CHAMBERSBURG — Franklin County did itself proud Saturday when the Mid Penn Conference track & field championships came to Trojan Stadium.

Three local relay teams finished first (Greencastle-Antrim boys 4×100, Chambersburg girls 4×100, Trojan girls 4×400), Chambersburg’s Okenie McLaughlin won the boys long and triple jumps, and three other individuals also placed first — James Buchanan’s Cheyenne Eby (girls 400), the Trojans’ Julian Clark (boys 3200), and Shippensburg’s Ayden Foust (boys discus) earned gold medals by winning their events.

Julian Clark

Area athletes also scored six runner-up finishes and 10 third-place finishes as they prepped for the District 3 Championships next weekend at Shippensburg University.

Chambersburg’s girls won two relays and took third in the other.

“I was very impressed with all three of our relay teams,” Trojan coach Chris Monheim said. “Two of them won and the 4×800 relay dropped almost 30 seconds from their previous best. All three relays should be major factors at districts.”

The 4×100 team of Natalie Anderson, Dechea Davis, Bree Paetow and Addy Brubaker burned their way to a time of 49.52, beating Palmyra to the tape by more than a second.

The 4×400 got a tremendous start by Brubaker, whose 59.3 was far better than any other runner in the event. Olivia Coy was next, then Paetow and Maggie Holtry both went under 1:00 and the team won by 2.75 seconds over Carlisle.

In the 4×800, Lily Spohn, Ellie Rife, Payton Loraw and Natalie Quinn hit a time of 9:45.99.

Lilly Spohn

The other relay winner was Greencastle in the boys 4×100. Jerry Amstutz, Logan Andou, Cort Bradley and Spencer Long ripped off a time of 42.89 to defeat East Pennsboro by  0:37. Long also took third place in the 100 (11.02) and 200 (22.29) races.

McLaughlin kept up his domination of the jumps. He won the long jump with a leap of 23-0 and captured the triple jump with an effort of  46-11.5.

Trojan boys coach Jim Boyer said, “Okenie’s season-best jumps showcased his postseason abilities. He stepped up to have really big jumps in the finals of both events on his fifth jump.”

In the 3200, Chambersburg’s Clark posted a time of 9:30.38, pushing at the end to defeat Shippensburg’s Rylan Asper, who was second in 9:30.99.

The other boys winner was Foust of Ship, who gained the gold medal with a heave of 163-2 to win the discus. That came after he took second in the shot put with a distance of 52-1.25.

Eby, a James Buchanan sophomore, got warmed up by taking third in the 100 race in 12.46, and then beat the field in the 400, posting a 59.26 to hold off Harrisburg’s Imani Hopper (59.52).

Spencer Long

In addition to Foust, other runners-ups included Jon Dawe of Chambersburg in the 300 hurdles (40.07), Noah Parks of Greencastle in the 800 (1:55.03), JB’s Colton Yeager in the 400 (49.50) and Waynesboro’s Brianna McIlquham of Waynesboro in the 300 hurdles (46.80).

Girls performers who produced third-place efforts, in addition to the Chambersburg relay and Eby, were Addie Zimmerman of Chambersburg (16-8.5, long jump); Alyssa Fowler of Greencastle (pole vault, 10-7) and Ainsley Green of JB (shot put, 34-4).

The Trojans’ Daniel Souza-Casagrandi placed third in the boys 400 in 49.74, teammate Alex Cross was third in the long jump (21-4) and G-A’s Andou took third in the 300 hurdles (40.35).

Boyer said, “Clark pulled away in the 3200 in the final 100 yards. Both Dawe and Casagrandi ran really strong and led their events until the last 50 yards or so.”

“I was impressed with Lily Spohn today,” Monheim said. “She dropped a ton of time in the 800 (5th, in 2:21.76) and posted one of our best-ever freshman times. The field events highlights were Zimmerman in the long jump and Serafina Richards (4th, discus in 116-2).”

Mid Penn Conference Championships
GIRLS
100 — 3.Cheyenne Eby (James Buchanan) 12.46; 4.Dechea Davis (Chambersburg) 12.70; 7.Natalie Anderson (Chbg) 12.99
200 — 8.Brianna McIlquham (Waynesboro) 26.58
400 — 1.Eby (JB) 59.26; 8.Skylen Renshaw (Shippensburg) 1:00.97; 9.Maggie Holtry (Chbg) 1:01.32
800 — 5.Lily Spohn (Chbg) 2:21.76
1600 — 4.Natalie Quinn (Chbg) 5:14.60; 9.Avery Russell (Greencastle-Antrim) 5:25.45
3200 — 7.Morgan Jones (Way) 11:50.9; 9.Brook Boone (Chbg) 12:00.94; 10.Russell (G-A) 12:01.87
100 hurdles — 4.McIlquham (Way) 15.75; 5.Emily Mitchell (Chbg) 15.88; 7.Macy Ritter (Ship) 16.78
300 hurdles — 2.McIlquham (Way) 46.80; 5.Ritter (Ship) 48.59; 8.Mitchell (Chbg) 48.92; 9.Marlee Jackson (Chbg) 49.01
4 x 100 relay — 1.Chambersburg (Anderson, Davis, Bree Paetow, Addy Brubaker) 48.52; 6.James Buchanan (Bella Helm, Natalie Fleming, Garbinski, Eby) 51.23
4 x 400 relay — 1.Chambersburg (Brubaker, Olivia Coy, Paetow, Holtry) 4:01.79; 7.Shippensburg (Bard, Ritter, Jolene Patton, Renshaw) 4:17.53; 9.James Buchanan (Cullers, Fleming, Kimber Yeager, Eby) 4:18.70
4 x 800 relay — 3.Chambersburg (Spohn, Ellie Rife, Payton Loraw, Quinn) 9:45.99; 10.James Buchanan (Kaleigh  Wiker, Kaitlyn Dean, Yeager, Addie Cullers) 10:46.16
Shot put — 3.Ainsley Green (JB) 34-4; 8.Lyric Statum-King (Ship) 32-3.75
Discus — 4.Fi Richards (Chbg) 116-2; 5.Bailey Hurley (G-A) 111-11; 7.Green (JB) 102-5
Javelin — 5.Alexis Martin (JB) 107-7; 6.Camden Winters (Ship) 103.11; 7.Alannah Coleman (G-A) 103-8; 8.Kendall Temchak (Chbg) 101-1
Long jump — 3.Addie Zimmerman (Chbg) 16-8.5; 10.Jaxin Frazer (Chbg) 15-5
Triple jump — 4.Emma Marx (G-A) 34-7; 6.Coy (Chbg) 34-1.25
High jump — 7.(tie) Ariana Jean (Chbg) 4-9
Pole vault — 3.Alyssa Fowler (G-A) 10-7, 9.Patton (Ship) 9-7; 10.(tie) Ada Velasquez (Chbg) 8-7
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BOYS
100 — 3.Spencer Long (G-A) 11.02
200 — 3.Long (G-A) 22.29; 6.Colton Yeager (JB) 22.62
400 — 2.Yeager (JB) 49.50; 3.Daniel Souza-Casagrandi (Chbg) 49.74
800 — 2.Parks (G-A) 1:55.03
1600 — 8.Boston Vincenti (Chbg) 4:27.86
3200 — 1.Julian Clark (Chbg)  9:30.38; 2.Rylan Asper (Ship) 9:30.94
100 hurdles — 7.Ryan Marquiss (G-A) 15.88
300 hurdles — 2.Jon Dawe (Chbg) 40.07; 3.Logan Andou (G-A) 40.35; 6.Isaiah Ferguson (Chbg) 40.96
4 x 100 relay — 1.Greencastle (Jerry Amstutz, Andou, Cort Bradley, Long) 42.89
4 x 400 relay — 6.Greencastle (Amstutz, Andou, Bradley, Long) 3:28.49; 8.Chambersburg (Jon Dawe, Brock Chlebowski, Jackson Dawe, Souza-Casagrandi) 3:29.64
4 x 800 relay — 5.Chambersburg (Vincenti, Cobe Penick, Cole Lehman, Clark) 8:08.05
Shot put — 2.Ayden Foust (Ship) 52-1.25; 7.Drake Wagner (Ship) 45-9; 9.Noah Kish (Chbg) 44-0.25
Discus — 1.Foust (Ship) 163-2; 8.Carter King (JB) 139-9; 10.Drake Eby (Ship) 133-8
Javelin — 8.Spencer Kessler (Chbg) 152-7; 9.Mason Mowen (Chbg) 150-2; 10.Chase Diller (G-A) 149-6
Long jump — 1.Okenie McLaughlin (Chbg) 23-0; 3.Alex Cross (Chbg) 21-4; 10.Dane Medina (G-A) 20-3.5
Triple jump — 1.McLaughlin (Chbg) 46-11.5
High jump — None
Pole vault — 5.Luke Mertz (Chbg) 13-0; 6.Michael Rivers (JB) 12-6; 7.(tie) Jack Harper (G-A) 12-0; 10.(tie) Joe Lofton (G-A) 12-0