CARLISLE — Chambersburg and Shippensburg combined to bring home 4 track & field gold medals Saturday from the 36th annual Stan Morgan Invitational, held at Carlisle.
Jon Dawe
For the Trojan boys, Luke Mertz won the pole vault with an effort of 13-0 and Jon Dawe crossed the line first in the 300 hurdles.
Mertz, plus Cumberland Valley’s Noah Shin and Red Land’s Rowan Concannon all reached 13-0, but Mertz won with fewer misses. Dawe produced a time of 40.07 to defeat CV’s Coby Grunden (40.71).
Liam Kirkpatrick took a second in the 1600, as did Cole Lehman in the freshman 1600 race. Chambersburg, which placed third in the team standings behind CV and Carlisle, also was the 4 x 100 runner-up, with the team of Kason Besecker, Imani Watson, Blake Mallast and Antonio Harrison.
The Trojan girls did not have a winner, but placed second, just behind CV in the team standings, with 67.5 points to the Eagles’ 69.
“We had a really nice meet and I’m pleased with the runner-up team finish,” Chambersburg coach Chris Monheim said. “The highlight of the meet for us was Alaina Morris tying our school record in the pole vault at 11-6.”
Alaina Morris
The pole vault winner was Kylie Eisman of Lower Dauphin at 12-6, with Morris in second place.
Also for Chambersburg, Sienna Scott was second in the high jump (5-1) and the 4 x 100 relay team of Jaxin Frazer, Addy Brubaker, Mimi Sistrunk and Addison Zimmerman was second in a time of 50.63.
For the Shippensburg boys, Derek Lynch threw the discus 172-6, which was not only enough to win the meet, but also set a meet record. The Greyhound girls got a first-place effort in the discus from Allessandra Luffy, who won with a throw of 112-5.
Stan Morgan Invitational
BOYS
800 — 7.Liam Kirkpatrick (Chambersburg) 2:03.19
1600 — 2.Kirkpatrick (Chbg) 4:21.19; 6.Aiden Alleman (Chbg) 4:29.49; 8.Boston Vincenti (Chbg) 4:31.54; 9.Julian Clark (Chbg) 4:32.39
Freshman 1600 — 2.Cole Lehman (Chbg) 4:38.20; 5.Finn Brewer (Shippensburg) 4:55.61
3200 — 5.Kaden Rife (Chbg) 9:44.17; 6.Rylan Asper (Ship) 9:45.42; 8.Clark (Chbg) 9:56.08
110 hurdles — 8.Jon Dawe (Chbg) 16.49
300 hurdles — 1.Dawe (Chbg) 40.07
4 x 100 relay — 2.Chambersburg (Kason Besecker, Imani Watson, Blake Mallast, Antonio Harrison), 43.0
4 x 400 relay — 9.Chambersburg (Dawe, Lehman, Alleman, Isaiah Ferguson) 3:44.44
4 x 800 relay — 2.Shippensburg (Kieren Dunkel, Alex Williams, Asper, Reinsfelder) 8:15.40
Pole vault — 1.Luke Mertz (Chbg), 13-0
Long jump — 3.Brycen Purvis (Chbg) 20-1.5; 8.Trever Luther (Chbg) 19-7
Shot put — 3.Drake Wagner (Ship) 48-9; 7.Ayden Foust (Ship) 45-5; 8.Pierce Schoenhofen (Chbg) 43-11; 9.Jude Grillo (Chbg) 43-4
Discus — 1.Derek Lynch (Ship) 172-6 (meet record); 4.Foust (Ship) 141-9
Javelin — 5.Grillo (Chbg) 150-0
Team standings — 1.Cumberland Valley 115; 2.Carlisle 108; 3.Chambersburg 47; 6.Shippensburg 30
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GIRLS
200 — 4.Addy Brubaker (Chbg) 27.04; 8.Noema Ayala (Chbg) 28.28
400 — 6.Skylen Renshaw (Ship) 1:00.73
1600 — 3.Natalie Quinn (Chbg) 5:24.70
3200 — 6.Quinn (Chbg) 11:39.10; 8.Mady Koons (Chbg) 11:41.08
100 hurdles — 7.Marlee Jackson (Chbg) 16.86
Freshman 300 hurdles — 2.Laynee Hendershot (McConnellsburg) 52.19
300 hurdles — 4.Macy Ritter (Ship) 48.25; 7.Jackson (Chbg) 49.41
4 x 100 relay — 2.Chambersburg (Jaxin Frazer, Brubaker, Mimi Sistrunk, Addison Zimmerman) 50.63
4 x 400 relay — 4.Chambersburg (Brubaker, Jackson, Maggie Holtry, Olivia Coy) 4:11.95
High jump — 2.Sienna Scott (Chbg) 5-1; 3.Sistrunk (Chbg) 5-1; 5.Kattarina Small (Chbg) 4-9; 8.Natalie Stake (Chbg) 4-7
Pole vault — 2.Alaina Morris (Chbg) 11-6
Long jump — 3.Frazer (Chbg) 15-11.25; 6.Zimmerman (Chbg) 15-10.25; 10.Sophie Jumper (Chbg) 14-6
Triple jump — 4.Frazer (Chbg) 33-0; 3.Coy (Chbg) 32-2.5; 10.Zimmerman (Chbg) 30-8
Discus — 1.Allessandra Luffy (Ship) 112-5; 5.Serafini Richards (Chbg) 98-7
Javelin — 4.Cameron Bender (Chbg) 107-2
Team standings — 1.Cumberland Valley 69; 2.Chambersburg 67.5; 13.Shippensburg 15