Over the weekend, Track & Field teams from across Central Pennsylvania sent their best athletes to the PIAA District 3 Championships, held at Shippensburg University. Among the athletes who qualified were those from the six LebCo programs.
Friday’s severe weather changed plans, cut short prelims, and shifted several events to a modified schedule on Friday. While this caused a disruption to the meet, the athletes persevered and returned on Saturday, putting forth tremendous efforts.
Among the biggest performances was that of the Palmyra Boys squad. Led by Tyler Burgess’s gold medal-winning performances in the 110m High Hurdles & 300m IM Hurdles, the Cougars clinched their first Team Title since 1999. In addition to his hurdle golds, Burgess joined Jacob Burgess, Travis McDannell, & Landon Weldon to win the 4x100m. However, that wasn’t the only gold brought home to 17078, as Jaxton Barger won the Pole Vault, carrying on the legacy of accomplished high-flying acrobats representing the black and orange.
In 2024, Burgess, the defending State hurdles champion, set the District 3 record in the 300m IM Hurdles. In Friday’s prelims, Burgess added his name to the record books when he broke the 110m High Hurdles record by running 13.55 to break the longest-standing meet record.
Burgess was not the only LebCo athlete to set a meet record this weekend. Cedar Crest’s Kaddel Howard, who again claimed 1st place in the 400m, broke her own mark by setting a new standard of 53.95. This followed her 53.97, which was also faster than her previous record of 54.68 from 2023.
Additionally, the Annville-Cleona Girls 4x100m team of Sophia Caporaletti, Kendall Cooper, Miracle Hershey, & Jada Morales ran a 48.63 to win the AA title. Their time eclipsed the previous meet record of 49.07, which had stood since 2008. The Dutchmen then returned later in the meet to take gold in the 4x400m. In addition to this, Cooper took silver in both the 100m & 200m.
While the focus could be on the record-setting performances, there were also other District Championships claimed by LebCo athletes. Among them was the Cedar Crest Girls 4x800m relay consisting of Audrey Fugate, Hayden Wamsher, Emma Pavlesich, & Eliana Schneider, whose 9:25.43 to start the day Saturday sent them to the top of the podium. The Annville-Cleona Boys 4x800m made the climb a short time later when they ran 8:08.55 to give gold to Landon Hostetter, Matt Clemson, Dominic Basselgia, & David Moran. Hostetter then added individual gold when he won the 3200m, while Moran defended his 800m championship. Funck added silver in the 1600m. Hostetter finished 4th in the 1600m, with his time qualifying him for States.
Beyond the 4x800m, Mackenzie Stellmach, who ran on Annville’s 4x800m as they finished 2nd, clocked 11:44:11 to take gold in the 3200m. Stellmach’s 4x800m team of Lucy Stellmach, Addison Sanchez, & Kya Missimer. Cedar Crest’s Travis Furmanski was the second runner to cross the line in the AAA Boys, taking silver with an impressive time of 9:22.36.
In the throws, LebCo’s athletes shined as well. In Friday’s Girls Javelin, Cedar Crest’s Schneider & Palmyra’s Sofie Price claimed silver and gold, respectively. Schneider then added a 5th place medal in Saturday’s High Jump. Additionally, Annville-Cleona’s Bryson Fogelsanger won silver in the Boys AA Javelin. Cedar Crest’s Alex Kissinger took 8th in the Discus, with his top throw of 153’11” meeting the qualifying standard for States.
While the jumps were headlined with Barger’s gold, the medal count did not stop there for LebCo athletes. On Saturday, ELCO’s Makenna Haas took silver in the Triple Jump after taking 6th in Friday’s Long Jump. Palmyra’s Jacob Burgess, who also finished 6th in the 100m, took bronze in the Long Jump. Cedar Crest’s Cameron Tirado will join the LebCo contingent at States after climbing to 6’3” in the High Jump to take 5th place.
Update: Following a scratch by another athlete, Palmyra’s Maddy Waldron has accepted the invite to compete in the 200m after finishing 6th in Saturday’s race.
The 2025 Track & Field season will conclude next weekend at Shippensburg. We wish all of our LebCo athletes the best.
Below are the results for every LebCo athlete. Medal winners are highlighted in this color. State Qualifiers are noted. The full results from the meet are linked at the bottom.
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AAA
Girls
100m
Prelims
9th Maddy Waldron (Palmyra) – 12.38
34th Reece Woelfling (ELCO) – 12.94
200m
6th Maddy Waldron (Palmyra) – 25.95 (PIAA Qualifier)
24th Alaina Miller (Cedar Crest) – 27.44
400m
Finals
1st Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest) – 53.95 (Meet Record) (PIAA Qualifier)
Prelims
1st Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest) – 53.97
800m
11th Hayden Wamsher (Cedar Crest) – 2:21.19
22nd Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 2:33.67
100m High Hurdles
Prelims
28th Makenzie Wamsher (Cedar Crest) – 16.49
NP Bre Etherson (ELCO) – False Start
300m IM Hurdles
14th Makenzie Wamsher (Cedar Crest) – 46.62
4x800m Relay
1st Cedar Crest (Audrey Fugate, Hayden Wamsher, Emma Pavlesich, Eliana Schneider) – 9:25.43 (PIAA Qualifier)
Long Jump
6th Makenna Haas (ELCO) – 17’4”
17th Alaina Miller (Cedar Crest) – 16’2.5”
Triple Jump
2nd Makenna Haas (ELCO) – 38’3.75” (PIAA Qualifier)
High Jump
5th Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 5’3” (PIAA Qualifier)
Pole Vault
11th Elaina Potter (Palmyra) – 10’6”
Shot Put
7th Liliana Harrison (Lebanon) – 36’1”
19th Mikayla Fripps (Cedar Crest) – 33’4”
Discus
9th Liliana Harrison (Lebanon) – 117’5”
Javelin
2nd Eliana Schneider (Cedar Crest) – 131’10” (PIAA Qualifier)
3rd Sofie Price (Palmyra) – 128’4” (PIAA Qualifier)
Boys
100m
Finals
6th Jacob Burgess (Palmyra) – 11.26
8th Landen Weaber (Cedar Crest) -11.42
Prelims
4th Jacob Burgess (Palmyra) – 10.66
6th Landen Weaber (Cedar Crest) – 10.81
20th Landon Weldon (Palmyra) – 11.06
22nd Travis McDannell (Palmyra) – 11.12
200m
14th Landon Weldon (Palmyra) – 22.83
18th Travis McDannell (Palmyra) – 22.92
28th Chase Oswald (Palmyra) – 23.70
400m
Prelims
23rd Charlie Joffy (Cedar Crest) – 51.34
800m
11th Owen Kreider (Lebanon) – 1:59.53
17th Cohen Claar (Palmyra) – 2:01.50
21st Luke Hentz (Northern Lebanon) – 2:05.59
1600m
12th Cornelius Cummings (Palmyra) – 4:31.91
15th Luke Hentz (Northern Lebanon) – 4:37.35
3200m
2nd Travis Furmanski (Cedar Crest) – 9:22.36 (PIAA Qualifier)
110m High Hurdles
Finals
1st Tyler Burgess (Palmyra) – 13.67 (PIAA Qualifier)
Prelims
1st Tyler Burgess (Palmyra) – 13.55 (Meet Record)
28th Malachi Victor (Cedar Crest) – 15.90
34th Jack Waranavage (Cedar Crest) – 16.21
300m IM Hurdles
1st Tyler Burgess (Palmyra) – 37.72 (PIAA Qualifier)
4x100m
1st Palmyra (Travis McDannell, Tyler Burgess, Landon Weldon, Jacob Burgess) – 41.53 (PIAA Qualifier)
12th Cedar Crest (Shade Rahman, Isaiah Zimmerman, Cameron Tirado, Landen Weaber) – 43.70
4x400m
8th Palmyra (Jacob Burgess, Ethan Yorty, Cornelius Cummings, Tyler Burgess) – 3:24.59
4x800m
7th Lebanon (Owen Kreider, Thadeous Gilbert, Jaeqwan Johnson, Gavin Sheetz) – 8:11.90
8th Palmyra (Ethan Yorty, Joshua Miller, Cornelius Cummings, Cohen Claar) – 8:13.60
12th ELCO (Cole Doster, Max Frederick, Ben Macchione, Chad Keller) – 8:28.69
Long Jump
3rd Jacob Burgess (Palmyra) – 23’4.5” (PIAA Qualifier)
11th Eddie Ferrer (Lebanon) – 21’0.25”
Triple Jump
8th Jonathan Beam (Palmyra) – 43’10”
16th Max Fleischer (Cedar Crest) – 41’4.5”
High Jump
5th Cameron Tirado (Cedar Crest) – 6’3” (PIAA Qualifier)
Pole Vault
1st Jaxton Barger (Palmyra) – 14’0”
NP Bryce Hoglund (ELCO) – No Height
NP Sam Keener (ELCO) – No Height
Shot Put
18th Alex Kissinger (Cedar Crest) – 45’11.75”
21st Tristan Long (Cedar Crest) – 45’2”
Discus
8th Alex Kissinger (Cedar Crest) – 153’11” (PIAA Qualifier)
14th Josh Tshudy (Palmyra) – 141’8”
15th Avery Kurtz (ELCO) – 141’2”
Javelin
7th Dylan Groff (Cedar Crest) – 169’4”
12th Cade Palmer (Palmyra) – 159’0”
14th Max Fleischer (Cedar Crest) – 151’8”
AA
Girls (Annville-Cleona)
100m
Finals
2nd Kendall Cooper – 12.21 (PIAA Qualifier)
7th Miracle Hershey – 12.88
Prelims
2nd Kendall Cooper – 12.16
5th Miracle Hershey – 12.66
200m
2nd Kendall Cooper – 25.62 (PIAA Qualifier)
5th Miracle Hershey – 26.80
11th Jada Morales – 27.84
400m
Prelims
13th Sophia Caporaletti – 1:03.06
1600m
6th Mackenzie Stellmach – 5:35.40
3200m
1st Mackenzie Stellmach – 11:44:11 (PIAA Qualifier)
4th Lucy Stellmach – 12:29.87
13th Leah Rotunda – 13:23.16
100m High Hurdles
Finals
8th Kya Missimer – 17.21
Prelims
7th Kya Missimer – 16.55
14th Rowan Ulrich – 17.59
15th Kai Hershey – 17.62
300m IM Hurdles
Finals
6th Kya Missimer – 49.11
Prelims
6th Kya Missimer – 48.06
17th Caitlin Shay – 52.80
Relays
1st 4x100m (Sophia Caporaletti Kendall Cooper Miracle Hershey Jada Morales) – 48.63 (Meet Record) (PIAA Qualifier)
1st 4x400m (Sophia Caporaletti Jada Morales Miracle Hershey Kendall Cooper) 4:01.73 (PIAA Qualifier)
2nd 4x800m (Lucy Stellmach, Mackenzie Stellmach, Addison Sanchez Kya Missimer) – 10:06.70 (PIAA Qualifier)
Long Jump
5th Madison Long – 16’1”
Triple Jump
6th Madison Long – 33’4.5”
High Jump
11th Kora Wolfe – 4’6”
Pole Vault
7th Caitlin Shay – 8’6”
Shot Put
8th Ava Hoover – 32’3.5”
Discus
6th Ava Hoover – 108’2”
Javelin
9th Anabella Pulaski – 95’7”
Boys (Annville-Cleona)
100m
Prelims
26th Jon Moran – 13.48
400m
Finals
3rd David Moran – 51.19
Prelims
3rd David Moran – 51.78
800m
1st David Moran – 1:57.76 (PIAA Qualifier)
8th Dominic Basselgia – 2:05.67
1600m
2nd Oliver Funck– 4:24.29 (PIAA Qualifier)
4th Landon Hostetter – 4:24.82 (PIAA Qualifier)
8th Benjamin Boyd – 4:34.88
3200m
1st Landon Hostetter – 9:35.17 (PIAA Qualifier)
4th Oliver Funck – 9:46.25
5th Matt Clemson – 10:04.13
Relays
8th 4x400m (Dominic Basselgia, Benjamin Boyd, Jaylynn Moyer, David Moran) – 3:35.87
1st 4x800m (Landon Hostetter, Matt Clemson, Dominic Basselgia, David Moran) – 8:08.55 (PIAA Qualifier)
Long Jump
5th Wesley Heller – 19’11.5”
Pole Vault
6th Luke Tshudy – 11’0”
Shot Put
7th Jon Shay – 42’1.5”
15th Jaxon Speece – 37’8”
Discus
6th Dominic Wentling – 131’8”
8th Jon Shay – 129’8
Javelin
2nd Bryson Fogelsanger – 168’9” (PIAA Qualifier)
12th Luke Wentling – 130’1”
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