Track & Field: District 3 Championship Meet – LebCo Results – Day 1

Day 1 of the District 3 Track & Field Championships was quite an exciting one for our local LebCo athletes. The contingent has already claimed thirteen medals and ten invitations to next weekend’s State Championship Meet. Additionally, LebCo athletes have secured thirteen spots in Saturday’s finals.

Friday’s action was highlighted by Eliana Schneider’s win in the Javelin. The Cedar Crest sophomore also finished 4th in the High Jump, qualifying for States in both events. In the Javelin, she will be joined by Palmyra’s Sofie Price, who finished in third. Cedar Crest’s Dylan Groff finished 5th in the boys’ competition to pick up a State berth. Lebanon’s Zariyah Whigham also claimed a bronze medal in the 3A Long Jump, ahead of going into Saturday’s Triple Jump as the top seed. Palmyra’s Jacob Burgess finished 4th in the boys’ Long Jump. 

Annville-Cleona had a fine day on Friday, nabbing seven medals. Mackenzie Stellmach and Emily Maag went 2nd and 3rd in the 3200m, while Landon Hostetter and Oliver Funck did the same in the boys’ race. Madison Long finished the Long Jump with a silver medal. In the 3A race, Northern Lebanon’s Tyler Shunk just missed a medal, but again lowered his school record time.

In terms of top seeds, LebCo athletes Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest) and Tyler Burgess (Palmyra) will be the favorites in two events on Saturday. Howard is the #1 seed in the 200m and the 400m. In the 200m, she will be matched up against the three-time defending State Champ, Laila Campbell of Spring Grove. Burgess holds the top seed in both Hurdle events. He is knocking on the door of a meet record in the 300m Hurdles after again lowering his time on Friday. See below for all of the athletes who advanced to Saturday’s Finals.

Another thing to watch on Saturday will be the team title races where the Annville Girls look to defend their District Championship and the Cedar Crest Girls are looking to make noise after finishing high on the leaderboard on the first day of action.

Below are the results for every LebCo athlete. Medal winners are highlighted in this color. Athletes advancing to the Finals are highlighted in this color. The full results from the meet are linked at the bottom.

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AAA

Girls

100m (Prelims)

Maddy Waldron (Palmyra) – 12.69 (13th)

Delaney Miller (Palmyra) – 13.17 (29th)

(Top 8 advance)

200m (Prelims)

Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest) – 24.51 Q (1st) / Will advance to finals as the #1 seed

Maddy Waldron (Palmyra) – 26.11 (12th)

Delaney Miller (Palmyra) – 27.04 (30th)

(Top 8 advance)

400m (Prelims)

Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest) – 54.78 Q (1st) / Will advance to finals as the #1 seed

(Top 8 advance)

100m High Hurdles (Prelims)

Makenzie Wamsher (Cedar Crest) – 16.93 (26th)

(Top 8 advance)

300m IM Hurdles (Prelims)

Makenzie Wamsher (Cedar Crest) – 47.74 (13th)

Sara Miller (ELCO) – 49.43 (24th)

Carmen McConaghy (Palmyra) – 51.25 (28th)

(Top 8 advance)

Long Jump

3rd   Zariyah Whigham (Lebanon) – 17’10.5″ (PIAA Qualifier)

9th  Opeyemi Ojo (Cedar Crest) – 16’8″

10th Makenna Haas (ELCO) – 16’7.75″

High Jump

4th  Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 5’2″  (PIAA Qualifier)

Javelin

1st  Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 149’11”  (PIAA Qualifier)

3rd  Sofie Price (Palmyra) – 119’9″ (PIAA Qualifier)

Boys

100m (Prelims)

Jacob Burgess (Palmyra) – 11.25 (19th)

Travis McDannell (Palmyra) – 11.53 (31st)

Landon Weldon (Palmyra) – 11.79 (34th)

(Top 8 advance)

200m (Prelims)

Jalik Hill (Lebanon) – 22.79 Q (5th) / Will advance finals as the #5 seed

Jacob Burgess (Palmyra) – 22.94 (12th)

Jeremiah Santiago (Cedar Crest) – 23.28 (23rd)

(Top 8 advance)

400m (Prelims)

Jalik Hill (Lebanon) – 50.97 (14th)

Charlie Joffy (Cedar Crest) – 51.47 (20th)

Camden Marquette (ELCO) – 52.78 (28th)

Tyler Long (Lebaon) – 53.73 (30th)

(Top 8 advance)

110m High Hurdles (Prelims)

Tyler Burgess (Palmyra) – 14.01 Q (1st) / Will advance finals as the #1 seed

Jonathan McDannell (Palmyra) – 14.92 Q (5th) / Will advance to finals as the #5 seed

Malachi Victor (Cedar Crest) – 15.96 (23rd)

Noah Stewart (Palmyra) – 16.38 (29th)

Luke Macchione (ELCO) – 16.69 (32nd)

(Top 8 advance)

300m IM Hurdles (Prelims)

Tyler Burgess (Palmyra) – 37.23 / Will advance finals as the #1 seed 

Luke Macchione (ELCO) – 40.10 q (7th) / Will advance finals as the #7 seed 

Jonathan McDannell (Palmyra) – 42.15 (20th)

Joseph Escobales (Northern Lebanon) – 42.33 (24th)

3200m

10th     Tyler Shunk (Northern Lebanon) – 9:34.72

Long Jump

4th   Jacob Burgess (Palmyra) – 22’9.25″ (PIAA Qualifier)

High Jump

9th   Leo Tirado (Cedar Crest) – 6’0″

13th  Cameron Tirado (Cedar Crest) – 6’0″

Javelin

5th   Dylan Groff (Cedar Crest) – 174’1″ (PIAA Qualifier)

15th  Tanner Feagley (Northern Lebanon) – 159’10”

Full Results

AA

Girls (Annville-Cleona)

100m (Prelims)

Kendall Cooper: 12.39 Q (2nd) / Will advance to finals as the #2 seed

Miracle Hershey: 12.70 q (5th) / Will advance to finals as the #5 seed

(Top 8 advance)

200m (Prelims)

Kendall Cooper: S26.34 Q (2nd) – Will advance to finals as the #2 seed

Miracle Hershey :  26.93 q (7th) – Will advance to finals as the #7 seed

Jada Morales : 27.35 (10th)

(Top 8 advance)

400m (Prelims)

Sophia Caporaletti: 1:02.44 (3rd) – Will advance to finals as the #3 seed

(Top 8 advance)

100m High Hurdles (Prelims)

Rowan Ulrich: Seed – 17.92 (16th) / Prelims – 19.35 (25th)

Kya Missimer: Seed – 17.24 (12th) / Prelims – DNF

(Top 8 advance)

3200m

2nd  Mackenzie Stellmach – 11:39.46 (PIAA Qualifier)

3rd  Emily Maag – 11:56.28 

Triple Jump

2nd   Madison Long – 35’3″ (PIAA Qualifier)

Pole Vault

7th    Caitlin Shay – 8’6″

Boys (Annville-Cleona)

200m (Prelims)

Jon Moran – 23.72 Q (3rd) / Will advance to finals as the #3 seed

(Top 8 advance)

400m (Prelims)

Samuel Domencic – 55.37 (16th)

(Top 8 advance)

110m High Hurdles (Prelims)

Tim Montijo – 17.20 (14th)

(Top 8 advance)

3200m

3rd  Landon Hostetter – 9:39.61 (PIAA Qualifier)

4th   Oliver Funck – 9:40.40  (PIAA Qualifier)

6th  Matt Clemson – 9:59.58

Pole Vault

11th   Luke Tshudy – 10’0″

Full Results