CHAMBERSBURG — Trojan Stadium was once again the site of the Mid Penn Conference track & field championships and a better day of weather would have been hard to come by.
Liam Kirkpatrick
Franklin County athletes fared far better on the boys side, with three first-place efforts and four runner-up finishes. The best the girls could manage were a trio of third-place medals.
Chambersburg senior Liam Kirkpatrick won with relative ease in the boys 3200 race. His winning time of 9:32.28 was more than 6 seconds better than Shippensburg’s Rylan Asper, who was second in 9:39.91.
In the shot put, the Greyhounds’ Aydan Foust was seeded 7th with his best throw of 49-7. But Foust nailed a throw of 51-1 to take home a gold medal Saturday, winning by 8 inches.
The other champion was Noah Parks of Greencastle-Antrim, who took the 800 race in a time of 1:56.78. He outlasted Mifflin County’s Wyatt Kauffman (1:57.28).
Chambersburg, which finished fifth in the boys team standings, had two runner-up places. Blake Mallast, who was fourth in the 100, placed second in the 200 with a time of 21.58, trailing only Central Dauphin’s Gabroel Scott (21.31).
Noah Parks
The other was Jon Dawe in the 300 hurdles. His time of 39.87 was well behind heavily-favored Tyler Burgess of Palmyra, but was the only other runner to break 40.0.
Along with Asper, Shippensburg had one other second-place finish. Derek Lynch had a fine throw of 176-8, but it trailed Nathan Haas of State College (177-2).
A total of three area girls competitors finished third in their event. Chambersburg’s Alaina Morris cleared 11-0 in the pole vault to finish a foot behind the winner.
In the jumping events, Greencastle’s Jaylynn Schmuck was third in the triple jump with an effort of 36-9, and she was also fourth in the long jump at 16-7.75.
Also, Allessandra Luffy of Ship turned in a throw of 120-0 to place third in the discus.
The District 3 Championships will be held next Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg University, followed by the PIAA Championships the following weekend.
Mid Penn Conference Championships
BOYS
100 — 4.Blake Mallast (Chambersburg) 10.74
200 — 2.Mallast (Chbg) 21.58
400 — 9.Colton Yeager (James Buchanan) 50.89
800 — 1.Noah Parks (Greencastle-Antrim) 1:56.78; 10.Brandon Reinsfelder (Ship) 1:59.47
1600 — 9.Joel Amstutz (G-A) 4:27.11
3200 — 1.Liam Kirkpatrick (Chbg) 9:32.28; 2.Rylan Asper (Ship) 9:39.91; 5.Andreas Dunkel (Ship) 9:53.15
110 hurdles — N/A
300 hurdles — 2.Jon Dawe (Chbg) 39.87
4 x 100 relay — N/A
4 x 400 relay — 8.James Buchanan (Embree, Connor Kenzie, Nate Towns, Yeager) 3:32.27
4 by 800 relay — 7.Chambersburg (Aden Goshorn, Isaac Stepan, Dominick Onomastico, Jackson Dawe) 8:33.36
High jump — N/A
Pole vault — 4.(tie) Luke Mertz (Chbg) 13-0; 9.Joe Lofton (G-A) 12-6
Long jump — 4.Brycen Purvis (Chbg) 21-7; 5.Trever Luther (Chbg) 21-7; 6.Aydan Keetch (Ship) 20-11; 9.Alex Cross (Chbg) 20-3.5
Triple jump — N/A
Shot put — 1.Ayden Foust (Shippensburg) 51-1; 4.Ben Williams (Waynesboro) 48-6.5
Discus — 2.Derek Lynch (Ship) 176-8; 5.Foust (Ship) 149-10
Javelin — 6.Williams (Way) 164-5
Team Standings: 1.Palmyra 79.5; 2.Cumberland Valley 62; 3.State College 59.5; 4.Carlisle 48.5; 5.Chambersburg 46.5; 7.Shippensburg 37; 18.Greencastle-Antrim 10; 21.Waynesboro 8; 30.James Buchanan 1.
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GIRLS
100 — 6.Cheyenne Eby (JB) 12.69
200 — 10.Addy Brubaker (Chbg) 26.77
400 — 9.Skylen Renshaw (Ship) 59.71
800 — N/A
1600 — 4.Katelyn Clever (JB) 5:21.86
3200 — 4.Morgan Price (Way) 12:26.54; 5.Maddie Ruefle (Way) 12:26.76; 9.Ella Swart (Way) 12:38.20
100 hurdles — 6.Brianna McIlquham (Way) 15.99; 8.Marissa Kyner (Ship) 16.59
300 hurdles — 7.McIlquham (Way) 47.99; 8.Macy Ritter (Ship) 48.17; 10.Marlee Jackson (Chbg) 48.35
4 x 100 relay — 4.Greencastle (Kadence Abbott, Aqueelah Hogue, Emma Marx, Jaylynn Schmuck) 49.86; 6.Chambersburg (Jaxin Frazer, Addison Zimmerman, Mimi Sistrunk, Brubaker) 51.01
4 x 400 relay — 9.Chambersburg (Brubaker, Jackson, Olivia Coy, Maggie Holtry) 4:15.97; 10.James Buchanan (Addie Cullers, Eby, Kimber Yeager, Jenna Wible) 4:18.06
4 by 800 relay — 4.Chambersburg (Natalie Quinn, Kaylie Savage, Brook Boone, Mady Koons) 10:01.53
High jump — 5.Sienna Scott (Chbg) 5-0; 7.(tie) Lilly Garbinski (JB) 4-10; 9.(tie) Angelina Kauffman (Ship) 4-10
Pole vault — 3.Alaina Morris (Chbg) 11-0; 6.Camryn Bonner (Way) 10-0; 9.Jolene Patton (Ship) 9-0
Long jump — 4.Schmuck (G-A) 16-7.75; 5.Samantha Lautenslager (JB) 16-7
Triple jump — 3.Schmuck (G-A) 36-9
Shot put — 8.Ainsley Green (JB) 32-4
Discus — 3.Allessandra Luffy (Ship) 120-0; 5.Serafini Richards (Chbg) 113-3
Javelin — 5.Camden Winters (Ship) 106-4; 6.Cameron Bender (Chbg) 105-7
Team Standings: 1.Cumberland Valley 95; 2.Northern York 64; 3.Central Dauphin East 59; 4.State College 57; 5.Palmyra 37; 7.(tie) Chambersburg, Lower Dauphin, Susquehanna Twp. 29; 15.James Buchanan 19.5; 18.Greencastle-Antrim 16; 20.(tie) Shippensburg 12; 22.Waynesboro 8.