BY JEFF FALK
SOUTH LEBANON – It wasn’t the Cedar Crest boys’ track and field team’s first county title. But it was the Falcons’ first local championship on their home turf.
That home cooking is what made this one unique
On a calm Thursday night at Cedar Crest High’s School’s Ed and Jeanie Arnold Field at Earl Boltz Stadium, the Falcons ran away with another team championship at the Lebanon County Track and Field meet. Getting contributions from seemingly everywhere, Cedar Crest piled up a whopping 215 team points to more than double runner-up Palmyra’s output.
Elco scored 94 team points to come in third, while Lebanon was fourth, Annville-Cleona fifth and Northern Lebanon sixth.
The Lebanon County team championship was Cedar Crest’s 24th in the last 25 years, but the previous 23 had come at Lebanon High School. The on-going construction of Lebanon’s new middle school necessitated this year’s Lebanon County Track and Field Championships being relocated to Cedar Crest.
While the Falcons’ performance was extremely balanced, no competitor contributed more to the Cedar Crest cause than senior sprinter Gabe Lewis. Lewis walked away with the meet’s Outstanding Male Athlete award by posting three victories and breaking a handful of records.
“We’ve been at Lebanon for every year of my career,” said Cedar Crest head coach Rob Bare. “It was awesome being here at Cedar Crest, under the lights, on a school night. We talked about the significance of it being here for the first time. We didn’t want to waste this opportunity. I’m pleased with how the boys competed.”
Also competing on his home track for the final time in his career, Lewis sprinted with a sense of urgency.
The speedy senior ripped off a 10.83 to take the 100-meter dash. In the 200, Lewis set a new Lebanon County meet record with a 22.25. And in between, he partnered with Leo Tirado, Kyle Rauchut and Nick Garman to establish a new County meet standard in the 400-meter relay, at 42.33.
In the 1600-meter relay, Lewis’ squad of Garman, Rauchut and Ethan Heisey was the runner-up to the Palmyra quartet of Camden Lynch, Jonathan McDannell, Tyler Burgess and Jose Morales, by .47 of a second.
“Last year was key for Gabe,” said Bare. “He was the hunter. This year, he’s the hunted. It’s been a little bit of a challenge to him. But he came out and did what he needed to do.”
Lewis was supported by Raucht and Garman, who went one-two in the 400-meter dash, as well as Owen Sparks, who took home top honors in the 1600-meter run. In the javelin, Cedar Crest received key first-place points from Dylan Groff and his throw of 157-3.
Another Falcon, Reed Fretz went 20-9.5 to win the long jump. Cedar Crest’s Jay Reyes Vega cleared 6-0 in winning the high jump.
Falcons Jack Williams, Max Wauhop, Derrick Nolan and Ben Causak collaborated on a 3200-meter relay championship.
“I’m proud of both of them,” said Bare of the dual team championships garnered by the CC boys and girls. “It’s a competitive group of young men and women. We talk about, not what you do, but how you do it. That’s what a family is all about.”
Cougar Burgess collected gold in both hurdle events, with a 15.13 in the 110 high hurdles and with a 40.66 in the 300 intermediates.
Elco senior Colin Daub also registered a pair of triumphs, in the discus and the shot put. Raider teammate Alden Stickler posted a 42-2 to win the Lebanon County championship in the triple jump, while Elco’s Landon Brubaker won the pole vault.
Elco’s Camden Marquette emerged victorious in the 800-meter run.
In the boys’ 3200-meter race, Landon Brubaker of Annville-Cleona edged Cedar Crest’s Travis Furmanski for the county crown.
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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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