WHS track sweeps; EPC top performances
The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference released it’s fourth installment of track and field top performers for the 2022 season.
For Whitehall, Jaiden Lee is tied for the third best time in the 100 with a 10.8. He trails Dylan Simon of Parkland and Josh Farell of Liberty’s top time of 10.7. Lee is second in the 200 with a time of 22.4, which trails Simon’s 22.2.
Aiden Tacker is third in the shot with a 46-0. The top spot belongs to Stroudsburg’s Anthony Liguiori. Tacker’s throw of 128-2 is fifth in the discus behind Liguiori’s 141-2.
For the girls, Alexandra Cook has a distance of 4-11 in the high jump (tied for third) behind Parkland’s Madeleine Battista and Pocono West’s Vatijah Davis’ 5-3.
Tessa Hopkins had a 9-1 in the pole vault, trailing Coral Shivok’s (Parkland) 12-0. Arizona Marakovits is fifth with a 9-0.
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Against Central, the girls were 95-53 winners and the boys won 103-47.
Ava Wells won the 400 with a time 1:02.9 and Mikayla Warren won the 800 in 2:47.5. Warren added another win in the 1600 in 6:02.5. Ava Demjan won the 100 high hurdles in 18.8.
In the relay events, Ava Wells, Catherine Hudak, Sophia Mrasik and Ella Laky combined to win the 1600 relay in 4:34.5. Hudak, Laky, Mrasik and Grace Tsamutalis took the 3200 relay in 11:14.0.
Alexandra Cook won the high jump with a distance of 4-7, while Wells took the pole vault clearing 9-3. Tessa Hopkins won the long jump with a 14-9.
The Zephs swept the throws with Electra Theagene winning the shot (24-7) and the discus (70-6) while Brielle Schrey took the javelin in 104-2.
On the boys side, Jaiden Lee took the 100 (11.3) and the 200 (23.3). Jackson Glasser won the 110 hurdles in 17.6 and Bradley Erie won the 300 hurdles in 47.3.
In the relays, Zach Onsinyo, Vinson Eggleston, Ryan Kovalchick and Lee won the 400 in 44.3 while Sean Connolly, Ian Werner, Eggleston and Brenden Sargent won the 1600 relay in 3:48.7.
Glasser won the high jump with a 5-7 and Ian Thomas took the long jump in 20-2 as well as the triple jump with a 38-11.
The boys swept the throwing events. Aiden Tacker won the shot put with a throw of 42-7.75, and he also won the discus with a spin of 132-7. Thomas Lloyd won the javelin with a 159-1.
Here’s a look at the top five performers in the EPC in each event.
BOYS
4x100: 1. Parkland (Mikael Palmieri, Dylan Simon, Nakhi Bullock, Trey Tremba), Emmaus (Tylik Jarvis, Donovan McCargo, Didro Augustin, Samuel Moratori) 43.2, 3. Nazareth 43.9, 4. Dieruff 44.27, 5. Whitehall 44.28.
4x400: 1. Bethlehem Catholic (Aidan Rompilla, Kensley Jossil, David Awuh, Kevin Soto) 3:33.0, 2. Emmaus (Holden Brown, Tyler Hargis, Zavier Urbaez, Zac Olszweski) 3:33.6, 3. Parkland 3:34.4, 4. Stroudsburg 3:35.45, 5. Dieruff 3:36.05.
4x800: 1. Emmaus (Matthew Norton, Tyler Finck, Dahlin Allport, Oscar Felegy) 8:29.3, 2. Parkland 8:34.7, 3. Liberty 8:39.0 4. Central Catholic 8:45.3, Nazareth 8:47.3.
100: 1. Dylan Simon (P), Josh Farell (L) 10.7, 3. Benjamin Henry (No), Jaiden Lee (W) 10.8, 5. Samuel Moratori (Em), Mason Kuehner (Na), Christian Gilmore (ESS) 10.9.
200: 1. Dylan Simon (P) 22.2, 2. Jaiden Lee (W) 22.4, 3. Benjamin Henry (No) 22.5, 4. Jack Sanchez Cuesta (D), Blaise Verrastro (Em) 22.6.
400: 1. Blaise Verrastro (Em) 50.7, 2. Kensley Josail (BC) 52.0, 3. Jaylen Morrison (S) 52.02, 4. Jordan Gagner (Na) 52.1, 5. Chase Bonstein (F) 52.3.
800: 1. Cameron Koch (Na) 2:00.6, 2. Alexander Heidemann (F) 2:01.5, 3. Jordan Ganger (Na) 2:02.3, 4. Matthew Norton (Em) 2:02.9, 5. Holden Brown (Em) 2:04.1.
1600: 1. Alexander Heidemann (F) 4:22.0, 2. Cameron Koch (Na) 4:35.5, 3. Ethan Willard (P) 4:39.4, 4. Liam McLaughlin (S) 4:41.2, 5. Ethan Strzempek (Em) 4:42.0.
3200: 1. Ethan Strzempek (Em) 10:19.6, 2. Ethan Willard (P) 10:23.6, 3. Paul Abeln (P) 10:24.7, 4. Conor Fisher (Em) 10:25.0, 5. Oscar Felegy (Em) 10:28.5.
110H: 1. Peter Hoff (Na), Jake Hilarczyk (Na) 15.5, 3. Raymon Deschamps (L), Alvin Williams (Ea) 15.7, 5. Tyler Hoysan (P), Christopher Reed (PMW) 15.9.
300H: 1. Shaun Apsley (No) 39.7, 2. Jake Hilarscyk (Nz) 40.6, 3. Andrew Beers (P) 41.5, 4. Parker Hoff (Na) 42.2, 5. Lorenzo Thompson (PMW) 42.5.
High jump: 1. Leyti Ndiaye (ESS), Lucien Freeman (Em) 6-4, 3. Damaurian Jones-Golson (L) 6-1, 4. Stephen Richards (F), James Kelly (P), Joseph Barnes (L), Jayden Ekoko (Ea), Connor Johns (P), Christopher Reed (PMW), Eithen McGuire (PME), Isaak Riss (ESN) 5-11.
Pole vault: 1. Aiden Hurlburt (Em) 14-4 2. Tyler Grabinski (Em), Drew Brinker (S) 13-6, 4. Charlie Haring (CC) 11-6, 5. Chris Hu (S), Xavier Ossman (S) 11-3.
Long jump: 1. Logan Henry (No) 22-7.5, 2. Kyle Moore (Em) 21-10, 3. Damaurian Jones-Golston (L), Aidan Rompilla (BC) 20-11, 5. Kevin Soto (BC) 20-9.
Triple jump: 1. Samuel Chedester (Ea) 43-7.75, 2. Kyle Moore (Em) 43-01, 3. Kevin Polonia (S) 43-0, 4. Michael Lawrence (PMW) 42-9.5, 5. Weston Simak (Na) 42-7.
Shot put: 1. Anthony Liguiori (S) 52-2, 2. Odin Ferency (Ea) 51-7.5, 3. Aiden Tacker (W) 46-0, 4. Ron Blake (ESS) 44-6, 5. Clark Gulycz (CC) 43-7.
Discus: 1. Anthony Liguori (S) 141-2, 2. Odin Ferency (Ea) 134-5, 3. Rafael Ruiz (D) 132-8, 4. Leyti Ndiaye (ESS) 128-7.5, 5. Aiden Tacker (W) 128-2.
Javelin: 1. Robert McClosky (ESS) 183-7, 2. Kevin Givone (Na) 180-2, 3. Andrew Nguyen (P) 170-6, 4. Jack Donchez (L) 168-10, 5. Steve Recchio (BC) 164-1.
GIRLS
4x100: 1. Parkland (Iva Dias, Hailey Sammarco, Melanie Lowe, Naeema Salau) 50.0, 2. Stroudsburg 50.99, 3. Emmaus (Emily Buss, Abigail Burnett, Heather Augustin, Morgan Tandy) 51.6, 4. Dieruff 51.7, 5. Easton 51.8.
4x400: 1. Easton 4:08.7, 2. Parkland 4:15.9, 3. Nazareth 4:15.9, 4. Liberty 4:23.0, 5. Stroudsburg 4:23.1, 7. Emmaus (Samantha Walkiewicz, Hailey Reinhard, Isabella Scarlata, Lauren Kushma) 4:27.5.
4x800: 1. Easton 9:55.0, 2. Parkland 10:31.1, 3. Emmaus (Addison Johnson, Elizabeth Burns, Addison Kleinle, Hailey Reinhard) 10:20.1, 4. Nazareth 10:43.1, 5. Stroudsburg 10:49.8.
100: 1. Naeema Salau (P), Kiana Young (S), Jesikah Samuel (L) 12.5, 4. Abigail Burnett (Em) 12.6, 5. Amanda Mercurius (Na) 12.7.
200: 1. Naeema Salau (P), Kiana Young (S) 25.8, 3. Cierra Valley (P), Aaliyah Cancel (PMW) 26.4, 5. Maggie Scalzo (Ea) 26.7.
400: 1. Lucy Tobia (P) 1:00.7, 2. Reagan Day (Ea) 1:01.0, 3. Kylie Karavitch (Na) 1:01.2, 4. Addison Shevlin (P) 1:01.5, 5. Cierra Valley (P) 1:01.8.
800: 1. Hailey Reinhard (Em) 2:19.0, 2. Sophie Emin (Ea) 2:21.4, 3. Erin Vincent (Ea) 2:22.6, 4. Kylie Karavitch (Na) 2:24.1, 5. Deandra Young (S) 2:28.0.
1600: 1. Hailey Reinhard (Em) 5:08.8, 2. Erin Vincent (Ea) 5:27.1, 3. Lana Hurwitz (P) 5:30.2, 4. Caitlin Voloshen (Na) 5:33.8, 5. Emerson Beamer (Ea) 5:35.5.
3200: 1. Hailey Reinhard (Em) 11:20.8, 2. Payton Campbell (Em) 11:57.9, 3. Isabella Lees (Em) 11:59.9, 4. Avaline Fihlman (F) 12:06.76, 5. Ella Bray (PMW) 12:10.46.
100H: 1. Madison Bowman (P) 15.6, 2. Liberty Williams (D) 15.8, 3. Magie Scalzo (Ea) 16.2, 4. Melanie Lowe (P) 16.3, 5. Jayla Reinert (Ea) 16.4.
300H: 1. Maggie Scalzo (Ea) 46.3, 2. Jayla Reinert (Ea) 47.5, 3. Sydney Brown (F) 48.1, 4. Madison Bowman (P) 48.8, 5. Samantha Baker (Na).
High jump: 1. Madeleine Battista (P), Vatijah Davis (PMW) 5-3, 3. Sheldyne Pierre (Em), Alexandra Cook (W) 4-11, 5. Hailey Falzone (Na) 4-11.
Pole vault: 1. Coral Shivok (P) 12-0, 2. Annika Flannigan (L) 11-6, 3. Morgan Belisle (Em) 9-3, 4. Tessa Hopkins (W) 9-1, 5. Arizona Marakovits (W) 9-0.
Long jump: 1. Liberty Williams (D) 17-7, 2, Jesikah Samuel (L) 16-8, 3. Grace Nation (P) 16-6.5, 4 Emma Blackham (Na) 16-5, 5. Zoey Emrick (Nz), Maya Morefeld (Na) 16-1.
Triple jump: 1. Grace Nation (P) 37-10, 2. Vatijah Davis (PMW) 34-8, 3. Biance Justance (L) 33-10, 4. Anyeli Velazquez (D) 33-9.75, 5. Summer Lorincz (Em) 33-9.
Shot put: 1. Godwina Biney (D) 34-8, 2. Tamia Bruce (L) 33-7.5, 3. Molly Lineberger (Em) 33-7, 4. Celis Miranda (ESN) 32-3.5, 5. Chloe Moschberger (F) 31-11.
Discus: 1. Molly Lineberger (Em) 103-5, 2. Isabel Rodriguez (F) 101-5, 3. Kelly Leszcynski (Na) 100-10, 4. Leanne Villante (Ea) 98-7, 5. Rebecca Coleman (No) 98-1.
Javelin: 1. Kelly Leszcynski (Na) 139-5, 2. Brylee Tereska (L) 126-2, 3. Tierney Mcarroll (PME) 121-0, 4. Chloe Chase (P) 112-2, 5. Reia Sanchez (No) 105-2.
LEGEND
Allen (A), Bethlehem Catholic (BC), Central Catholic (CC), Dieruff (D), East Stroudsburg North (ESN), East Stroudsburg South (ESS), Easton (Ea), Emmaus (Em), Freedom (F), Liberty (L), Nazareth (Na), Northampton (No), Parkland (P), Pleasant Valley (PV), Pocono Mountain East (PME), Pocono Mountain West (PMW), Stroudsburg (S), Whitehall (W).