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On Saturday, the Lancaster Lebanon League Championship Meet continued at Hempfield High School. On Day 1, LebCo athletes looked tough, combining for nine medals. The second day of competition would bring a spotlight to many of the talented athletes that our local schools have representing them. The result was thirty-one medals being won, a total that included five gold medal-winning performances, three meet records, and several school records.
Cedar Crest’s Kaddel Howard, the defending 400m State Champion, put forth the most jaw-dropping performances of the meet. After missing last year’s League Championship in order to focus on her health ahead of Districts, the sophomore put on a show for all in attendance. In her signature event, Howard ran a 53.64. She not only crossed the finish line 2.6 seconds ahead of her nearest opponent, but she smashed the standing meet record of 56.15 in the process. Howard would do much the same thing in the 200m when she ran a 24.27 to set a new meet record. At the end of the meet, Howard would be joined by Emma Pavlesich (Jr.), Makenzie Wamsher (So.), and Hayden Wamsher (So.) as the foursome ran a 4:03.11 to finish 2nd in the 4×400.
Two gold medals and two meet records made for quite an impressive day for the sophomore Howard, but she was not the only sophomore from Cedar Crest who would turn heads. Eliana Schneider threw the Javelin 153’1” to repeat as League Champion. Her throw was 33’ further than her nearest opponent, and it set a new meet record by 11’. The multitalented Schneider was not done climbing the podium as she reached 5’6” in the High Jump to claim a second gold. She then placed 3rd in the 800m (2:17.64), just behind teammate Lizzie Lowe (2nd, 2:17. 55).
The other gold medal winning performance came from the Annville-Cleona Boys 4x800m team. They entered the meet as the #5 seed, but the team of Landon Hostetter (Jr.), Matt Clemson (Jr.), Oliver Funck (So.), and David Moran (So.) would be the fastest team on Saturday when they finished in a time of 8:08.15. Later in the day, Moran ran a 1:57.46 in the 800m to finish with a silver medal.
The 4x100m relays brought some fast times. The Cedar Crest Boys team of Leo Tirado (Sr.), Jeremiah Santiago (Sr.), Folashade Rahman (Jr.), and Cameron Tirado (So.) finished 2nd with a time of 43.48. On the Girls’ side, Annville-Cleona’s team of Miracle Hershey (Jr.), Jada Morales (Fr.), Sophia Caporaletti (Jr.), and Kendall Cooper (Jr.) finished 4th (49.33) and ELCO’s team of Lizzie Dimov (Sr.), Becky Dimov (Sr.), Makenna Haas (Jr.), and Reece Woelfling (Jr.) finished 6th (50.83). Both Annville and ELCO broke their own school records that they had set this season.
Of the relay participants, ELCO’s Haas would take 4th in the Long Jump with a new school record of 17’8.25”. Lebanon’s Zariyah Whigham was once again a place ahead of Haas, earning bronze after the two went 1-2 in the Triple Jump of Friday Night. Also following her 4x100m success, Annville’s Cooper finished 5th in the 200m (26.51) and would also join the same members of the 4x100m for an 8th place finish in the 4x400m.
Other highlights included Lebanon’s Jalik Hill (Sr.) taking 3rd in the 200m with a time of 22.61. Hill then finished 4th in the 400m (50.98), just ahead of teammate Tyler Long (7th, 51.98). Another Cedar, Ramon Urena Batista (Sr.), would also have a banner day as he finished 5th in the 1600m with a time of 4:18.28 to break the Lebanon school record. Urena Batista would then finish 7th in the 800m (1:59.34), with fellow Cedar Owen Kreider (Jr.) finishing 4th (1:58.84).
Other medal winners for the girls included: Liliana Harrison, Lebanon (4th, Shot Put); Ruby Wolfe, Cedar Crest (5th, Pole Vault); Hailee Kreiser, Cedar Crest (6th, Pole Vault); Sara Miller, ELCO (8th, 300m Hurdles); Annville-Cleona 4×800 (8th).
Additional medal winners for the boys included Tristan Long, Cedar Crest (4th, Shot Put); Alex Kissinger, Cedar Crest (5th, Shot Put / 8th, Discus); Luke Macchione, ELCO (6th, 300m Hurdles); Reed Fretz, Cedar Crest (8th, 110m Hurdles); Malachi Victor, Cedar Crest (8th, 300m Hurdles); Cedar Crest 4x400m (6th); Cedar Crest 4x800m (4th); Lebanon 4x400m (5th); Lebanon 4x800m (6th).
Below are the results for every LebCo athlete. Medal winners are highlighted in this color. The full results from the meet are linked below.
Day 1 Recap
Girls
200m
1st Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest) – 24.26 [Meet Record]
5th Kendall Cooper (Annville) – 26.50
400m
1st Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest) – 53.63 [Meet Record]
11th Emma Pavlesich (Cedar Crest) – 1:01.5
18th Hayden Wamsher (Cedar Crest) – 1:03.4
22nd Bella Badolato (ELCO) – 1:06.5
23rd Hope Shaffer (Northern Leb) – 1:06.5
24th Colbey Brown (Annville) – 1:07.0
800m
2nd Lizzie Lowe (Cedar Crest) – 2:17.5
3rd Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 2:17.6
29th Megan Brophy (Annville) – 2:35.5
31st Nina Milosevic (ELCO) – 2:44.9
33rd Chloe Tice (Lebanon) – 2:55.8
32nd Olivia Winters (Northern Leb) – 2:48.1
1600m
12th Audrey Fugate (Cedar Crest) – 5:29.8
13th Mackenzie Stellmach (Annville) – 5:29.9
24th Elsie Shuey (Northern Leb) – 5:52.9
25th Ella Whalen (Lebanon) – 5:56.0
26th Nina Milosevic (ELCO) – 6:02.6
300m IM Hurdles
8th Sara Miller (ELCO) – 48.75
9th Makenzie Wamsher (Cedar Crest) – 48.83
17th Kya Missimer (Annville) – 50.63
22nd Johbrianna Long (Northern Leb) – 53.22
25th Olive Brandt (Lebanon) – 54.64
4x100m
4th Annville-Cleona – 49.32
6th ELCO – 50.83
9th Lebanon – 51.745
9th Cedar Crest – 51.745
4x400m
2nd Cedar Crest – 4:03.1
8th Annville-Cleona – 4:13.1
15th ELCO – 4:32.6
16th Northern Lebanon – 4:37.6
19th Lebanon – 4:48.7
4x800m
8th Annville-Cleona – 10:10.6
14th Cedar Crest – 10:33.4
15th ELCO – 11:11.3
17th Northern Lebanon – 11:26.6
Long Jump
3rd Zariyah Whigham (Lebanon) – 18’0.25”
4th Makenna Haas (ELCO) – 17’8.25”
17th Emily Shuey (Annville) – 15’8.5”
20th Mackenzie Miller (Northern Leb) – 14’11.75”
High Jump
1st Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 5’6″
12th Emma Snavely (Cedar Crest) – 4’8″
Pole Vault
5th Ruby Wolfe (Cedar Crest) – 10’0”
6th Hailee Kreiser (Cedar Crest) – 10’0”
12th Jesslyn Risser (Cedar Crest) – 8’6”
14th Caitlin Shay (Annville) – 8’6”
19th Aspen Wenrich (ELCO) – 7’6”
Shot Put
4th Liliana Harrison (Lebanon) – 37’9.75”
9th Ayva Sechman (Northern Leb) – 32’9.5”
10th Kenzie Eckhart (ELCO) – 30’11.5”
14th Mikalyn Weaber (Cedar Crest) – 29’4.5”
19th Lilliana Sanchez (Annville) – 26’4”
Javelin
1st Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 153’1” [Meet Record]
10th Susie Hoffman (Cedar Crest) – 97’3”
19th Isabella Seibert (Northern Leb) – 78’8”
21st Ayla Zwally (ELCO) – 77’4”
Full Results
Boys
200m
3rd Jalik Hill (Lebanon) – 22.60
400m
4th Jalik Hill (Lebanon) – 50.98
7th Tyler Long (Lebanon) – 51.98
11th Carter Cheslock (Northern Leb) – 52.83
19th Griffin Kreider (ELCO) – 53.95
27th Samuel Domencic (Annville) – 55.72
800m
2nd David Moran (Annville) – 1:57.5
4th Owen Kreider (Lebanon) – 1:58.8
7th Ramon Urena Batista (Lebanon) – 1:59.3
18th Jake Perhonitch (Cedar Crest) – 2:02.4
14th Camden Marquette (ELCO) – 2:01.9
26th Luke Hentz (Northern Leb) – 2:04.1
31st Gavin Sheetz (Lebanon) – 2:08.5
1600m
5th Ramon Urena Batista (Lebanon) – 4:18.3
10th Tyler Shunk (Northern Leb) – 4:28.5
13th Landon Hostetter (Annville) – 4:32.9
16th Oliver Funck (Annville) – 4:34.2
19th Chad Keller (ELCO) – 4:37.8
27th Zachary Margut (Cedar Crest) – 4:45.7
110m High Hurdles
8th Reed Fretz (Cedar Crest) – 15.83
300m IM Hurdles
6th Luke Macchione (ELCO) – 41.11
8th Malachi Victor (Cedar Crest) – 42.26
15th Tim Montijo (Annville) – 43.72
18th Derek Infante (Lebanon) – 45.6
13th David Boyer (Northern Leb) – 43.11
22nd Joseph Escobales (Northern Leb) – 51.26
4x100m
2nd Cedar Crest – 43.48
11th ELCO – 45.3
14th Lebanon – 45.64
15th Northern Lebanon – 46.65
4x400m
5th Lebanon – 3:31.3
6th Cedar Crest – 3:31.5
10th ELCO – 3:33.8
14th Northern Lebanon – 3:36.2
19th Annville-Cleona – 3:38.8
4x800m
1st Annville-Cleona – 8:08.1
4th Cedar Crest – 8:18.6
6th Lebanon – 8:26.8
16th Northern Lebanon – 8:58.6
Long Jump
9th Harrison Kramer (ELCO) – 20’6.5”
14th Reed Fretz (Cedar Crest) – 19’6”
16th Luke Macchione (ELCO) – 19’2”
19th Ben Planken (Northern Leb) – 18’4.5”
21st Wesley Heller (Annville) – 18’0.5”
Triple Jump
9th Eddie Ferrer (Lebanon) – 41’1”
12th Alejandro Abreu (Cedar Crest) – 40’9”
17th Ben Stohler (ELCO) – 39’5.5”
22nd Ameri Rogers (Lebanon) – 37’2.5”
25th Kadyn Moyer (Northern Leb) – 35’7.75”
Pole Vault
12th Christian Viveros (Cedar Crest) – 11’0”
15th Sam Keener (ELCO) – 10’6”
19th Luke Tshudy (Annville) – 9’6”
Shot Put
4th Tristan Long (Cedar Crest) – 48’11.25”
5th Alex Kissinger (Cedar Crest) – 48’10.5”
13th Avery Kurtz (ELCO) – 43’4.5”
18th Tanner Feagley (Northern Leb) – 41’10.25”
21st Anthony Bleeker (Annville) – 40’0”
23rd Mahkye Cortes (Lebanon) – 38’10.5”
Discus
8th Alex Kissinger (Cedar Crest) – 129’8”
9th Avery Kurtz (ELCO) – 125’3”
11th Jon Shay (Annville) – 119’4”
14th Nick Lambros (Cedar Crest) – 117’2”
18th Tanner Feagley (Northern Leb) – 112’8”
22nd Mahkye Cortes (Lebanon) – 108’3”
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