In what was arguably the most successful day in the history of Lebanon County athletics, the 2024 PIAA Track & Field Championships concluded. After LebCo athletes won two medals on Friday, with Lebanon’s Zariyah Whigham (Triple Jump) and Palmyra’s Mason Bucks (Pole Vault), local athletes added seven more medals on Saturday. The medal haul included three golds. Combined with the success that Palmyra’s Aidan and Tyler Mahaffey had in winning their third straight Doubles Tennis Championship, there surely was a LebCo theme of the day across the highest level of competition.
Two of the gold medals were won by Palmyra’s Tyler Burgess. After having medaled in both the 110m High Hurdles and the 300 IM Hurdles in 2023, the junior made his return to States, this time with the mission of being crowned as the best hurdler in Pennsylvania. In the first championship race of the day, Burgess ran away with the 110m High Hurdles in a time of 13.74. The winning time was .29 ahead of his nearest challenger. Burgess then returned later in the day for the 300m IM Hurdles, where he was once again dominant. His time of 37.47 won him the race handily by .70 ticks ahead of the 2nd place finisher.
With two gold medals won by Burgess, combined with Mason Bucks’ third-place finish in the Pole Vault, Palmyra finished as the runner-up in the Team Standings. Their 26 points were just a single point behind Coatesville, which overtook the top spot when they won the 4x400m, the final race of the meet.
Adding another gold medal to her already impressive collection was Cedar Crest’s Kaddel Howard. The defending State Champion in the 400m made defending her title look easy as the sophomore cruised to a 53.25. This winning time was far faster than the 2nd place finisher, who ran a 54.62, an excellent time by all other standards. Howard has now won two State gold medals in two seasons of Outdoor Track. She has also won the events at States in both years of Indoor Track, solidifying her place as the Queen of the Quarter Mile.
In addition to the gold medals, Annville-Cleona added three medals. On the girls’ side, the foursome of Kendall Cooper, Miracle Hershey, Sophia Caporaletti, and Jada Morales combined for two medals. In the 4x100m, they ran a 49.06 to earn silver. They returned at the end of the meet to run 4:04.60 in the 4x400m, a time that was good enough for 6th place. Sophomore David Moran continued his surge in the 800m as he took bronze after winning the second of three heats with a time of 1:55.67. This meant that while he was not matched up against the fastest runners, he ran faster by himself than all but two of them ran head-to-head.
Cedar Crest’s Eliana Schneider just missed out on a medal with her jump of 5’2″ in the High Jump, but then came back in the afternoon to earn a 4th place medal in the Javelin with a top throw of 140’5″. She also teamed up with Howard, Lizzie Lowe, and Audrey Fugate in 4x800m to run a 9:25.12, good enough for 10th place.
While only the top eight in each event medal, there were two other 10th-place finishes that just missed the podium. Palmyra’s Jacob Burgess finished 10th in the Long Jump after measuring a top leap of 21’9″. The Annville-Cleona Boys’ 4x800m team also finished 10th after clocking an 8:13.93.
One item of interest from Saturday’s results is that there are not any seniors among the group of medalists listed in the paragraphs above. In fact, the only athlete listed who is a senior is Cedar Crest’s Lowe. This should bode well for LebCo’s success in 2025 after a wildly successful 2024 season.
Below is a comprehensive list of all of the results from Friday. Medal winners are highlighted in orange.
Also below is a collection of social media posts pertaining to the LebCo athletes.
For the full meet results, visit Milesplit Live.
2024 PIAA Track & Field Championships – Day 1 Results
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Day 2 Results
400m – Girls AAA
1st Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest) – 53.25 (STATE CHAMPION)
800m – Boys AA
3rd David Moran (Annville-Cleona) – 1:55.67
3200m – AA Girls
23rd Mackenzie Stellmach (Annville-Cleona) – 12:12.06
3200m – AA Boys
18th Landon Hostetter (Annville-Cleona) – 9:42.82
20th Oliver Funck (Annville-Cleona) – 9:43.22
110m High Hurdles – AAA Boys
1st Tyler Burgess (Palmyra) – 13.74 (STATE CHAMPION)
300m IM Hurdles – AAA Boys
1st Tyler Burgess (Palmyra) – 37.47 (STATE CHAMPION)
4x100m – AA Girls
2nd Annville-Cleona (Miracle Hershey, Jada Morales, Sophia Caporaletti, Kendall Cooper) – 49.06
4x400m – AA Girls
6th Annville-Cleona (Sophia Caporaletti, Jada Morales, Miracle Hershey, Kendall Cooper) – 4:04.60
4x800m – Girls AA
23rd Annville-Cleona (Megan Brophy, Addison Sanchez, Emily Maag, Mackenzie Stellmach) – 10:19.44
4x800m – Girls AAA
10th Cedar Crest (Eliana Schneider, Audrey Fugate, Lizzie Lowe, Kaddel Howard)- 9:25.12
4x800m – Boys AA
10th Annville-Cleona (Landon Hostetter, Oliver Funck, Matt Clemson, David Moran) – 8:13.93
Long Jump – AAA Girls
19th Zariyah Whigham (Lebanon) – 16’11”
Long Jump – AAA Boys
10th Jacob Burgess (Palmyra) – 21’9″
Triple Jump – AA Girls
26th Madison Long (Annville-Cleona) – 34’1”
High Jump – AAA Girls
13th Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 5’2”
Javelin – AAA Girls
4th Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 140’5”
18th Sofie Price (Palmyra) – 115’7”
Javelin – AAA Boys
17th Dylan Groff (Cedar Crest) – 156’4″
2024 PIAA Track & Field Championships – Day 1 Results
PIAA State T&F: Kaddel Howard (so, Cedar Crest) wins her 2nd state gold in as many opportunities in 53.25!! She breaks her own LL League All-time Record by 0.25s! pic.twitter.com/nn0Omm7l86
— CentralPARunner (@CentralPARunner) May 25, 2024
PIAA State T&F: Tyler Burgess (jr, Palmyra) runs 13.74 (!!) to win the AAA 110mH! pic.twitter.com/naugof2yCw
— CentralPARunner (@CentralPARunner) May 25, 2024
PIAA State T&F: Tyler Burgess wins his 2nd gold of the day taking the 300mH in 37.47! West Perry’s Marcus Quaker grabs 3rd in 38.31! pic.twitter.com/7b4ESdKmkz
— CentralPARunner (@CentralPARunner) May 25, 2024
PIAA State T&F: Annville-Cleona grabs silver running 49.06 in the AA girls 4×1! pic.twitter.com/zRG9VRE03n
— CentralPARunner (@CentralPARunner) May 25, 2024
PIAA State T&F: David Moran (so, Annville-Cleona) runs 1:55.67 to win Section 2 of 3 of the boys AA 800m! pic.twitter.com/rf38eXaL5Y
— CentralPARunner (@CentralPARunner) May 25, 2024
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Boys 110 Meter Hurdles AAA ChampionTyler Burgess, Palmyra
13.74#PIAATRACK pic.twitter.com/BMfiCEEIrs— PIAA (@PIAASports) May 25, 2024
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Girls 400 Meter Dash AAA ChampionKaddel Howard, Cedar Crest
53.25#PIAATRACK pic.twitter.com/5zCGFa684P— PIAA (@PIAASports) May 25, 2024
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Boys 300 Meter Hurdles AAA ChampionTyler Bugess, Palmyra
37.47#PIAATRACK pic.twitter.com/nNjBhWpJVk— PIAA (@PIAASports) May 25, 2024
GOLD MEDAL ALERT ‼️ Kaddel Howard runs a career best 53.25 in the 400M to WIN the PIAA Championship! That’s back-to-back 400M State Championships! Let’s Go 💯 pic.twitter.com/RKQiOn6bQB
— Coach Bare (@coach_bare) May 25, 2024
Eliana Schneider grabs a 4th place PIAA medal in the Javelin (140-5) ‼️ Let’s Go 💯 pic.twitter.com/ylgsCtxxL0
— Coach Bare (@coach_bare) May 25, 2024
The girls 4x800M (Howard, Lowe, Schneider, Fugate) completes a successful season that saw them set a school record, become District 3 AAA Champions, & finish 10th in the State. Let’s Go 💯 pic.twitter.com/eWd3lsTL0x
— Coach Bare (@coach_bare) May 25, 2024
Zariyah Whigham wraps up her Lebanon T&F career with an 18th place in the Long Jump at the PIAA State Championship! She ends her tenure as a Cedar as the school record holder in the Triple Jump! Go Cedars!!! 🌲 🌲 🌲 pic.twitter.com/Krm5cUTYga
— Cedars XC (@cedarsxc) May 25, 2024
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