For the second season in a row, Smithsburg’s girls track and field squad has been crowned the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association 1A state champion.
The Leopards topped the field of 26 teams by piling up 100 points to win the title over Western Tech (91) and Allegany (68). Smithsburg got individual runner-up finishes from Jenna Howe (400), Cora Gentzel (3,200) and Alexandria Spithaler (pole vault), but the key to the Leopards’ championship was the dominance of the relays.
Smithsburg bested the state in all four relays. The 4×100 squad of Melyssa Bard, Howe, Taylor King, and Alaina Pate won in 50.26, while Lilian Hade, King, Howe, and Pate lifted the 4×200 team to victory in 1:45.70. The Leopards 4×400 relay of Grace Ellis, King, Kayla Hawbecker, and Howe blasted off for the top time of 4:04.41, while Ellis, Ella Fisher, Gentzel, and Hawbecker led the 4×800 to a triumph in 9:41.48.
Smithsburg’s boys finished 13th in the team race and was led by a third-place finish in 8:24.54 from its 4×800, as well as fifth-place finishes from Camilo Mellott (1,600), Michael Wynkoop (3,200), and Cadyn Nesbitt (pole vault).
Three North Hagerstown girls – Rian Johnson, Lauren Stine and Anna Chamberlin – combined for six medals at the MPSSAA 3A meet. Johnson turned in a monster effort, winning the 1,600 (4:45.88) and 3,200 (10:25.74), while adding a runner-up finish in the 800 (2:12.73). Stine took fourth in the 3,200 (10:52.55) and fifth in the 1,600 (5:02.71), while Anna Chamberlin took second in the high jump with a leap of 5-2.
South Hagerstown’s Chloe Gietka leaped her way to a fifth-place finish in the triple jump (37-0.25) and seventh-place showing in the long jump (16-9.5).
The PIAA Class AAA Track & Field Championships featured one area medalist, Chambersburg’s Blake Mallast, who took sixth in the 200 in 21.71.
Finally, baseball season has come to an end for local baseball squads as our last team standing, Smithsburg, was eliminated in the semifinal round of states last week. The postseason continues, however, for the Chambersburg and Greencastle-Antrim softball teams in the District 3 tourney.
Below is a sport-by-sport look at how teams in the Local.News1 coverage area performed last week:
Baseball
RECORDS
Local.News1.org teams: North Hagerstown (16-5, season is over), Smithsburg (15-9, season is over), Waynesboro (12-9, season is over), Greencastle-Antrim (10-9, season is over), South Hagerstown (6-15, season is over), Chambersburg (5-13, season is over), Fairfield (4-16, season is over).
SCORES
Tuesday, May 20
MPSSAA 1A Semifinals
Allegany 6, Smithsburg 3
Softball
RECORDS
Local.News1 teams: Greencastle-Antrim (18-2), Chambersburg (16-4), Fairfield (8-11, season is over), South Hagerstown (8-11, season is over), Waynesboro (6-12, season is over), Smithsburg (5-14, season is over), North Hagerstown (2-18, season is over).
SCORES
Monday, May 19
District 3-6A Tournament
First Round
No. 5 Chambersburg 9, No. 12 Red Lion 4
Friday, May 23
District 3-5A Tournament
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Greencastle-Antrim 10, No. 8 Lower Dauphin 0
Saturday, May 24
District 3-6A Tournament
Quarterfinals
No. 5 Chambersburg 13, No. 13 Manheim Township 2
Track & field
Thursday-Saturday, May 22-24
MPSSAA 1A State Championships
Boys team scores (38 teams): 1. Liberty 87, 13. Smithsburg 21
Girls team scores (28 teams): 1. Smithsburg 100
Smithsburg boys medalists: Camilo Mellott (5th in 1,600, 4:35.69), Michael Wynkoop (5th in 3,200, 9:57.46), Cadyn Nesbitt (5th in pole vault, 13-0), Tyler Younker (6th in 1,600, 4:36.88), 4×800 (3rd in 8:24.54)
Smithsburg girls medalists: Jenna Howe (2nd in 400, 58.24; 6th in 100, 12.71; 6th in 200, 25.70), Cora Gentzel (2nd in 3,200, 11:37.52; 3rd in 1,600, 5:19.89), Alexandria Spithaler (2nd in pole vault, 10-0), Lilian Hade (3rd in pole vault, 9-6; 7th in 400, 1:01.83), Kayla Hawbecker (4th in 1,600, 5:23.25; 4th in 3,200, 11:58.70; 8th in 800, 2:23.06), Alaina Pate (7th in 100, 12.89), Ella Fisher (7th in 1,600, 5:36.40; 8th in 3,200, 12:17.97), 4×100 (1st in 50.26), 4×200 (1st in 1:45.70), 4×400 (1st in 4:04.41), 4×800 (1st in 9:41.48)
Friday-Saturday, May 23-24
MPSSAA 3A State Championships
Boys team scores (36 teams): 1. Oakland Mills 67.5, 33. North Hagerstown 1, 33. South Hagerstown 1
Girls team scores (40 teams): 1. Oakland Mills 70, 5. North Hagerstown 44, 25. South Hagerstown 5
North Hagerstown boys medalists: Walker Mason (8th in 3,200, 9:46.89)
North Hagerstown girls medalists: Rian Johnson (1st in 1,600, 4:45.88; 1st in 3,200, 10:25.74; 2nd in 800, 2:12.73), Anna Chamberlin (2nd in high jump, 5-2), Lauren Stine (4th in 3,200, 10:52.55; 5th in 1,600, 5:02.71)
South Hagerstown boys medalists: 4×100 (8th in 43.52)
South Hagerstown girls medalists: Chloe Gietka (5th in triple jump, 37-0.25; 7th in long jump, 16-9.5)
PIAA 3A State Championships
Boys team scores (88 teams): 1. State College 53, 63. Chambersburg 3
Girls team scores (81 teams): 1. Souderton 33
Chambersburg boys medalists: Blake Mallast (6th in 200, 21.71)
