BY JEFF FALK
SOUTH LEBANON – The Cedar Crest girls’ track and field squad has already accomplished a lot this season. And the Falcons still have some really big things in front of them.
But they’ll be hard-pressed to top what they did last night.
On a clear Thursday evening at Cedar Crest High School’s Ed and Jeannie Arnold Field at Earl Boltz Stadium, the Falcons put it all together and captured the team title at the annual contesting of the Lebanon County Track and Field Championships. Guided by some strong senior leadership and propelled by outstanding performances from a couple of talented freshmen, Cedar Crest edged Palmyra and the rest of the local contingent for the team trophy.
Cedar Crest amassed 165.5 team points to out distance the runner-up Cougars by more than 40 points. Annville-Cleona came in third with 99.5 team points, followed by Elco with 81, Lebanon and Northern Lebanon.
The Falcons’ county team title was their second straight and seventh in the last eight years.
Falcon freshman phenom Kaddel Howard was named the meet’s Outstanding Female Athlete, as she posted dominant performances in both the 200 and 400-meter runs, and ran the anchor on Cedar Crest’s victorious 1600-meter relay team. But another freshman, Elianna Schneider, proved just as helpful with two individual victories, and a third-place showing
“We have a small group of senior leaders, and they’re great,” said Cedar Crest head coach Rob Bare. “Throw some competitive freshmen in there and then we have the makings of a great track and field team. The boys have always been a really good dual meet team, and that’s the level we’re trying to get to with the girls.”
The much heralded Howard didn’t disappoint.
She ran a 24.01 to smash the Lebanon County record in her specialty, the 200-meter dash. An hour earlier, Howard had laid down a 55.91 in the 400-meter dash to top runner-up Kendall Cooper of Annville-Cleona by nearly five seconds.
In the 1600-meter relay, she collaborated with Lizzie Lowe, Emma Pavlesich and Schneider on another dominant performance.
“Competition will help Kaddel run even faster,” said Bare. “Her times are going to continue to drop. We just want to see how she does when she runs against the top girls in the state.”
Schneider was busy as well.
On the track, Schneider claimed top honors in the 1600-meter run. In the field, she won her favorite event – the javelin – with a throw of 139-9, and finished third to Palmyra’s Lydia Stoner’s gold in the high jump.
In the 3200-meter relay, it was the Falcon foursome of Pavlesich, Carly Atkins, Grace Jadajweski and Maggie Chernich who crossed the finish line first. Cedar Crest’s Shannon Dorsey won the 100 hurdles, while teammate Tadajweski emerged victorious in the 800-meter run.
For the Cougars of Palmyra, Isabella Temple struck gold in the 300-meter hurdles.
Cooper defended her Lebanon County title in the 100-meter dash, with a 12.77. She also anchored Annville-Cleona’s winning 400-meter relay squad, which also featured Audrey Sider, Miracle Hershey and Kaylyn Stokes.
Also for the Little Dutchmen, Mackenzie Stellmach was crowned the Lebanon County champion of the 3200-meter run.
With triumphs in the pole vault and long jump, Carissa Bender enjoyed a strong outing for Elco.
Lebanon’s Liliana Harrison also captured a pair of events, the shot put and the discus. Another Cedar, Zariyah Whigham leapt to victory in the triple jump.
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MEET RECORDS
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EVENT RECORD NAME SCHOOL YEAR
100m Dash 12.0 Leslie Hummer Annville-Cleona 1985
10.4 Greg Miller Palmyra 1999
200m Dash 25.5 Regan Hess Annville-Cleona 2014
21.4 Greg Miller Palmyra 1999
400m Dash 57.5 Sue Wolfe Annville-Cleona 1987
49.0 Jeronimo Rodriguez Lebanon 2015
800m Run 2:17.4 Kayleigh Perry ELCO 2010
1:54.3 Derin Klick Lebanon 2016
1600m Run 5:08.8 Kayleigh Perry ELCO 2009
4:19.4 Drew Gerberich ELCO 2012
3200m Run 11:13.8 Stacy Stoner Northern Lebanon 1995
9:40.1 Connor Strynkowski Palmyra 2011
110m Hurdles 15.7 Deasia Holloman Cedar Crest 2019
14.4 Matt Deysher Cedar Crest 2011
300m Hurdles 45.9 Joy Buckwalter Palmyra 1989
38.9 Chris Bradley Cedar Crest 2010
400m Relay 49.5 DeAsia Holloman, Shayla Bonzelet Cedar Crest 2017
Ariel Jones, Destinee Holloman
42.6 Jose Morales, Kasen Bixler, Palmyra 2022
Quinton Townsend, Anthony Mansfield
49.7 Muser, Holloman, Jones, Holloman Cedar Crest 2016
1600m Relay 4:06.8 Maria Tukis, Jess Dembrowski, Palmyra 2014
Miranda Salvo, Katie Dembrowski
3:22.61 Jake Klucinec, Quinton Townsend, Palmyra 2021 Xander Topos, Anthony Mansfield
3200m Relay 9:45.9 Olivia Farabaugh, Devin Strynkowski Palmyra 2012
Maria Tukis, Katie Dembrowski
8:00.4 Chad Bomgardner, Jordan Cruise, Cedar Crest 2013
Jared Glosser, Willie Bragg
Shot Put 41’ 03” Ryelle Shuy ELCO 2019
61’ 1.25” Jeremy Silverman Annville-Cleona 2001
Discus 134’ 10” Hannah Woelfling Cedar Crest 2018
161’ 10” Jeremy Silverman Annville-Cleona 2001
Javelin 133’ 9” Meghan Briggs Palmyra 2006
133’ 9” Kirsten West Palmyra 2018
203’ 9” Thomas Jordan Cedar Crest 2003
Long Jump 19’ 1 ½” Reagan Hess Annville-Cleona 2017
22’5” Kasen Bixler Palmyra 2022
Triple Jump 37’ 3” Ariel Jones Cedar Crest 2017
45-2 ½” Mike Wagner Annville-Cleona 1980
High Jump 5’ 7” Ariel Jones Cedar Crest 2017
6’ 6” Dana Hollinger Cedar Crest 1979
6’ 6” Andrew Batula Annville-Cleona 2008
Pole Vault 12’1” Erin Winters Lebanon 2014
14’ 9 ½” Darryl Miller Northern Lebanon 1979
2022 MEET CHAMPIONS
EVENT RESULT NAME SCHOOL GENDER
300 I HURDLES 51:19 SARAH MILLER PALMYRA GIRLS
41:56 LUKE MACCHIONE ELCO BOYS
3200 RELAY 10:17.39 —————————- CEDAR CREST GIRLS
8:28.47 —————————- CEDAR CREST BOYS
110 H HURDLES 16:50 KATIE GINGRICH PALMYRA GIRLS
15:18 TYLER BURGESS PALMYRA BOYS
100 DASH 12:93 KENDALL COOPER ANNVILLE-CLEONA GIRLS
11:13 GABE LEWIS CEDAR CREST BOYS
1600 RUN 5:18.41 BRAETAN PETERS ANNVILLE-CLEONA GIRLS
4:45.07 RYAN WOLFE CEDAR CREST BOYS
400 DASH 1:00.72 ASHLEY NEWMAN PALMYRA GIRLS
50:47 QUINTON TOWNSEND PALMYRA BOYS
400 RELAY 51:25 ——————————- CEDAR CREST GIRLS
42:76 ——————————- PALMYRA BOYS
800 RUN 2:23.56 MADISON BISHOP LEBANON GIRLS
2:02.28 RYAN WOLFE CEDAR CREST BOYS
200 DASH 26.65 KENDALL COOPER ANNVILLE-CLEONA GIRLS
22.88 QUINTON COOPER PALMYRA BOYS
3200 RUN 12:21.84 GRACE TADAJWESKI CEDAR CREST GIRLS
9:40.79 CALEB HERSHEY LEBANON BOYS
1600 RELAY 4:15.79 ——————————- CEDAR CREST GIRLS
3:27.11 ——————————- PALMYRA BOYS
SHOT PUT 32’11.5” CALA MARTINO NORTHERN LEBANON GIRLS
45’4”.5 COLIN DAUB ELCO BOYS
DISCUS 102’ DORA LOPEZ LEBANON GIRLS
139’4” COLIN DAUB ELCO BOYS
JAVELIN 117’6” SAMANTHA NELSON ELCO GIRLS
155’3” ELI BECKER PALMYRA BOYS
LONG JUMP 15’11.25” KATIE GINGRICH PALMYRA GIRLS
22’5 KASEN BIXLER PALMYRA BOYS
TRIPLE JUMP 32’11.5” MAKENNA HAAS ELCO GIRLS
41’7.5” KASEN BIXLER PALMYRA BOYS
HIGH JUMP 4’10” AYA HOOVER ANNVILLE-CLEONA GIRLS
6’2” NOAH GUNDERSON ANNVILLE-CLEONA BOYS
POLE VAULT 11’3” EMILY ORIEL CEDAR CREST GIRLS
12’6” NATHAN BERARDUCCI PALMYRA BOYS
OUTSTANDING FEMALE ATHLETE KENDALL COOPER ANNVILLE-CLEONA GIRLS
OIUTSTANDING MALE ATHLETE QUINTON TOWNSEND PALMYRA BOYS
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