Track & Field: Howard’s Meet Record, Furmanski and Tirado Golds Give LebCo Strong Opening Night at Lancaster Lebanon League Championships

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The Lancaster Lebanon League Track & Field Championship Meet opened Friday night at Hempfield with the kind of energy that makes this one of the biggest weekends on the spring sports calendar.

Some medals were handed out in the 3200m and several field events, while prelims in the sprints and hurdles set up what should be a loaded championship Saturday. For Lebanon County, the first night delivered gold medals, podium finishes, finals qualifiers, and one meet-record performance that immediately became one of the biggest storylines of the weekend.

Cedar Crest senior Kaddel Howard made the loudest statement of the night, winning the Girls 200m prelims in 23.36 to set a new meet record. In doing so, Howard broke the League Championship record she had previously set in 2024, while also running the fastest Girls 200m time in Lancaster Lebanon League history. Howard’s time gives her the top seed going into Saturday’s final, where she will again be pushed by a deep field that includes JP McCaskey sophomore Ella Petrosky, one of the League’s top sprint talents.

Petrosky will enter Saturday as the top seed in the Girls 100m after running 11.81 in Friday’s prelims. The sophomore is no stranger to the big stage, having won State silver in the 100m last year. That sets up a major Day 2 sprint showcase, with Howard holding the top 200m seed and Petrosky leading the 100m field.

Cedar Crest also claimed two gold medals in events that went final. Travis Furmanski, the reigning PIAA Cross Country champion who also medaled in the 3200m at States last year, won the Boys 3200m in 9:23.56. He led a strong Lebanon County performance that also included Annville-Cleona’s Oliver Funck taking 2nd and Cedar Crest’s Zachary Margutplacing 4th. In the field, Cameron Tirado cleared 6’6″ to win the Boys High Jump championship.

Around the meet, several other gold medal winners helped shape the first night. JP McCaskey’s Ruby Garner-Valle won the Girls 3200m in 10:53.85, Ephrata’s Sophia Rivera captured the Girls Discus at 136’8″, Manheim Township’s Emerson Hardy won the Girls Pole Vault at 11’6″, and Elizabethtown’s Jebbeh Ngafua claimed the Girls Triple Jump at 36’10”.

On the boys side, Octorara’s Hector Vergara had a major night, winning the Boys Long Jump at 23’0″ and then coming back to take the top seed in the Boys 200m prelims at 21.66. Octorara’s Mason Prokay won the Boys Javelin with a throw of 200’7″, while Conestoga Valley’s Jonah Richards earned the top seed in the Boys 100m with a 10.73. Ephrata’s Ryder Newlin will be the top seed in the Boys 110m Hurdles after running 14.56, while Manheim Central’s Kylie Mattiace leads the Girls 100m Hurdles field after a 14.58 in prelims.

Lebanon County will have plenty to watch on Saturday. Cedar Crest’s Landen Weaber qualified for both the Boys 100m and 200m finals, Cedar Crest’s Justin Moreno advanced in the Boys 110m Hurdles, and ELCO’s Maddie Nelson moved through to the Girls 100m final.

With finals, relays, and more field events still to come, Saturday at Hempfield should be a showcase for the Lancaster Lebanon League’s best. Fans are encouraged to come out to Landisville and fill the stands. For anyone who cannot make it in person, LebCo Sports Live will be there all day with live coverage of the championship action.

Saturday’s Live Broadcast

Friday’s Gold Medalists

Girls 

3200m: Ruby Garner-Valle (JP McCaskey) – 10:53.85
Discus: Sophia Rivera (Ephrata) – 136’8″
Pole Vault: Emerson Hardy (Manheim Township) – 11’6″
Triple Jump: Jebbeh Ngafua (Elizabethtown) – 36’10”

Boys

3200m: Travis Furmanski (Cedar Crest) – 9:23.56
High Jump: Cameron Tirado (Cedar Crest) – 6’6″
Javelin: Mason Prokay (Octorara) – 200’7″
Long Jump: Hector Vergara (Octorara) – 23’0″

Top Seeds Following Friday’s Prelims

Girls

100m: Ella Petrosky (JP McCaskey) – 11.81
200m: Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest) – 23.36, meet record
100m Hurdles: Kylie Mattiace (Manheim Central) – 14.58

Boys

100m: Jonah Richards (Conestoga Valley) – 10.73
200m: Hector Vergara (Octorara) – 21.66
110m Hurdles: Ryder Newlin (Ephrata) – 14.56

Friday’s Lebanon County Results

Medalists

Boys 3200m
1st – Travis Furmanski (Cedar Crest) – 9:23.56
2nd – Oliver Funck (Annville-Cleona) – 9:29.42
4th – Zachary Margut (Cedar Crest) – 9:32.95

Girls 3200m
8th – Mackenzie Stellmach (Annville-Cleona) – 11:34.14

Boys High Jump
1st – Cameron Tirado (Cedar Crest) – 6’6″

Boys Javelin
3rd – Max Fleischer (Cedar Crest) – 170’10”

Girls Discus
3rd – Mikayla Fripps (Cedar Crest) – 116’9″

Boys Long Jump
5th – Andy Appiah (Cedar Crest) – 21’2.25″

Girls Pole Vault
6th – Jesslyn Risser (Cedar Crest) – 9’6″

Girls Triple Jump
7th – Cayleigh Shaak (Lebanon) – 34’3″
8th – Kierra Sholl (ELCO) – 34’2″

Finals Qualifiers

Girls 100m
5th – Maddie Nelson (ELCO) – 12.41

Girls 200m
1st – Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest) – 23.36, meet record, top qualifier

Boys 100m
4th – Landen Weaber (Cedar Crest) – 10.84

Boys 200m
5th – Landen Weaber (Cedar Crest) – 22.34

Boys 110m Hurdles
4th – Justin Moreno (Cedar Crest) – 15.25

Friday’s Medalists 

Girls

3200m
1st – Ruby Garner-Valle (JP McCaskey) – 10:53.85
2nd – Reagan Gates (Pequea Valley) – 10:55.78
3rd – Georgia Ely (Manheim Township) – 10:59.89
4th – Carolynn Main (JP McCaskey) – 11:06.92
5th – Gabriella Grifone (Elizabethtown) – 11:07.57
6th – Kaila Atteberry (Manheim Township) – 11:09.28
7th – Ella Pfautz (Ephrata) – 11:18.11
8th – Mackenzie Stellmach (Annville-Cleona) – 11:34.14

Discus
1st – Sophia Rivera (Ephrata) – 136’8″
2nd – Isabella George (Warwick) – 119’6″
3rd – Mikayla Fripps (Cedar Crest) – 116’9″
4th – Adara Morris (Penn Manor) – 112’1″
5th – Cami Schwartz (Manheim Township) – 110’0″
6th – Laney McCanna (Penn Manor) – 108’3″
7th – Riona Popdan (Elizabethtown) – 106’7″
8th – Grace Myers (Warwick) – 104’6″

Pole Vault
1st – Emerson Hardy (Manheim Township) – 11’6″
2nd – Adelyn Zimmerman (Ephrata) – 10’6″
2nd – Jolee Waltman (Garden Spot) – 10’6″
2nd – Meadow Shussler (Lampeter-Strasburg) – 10’6″
5th – Sophia Hamby (Hempfield) – 10’6″
6th – Jesslyn Risser (Cedar Crest) – 9’6″
7th – Annalaye Glenn (Warwick) – 9’0″
8th – Vittoria Faccio (Ephrata) – 9’0″

Triple Jump
1st – Jebbeh Ngafua (Elizabethtown) – 36’10”
2nd – Kaylee Brubaker (Manheim Central) – 36’2.5″
3rd – Victoria Donovan (Octorara) – 35’11”
4th – Elli Yaeger (Hempfield) – 35’3″
5th – Maya Breneman (Lampeter-Strasburg) – 35’1″
6th – Olivia Wolfe (Conestoga Valley) – 34’9.5″
7th – Cayleigh Shaak (Lebanon) – 34’3″
8th – Kierra Sholl (ELCO) – 34’2″

Boys

3200m
1st – Travis Furmanski (Cedar Crest) – 9:23.56
2nd – Oliver Funck (Annville-Cleona) – 9:29.42
3rd – Joshua Henshaw (Manheim Township) – 9:29.89
4th – Zachary Margut (Cedar Crest) – 9:32.95
5th – Ben Doumaux (Manheim Township) – 9:34.40
6th – Gus Seifferlein (Warwick) – 9:35.89
7th – Kyle Reidenbaugh (Ephrata) – 9:37.88
8th – Stephen Atteberry (Manheim Township) – 9:39.52

High Jump
1st – Cameron Tirado (Cedar Crest) – 6’6″
2nd – Haneef Porter (JP McCaskey) – 6’4″
3rd – Devin Perez (JP McCaskey) – 6’4″
4th – Vincent Yacoviello (Warwick) – 6’2″
5th – Tucker Kyler (Solanco) – 6’0″
5th – Carter Martin (Manheim Township) – 6’0″
7th – Evan Hartel (Warwick) – 6’0″
8th – Jeremiah Hutchinson (Warwick) – 6’0″

Javelin
1st – Mason Prokay (Octorara) – 200’7″
2nd – Elijah Hess (Penn Manor) – 190’5″
3rd – Max Fleischer (Cedar Crest) – 170’10”
4th – Josiah Grant (Ephrata) – 166’11”
5th – Bruszavion Baisch (JP McCaskey) – 163’0″
6th – Dominic Santamaria (Conestoga Valley) – 154’0″
7th – Greyson Sweitzer (Hempfield) – 152’0″
8th – Ben McCracken (Ephrata) – 151’11”

Long Jump
1st – Hector Vergara (Octorara) – 23’0″
2nd – Wright Young (Ephrata) – 22’6.75″
3rd – Michael Blankenhagen (Octorara) – 21’9.75″
4th – Tobias Barrett (Ephrata) – 21’7.75″
5th – Andy Appiah (Cedar Crest) – 21’2.25″
6th – Andrew Pemberton (Garden Spot) – 20’10.5″
7th – Lincoln Rachor (Penn Manor) – 20’9.5″
8th – Amani Mobley (Cocalico) – 20’8″

Finals Qualifiers

Girls

100m Prelims
1st – Ella Petrosky (JP McCaskey) – 11.81
2nd – Brylee Miller (Conestoga Valley) – 11.99
3rd – Alondra Grover (JP McCaskey) – 12.21
4th – Shawna Joseph (Conestoga Valley) – 12.23
5th – Maddie Nelson (ELCO) – 12.41
6th – Alexis Givler (Hempfield) – 12.42
7th – Ayva Fisher (Conestoga Valley) – 12.44
8th – Lia Augustine (Cocalico) – 12.44

200m Prelims
1st – Kaddel Howard (Cedar Crest) – 23.36, meet record
2nd – Ella Petrosky (JP McCaskey) – 24.70
3rd – Brylee Miller (Conestoga Valley) – 24.97
4th – Lia Augustine (Cocalico) – 25.06
5th – Alondra Grover (JP McCaskey) – 25.13
6th – Shawna Joseph (Conestoga Valley) – 25.25
7th – Corrine Miller (JP McCaskey) – 25.35
8th – Brooke Vinelli (Lampeter-Strasburg) – 25.44

100m Hurdles Prelims
1st – Kylie Mattiace (Manheim Central) – 14.58
2nd – Tia Logan (Conestoga Valley) – 15.09
3rd – Bella Heisey (Hempfield) – 15.49
4th – Aliyah Zimmerman (Garden Spot) – 15.53
5th – Natalie Carlisle (JP McCaskey) – 15.66
6th – Brooke Vinelli (Lampeter-Strasburg) – 15.83
7th – Julia Sweigart (Hempfield) – 15.90
8th – Andrianna Williams (Warwick) – 15.93

Boys

100m Prelims
1st – Jonah Richards (Conestoga Valley) – 10.73
2nd – Hector Vergara (Octorara) – 10.77
3rd – Wright Young (Ephrata) – 10.81
4th – Landen Weaber (Cedar Crest) – 10.84
5th – Siji Akinrinwoye (Donegal) – 10.88
6th – Edwin Santana (JP McCaskey) – 10.89
7th – Jayden Hoffstead (Hempfield) – 10.90
8th – Perry Boyd (Conestoga Valley) – 10.93

200m Prelims
1st – Hector Vergara (Octorara) – 21.66
2nd – Jonah Richards (Conestoga Valley) – 21.81
3rd – Edwin Santana (JP McCaskey) – 22.16
4th – Perry Boyd (Conestoga Valley) – 22.29
5th – Landen Weaber (Cedar Crest) – 22.34
6th – Austin Bryant (Ephrata) – 22.43
7th – Donald White (Penn Manor) – 22.44
8th – Michael Blankenhagen (Octorara) – 22.71

110m Hurdles Prelims
1st – Ryder Newlin (Ephrata) – 14.56
2nd – Sawyer Grocki (Octorara) – 14.86
3rd – Amann NDikwe (Elizabethtown) – 15.09
4th – Justin Moreno (Cedar Crest) – 15.25
5th – Gabriel Hoover (Garden Spot) – 15.33
6th – Amani Mobley (Cocalico) – 15.51
7th – Jerod Moutete (Ephrata) – 15.80
8th – Colton Houck (Donegal) – 15.84

Full Meet Results