The Herald, Sharon, Pa. - Track athletes tune up for D-10 at Mercer County Invitational

Fri, May 16 2008

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Lakeview's Fawn Miller set a meet record in the javelin with a throw of 149 feet, 3 inches. She also won the 100-meter dash.
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Sharon's Jacques Moss runs the anchor leg in the 1600 relay. The Tigers took first in 3:34.40. Also pictured is Slippery Rock's Dan Hartzell.
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A close-up of the finish. The Sharon foursome was William Bagnall, Ron Howard, James Hosey and Moss.
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George Junior Republic's Tim Quattlebaum took first in the triple jump (42-1).
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Sharon's Jessica McSherry, Mercer's Melissa Smith and West Middlesex's Morgan Swartz compete in the 3200-meter run.
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Another shot of the 3200, this time with the winner - Greenville's Allison Pfaff (12:18.28). Also in picture are WM's Swartz and Mercer's Smith.
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Wilmington's Chris Burns captures the 200-meter dash (22.83). Burns won the 100 and 200 and ran on the winning 400 relay team.
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A close-up of the finish. The Sharon foursome was William Bagnall, Ron Howard, James Hosey and Moss.
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Mercer's Claire Creasy captured the 200 (27.09). Also pictured is Wilmington's Cassi Conway and Slippery Rock's Elissa McCune.
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West Middlesex's Adam Shrawder set a meet record in the 800 with a time of 1:59.12.
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Shrawder at the start of the 800.
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Grove City's Hana Casalnova edges Kennedy Catholic's Katie Cianci in the 800. Casalnova clocked in at 2:21.48.
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Grove City's Kristy Woods won the shot put and discus. Her distance of 44-9 in the shot was a meet record. She threw 137-10 in the discus.
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Wilmington's Derrick Burns passes the baton to Nick Riggall during the 400 relay. The Hounds placed first in a time of 44.08.
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Lakeview's Autumn Tesinsky runs the anchor leg of the 400-meter relay. The Lady Sailors copped first in a time of 51.75. Also pictured is Greenville's Ashley Weaver.
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Reynolds' Kara Mostoller set a meet record in the long jump with a leap of 16-11 1/2.
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West Middlesex's Mark Saylor makes his approach in the pole vault.
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Saylor clears 13 feet to finish first.
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Sharpsville's Shane Sigler clocked in at 4:35.81 to win the 1600-meter run.
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Grove City's Sara Chuzie captured the 1600, clocking in at 5:33.48.
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Wilmington's Chris Burns and Forrest Minteer placed 1-2 in the 100-meter dash.
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Lakeview's Fawn Miller crosses first in the 100 in a time of 13.11. Also pictured is Greenville's Megan Montalvo.
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Lakeview's Ashley Lewis and Slippery Rock's Angela Shaffer placed 1-2 in the 100-meter hurdles. Lewis' winning time was 15.92.
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Slippery Rock's Ethan Geisler clocked in at 15.87 to win the 110 hurdles. Also pictured is Wilmington's Luke Yohman and George Junior Republic's Trey Jackson.
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Female pole vaulters get ready to compete.
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A 100-meter dash heat.
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A heat in the 1600-meter run.
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Published May 10, 2008 10:38 pm - Though no team titlists were crowned during Saturday’s Mercer County Track & Field Invitational, the annual event was no mere exhibition as athletes fine-tuned in final preparation for next weekend’s District 10 Championships.

Track athletes tune up for D-10 at Mercer County Invitational

By Ed Farrell

Herald Assistant Sports Editor

Though no team titlists were crowned during Saturday’s Mercer County Track & Field Invitational, the annual event was no mere exhibition as athletes fine-tuned in final preparation for next weekend’s District 10 Championships.

Ed Pikna, West Middlesex High boys team coach, paraphrasing one of his assistants, Mike Williams, perhaps put it best:

“There’s not a whole lot of things, right now you can do at this point in the season to get yourself to the state meet; but there’s an awful lot of things you can do this week in practice that can keep you from the state meet or that can keep you from hitting that personal best at districts.”

Meet manager Barb Dzuricsko noted next weekend’s Class AA D-10 Championships will offer state berths only to the top 2 placewinners in each event, plus those finishing 3rd-through-8th who meet a predetermined qualifying standard.

A case in point regarding the significance of Saturday’s invite was Sharon High boys’ 4x4 relay team. In the day’s final event on the track, the Tigers — sans starters Billy Altman and Jim Santillan — still roared to a 1st-place and season-best 3:34.40, led by anchorman Jacques Moss.

“ ... It was my job to bring it home,” Moss said with a smile after turning in (an unofficial) personal-best 50.9 split, which was actually better than his 51.39 clocking in winning the open 400-meter dash.

“We’re pretty confident,” confided Moss regarding next weekend’s District 10 Championships.

Other highlights from Saturday’s invite:

ä Wilmington High’s Chris Burns brought home a quartet of golds, including the 100- (11.15) and 200-meter (22.83) dashes and long jump (21-6), and he lent a leg to Wilmington’s winning sprint-relay foursome (44.08). His Greyhounds’ teammate, Paul Yohman, yanked throws of 53-5è and 154-5 in the shot put and discus, respectively, for his twin-killing, while Slippery Rock’s Ethan Geisler swept the high (15.87) and intermediate (40.87) hurdles.

ä A quintet of girls posted double-doubles, including Grove City’s Hana Casalnova (400-, 800-meter runs) and Kristy Woods (shot, disc), Lakeview’s Fawn Miller (100, javelin) and Ashley Lewis (high hurdles, sprint-relay leg), and Reynolds’ Kara Mostoller (long, triple jumps).

ä Miller established a meet mark in the javelin (149-3), while Woods did likewise in the shot (44-9), eclipsing her own mark of 2 years ago. And Mostoller mustered a 16-foot, 11-inch long jump.

ä West Middlesex’s Adam Shrawder set one of two male marks as he was clocked in 1:59.12 in the 800-meter run (breaking a 7-year-old record), and Wilmington’s Ryan Bell bettered the javelin record by almost 12 full feet (197-8).

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