While we wait for the high school track and field postseason to reach its climax, now seems like as good of a time as any to shine the spotlight on our area’s future stars of the sport.
Chambersburg’s girls recently concluded their season with a brilliant showing at the Altoona Middle School Championship. The Trojans were highlighted by three individual medalists in Khloe Jones (5th in 400, 1:02.92), Lillian Spohn (8th in 800, 2:33.35), and Taliya Raber (8th in 3,200, 13:12.09). Two of Chambersburg’s relays — the 4×400 (4:30.40) and 4×800 (10:40.03) — nailed down third-place finishes. Thanks to those contributors, Chambersburg finished 10th in the team standings with 18 points.
On the boys side, the Trojans got a ninth-place finish in the 3,200 from Liam Coy, who clocked an 11:30.29 for ninth place.
Greencastle-Antrim hosted a middle school invite of its own that saw area competitors secure 14 first-place finishes. The biggest winner of the day was the Blue Devils’ Chloe Parks, who captured a trio of wins in the 200, 100 hurdles, and long jump. Taylar Iseminger (100) and Maelle Weir (shot put) also earned wins for the Greencastle girls.
Greencastle’s boys also had a multi-event winner in Kaiden Dawson, who placed first in both the shot put and discus. Kelson Wenger (1,600) and Brady Kagarise (long jump) also won their events.
Waynesboro was also in attendance at the Greencastle Invite, with the Tribe girls getting wins from Morgan Jones (1,600), Gabriella Rutkowski (3,200), and the 4×800 relay. Waynesboro’s boys got a win from its 4×800 relay, as well as Noah Hartman in the 3,200.
Finally, Smithsburg Youth Athletics most recently competed at the Westminster Youth Invitational and got a victory in the 9-10 age division from Haleigh Daniels, who conquered the high jump with a leap of 3-4.
Below is an invite-by-invite, event-by-event look at how youth and middle school athletes from the Local.News1 coverage area have performed in recent weeks:
Greencastle-Antrim Middle School Invitational
Friday, May 4, in Greencastle
Boys team scores (7 teams): 1. Greencastle-Antrim 127, 4. Waynesboro 63
Girls team scores (7 teams): 1. Greencastle-Antrim 137.33, 3. Waynesboro 69
Local.News1.org Finishers
Boys
100: 3. Dane Medina (GA) 12.37, 4. Christopher Walker (Way) 12.44, 8. Brady Kagarise (GA) 12.91, 9. Carter Gilliland (GA) 13.05, 15. Max Snyder (Way) 14.96, 19. DeVon LaMar (Way) 16.70
200: 8. Raiden Horton (GA) 27.51, 9. Dawsen Coleman (GA) 27.71, 11. Brody Hill (Way) 29.08, 15. Snyder (Way) 31.33
400: 2. Nate Herrman (GA) 58.18, 3. Gilliland (GA) 1:00.46, 6. Grant Miller (GA) 1:03.91, 7. Nathaniel Pauselius (Way) 1:05.65, 9. Bentley Kirby (Way) 1:10.47, 12. Henry Stewart (Way) 1:14.14
800: 2. Kelson Wenger (GA) 2:30.58, 3. Carson Stitely (Way) 2:31.49, 4. Nic Paris (GA) 2:36.03, 8. Tatum Ullom (GA) 2:47.41, 10. James Walter (Way) 2:56.88, 13. Talan McCrea (Way) 3:20.94
1,600: 1. Wenger (GA) 5:10.74, 6. Noah Hartman (Way) 5:43.08, 7. Richard Bryan (Way) 6:06.43, 8. Walter (Way) 6:20.10, 9. Colin Thomas (GA) 6:21.19, 10. Cooper Christman (GA) 6:30.26
3,200: 1. Hartman (Way) 12:15.77, 3. Joshua Snyder (Way) 13:48.86, 4. Mason Biser (Way) 13:51.45, 6. Thomas (GA) 14:04.31, 8. Ethan Yates (GA) 14:37.38
110 hurdles: 4. Wenger (GA) 20.12, 5. Jesse Mills (Way) 20.12, 6. Manuel Sandino (GA) 21.05, 7. Hill (Way) 21.28, 8. Paris (GA) 21.36
4×100: 3. Greencastle-Antrim 51.70, 5. Waynesboro 52.96
4×400: 2. Greencastle-Antrim 4:18.14, 4. Waynesboro 4:36.93
4×800: 1. Waynesboro 10:32.19, 5. Greencastle-Antrim 11:33.32
Shot put: 1. Kaiden Dawson (GA) 46-9, 2. Brayden Knable (GA) 36-5, 6. Cimmeron Bowers (GA) 29-6, 8. Jed Moore (Way) 28-6, 12. Evan Foreberger (Way) 24-11.5, 16. Paxton Bowser (Way) 19-6
Discus: 1. Dawson (GA) 121-5, 2. Knable (GA) 112-1, 9. Caleb Fowler (GA) 83-5, 13. Foreberger (Way) 68-3, 16. Donovan Ohler (Way) 60-9, 17. Moore (Way) 59-5
High jump: 2. Liam Thompson (Way) 4-10, 4. Hermann (GA) 4-8, 5. Bryce Wilhide (GA) 4-8, 8. Colton Dove (Way) 4-4
Long jump: 1. Kagarise (GA) 18-0.5, 2. Medina (GA) 17-6, 4. Mills (Way) 15-0, 5. Thompson (Way) 14-9.75, 7. Paris (GA) 14-6.25, 9. Dove (Way) 13-6.75
Girls
100: 1. Taylar Iseminger (GA) 13.67, 7. Amelia Oman (GA) 15.12, 9. Cora Miller (Way) 15.16, 10. Olivia Tressler (GA) 15.22, 13. Nia Henson (Way) 15.50, 17. Leah Bercaw (Way) 15.84
200: 1. Chloe Parks (GA) 29.18, 2. Adele Davidson (GA) 29.74, 3. Iseminger (GA) 29.80, 7. Janisa Martinez (Way) 31.26, 9. Meagan Keyser (Way) 32.66, 13. Annalyse Hedin (Way) 34.25
400: 5. Tressler (GA) 1:14.92, 6. Bella Moreno (Way) 1:15.93, 7. Emeri Lanzendorfer (GA) 1:16.50, 8. Vera Cook (Way) 1:17.95, 9. McKinlee Ryder (GA) 1:18.80, 13. Lynse Finucane (Way) 1:26.91
800: 3. Mia Leggett (GA) 3:04.69, 4. Genevive Garling (Way) 3:10.90, 9. Lily Oberholzer (GA) 3:23.95, 10. Lilly Lego (Way) 3:25.73, 11. Kaia Flory (GA) 3:29.32, 12. Lilly Pitts (Way) 3:44.48
1,600: 1. Morgan Jones (Way) 6:14.29, 3. Leggett (GA) 6:50.49, 5. Malui Derr (Way) 7:10.52, 7. Layce Moore (Way) 7:14.94, 9. Oberholzer (GA) 7:34.44, 12. Flory (GA) 7:55.44
3,200: 1. Gabriela Rutkowski (Way) 14:06.02, 3. Leggett (GA) 15:32.05, 4. Norra Swart (Way) 16:14.30, 5. Maribel Bentz (Way) 17:32.28
100 hurdles: 1. Parks (GA) 17.46, 2. Davidson (GA) 18.27, 3. Finley Noblit (GA) 18.86, 7. Emilee Long (Way) 19.67, 9. Rylie O’Conner (Way) 22.75, 10. Hannah Nogle (Way) 22.94
4×100: 1. Greencastle-Antrim 54.54, 2. Waynesboro 56.50
4×400: 3. Waynesboro 5:01.42, 5. Greencastle-Antrim 5:39.72
4×800: 1. Waynesboro 12:35.77, 3. Greencastle-Antrim 13:31.74
Shot put: 1. Maelle Weir (GA) 30-8.5, 2. Olivia Bruckhart (GA) 28-0.5, 7. Dakota Martin (Way) 25-3.5, 8. Grace Markloff (GA) 24-4, 11. Jade Lawal (Way) 19-9, 12. Leila Alvarez Castillo (Way) 19-8
Discus: 4. Markloff (GA) 61-8, 4. Lily Kendall (Way) 61-8, 7. Weir (GA) 60-9, 10. Bruckhart (GA) 56-3, 12. Maci Bowersox (Way) 46-3, 14. Eve Hippensteel (Way) 45-1
High jump: 2. Davriana Wolford (Way) 4-2, 4. Rowan Harloff (GA) 4-0, 7. Eve Kline (GA) 4-0
Long jump: 1. Parks (GA) 15-4.25, 2. Davidson (GA) 14-11.25, 6. Wolford (Way) 12-8.75, 8. Harloff (GA) 12-5.5, 9. Henson (Way) 12-2.75, 11. Martinez (Way) 11-11
Altoona Middle School Championship
Saturday, May 10, in Altoona
Boys team scores (38 teams): 1. Williamsport 52
Girls team scores (40 teams): 1. Hollidaysburg 120, 10. Chambersburg 18
Local.News1.org Finishers
Boys
100: 21. Jovani Martes-Hinton (Chbg) 12.36, 43. Tyler Massey (Chbg) 12.81, 51. Sebastian Laughlin (Chbg) 12.89, 67. Andrew Brown (Chbg) 13.48
200: 17. Martes-Hinton (Chbg) 25.40, 38. Massey (Chbg) 26.58
400: 17. Laughlin (Chbg) 59.09, 45. Brown (Chbg) 1:03.70, 46. Barron Thomas (Chbg) 1:03.99, 48. Hart Bender (Chbg) 1:04.61
800: 23. Benjamin Lin (Chbg) 2:25.74, 27. Thomas (Chbg) 2:28.36, 29. Liam Coy (Chbg) 2:29.14
1,600: 14. Coy (Chbg) 5:13.28, 15. Lin (Chbg) 5:14.55, 39. Liam Gillman (Chbg) 5:34.83
3,200: 9. Coy (Chbg) 11:30.29, 28. Jacob Murphy (Chbg) 12:46.25
110 hurdles: 12. Gabriel Morrow (Chbg) 18.73
300 hurdles: 15. Braylen Davis (Chbg) 49.28, 17. Morrow (Chbg) 49.42, 33. Joel Jennings (Chbg) 53.10
4×100: 11. Chambersburg (Martes-Hinton, Massey, Thomas, Laughlin) 50.43
4×400: 16. Chambersburg (Brown, Kyran Kraynek, Bender, Laughlin) 4:16.80
4×800: 10. Chambersburg (Coy, Lin, Jennings, Thomas) 10:10.77
Shot put: 17. Juan Delgado (Chbg) 36-4.5
Discus: 12. Delgado (Chbg) 112-6
High jump: 14. Braylen Davis (Chbg) 5-0, 32. Brevyn Vinglas (Chbg) 4-10
Long jump: 29. Morrow (Chbg) 15-6
Girls
100: 25. Ma’laysia Powell (Chbg) 13.89, 28. Amiyah Watson (Chbg) 13.96, 36. Ti’Laeyah Colter (Chbg) 14.21, 47. Nairah Williams (Chbg) 14.53
200: 16. Oriana McLaughlin (Chbg) 28.81, 37. Khloe Jones (Chbg) 29.84, 41. Rylin Shaffer (Chbg) 29.95, 48. Ryder Boward (Chbg) 30.67
400: 5. Jones (Chbg) 1:02.92, 20. Peyton Loraw (Chbg) 1:07.54
800: 8. Lillian Spohn (Chbg) 2:33.35, 19. Braelyn Wenger (Chbg) 2:42.71, 22. Isabel Clark (Chbg) 2:44.38, 24. Arrabelle Rife (Chbg) 2:45.84
1,600: 16. Wenger (Chbg) 5:51.87, 23. Clark (Chbg) 6:00.36, 24. Taliya Raber (Chbg) 6:00.82, 28. Rife (Chbg) 6:04.04, 41. Atlea Pereschuk (Chbg) 6:21.72
3,200: 8. Raber (Chbg) 13:12.09, 12. Rife (Chbg) 13:23.78, 27. Isabella Brantner (Chbg) 14:18.54
100 hurdles: 28. Watson (Chbg) 18.88, 45. Alexis Ha (Chbg) 19.70, 54. Clementine Roden (Chbg) 20.27
300 hurdles: 14. Watson (Chbg) 54.82, 19. Ha (Chbg) 56.31, 24. Hayley Bryant (Chbg) 1:00.54
4×100: 13. Chambersburg (Watson, Hannah Herbert, Jones, Boward) 55.28
4×400: 3. Chambersburg (Loraw, Jones, Spohn, Roden) 4:30.30
4×800: 3. Chambersburg (Spohn, Rife, Wenger, Clark) 10:40.03
Long jump: 29. Watson (Chbg) 13-1.25
Westminster Youth Track & Field Invitational
Sunday, May 18, in Westminster, Md.
Local.News1.org Finishers
Boys
8U
100: 13. August Tulloch (Smithsburg Youth Athletics) 18.68, 19. Liam Wagner (SYA) 19.72, 22. Oliver Murdock (SYA) 20.68
200: 15. Liam Wagner (SYA) 40.94, 20. Murdock (SYA) 46.11
Javelin: 4. Tulloch (SYA) 19-4
Long jump: 4. Murdock (SYA) 7-2.5, 6. Tulloch (SYA) 7-0.25, 7. Wagner (SYA) 6-7.75
9-10
100: 7. Makai Hartley (SYA) 15.20, 20. Ashton Tulloch (SYA) 16.64, 26. Khalil Hall (SYA) 17.47
200: 11. Hartley (SYA) 34.21, 29. Hall (SYA) 38.13
400: 10. Hartley (SYA) 1:26.47
Shot put: 6. Tulloch (SYA) 13-7.5
Javelin: 11. Tulloch (SYA) 23-10
Long jump: 10. Hall (SYA) 9-6.25
11-12
100: 31. Hunter Hinson (SYA) 17.56
200: 29. Hinson (SYA) 36.41
800: 28. Hinson (SYA) 3:13.83
15-18
100: 18. Shawn Kimble (SYA) 18.80
Shot put: 2. Kimble (SYA) 18-8.75
Discus: 3. Kimble (SYA) 51-4
Girls
8U
100: 16. Maylin Miller (SYA) 20.46, 17. Riley Thom (SYA) 20.57
200: 16. Miller (SYA) 46.57, 20. Thom (SYA) 49.73
Long jump: 9. Thom (SYA) 6-9, 11. Miller (SYA) 4-9
9-10
100: 23. Haleigh Daniels (SYA) 17.41
200: 31. Daniels (SYA) 37.64
High jump: 1. Daniels (SYA) 3-4
11-12
100: 16. Makayla Daniels (SYA) 15.80, 28. Penelope Murdock (SYA) 16.95, 39. Tamara Hinson (SYA) 18.11
200: 20. Daniels (SYA) 33.47
400: 3. Paityn Ziegler (SYA) 1:10.71, 18. Isabelle Henson (SYA) 1:33.90
800: 14. Henson (SYA) 3:30.95
1,500: 6. Ziegler (SYA) 6:21.15
Shot put: 8. Hinson (SYA) 13-10.75
Discus: 4. Hinson (SYA) 29-1
High jump: 8. Daniels (SYA) 3-8, 11. Murdock (SYA) 3-4
Long jump: 12. Murdock (SYA) 10-0.25, 24. Henson (SYA) 5-11.5
13-14
Shot put: 3. Ava Miller (SYA) 25-4.25
Discus: 2. Miller (SYA) 73-9
