Cleona
7th 6:18.2 Claudia Pagotto, 7th Lehighton
8th 6:18.7 Avery Ibach, 7th Manheim Central
4x100m
1st 55.0 Ephrata
2nd 55.5 Cedar Crest
3rd 55.72 ELCO
4th 56.2 Palmyra
5th 56.23 Annville-Cleona
6th 56.26 Lebanon
7th 57.37 Exeter Township
8th 57.43 Central Dauphin
4x400m
1st 4:39.7 Manheim Central
2nd 4:46.0 Cedar Crest
3rd 4:47.7 Ephrata
4th 4:54.7 Palmyra
5th 4:56.5 ELCO
6th 5:05.0 Exeter Township
7th 5:07.7 Lebanon
8th 5:11.5 Annville-Cleona
4x800m
1st 9:59.1 Manheim Central
2nd 10:24.7 Palmyra
3rd 10:33.3 ELCO
4th 10:48.6 Ephrata
5th 11:01.4 Exeter Township
6th 11:08.2 Lebanon
7th 11:34.2 Lehighton
8th 11:45.7 Central Dauphin
High Jump
1st 4′ 8″ Rory Kane, 8th Central Dauphin
2nd 4′ 6″ Kailee Thomas, 8th Lehighton
2nd 4′ 6″ Kate Lachance, 8th Palmyra
4th 4′ 4″ Lily Harchuska, 7th Cedar Crest
5th 4′ 4″ Kirsten Lindemuth, 9th Manheim Central
6th 4′ 2″ Jenna Ulrich, 8th Annville-Cleona
7th 4′ 2″ Dakota Dengler, 7th Cedar Crest
7th 4′ 2″ Helena Baker, 8th Palmyra
Long Jump
1st 14′ 7″ Lilah Snyder, 8th Ephrata
2nd 14′ 5″ Erica Kline, 9th Manheim Central
3rd 14′ 2.50″ Cara Miller, 8th Exeter Township
4th 14′ 2.50″ Madison Nelson, 7th ELCO
5th 14′ 1″ Paige Frey, 7th Cedar Crest
6th 13′ 9″ Esther Yaidoo, 7th Ephrata
7th 13′ 9″ Kate Lachance, 8th Palmyra
8th 13′ 7 Naomi Fittery, 7th Manheim Central
Discus
1st 80′ 7″ Howe, Brooke, 8th Central Dauphin
2nd 75′ 4″ Dana Hoover, 8th Annville-Cleona
3rd 71′ 11″ Mikalyn Weaber, No Grade Cedar Crest
4th 70′ 6″ Veronica Castro, 8th Cedar Crest
5th 69′ 3″ Erica Kline, 9th Manheim Central
6th 67′ 1″ Hallie Miller, 7th Lehighton
7th 63′ 6″ Sierra Skipper, 8th Palmyra
8th 63′ 5″ Sophia Serfass, 7th Lehighton
Shot Put
1st 33′ 5.50″ Mikayla Fripps, No Grade Cedar Crest
2nd 32′ 2.50″ Kimberly Mccleary, 7th Central Dauphin
3rd 31′ 10.75″ Erica Kline, 9th Manheim Central
4th 29′ 9.75″ Veronica Castro, 8th Cedar Crest
5th 27′ 2.25″ Kailee Thomas, 8th Lehighton
7th 26′ 7″ Saige Quelch, No Grade Lehman
8th 26′ 4.50″ Hallie Miller, 7th Lehighton
Team Scores
1) Palmyra MS – 71.5
2) Cedar Crest Middle School – 70.5
3) Ephrata – 65
4) Annville-Cleona MS – 54
5) Exeter Township – 49
6) ELCO – 44
6) Manheim Central MS – 44
8) Central Dauphin Middle School – 30
9) Lehighton – 28
10) Lebanon MS – 10
11) Lehman Middle School – 2
Boys Results
100m
1st 11.83 Braeden Mazzocchi, 8th Ephrata
2nd 11.87 Jordan Anderson, 7th Cedar Crest
3rd 12.1 Griffin Kreider , 8th ELCO
4th 12.14 Nathan Bowerman, 7th Manheim Central
5th 12.48 Aidan Smith, 8th Cedar Crest
6th 12.58 Holden Kelly, 8th Central Dauphin
7th 12.62 Jamil Gordon, 9th Lebanon
8th 12.64 Savion Torres, 9th Central Dauphin
200m
1st 24.59 Cory Taylor, No Grade Lehman
2nd 24.82 Jordan Anderson, 7th Cedar Crest
3rd 25.38 Armani Acevedo, 9th Ephrata
4th 25.47 Isaiah Zimmerman, 8th Cedar Crest
5th 25.82 Syrus Lubeskie, 9th Manheim Central
6th 26.26 Adalberto Blanco, 9th Exeter Township
7th 26.33 Blake Boyer, 8th Annville-Cleona
8th 27.67 Jamil Gordon, 9th Lebanon
400m
1st 57.33 Preston Melhorn, 9th Manheim Central
2nd 57.83 Griffin Kreider, 8th ELCO
3rd 1:00.3 Michael Durning, 8th Cedar Crest
4th 1:00.7 Cash White, 8th Lehighton
5th 1:01.0 Andrew Brubaker, 7th Manheim Central
6th 1:01.1 Yassine Hakam, 7th Lebanon
7th 1:01.9 Damiri Cintron, 8th Exeter Township
8th 1:02.8 Tobias Felker, 8th Cedar Crest
800m
1st 2:19.2 Derek Moffett, 9th Manheim Central
2nd 2:22.4 Samuel Hershey, 8th Lebanon
3rd 2:27.7 John Yerke, 8th Palmyra
4th 2:28.2 Henry Wengert, 7th Cedar Crest
5th 2:29.0 Max Frederick, 7th ELCO
6th 2:29.7 Danny Shay, 7th Annville-Cleona
7th 2:29.9 Luke Bowers, 7th Ephrata
8th 2:30.1 Max Kosydar, 9th Manheim Central
1600m
1st 4:57.3 Hayden Snavely, 7th Cedar Crest
2nd 4:58.6 Kyle Reidenbaugh, 8th Ephrata
3rd 5:08.5 Samuel Hershey, 8th Lebanon
4th 5:11.5 John Yerke, 8th Palmyra
5th 5:13.8 Josh Voegele, 8th Manheim Central
6th 5:15.0 David Sinyagin, 9th ELCO
7th 5:21.6 Henry Wengert, 7th Cedar Crest
8th 5:37.1 Ryan Jones, 8th Exeter Township
4x100m Relay
1st 49.51 Manheim Central
2nd 49.68 Ephrata
3rd 50.87 Central Dauphin
4th 50.93 Exeter Township
5th 51.5 ELCO
6th 51.6 Lehman
7th 52.02 Lebanon
8th 52.57 Lehighton
4x400m
1st 4:03.2 Manheim Central
2nd 4:06.8 Cedar Crest
3rd 4:12.7 Lehighton
4th 4:13.8 ELCO
5th 4:16.8 Ephrata
6th 4:28.5 Lebanon
7th 4:33.7 Palmyra
8th 4:33.9 Exeter Township
4x800m Relay
1st 9:59.1 Manheim Central
2nd 10:24.7 Palmyra
3rd 10:33.3 ELCO
4th 10:48.6 Ephrata
5th 11:01.4 Exeter Township
6th 11:08.2 Lebanon
7th 11:34.2 Lehighton
8th 11:45.7 Central Dauphin
High Jump
1st 5′ 2″ Jared Smith, 9th Manheim Central
2nd 5′ 2″ Hayden Snavely, 7th Cedar Crest
3rd 5′ 2″ Dylan Marshall, 8th Central Dauphin
4th 5′ 0″ Calvin Dash, No Grade Cedar Crest
5th 5′ 0″ Xavier Smith, 8th Palmyra
6th 4′ 10″ Sahmad Spicer-Rogers, 9th Ephrata
7th 4′ 10″ Braylon Reinert, 8th Exeter Township
8th 4′ 10″ Henne Cortes, 8th Lebanon
8th 4′ 10″ Brice Pallozzi, 8th Palmyra
Long Jump
1st 17′ 10.25″ Braeden Mazzocchi, 8th Ephrata
2nd 17′ 9.50″ Griffin Martin, 7th Lehighton
3rd 17′ 8″ James Myer, 8th Cedar Crest
4th 17′ 5″ Nasire Lovell, No Grade Lehman
5th 17′ 2.50″ Isaiah Gadsden, 8th Central Dauphin
6th 16′ 11″ Eddiel Nunez, 8th Cedar Crest
7th 16′ 6.50″ Jarred Stoner, 9th Manheim Central
8th 15′ 11.50″ Dylan Marshall, 8th Central Dauphin
Discus
1st 136′ 11” Alexys Ortiz Castro, 9th Ephrata
2nd 129′ 6″ Avery Kurtz, 9th ELCO
3rd 124′ 10″ Tanner Zimmerman , 9th Cedar Crest
4th 117′ 4″ Marc Macias, 8th Lehighton
5th 109′ 6″ Noah Miller, 9th Cedar Crest
6th 106′ 11″ Cooper Nied, 9th Manheim Central
7th 106′ 5″ Gabe Witmer, 9th Manheim Central
8th 104′ 1″ Gabriel Lara, 8th Central Dauphin
Shot Put
1st 45′ 0″ Avery Kurtz, 9th ELCO
2nd 40′ 5.50″ Hunter Gaskin, 9th ELCO
3rd 40′ 0″ Braylon Reinert, 8th Exeter Township
4th 38′ 10.75” Mark Stalter, 8th Manheim Central
5th 37′ 6″ Tanner Zimmerman, 9th Cedar Crest
6th 35′ 11″ Alexys Ortiz Castro, 9th Ephrata
7th 35′ 11″ Marc Macias , 8th Lehighton
8th 35′ 6.25″ Josh Tshudy , 8th Palmyra
Team Scores
1) Cedar Crest Middle School – 93
2) Manheim Central MS – 90
3) Ephrata – 69
4) ELCO – 62
5) Lehighton – 29
6) Lebanon MS – 28.5
7) Palmyra MS – 26.5
8) Exeter Township – 24
9) Central Dauphin Middle School – 23
10) Lehman Middle School – 18
11) Annville-Cleona MS – 5
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