Track & Field: Furmanski’s 1600m Win Leads Cedar Crest, ELCO Medalists at Hoka Henderson Invitational

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On Friday, the 22nd Annual Hoka Henderson Invitational took place at West Chester Henderson High School, bringing together one of the deepest regular-season fields in the region. The meet has become one of the area’s premier events and this year drew competitors from 93 high school programs from across Pennsylvania and Delaware, with athletes looking to sharpen up ahead of the postseason push.

Among the teams in attendance were Cedar Crest and ELCO from Lebanon County, along with several other Lancaster Lebanon League programs, including Conestoga Valley, Ephrata, Garden Spot, Hempfield, McCaskey, Octorara, Penn Manor, Solanco, and Warwick. With next week’s Lancaster Lebanon League Championship Meet set for Hempfield, Friday’s invite offered one more high-level tune-up before the focus shifts fully to championship season.

The top story from a Lebanon County perspective belonged to Cedar Crest senior Travis Furmanski, who won the boys 1600m in 4:16.17. Furmanski, the reigning PIAA cross country state champion, closed hard with a final lap of 1:01.8 to secure the victory. The time currently ranks among the top 10 in Pennsylvania this season and gave Lebanon County its lone gold medal of the meet.

Overall, Cedar Crest and ELCO combined for 10 top-8 medal finishes, with Cedar Crest earning eight of those and ELCO adding two relay medals.

Girls Results

Cedar Crest senior Eliana Schneider continued her strong season by earning two individual medals. Schneider placed 2nd in the High Jump with a clearance of 5’3″, then added an 8th-place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:16.84.

The Falcons also picked up two medals in the girls 3200m, where Clara Schneider placed 4th in 12:19.01 and Sophie Meli finished 7th in 12:31.63. Cedar Crest added another medal in the 4×800 Relay, placing 6th in 10:37.07.

ELCO’s girls also reached the medal stand in the 4×800 Relay, finishing 8th in 10:57.68. The Raiders also had several athletes compete across the sprint, hurdle, jump, and throwing events, including Seyitan Adewale, Bre Etherson, Ava Stewart, Ava Seifert, and Alexa Shanaman.

Boys Results

Cedar Crest’s boys were led by Furmanski, whose 1600m win highlighted a strong distance showing for the Falcons. Henry Wengert also earned a medal in the 1600m, placing 7th in 4:44.02, while Zachary Margut narrowly missed the medal stand with a 9th-place finish in 4:23.33. Wyatt Wolfe added a 21st-place finish in 4:29.11, giving Cedar Crest impressive depth in one of the meet’s strongest events.

The Falcons also reached the podium in the 4×100 Relay, placing 7th in 43.15. That effort added another medal to Cedar Crest’s total and came in a loaded sprint field.

ELCO’s top boys finish came in the 4×800 Relay, where the Raiders placed 6th in 8:21.44. That gave ELCO a medal in one of the meet’s premier relay events and highlighted a solid day for the Raiders’ boys distance group.

Lebanon County Medalists

Boys Medalists
1600m: Travis Furmanski (Cedar Crest) – 1st, 4:16.17
1600m: Henry Wengert (Cedar Crest) – 7th, 4:44.02
4×100 Relay: Cedar Crest – 7th, 43.15
4×800 Relay: ELCO – 6th, 8:21.44

Girls Medalists
800m: Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 8th, 2:16.84
3200m: Clara Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 4th, 12:19.01
3200m: Sophie Meli (Cedar Crest) – 7th, 12:31.63
4×800 Relay: Cedar Crest – 6th, 10:37.07
4×800 Relay: ELCO – 8th, 10:57.68
High Jump: Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 2nd, 5’3″

Top Lancaster Lebanon League Performances

Beyond the Lebanon County results, the Lancaster Lebanon League had several standout performances across the meet, led by a group of gold-medal efforts.

McCaskey sophomore Ella Petrosky, who is coming off a silver-medal performance in the 100m at last year’s PIAA State Championships, won the girls 100m in 12.13 and added a 3rd-place finish in the 200m (25.19). She was also part of a strong day for McCaskey, which included Vivian Salerno winning the girls 800m (2:07.57) and the Tornado taking gold in the girls 4×100 Relay (47.16).

Ephrata senior Sophia Rivera was one of the top field-event athletes in the entire meet, sweeping the girls throwing golds with wins in the Discus (145’6″) and Shot Put (45’1″). Octorara senior Mason Prokay added another Lancaster Lebanon League gold on the boys side, winning the Javelin with a throw of 202’8″.

Several league athletes also came away with multiple high-end finishes. Petrosky medaled twice individually, while Rivera finished the meet as a double-gold medalist in the throws.

Other top-5 Lancaster Lebanon League finishers included McCaskey’s Carolynn Main, who placed 3rd in the girls 1600m (4:56.87); Garden Spot’s Aliyah Zimmerman, who was 4th in the girls 100m Hurdles (15.64); Warwick’s girls 4×100 Relay, which placed 4th (49.08); Ephrata’s girls 4×400 Relay, which placed 5th (4:04.76); and Warwick’s girls 4×800 Relay, which finished 4th (10:26.09). On the boys side, Ephrata’s Ryder Newlin placed 2nd in the 110m Hurdles (14.78), Octorara’s Vincent Thaler was 3rd in the same event (14.96), Ephrata’s boys 4×400 Relay finished 4th (3:25.35), Ephrata’s boys 4×100 Relay placed 5th (42.91), McCaskey’s boys 4×800 Relay took 3rd (8:14.63), Octorara’s boys 4×800 Relay placed 4th (8:19.35), Ephrata’s Tobias Barrett was 3rd in the Triple Jump (43’9.5″), Hempfield’s Wilder Longplaced 4th in the Discus (167’10”) and 3rd in the Shot Put (56’3″), Penn Manor’s Elijah Hess was 2nd in the Javelin (190’6″), and Ephrata’s Josiah Grant placed 5th in the Javelin (170’8″).

What’s Next?

ELCO will finish its dual meet schedule on Monday when the Raiders host Tulpehocken. Cedar Crest will now turn its attention to the Lancaster Lebanon League Championship Meet, where the Falcons will be joined by ELCO and the rest of the Lancaster Lebanon League next Friday and Saturday at Hempfield.

LebCoSports.com will be there on Saturday with YG Productions for a live broadcast from Day 2 of the event.

See below for more individual results, including all the finishes by athletes from Cedar Crest & ELCO and all of the LL medalists.

Full LebCo Results

Girls Results

100m
39th – Paris Jarrells (Cedar Crest) – 13.05
45th – Miley Bowers (Cedar Crest) – 13.13
74th – Seyitan Adewale (ELCO) – 13.77

200m
51st – Miley Bowers (Cedar Crest) – 27.55
57th – Briannah Rose (Cedar Crest) – 27.70
64th – Ava Stewart (ELCO) – 28.87

800m
8th – Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 2:16.84
66th – Ava Seifert (ELCO) – 2:35.28

3200m
4th – Clara Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 12:19.01
7th – Sophie Meli (Cedar Crest) – 12:31.63

100m Hurdles
30th – Bre Etherson (ELCO) – 17.16

4×100 Relay
16th – Cedar Crest – 51.02
22nd – ELCO – 51.89

4×400 Relay
18th – Cedar Crest – 4:20.00
21st – ELCO – 4:35.36

4×800 Relay
6th – Cedar Crest – 10:37.07
8th – ELCO – 10:57.68

High Jump
2nd – Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 5’3″
13th – Seyitan Adewale (ELCO) – 4’9″

Discus
13th – Mikayla Fripps (Cedar Crest) – 108’5″
18th – Nachali Manon Aquino (Cedar Crest) – 103’8″
26th – Mikalyn Weaber (Cedar Crest) – 95’2″

Javelin
30th – Alexa Shanaman (ELCO) – 75’11”

Shot Put
13th – Mikayla Fripps (Cedar Crest) – 33’5″
17th – Mikalyn Weaber (Cedar Crest) – 32’10”

Boys Results

100m
13th – Landen Weaber (Cedar Crest) – 11.16
14th – Isaiah Zimmerman (Cedar Crest) – 11.21
89th – Collin Readinger (ELCO) – 12.53

200m
65th – Wylie Scott (Cedar Crest) – 23.97
80th – Wyatt Gawrys (ELCO) – 25.38

400m
31st – Bryce Wampler (Cedar Crest) – 51.95
69th – Nezar El Sharkawi (Cedar Crest) – 54.38

800m
24th – Hayden Snavely (Cedar Crest) – 1:59.33
43rd – Shawn Alexander (Cedar Crest) – 2:01.83

1600m
1st – Travis Furmanski (Cedar Crest) – 4:16.17
7th – Henry Wengert (Cedar Crest) – 4:44.02
9th – Zachary Margut (Cedar Crest) – 4:23.33
21st – Wyatt Wolfe (Cedar Crest) – 4:29.11
61st – Terry Lewis (Cedar Crest) – 4:55.40
62nd – Avery Gatto (Cedar Crest) – 4:44.06
84th – Ryan Zartman (Cedar Crest) – 4:59.15

3200m
61st – Anthony Figueroa (Cedar Crest) – 9:47.19

110m Hurdles
29th – Justin Moreno (Cedar Crest) – 17.33

300m Hurdles
23rd – Justin Moreno (Cedar Crest) – 43.16
38th – Caden Behm (ELCO) – 45.08

4×100 Relay
7th – Cedar Crest – 43.15
22nd – ELCO – 45.94

4×400 Relay
14th – Cedar Crest – 3:33.45
16th – ELCO – 3:38.31

4×800 Relay
6th – ELCO – 8:21.44
11th – Cedar Crest – 8:38.28

High Jump
10th – Cameron Tirado (Cedar Crest) – 6’1″
10th – Dominic Cuthie (Cedar Crest) – 6’1″

Pole Vault
10th – Yedinak Cepeda (Cedar Crest) – 12’0″

Discus
20th – Avery Kurtz (ELCO) – 141’10”
26th – Tanner Zimmerman (Cedar Crest) – 123’6″

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Additional Lancaster Lebanon League Medalists

Girls Medalists
100m: Ella Petrosky (McCaskey) – 1st, 12.13
100m: Alondra Grover (McCaskey) – 4th, 12.46
100m: Corrine Miller (McCaskey) – 6th, 12.64
200m: Ella Petrosky (McCaskey) – 3rd, 25.19
200m: Corrine Miller (McCaskey) – 7th, 25.69
400m: Talia Leber (Hempfield) – 3rd, 57.45
400m: Leah Richie (Warwick) – 7th, 58.01
800m: Vivian Salerno (McCaskey) – 1st, 2:07.57
1600m: Carolynn Main (McCaskey) – 3rd, 4:56.87
1600m: Ruby Garner-Valle (McCaskey) – 7th, 5:03.59
3200m: Ella Pfautz (Ephrata) – 8th, 11:05.76
100m Hurdles: Aliyah Zimmerman (Garden Spot) – 4th, 15.64
4×100 Relay: McCaskey – 1st, 47.16
4×100 Relay: Warwick – 4th, 49.08
4×100 Relay: Garden Spot – 7th, 49.63
4×400 Relay: Ephrata – 5th, 4:04.76
4×400 Relay: Octorara – 6th, 4:06.26
4×400 Relay: Conestoga Valley – 8th, 4:07.69
4×800 Relay: Warwick – 4th, 10:26.09
4×800 Relay: Hempfield – 7th, 10:54.21
High Jump: Olivia Wolfe (Conestoga Valley) – 5th, 5’1″
High Jump: Maddie Gillis (Warwick) – 7th, 5’1″
Long Jump: Corrine Miller (McCaskey) – 7th, 17’4″
Triple Jump: Elli Yaeger (Hempfield) – 7th, 33’7.5″
Pole Vault: Adelyn Zimmerman (Ephrata) – 4th, 10’6″
Pole Vault: Sophia Hamby (Hempfield) – 6th, 10’0″
Discus: Sophia Rivera (Ephrata) – 1st, 145’6″
Discus: Isabella George (Warwick) – 8th, 120’1″
Javelin: Jada Lubin (McCaskey) – 3rd, 136’6″
Javelin: Rebecca Gortman (Garden Spot) – 5th, 113’4″
Javelin: Iyrie Yoder (Hempfield) – 7th, 105’7″
Shot Put: Sophia Rivera (Ephrata) – 1st, 45’1″

Boys Medalists
100m: Edwin Santana (McCaskey) – 8th, 11.08
200m: Perry Boyd (Conestoga Valley) – 6th, 22.46
200m: Edwin Santana (McCaskey) – 8th, 22.61
800m: Tyran London (McCaskey) – 8th, 1:54.72
110m Hurdles: Ryder Newlin (Ephrata) – 2nd, 14.78
110m Hurdles: Vincent Thaler (Octorara) – 3rd, 14.96
4×100 Relay: Ephrata – 5th, 42.91
4×400 Relay: Ephrata – 4th, 3:25.35
4×800 Relay: McCaskey – 3rd, 8:14.63
4×800 Relay: Octorara – 4th, 8:19.35
High Jump: Haneef Porter (McCaskey) – 7th, 6’3″
Long Jump: Lincoln Rachor (Penn Manor) – 7th, 20’10.25″
Long Jump: Michael Blankenhagen (Octorara) – 8th, 20’9″
Triple Jump: Tobias Barrett (Ephrata) – 3rd, 43’9.5″
Triple Jump: Amari Roane (Conestoga Valley) – 6th, 42’4.5″
Discus: Wilder Long (Hempfield) – 4th, 167’10”
Javelin: Mason Prokay (Octorara) – 1st, 202’8″
Javelin: Elijah Hess (Penn Manor) – 2nd, 190’6″
Javelin: Josiah Grant (Ephrata) – 5th, 170’8″
Javelin: Ben McCracken (Ephrata) – 6th, 169’5″
Javelin: Bruszavion Baisch (McCaskey) – 8th, 163’1″
Shot Put: Wilder Long (Hempfield) – 3rd, 56’3″

Top 3 Finishers by Event

Girls

100m
1st – Ella Petrosky (McCaskey) – 12.13
2nd – Devon Craig (Dover) – 12.37
3rd – Molly McLaughlin (Dallastown) – 12.45

200m
1st – Devon Craig (Dover) – 24.90
2nd – Ella Swanijung (Abington) – 25.08
3rd – Ella Petrosky (McCaskey) – 25.19

400m
1st – Natalie De Rezende (Great Valley) – 56.53
2nd – Hailey Sward (Downingtown West) – 57.20
3rd – Talia Leber (Hempfield) – 57.45

800m
1st – Vivian Salerno (McCaskey) – 2:07.57
2nd – Brooklyn Brown (Avon Grove) – 2:12.35
3rd – Julia Ziemniak (West Chester Henderson) – 2:12.87

1600m
1st – Marlie Klein (Penn Charter) – 4:52.98
2nd – Paige Ballinger (Padua Academy) – 4:53.65
3rd – Carolynn Main (McCaskey) – 4:56.87

3200m
1st – Mackenzie Skelly (Penn Charter) – 10:19.99
2nd – Leah Navarro (Dallastown) – 10:55.22
3rd – Cara Rapin (Unionville) – 10:55.73

100m Hurdles
1st – Sophia Dalrymple (Harriton) – 14.91
2nd – Emi Wong Shing (Germantown Friends School) – 14.92
3rd – Arianna Montgomery (Tatnall) – 15.48

300m Hurdles
1st – Viola Wilent (Lower Merion) – 44.26
2nd – Sophia Dalrymple (Harriton) – 45.15
3rd – Sophia DeAngelis (Downingtown West) – 45.16

4×100 Relay
1st – McCaskey – 47.16
2nd – Downingtown West – 47.97
3rd – William Penn – 48.54

4×400 Relay
1st – Unionville – 3:59.90
2nd – Governor Mifflin – 4:00.95
3rd – Wilson – 4:01.42

4×800 Relay
1st – Germantown Friends School – 10:06.32
2nd – Lower Merion – 10:11.32
3rd – Abington – 10:23.74

High Jump
1st – Lexi Boiardi (Avon Grove) – 5’5″
2nd – Aoife Speer-Gibson (West Chester Rustin) – 5’3″
2nd – Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 5’3″

Long Jump
1st – Ella Benz (Twin Valley) – 17’11.75″
2nd – Nadia Bevan (Springside Chestnut Hill Academy) – 17’10”
3rd – Viola Wilent (Lower Merion) – 17’7.5″

Triple Jump
1st – Maggie Daly (Phoenixville Area) – 37’5.5″
2nd – Akshaya Katam (Great Valley) – 36’5″
3rd – Ella Benz (Twin Valley) – 36’2.25″

Pole Vault
1st – Maddie Fuhrmeister (Central Bucks West) – 13’0″
2nd – Viola Wilent (Lower Merion) – 13’0″
3rd – Elisabeth Brooks (Charter School of Wilmington) – 10’6″

Discus
1st – Sophia Rivera (Ephrata) – 145’6″
2nd – Maddie Henne (Wilson) – 140’7″
3rd – Laila Atkins (Westtown School) – 139’2″

Javelin
1st – Ava Flicker (Perkiomen Valley) – 164’11”
2nd – Morgan O’Hara (Upper Perkiomen) – 142’5″
3rd – Jada Lubin (McCaskey) – 136’6″

Shot Put
1st – Sophia Rivera (Ephrata) – 45’1″
2nd – Amirah Laster (Padua Academy) – 41’6″
3rd – Zahara Brown (Germantown Friends School) – 41’4″

Boys

100m
1st – Brandon DeAngelo (Pope John Paul II) – 10.94
2nd – Matthew Gregory (Owen J. Roberts) – 10.95
3rd – Colin Cregan (Bishop Shanahan) – 10.97

200m
1st – Matthew Gregory (Owen J. Roberts) – 21.74
2nd – Colin Cregan (Bishop Shanahan) – 22.01
3rd – Jaiden Carpenter (Wilson) – 22.04

400m
1st – Xzavier Yarborough (Dover) – 47.83
2nd – Olo Kolade (Downingtown West) – 47.86
3rd – Gabriel Annan (Dallastown) – 49.66

800m
1st – Joseph Murphy (Hershey) – 1:50.36
2nd – Bobby Franklin (La Salle College) – 1:51.96
3rd – Sebastian Marquez-Ferber (Central Bucks South) – 1:52.33

1600m
1st – Travis Furmanski (Cedar Crest) – 4:16.17
2nd – Zachary Krantz (Perkiomen Valley) – 4:18.27
3rd – Gavin Lecer (Tatnall) – 4:19.22

3200m
1st – Alexander Mazzeo (Lower Merion) – 8:52.51
2nd – Nicholas Mazzeo (Lower Merion) – 8:53.18
3rd – Kyle Tracey (Perkiomen Valley) – 8:58.11

110m Hurdles
1st – Damian Greer (Wilson) – 14.76
2nd – Ryder Newlin (Ephrata) – 14.78
3rd – Vincent Thaler (Octorara) – 14.96

300m Hurdles
1st – Markus Edwards (Red Lion) – 38.89
2nd – Morgen Brown (North Penn) – 38.92
3rd – Damian Greer (Wilson) – 39.20

4×100 Relay
1st – Wilson – 42.15
2nd – Downingtown East – 42.25
3rd – Bishop Shanahan – 42.38

4×400 Relay
1st – Dallastown – 3:20.82
2nd – Wilson – 3:21.66
3rd – Hershey – 3:22.36

4×800 Relay
1st – Avon Grove – 8:08.56
2nd – Cristo Rey Philadelphia – 8:10.19
3rd – McCaskey – 8:14.63

High Jump
1st – Darius Reid (Upper Perkiomen) – 6’7″
2nd – Eric Green (Pope John Paul II) – 6’5″
3rd – Nazar Pastukh (Council Rock South) – 6’5″

Long Jump
1st – Matt Ribeiro (Phoenixville Area) – 23’9.75″
2nd – Trey Gibson (Malvern Prep) – 22’2.75″
3rd – Ryan Anglace (Perkiomen Valley) – 21’11”

Triple Jump
1st – Nazar Pastukh (Council Rock South) – 47’2″
2nd – David Judisch (Spring Ford) – 45’0″
3rd – Tobias Barrett (Ephrata) – 43’9.5″

Pole Vault
1st – Jacob Mackie (Oley Valley) – 15’3″
2nd – Steven Lozada (Salisbury Township) – 14’0″
3rd – Alex Undorf (Unionville) – 14’0″

Discus
1st – Roan Samuels (Salesianum School) – 192’0″
2nd – Grayson Pitman (Avon Grove) – 185’9″
3rd – Max Martire (Tatnall) – 183’11”

Javelin
1st – Mason Prokay (Octorara) – 202’8″
2nd – Elijah Hess (Penn Manor) – 190’6″
3rd – Eli Reznikov (Northern York) – 182’10”

Shot Put
1st – Roan Samuels (Salesianum School) – 61’5″
2nd – Colin Sturges (Perkiomen Valley) – 58’3″
3rd – Wilder Long (Hempfield) – 56’3″

Full Meet Results