(Pictured: 36 athletes board the bus for Slippery Rock University to compete in the WPIAL Individual Championships.)
Having 36 athletes qualify for the individual track and field championships is an awesome accomplishment. What they did when they got there was incredible!
15 of those athletes won 24 medals including 6 championships, 3 runner-ups,
6 bronze medals. 8 individuals and two relay teams earned a trip to next week's state championship meet at Shippensburg University!
Rose Kuchera won 4 gold medals herself by winning the triple jump, long jump, high hurdles, and joining Bennett Pidro, Abby Mitrik, and Bryce Dean to win the 4 x100 relay with a new school record of 48.0 seconds.
Bennett Pidro won gold in the relay, bronze in the 100 and 4th in the 200 to earn 3 events at states.
Elisabeth Franczyk won two bronze medals and earned two events at states by placing 3rd in the triple jump and 3rd in the 300 hurdles.
Maggie Clair is going to states with a silver in the shot put.
Jade Viscardi made states by placing 4th in the javelin throw.
Bryce Dean and Abby Mitrik also won gold medals on the championship relay team.
Addy Yaeger raced to a 7th place medal in the 800.
The boys won several medals as well.
Colton Dean won the 200 meter dash, placed 2nd in the 300 hurdles and 3rd in the long jump. Colton will run all three events at the state meet next week.
Austyn Wlinkleblech made states with a silver medal in the 100 meter dash.
Louis Liberatore is going to states with a bronze medal in the javelin throw.
Jake Egizio won a 5th place medal in the 200 meter dash.
The 4x400 relay team of Jake Egizio, Nick Gasparovic, Isaiah Hicks, and Spencer Pierce won the bronze medal in the final event of the day to earn their trip to the state meet.
Good luck to all our track and field athletes at the State championships!