Over the weekend, the Mid Penn Conference and the Lancaster Lebanon League each held their respective league championship track & field meets. Listed below is each medal winner from our LebCo schools, along with some brief notes that highlight some of the top performances.
This upcoming weekend, several of the names below will travel to Shippensburg to take part in the District 3 Championship Meet in hopes of earning the right to compete Memorial Day Weekend at the PIAA State Championships.
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The Mid Penn Conference Championships took place at Chambersburg on Saturday.
Girls
Palmyra’s showing was headlined by thrower Sofie Price and sprinter Maddy Waldron.
Price, a senior, repeated her gold medal-winning performance in the Javelin. Her winning throw of 129’6” was over 12’ longer than her winning throw from a year ago.
The sophomore Waldron took silver in the 100m and bronze in the 200m, while also joining her teammates to take 5th in the 4x100m and 4th in the 4x400m.
As a team, the Keystone Conference Champion Lady Cougars tallied 37 points to take 5th overall. They finished just ahead of Hershey’s 35-point total. Cumberland Valley won the team title with 95 points.
100m
2nd Maddy Waldron (So.) – 12.41
200m
3rd Maddy Waldron (So.) – 25.51
4x100m
5th Palmyra (Hipple, Sattele, Miller, Waldron) – 50.34
4x400m
4th Palmyra (Stuart, Owens, Miller, Waldron) – 4:11.77
4x800m
8th Palmyra (Baker, Herr, McCurdy, Sipe) – 10:12.27
Long Jump
7th Isabella Owens (Jr.) – 16’5.5”
Pole Vault
8th Elaina Potter (Sr.) – 9’6”
Javelin
1st Sofie Price (Sr.) – 129’6”
Boys
The Palmyra Cougars were last year’s PIAA Runner-up. They returned this postseason, poised and confident to put forth some great performances. They did not disappoint, and it resulted in them being crowned the 2025 Mid Penn Conference Champions.
The effort was led by twins Tyler & Jacob Burgess. The defending State Champ in both hurdles events, Tyler won both the 110m Highs and 300m IMs. Jacob won the Long Jump, an event in which he is the reigning indoor State Champion, and took 5th in the 100m. The brothers also joined with Travis McDannell & Landon Weldon to win the 4x100m.
In the jumps, a silver was won by senior Jonathan Beam in the Triple Jump, giving the Cougars eight critical points.
While there were outstanding performances across the board, Palmyra was especially strong in the relays, where they showed their depth. Besides the 4x100m, the Cougars took bronze in the 4x800m and ran to a 4th place finish in the 4x400m.
100m
5th Jacob Burgess (Sr.) – 10.77
8th Travis McDannell (Jr.) – 11.03
200m
6th Travis McDannell (Jr.) – 22.43
7th Landon Weldon (Jr.) – 22.48
800m
6th Cohen Claar (Sr.) – 1:58.05
110m High Hurdles
1st Tyler Burgess (Sr.) – 13.77
300m IM Hurdles
1st Tyler Burgess (Sr.) – 37.04
4x100m
1st Palmyra (Weldon, McDannell, Burgess, Burgess) – 41.20
4x400m
4th Palmyra (Claar, Cummings, O’Donnell, T. Burgess) – 3:24.48
4x800m
3rd Palmyra (Claar, Cummings, Miller, Yorty) – 8:09.43
High Jump
7th Evan Mosser (Jr.) – 6’0”
Long Jump
1st Jacob Burgess (Sr.) – 22’3.75”
Triple Jump
2nd Jonathan Beam (Sr.) – 44’1.5”
Pole Vault
4th Jaxton Barger (Jr.) – 13’0”
Discus
8th Josh Tshudy (So.) – 146’3”
For full results of the Mid Pennsylvania Conference Championship Meet, click here.
The Lancaster Lebanon League Championship Meet, held at Hempfield High School, commenced on Friday evening and concluded on Saturday.
Girls
LebCo’s performances were led by Cedar Crest’s Kaddel Howard & Eliana Schneider, along with ELCO’s Makenna Haas, as the three young ladies all left Landisville with gold medals.
Howard, the two-time 400m Outdoor State Champ, repeated as the LL League Champion and also helped the Falcons to a bronze medal finish in the 4x400m.
Schneider won the High Jump for the second consecutive year, but again showed her versatility by taking 3rd in the 800m and joining Howard on the 4x400m relay.
The senior Haas was a first-time league gold medal winner on Friday evening when she measured 37’3.5” on her longest Triple Jump. She returned on Saturday to take 5th in the Long Jump.
Annville-Cleona’s Kendall Cooper also had an impressive showing, taking 2nd in both the 100m & 200m. She was also a key member of two Dutchmen relay teams that medaled, including taking bronze in the 4x100m.
Though they did not place, Northern Lebanon’s 4x100m made history by running 52.40 to set a new school record, breaking the previous record that had been in place since 1978.
Cedar Crest was the top LebCo team, placing 4th overall. McCaskey won the overall team championship.
100m
2nd Kendall Cooper (Annville-Cleona – Sr.) – 12.04
200m
2nd Kendall Cooper (Annville-Cleona – Sr.) – 24.84
400m
1st Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest – Jr.) – 55.00
800m
3rd Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest – Jr.) – 2:18.30
5th Hayden Wamsher (Cedar Crest – Jr.) – 2:21.25
3200m
6th Mackenzie Stellmach (Annville-Cleona – Jr.) – 11:14.68
300m IM Hurdles
3rd Makenzie Wamsher (Cedar Crest – Jr.) – 46.87
4x100m
3rd Annville-Cleona (Caporaletti, Cooper, Hershey, Morales) – 49.33
7th ELCO (Haas, Etherson, Nelson, Woelfling) – 50.76
*Northern Lebanon School Record: Long, Mullen, Moyer, Martino – 52.40
4x400m
3rd Cedar Crest (Wamsher, Miller, Schneider, Howard) – 4:07.73
6th Annville-Cleona (Caporaletti, Cooper, Hershey, Morales) – 4:09.96
4x800m
2nd Cedar Crest (Fugate, Pavlesich, Wamsher, Zimmerman) – 9:41.50
6th Annville-Cleona (Missimer, Sanchez, Stellmach, Stellmach) – 10:05.45
High Jump
1st Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest – Jr.) – 5’6”
7th Alaina Miller (Cedar Crest – Sr.) – 5’0”
Long Jump
5th Makenna Haas (ELCO – Sr.) – 17’8”
Triple Jump
1st Makenna Haas (ELCO – Sr.) – 37’3.5”
Discus
7th Ava Hoover (Annville-Cleona – Sr.) – 108’4”
Shot Put
6th Liliana Harrison (Lebanon – Sr.) – 37’1.75”
Team Finish
4th Cedar Crest – 51
8th Annville-Cleona – 33
15th ELCO – 16
18th Lebanon – 3
* Northern Lebanon – Did not score
Boys
The LebCo medal haul was led by Max Fleischer, the Cedar Crest junior who won gold in the Triple Jump and added a 7th place medal in the Javelin. However, Fleischer was not the only Falcon to have a banner day, as Landen Weaber took bronze in the 100m with a time of 10.81, ranking him as one of the fastest in LL League history. He then used his speed in the 4x100m, as he and his teammates took silver.
Other silver medalists hailing from LebCo included ELCO’s Bryce Hoglund (Pole Vault) & Cedar Crest’s Cameron Tirado (High Jump).
Annville-Cleona benefitted from several solid performances, including the 3rd place finish by David Moran in the 800m. He then anchored their 4x800m that took bronze.
Though Fleischer won the Triple Jump, he was not the only local athlete to place high on the podium. Lebanon’s Eddie Ferrer earned bronze marking his best jump just one-foot short of Fleischer’s.
Finishing 7th overall, Cedar Crest led the LebCo schools in the team standings. McCaskey was the overall champion.
100m
3rd Landen Weaber (Cedar Crest – Jr.) – 10.81
200m
7th Landen Weaber (Cedar Crest – Jr.) – 22.51
800m
3rd David Moran (Annville-Cleona – Jr.) – 1:58.18
1600m
6th Travis Furmanski (Cedar Crest – Jr.) – 4:23.48
3200m
6th Landon Hostetter (Annville-Cleona – Sr.) – 9:33.63
110m High Hurdles
6th Jack Waranavage (Cedar Crest – Sr.) – 15.76
7th Malachi Victor (Cedar Crest – Sr.) – 15.86
4x100m
2nd Cedar Crest (Rahman, Zimmerman, Tirado, Weaber) – 42.62
4x400m
6th Northern Lebanon (Adams, Bustillo, Hentz, Ryan) – 3:32.36
4x800m
3rd Annville-Cleona (Clemson, Hostetter, Funck, Moran) – 8:06.86
4th ELCO (Doster, Keller, Frederick, Macchione) – 8:19.30
7th Cedar Crest (Williams, Wampler, Snavely, Meng) – 8:24.76
High Jump
2nd Cameron Tirado (Cedar Crest – Jr.) – 6’4”
Long Jump
7th Wesley Heller (Annville-Cleona – Sr.) – 20’8.5”
Triple Jump
1st Max Fleischer (Cedar Crest – Jr.) – 43’1.5”
3rd Eddie Ferrer (Lebanon – Jr.) – 42’2.25”
Pole Vault
2nd Bryce Hoglund (ELCO – Sr.) – 12’6”
5th Sam Keener (ELCO – Jr.) – 11’6”
Discus
4th Avery Kurtz (ELCO – Jr.) – 142’2”
8th Dominic Wentling (Annville-Cleona – Fr.) – 132’5”
Javelin
4th Bryson Fogelsanger (Annville-Cleona – Sr.) – 163’2”
7th Max Fleischer (Cedar Crest – Jr.) – 153’1”
Shot Put
5th Alex Kissinger (Cedar Crest – Sr.) – 48’1.5”
8th Tristan Long (Cedar Crest – Sr.) – 47’1.5”
Team Finish
7th Cedar Crest – 51
11th Annville-Cleona – 23
12th ELCO – 21.5
18th Lebanon – 6
22nd Northern Lebanon – 3
For full results of the Lancaster Lebanon League Championship Meet, click here.
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