Tyrone Athletes Shine at Bedford Invitational
The Tyrone track teams faced the cold and rain to compete at the Bedford invite this past Saturday. Despite the challenging weather, both teams saw a lot of individual success. The girls placed 4th, and the boys placed 8th.
On the girls side, Mackenzie Latchford won 4th in the 100 with a time of 13.32. Eliza Vance earned 3rd in the 400 with a time of 1:05.33. Eva Toth received 4th in the 100 hurdles with a time of 18.27. The team of Eva Toth, Mackenzie Latchford, Natalie Saltsgiver, and Reagan Irons earned 3rd in the 4×1 relay with a time of 52.72.
The girls dominated the jumps, having many place within the top five, inclduding Reagan Irons who won the triple jump with a 34-8 and the high jump with a 5-0. Mackenzie Latchford earned 2nd in the long jump, jumping 17-0.5. Reagan Irons was close behind, earning 4th and jumping 15-9.85. Natalie Saltsgiver earned 5th in the high jump with a 4-8.
The boys were also very dominant in the jumping events. Brady Ronan won the long jump with a 20-3, and Jake Johnson earned 4th with a 19-9.5. Andrew Weaver earned 2nd in the high jump with a 5-8, and Jake Johnson was close behind, earning another 4th with a 5-6.
The track teams are at Huntingdon on Tuesday and at Juniata Valley on Thursday.
BOYS
TEAM SCORES/KEY
1, Bedford (B) 121; 2, Richland (R) 92; 3, James Buchanan (JB) 75; 4, Mountain Ridge (MR) 67.5; 5, Chestnut Ridge (CR) 62; 6, Southern Huntingdon (SH) 48; 7, Riverview (RV) 40; 8, Tyrone (T) 39.5; 9, Conemaugh Township (CT) 33; 10, Northern Garrett (NG) 32; 11, Tussey Mountain (TM) 28; 12, Central (C) 20; T-13, Everett (E) 15; T-13, Meyersdale (M) 15; 15, Penns Manor (PM) 10; 16, Berlin Brothersvalley (BB) 4.
100 dash: 1, Black, CT, 10.84; 2, McCracken, R, 11.13; 3, Weber, B, 11.45; 4, Gillis, TM, 11.52; 5, Twyman, MR, 11.77. 200 dash: 1, Black, CT, 22.3; 2, McCracken, R, 23.3; 3, Weber, B, 23.7; 4, Yingling, C, 24.2; 5, Hillegass, CR, 24.4. 400 dash: 1, Hillegass, CR, 51.58; 2, Layton, JB, 54.18; 3, Ross, NG, 4.34; 4, Barnhart, JB, 54.49; 5, Hersch, M, 54.59. 800 run: 1, Steele, RV, 2:06.37; 2, Culler, MR, 2:07.78; 3, Taylor, B, 2:13.2; 4, Gresh, B, 2:14.5; 5, Mills, E, 2:15. 1600 run: 1, Bollman, CR, 4:35.28; 2, Bauer, RV, 4:38.82; 3, Peck, NG, 4:40.81; 4, Laughlin, RV, 4:57.22; 5, Montgomery, BB, 5:03.89. 3200 run: 1, Bollman, CR, 10:08.92; 2, Peck, NG, 10:25.37; 3, Barnes, RV, 11:04.54; 4, Scritchfield, B, 11:12.27; 5, Pencil, B, 11:36.71. 110 hurdles: 1, Albright, CR, 16.41; 2, Reed, MR, 16.65; 3, McMahon, R, 16.86; 4, Wilt, MR, 18.0; 5, Wise, JB, 18.01. 300 hurdles: 1, Reed, MR, 43.35; 2, Winter, SH, 43.55; 3, Wilt, MR, 43.77; 4, North, SH, 44.67; 5, McMahon, R, 44.69.
400 relay: 1, Richland (LaRue, Box, Lewis, McCracken), 45.45; 2, Bedford, 46.32; 3, Tussey Mountain, 46.42. 1600 relay: 1, James Buchanan (McCoy, Amsley, Barnhart, Layton), 3:36.1; 2, Richland, 3:36.4; 3, Bedford, 3:39.2. 3200 relay: 1, Mountain Ridge (Culler, Howard, Start, Mulcaster), 8:37.1; 2, Chestnut Ridge, 8:42.2; 3, James Buchanan, 9:02.3. High jump: 1, Layton, JB, 5-10; 2, Weaver, T, 5-8; 3, Barnhouse, B, 5-6; 4, Johnson, T, 5-6; 5, Arnold, B, 5-2. Long jump: 1, Ronan, T, 20-3; 2, Winter, SH, 19-9.5; 3, Bittinger, NG, 19-9.25; 4, Johnson, T, 19-5.5; 5, McCoy, JB, 19-5. Triple jump: 1, Winter, SH, 40-7.5; 2, McCoy, JB, 40-7.25; 3, Bauer, R, 40-2; 4, Daugherty, C, 39-8; 5, Layton, JB, 39-4.75. Shot put: 1, Vent, B, 45-9; 2, Weyandt, B, 45-2; 3, Becker, B, 44-9; 4, Polenik, PM, 42-9; 5, Yochem, TM, 40-8. Discus: 1, Whetstone, B, 135-5; 2, Vent, B, 125-11; 3, Byer, CT, 119-10; 4, Polenik, PM, 117-4; 5, Sigler, B, 116-6. Javelin: 1, Hetz, M, 147-3; 2, Miller, B, 147-2; 3, Chase, R, 143-6; 4, Batche, R, 140-9; Walter, CR, 133-3. Pole vault: 1, Gossard, R, 12-6; 2, Slavick, R, 12-0; 3, Husick, TM, 11-6; 4, Scott, SH, 11-0; 5, Eshelman, JB, 10-6.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES/KEY
1, Bedford (B) 117; 2, Chestnut Ridge (CR) 87.5; 3, Forest Hills (FH) 72; 4, Tyrone (T) 59; 5, James Buchanan (JB) 50.5; 6, Conemaugh Township (CT) 50; 7, Northern Garrett (NG) 41; 8, Somerset (S) 40; 9, Richland (R) 33; 10, Everett (E) 24; 11, Central (C) 21; T-12, Frazier (F) 20; T-12, Penns Manor (PM) 20; 14, Meyersdale (M) 18; 15, Berlin Brothersvalley (BB) 17; 16, Tussey Mountain (TM) 13; 17, Southern Huntingdon (SH) 10; 18, Riverview (RV) 9.
100 dash: 1, Rios, S, 12.54; 2, Sarver, B, 13.08; 3, Hostetter, CT, 13.22; 4, Latchford, T, 13.32; 5, Slezak, CT, 13.78. 200 dash: 1, Rios, S, 27.54; 2, Garver, B, 28.09; 3, Hostetter, CT, 28.76; 4, Slezak, CT, 29.22; 5, Wible, JB, 29.55. 400 dash: 1, Whysong, CR, 1:01.38; 2, Sechler, BB, 1:04.66; 3, Vance, T, 1:05.33; 4, Sollenberger, JB, 1:05.64; 5, Brown, NG, 1:06.57. 800 run: 1, Whysong, CR, 2:29.25; 2, Eshelman, B, 2:34.4; 3, Weaverling, B, 2:39.03; 4, Brown, NG, 2:40.59; 5, Bauer, RV, 2:42.84. 1600 run: 1, Whysong, CR, 5:26.95; 2, Amtower, NG, 5:58.18; 3, Twigg, E, 6:00.88; 4, Bauer, RV, 6:01.83; 5, Fleming, JB, 6:03.6. 3200 run: 1, Whysong, CR, 12:57.4; 2, Orner, PM, 13:04.7; 3, Stewart, F, 13:09.9; 4, Fleming, JB, 13:20.5; 5, Upole, NG, 13:39.3. 100 hurdles: 1, Becker, B, 17.01; 2, Smith, FH, 17.17; 3, Decker, C, 17.9; 4, Toth, T, 18.27; 5, Covert, SH, 18.41. 300 hurdles: 1, Becker, B, 47.89; 2, Smith, FH, 50.21; 3, Dodson, CR, 53.08; 4, Smith, PM, 55.5; 5, Yeager, JB, 55.67.
400 relay: 1, Bedford (Sipes, Becker, Beck, Sarver), 51.69; Conemaugh Township, 51.86; 3, Tyrone, 52.72. 1600 relay: 1, Bedford (Becker, Sipes, Garver, Eshelman), 4:23.4; 2, Forest Hills, 4:34.2; 3, James Buchanan, 4:39. 3200 relay: 1, Bedford (Weaverling, Dibert, Lang, Eshelman), 10:59.8; 2, Northern Garrett, 11:15.4; 3, Richland, 11:38.7. High jump: 1, Irons, T, 5-0; 2, Yokum, E, 4-10; 3, Conant, FH, 4-8; 4, Horton, TM, 4-8; 5, Saltsgiver, T, 4-8. Long jump: 1, Rios, S, 18-0.25; 2, Latchford, T, 17-0.5; 3, Hillegass, CR, 16-1.25; 4, Irons, T, 15-9.85; 5, Conant, FH, 15-7.75. Triple jump: 1, Irons, T, 34-8; 2, Hillegass, CR, 34-1.75; 3, Yokum, E, 32-9; 4, Yost, R, 32-1.75; 5, Polkabla, F, 31-8.5. Shot put: 1, Martz, B, 35-1; 2, Emerick, M, 33-11; 3, Garnett, R, 33-2; 4, Danel, FH, 32-11; 5, Bosch, CR, 30-11. Discus: 1, Richard, S, 101-2; 2, Martz, B, 98-3; 3, Claycomb, CR, 88-0; 4, Bosch, CR, 87-9; 5, Emerick, M, 78-8. Javelin: 1, Bosch, CR, 129-11; 2, Martz, B, 97-3; 3, Weinzierl, FH, 96-2; 4, McGavitt, F, 92-10; 5, Danel, DH, 90-9. Pole vault: 1, Krug, FH, 8-0.6; 2, Ciarimboli, CT, 8-0.3; 3, Alfree, JB, 8-0.3; 4, Horton, TM, 8-0.2; 5, Miller, BB, 8-0.1.
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