Track & Field: Mid Penn Championship Meet – Palmyra Recap

 

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On Saturday, teams from Mid Penn Conference reported to Chambersburg for the annual Conference Championship Meet. Given Palmyra’s recent success, complete with top-end talent, the Cougars were sure to factor into the medal count. When the meet was complete, Palmyra lived up to the hype, having captured a total of sixteen medals. The haul included five goal medal performances.

On the Girls’ side, Palmyra’s top finisher was Sofie Price (Jr.) who entered the weekend as the top-seed in the Javelin. Price lived up the weighty expectations and captured the top spot on the podium with a winning throw of 117’2”.

Abby Berarducci (Sr.) ran a 5:12.1 in the 1600m to finish in 3rd place. Also earning a bronze medal was Maddy Waldron (Fr.), who ran a 12.88 in the 100m before adding a 6th place medal by running a 26.65 in the 200m. Elaina Potter (Jr.) cleared 10’ in the Pole Vault to finish in 5th place.

The Boys’ competition was dominated in several areas by the orange and black, a set of performances that resulted in four gold medals. Tyler Burgess (Jr.) led the charge by winning both the 110m High Hurdles (14.38) and the 300m IM Hurdles (37.60). His winning time in the 300m race set a new Palmyra school record, breaking the elusive mark set by Hollis Pencheff, the 1979 State Champion and former Pennsylvania record holder.

Tyler Burgess was not the only member of his family to claim gold on the day. Twin brother Jacob Burgess (Jr.) won the Long Jump competition with a leap of 22’3”. He also earned an 8th place medal by clocking a 23.35 in the 200m. The two siblings would then by another set of brothers, Jonathan McDannell (Sr.) and Travis McDannell (So.), to take 3rd in the 4x100m relay (42.93).

Mason Bucks (Sr.), last year’s State silver medalist in the Pole Vault, showed on Saturday that he is ready to make another run to the top of the podium. His high flying act allowed him to clear 16’0” to claim Mid Penn gold. Bucks also finished with a 4th place medal in the High Jump by clearing 6’0”.

In a show of their hurdling presence, two more Cougars also followed Tyler Burgess by medaling in the Hurdles. In the 110m High Hurdles, Jonathan McDannell finished 4th (15.25) and Noah Stewart (Jr.) finished 7th (16.37).

On the Distance front, Cornelius Cummings (So.) finished 5th in the 3200m by running a 9:50.7 to set a new personal record. In the 4x800m, Cummings was joined by Jake Vottero (Sr.), Cohen Claar (Jr.), and Ethan Yorty (Jr.) to finish 5th (8:12.6).

The Boys finished 3rd in Team Scoring. The Girls finished the meet finishing 11th among the teams in the Mid Penn.

Below are the results for each Palmyra athlete. Medal winners are highlighted in this color. The full results from the meet are linked at the bottom.

 

Girls

100m

Finals

3rd*       Maddy Waldron – 12.88

Prelims

4th          Maddy Waldron – 12.94

14th       Delaney Miller – 13.36

35th       Cala Hipple – 14.03

 

200m

6th          Maddy Waldron – 26.65

20th       Delaney Miller – 27.8

 

400m

19th       Ella Stuart – 1:03.4

 

800m

19th       Abby Berarducci – 2:30.0

22nd     Amber McCurdy – 2:32.6

31st       Ellie Schaffer – 2:34.8

 

1600m

3rd          Abby Berarducci – 5:12.1

25th       Amber McCurdy – 5:52.7

 

3200m

36th       Avery Rohrer    – 13:12.8

 

100m High Hurdles

Prelims

16th      Carmen  McConaghy – 17.69

21st       Helena Baker  – 17.87

24th       Julia Sattele – 18.41

 

300m IM Hurdles

17th       Carmen  McConaghy – 50.31

18th       Brynn Leonard – 50.47

19th       Julia Sattele – 50.57

 

Relays

10th  4x100m – 51.23

10th 4x800m –  10:14.0

 

Pole Vault

5th          Elaina Potter   – 10’0”

15th       Carmen  McConaghy – 8’

 

Shot Put

19th       Jordan Palmer – 28’4”

 

Javelin

1st          Sofie Price – 117’2”

31st       Elaina Potter   – 76’2”

Boys

100m

Prelims

9th          Jacob Burgess – 11.45

16th       Travis McDannell – 11.69

28th       Landon Weldon – 11.89

 

200m

8th          Jacob Burgess – 23.35

24th       Landon Weldon – 23.87

26th       Travis McDannell – 24.01

 

400m

28th       Luke Vottero – 52.84

34th       Joshua Townsend – 53.26

42nd     Gaige Shuman – 53.69

 

800m

21st       Cohen Claar – 2:04.6

28th       Ethan Yorty – 2:05.1

45th       Jake Vottero – 2:10.4

 

1600m

12th       Cornelius Cummings – 4:32.0

39th       Cohen Claar – 4:50.1

40th       Jake Vottero –  4:51.6

 

3200m

5th          Cornelius Cummings – 9:50.7

33rd       Josh Miller – 10:31.7

38th       Gavin  Bullard – 10:44.9

 

110m High Hurdles

Finals

1st          Tyler Burgess  – 14.38

4th          Jonathan McDannell  – 15.25

7th          Noah Stewart – 16.37

Prelims

Tyler Burgess  – 14.29

Jonathan McDannell  – 15.27

Noah Stewart – 16.23

 

300m IM Hurdles

1st          Tyler Burgess  – 37.6

14th       Jonathan McDannell  – 42.97

21st       Noah Stewart – 44.21

 

Relays

3rd  4x100m – 42.92

9th  4x400m – 3:31.8

5th 4x800m –  8:12.6

 

Long Jump

1st          Jacob Burgess – 22’3”

11th       Jonathan Beam – 20’3.75”

 

Triple Jump

11th       Jonathan Beam – 41’4.5”

 

High Jump

4th         Mason Bucks  – 6’0″

14th       Jonathan Beam – 5’8″

 

Pole Vault

1st          Mason Bucks  – 16’0”

13th       Zachery Morrissey – 11’6”

15th       Lucas Fernandes – 11’6”

 

Shot Put

13th       Andrew Manning – 43’2.5”

15th       Logan Howard – 42’6.75”

 

Discus

17th       Andrew Manning – 118’3”

30th       Josh Tshudy – 99’9”

 

Javelin

20th       Xavier Smith – 142’2”

26th       Cade Palmer – 139’10”

35th       Jake Schelhorn – 130’4”

 

Full Results

 

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