SHIPPENSBURG — Chambersburg’s boys and James Buchanan’s girls both produced good days on Saturday at the District 3 Track & Field Championships, finishing in the top 10 in the team standings

Blake Mallast

But Jaeda Dockman of Waynesboro was the only area athlete to earn a gold medal at Shippensburg University’s Grove Stadium. Dockman surpassed her previous best jump (5-4) this season by an inch, reaching 5-5 on her final jump at that height to win by that mere inch.

The Trojan boys captured sixth place in the Class 3A team chase.

“We have six boys who qualified for states, so it was a pretty good day,” Chambersburg coach Jim Boyer said.

Blake Mallast led the way by taking third place in both the 100 and the 200. He ran an 11.10 in the 100 and 21.68 in the 200 to qualify for the PIAA Championships in both events.

Luke Mertz was fourth in the pole vault, hitting a height of 13-6, and the 4 x 800 relay team of Kaden Rife, Aiden Alleman, Cole Lehman and Liam Kirkpatrick placed fourth in 8:09.89. Kirkpatrick also advanced to states in the 3200 by placing fifth with a time of 9:25.86.

Jon Dawe also scored for the Trojans, taking eighth in the 300 hurdles in 40.30.

The area’s other top-5 finish was by Ben Williams of Waynesboro in the javelin with a toss of 177-7.

In Class 3A girls, Dockman had the only finish higher than sixth. Greencastle-Antrim’s Jaylynn Schmuck was sixth in the triple jump (36-11.25) and Chambersburg’s Alaina Morris was seventh in the pole vault at 11-6.

Trojan coach Chris Monheim said, “I think every girl we had in the meet today improved upon their seed, and almost all are back again next year.”

The James Buchanan girls finished in a tie for seventh with Oley Valley, each with 46 points.

The Rockets were powered by four third-place efforts. Katelyn Clever was third in the 1600 in 5:22.43 and the 3200 in 12:04.10, Jenna Wible took third in the 400 in 1:01.08 and Ainsley Green was third in the shot put with a heave of 33-11.5.

Also in the top five were Alexis Martin in the javelin, hitting 104-0, and the 4 x 800 relay team of Kaleigh Wiker, Dora Atherton, Kimber Yeager and Addie Cullers, with a time of 10:27.57.

District 3 Championships
GIRLS
Class 2A
100 — 6.Cheyenne Eby (James Buchanan) 12.87
200 — 6.Eby (JB) 26.88
400 — 3.Jenna Wible (JB) 1:01.08; 9.Addie Cullers (JB) 1:02.46
1600 — 3.Katelyn Clever (JB) 5:22.43
3200 — 3.Clever (JB) 12:04.10
4 x 100 — 7.James Buchanan (Bella Helm, Natalie Fleming, Lilly Garbinski, Eby) 51.24
4 x 400 relay — 7.James Buchanan (Cullers, Eby, Kimber Yeager, Wible) 4:15.13
4 x 800 relay — 4.James Buchanan (Kaleigh Wiker, Dora Atherton, Yeager, Cullers) 10:27.57
Shot put — 3.Ainsley Green (JB) 33-11.5
Discus — 14.Green (JB) 81-2
Javelin — 5.Alexis Martin (JB) 104-0; 13.Green 91-1
Long jump — 14.Samantha Lautenslager (JB) 14-2.5
High jump — 6.Garbinski (JB) 4-10
Team standings — 1.Schuylkill Valley 87, 2.Annville-Cleona 85; 3.Susquenita 74; 7.(tie) James Buchanan 46.
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Class 3A
400 — 17.Skylen Renshew (Shippensburg) 1:00.37
100 hurdles — 19.Brianna McIlguham (Waynesboro) 47.34
3200 — 16.Natalie Quinn (Chambersburg) 11:41.43
4 x 100 relay — 16.Greencastle-Antrim (Kadence Abbott, Aqueelah Higue, Emma Marks, Jaylynn Schmuck) 50.49
4 x 800 relay — 15.Chambersburg (Natalie Quinn, Brook Boone, Kaylie Savage, Mady Koons) 10:08.05
Discus — 12.Allessandra Luffy (Ship) 113-10; 16.Bailey Hurley (G-A) 108-4
Triple jump — 6.Schmuck (G-A) 36-11.25
High jump — 1.Jaeda Dockman (Way) 5-5; 13.(tie) Sienna Scott (Chbg) 4-11; 13.(tie) Mimi Sistrunk (Chbg) 4-11
Pole vault — 7.Alaina Morris (Chbg) 11-6; 12.Camryn Bonner (Way) 10-0
Team standings — 1.McCaskey 108, 2.Cumberland Valley 44; 3.Manheim Township 33.33, 20.Waynesboro 10; 41.(tie) Greencastle 3; 48.(tie) Chambersburg 1.
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BOYS
Class 3A
100 — 3.Blake Mallast (Chbg) 11.10
200 — 3.Mallast (Chbg) 21.68
800 — 6.Noah Parks (G-A) 1:57.53
1600 — 13.Joel Amstutz (G-A) 4:32.15
3200 — 5.Liam Kirkpatrick (Chbg) 9:25.86; 13.Rylan Asper (Ship) 9:45.26
300 hurdles — 8.Jon Dawe (Chbg) 40.30
4 x 100 relay — 13.Chambersburg (Jayden Stokes, Imani Watson, Mallast, Antonio Harrison) 43.70
4 x 800 relay — 4.Chambersburg (Kaleb Rife, Alden ALleman, Cole Lehman, Kirkpatrick) 8:09.89; 13.Shippensburg (ANdreas Dunkel, Alex Williams, Kieran Dunkel, Brandon Reinsfelder) 8:30.64
Shot put — 7.Ayden Foust (Ship) 51-3; 11.Drake Wagner (Ship) 49-6.5; 15.Ben Williams (Way) 47-5.5
Javelin — 4.Williams (Way) 177-7; 10.Cael Amon (JB) 164-0
Long jump — 9.Trever Luther (Chbg) 21-10.5; 15.Brycen Purvis (Chbg) 20-7; 20.Ayden Keetch (Ship) 19-10
Pole vault — 4.Luke Mertz (Chbg) 13-6; 15.(tie) Joe Lofton (G-A) 12-6
Team standings — 1.Palmyra 52, 2.Manheim Township 51; 3.Hershey 45.5; 6.Chambersburg 27; 23.Shippensburg 14.5; 35.Waynesboro 5; 39.Greencastle 3.