The Tyrone Track and Field Team excelled at the largest invitational meet of the season, the annual Mountain Lion Invitational at Mansion Park in Altoona on Friday, May 2, 2025.

The meet featured teams from across the region, with 27 boys teams and 29 girls teams competing at the AA level.

Despite a weather delay that stopped the meet for over an hour, pushing the last event until after 11 pm, Tyrone persevered, with the boys finishing second and the girls finishing third.

United won the boys team title by eight points over Central Cambria and Tyrone, who tied for runner-up. The Lewisburg girls won the title,107-88.5, over runner-up Bellwood-Antis.

BOYS

Senior Dante Novak had one of the most impressive performances of the day for the boys, taking first in the long jump with a jump of 21-4.5. Novak was also a key part of all three Tyrone relays, two of which won their event, and the other placed.

The 4×100 team of Novak, Mason Emigh, Austin Lucas, and Seth Hoover won the event with a time of 44.43.

The 4×800 team of Aiden Detwiler, Tom Sutt, Alex Brumbaugh, and Novak ran an 8:19.88, earning a first place for the Golden Eagles. Their time was less than a second off the Tyrone school record.

Novak was also a member of the sixth-place 4×400 team, where he ran a 52-second split, joined by Drew Irons, Tytus Novak, and Detwiler.

At the end of the day, Novak scored 33 points for the team.

Sophomore Kyler Suhoney finished sixth in the 110m hurdles with a time of 16.50, and sophomore Tyler Connelly placed sixth in the 300 hurdles, running a 43.97.

In the 200, Irons and Lucas both made it through the prelims and into the finals. Irons was seeded fifth and finished fourth, and Lucas was seeded eighth and finished seventh.

Irons also placed sixth in the 400, running a 52.68.

Detwiler placed fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:06.7

Sutt placed fifth in the 1600 with a time of 4:45.36, and he also took sixth in the 3200 with a time of 10:32.63

In the field events, Emigh placed third in the triple jump, jumping a 42-9.25, and senior Cian Hockenberry placed eighth in shotput, throwing a 42-11.5

GIRLS

Sophomore Sarah Chichester had a great meet, reaching the podium in all four of her events.

Chichester took fifth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.75, second in the 200-meter dash, running a time of 27.14. She was also part of both the 400-meter relay and the 1600-meter relay that placed in the top three.

Freshman Lola Woomer placed first in high jump, jumping a height of 5-2, and placed eighth in triple jump.

The 400-meter relay that included junior Claire Lehman, junior Nicole Ramsey, senior Alayna Greene, and Chichester placed second with a time of 51.07.

The 1600 meter relay of Chichester, junior Alyssa Houck, sophomore Taylor Wrye, and Lehman placed third with a time 4:18.73.

Lehman also placed third in the 300-meter hurdles, running a personal record and season best with a time of 48.76.

Ramsey placed third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.93. She placed fourth in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump.

Wrye placed eighth in the 400-meter dash, running a time of 1:04.2.

Senior Kylee Nelson placed fourth in javelin, throwing a length of 107-11.

Junior Addison Warren tied for eighth place in pole vault with a height of 8 feet.

Junior Alyssa Houck hit a season best, running a time of 2:36 in the 800-meter run.

Click HERE for full meet results.

BOYS

TEAM RESULTS/KEY

1, United (U) 76; T-2, Tyrone (T) 68; T-2, Central Cambria (CC) 68; 4, Bellwood-Antis (BA) 41; 5, Bishop Carroll (BC) 38; 6, Huntingdon (H) 35; 7, Penn Cambria (PC) 34.33; 8, Central (C) 33; 9, Homer-Center (HC) 31; 10, Elk County Catholic (ECC) 27.5; T-11, Cambria Heights (CH) 26; T-11, Penns Valley (PV) 26; T-11, Penns Manor (PM) 26; 14, Bedford (B) 24; 15, Bald Eagle Area (BEA) 21.5; 16, Marion Center (MC) 20; 17, Ligonier Valley (LV) 18.5; 18, Windber (W) 18; 19, Philipsburg-Osceola (PO) 16; 20, Forest Hills (FH) 14.83; 21, Kane (K) 12.33; 22, River Valley (RV) 12; 23, Northern Cambria (NC) 8; 24, Westmont Hilltop (WH) 3; 25, Bishop Guilfoyle (BG) 2; T-26, Moshannon Valley (MV) 1; T-26, Purchase Line (PL) 1.

INDIVIDUAL

100 dash: 1, Law, PO, 11.24; 2, Althouse, PV, 11.37; 3, Jablunovsky, LV, 11.39; 4, Slusher, H, 11.44; 5, Cunningham, BC, 11.46; 6, Noone, BEA, 11.48; 7, Mickel, C, 11.51; 8, Brallier, B, 11.59. 200 dash: 1, Brooks, MC, 23.1; 2, Cobaugh, HC, 23.2; 3, Law, PO, 23.49; 4, Irons, T, 23.52; 5, Brallier, B, 23.75; 6, Jones, HC, 23.94; 7, Lucas, T, 24.01; 8, Hasset, WH, 24.45. 400 dash: 1, Cobaugh, HC, 50.58; 2, Oleksa, U, 50.94; 3, Schreier, BA, 51.78; 4, Brallier, B, 52.26; 5, Hughes, H, 52.29; 6, Irons, T, 52.68; 7, I. Bradley, CC, 52.9; 8, H. Bradley, CC, 52.93. 800 run: 1, Kuntz, CC, 2:02.09; 2, Heuston, C, 2:03.14; 3, Beaver, U, 2:05.87; 4, Detwiler, T, 2:06.7; 5, Williams, ECC, 2:08.6; 6, Ryan, BC, 2:10.65; 7, Singer, BG, 2:11.59; 8, Archangelo, CC, 2:11.88. 1600 run: 1, Kuntz, CC, 4:32.52; 2, Haycisak, CC, 4:37.04; 3, Pencil, B, 4:40.94; 4, Caron, FH, 4:41.7; 5, Sutt, T, 4:45.36; 6, Kline, CH, 4:46.42; 7, Henning, U, 4:47.54; 8, Price, PV, 4:52.21. 3200 run: 1, Haycisak, CC, 9:46; 2, Caron, FH, 10:00.02; 3, Henning, U, 10:10.58; 4, Takacs, CC, 10:13.27; 5, Hendrickson, ECC, 10:16.49; 6, Sutt, T, 10:32.63; 7, Price, PV, 10:35.13; 8, Nestlerode, MV, 10:38.44. 110 hurdles: 1, Forsha, RV, 15.28; 2, Eckenrode, CH, 15.68; 3, Dreibelbis, CH, 16.1; 4, Nelson, BA, 16.24; 5, Taylor, BEA, 16.39; 6, K. Suhoney, T, 16.5; 7, Kimler, PV, 16.62; 8, Boschert, K, 16.87. 300 hurdles: 1, Taylor, BEA, 40.81; 2, Eckenrode, CH, 42.57; 3, Stiffler, U, 42.6; 4, Seymour, BC, 43.56; 5, Martin, U, 43.71; 6, Connelly, T, 43.97; 7, Marks, C, 44.36; 8, Minahan, W, 44.52.

400 relay: 1, Tyrone (D. Novak, M. Emigh, Lucas, Hoover), 44.43; 2, Huntingdon, 44.52; 3, Windber, 45.13; 4, Central, 45.28; 5, Bald Eagle Area, 45.3; 6, Kane, 45.35; 7, Homer-Center, 45.45; 8, Forest Hills, 45.57. 1600 relay: 1, United, 3:34.1; 2, Central Cambria, 3:34.25; 3, Homer-Center, 3:34.98; 4, Bellwood-Antis, 3:36.12; 5, Central, 3:36.21; 6, Tyrone, 3:36.75; 7, Elk County Catholic, 3:40.34; 8, Huntingdon, 3:43.15. 3200 relay: 1, Tyrone (Detwiler, Sutt, Brumbaugh, Novak), 8:19.88; 2, United, 8:21.03; 3, Central Cambria, 8:27.21; 4, Central, 8:34.41; 5, Elk County Catholic, 8:50.88; 6, Bellwood-Antis, 9:05.42; 7, Marion Center, 9:10.72; 8, Purchase Line, 9:12.29. High jump: 1, Wortman, ECC, 6-3; T-2, Krause, W, 6-1; T-2, Jublunovsky, LV, 6-1; 4, Gates, BEA, 5-11; 5, Tremel, BC, 5-11; 6, Patel, PV, 5-11; 7, Strittmatter, PC, 5-9; T-8, Latterner, PC, 5-7; T-8, Edmondson, FH, 5-7; T-8, McCormack, K, 5-7. Long jump: 1, D. Novak, T, 21-4.5; 2, Farrell, NC, 21-1.5; 3, Lilly, PC, 21-1.5; 4, Lane, H, 20-11.5; 5, Cunningham, BC, 20-10; 6, Farabaugh, BC, 20-6.5; 7, Wortman, ECC, 20-4; 8, Klosky, W, 20-3.5. Triple jump: 1, Lane, H, 43-11; 2, Lilly, PC, 42-11.75; 3, M. Emigh, T, 42-9.25; 4, Farabaugh, BC, 42-3.5; 5, Cunningham, BC, 41-9.5; 6, Estep, CC, 41-1; 7, Reilly, RV, 41-1; 8, Wortman, ECC, 40-7.5. Shot put: 1, Polenik, PM, 53-6; 2, Severance, K, 49-5; 3, Lewis, PM, 46-4.25; 4, Quick, BA, 45-9; 5, Jelley, U, 43-11; 6, Pellegrine, BA, 43-9; 7, Butterly, HC, 43-6.25; 8, Hockenberry, T, 42-11.5. Discus: 1, Quick, BA, 147-3; 2, Ingraham, B, 136-1; 3, Wirick, U, 135-11; 4, Gray, PC, 134-0; 5, O’Brien, CC, 126-10; 6, Weyandt, W, 118-5; 7, Leiato, WH, 117-0; 8, Jelley, U, 116-6. Javelin: 1, Lewis, PM, 182-7; 2, Lilly, PC, 171-7; 3, Farabaugh, BC, 160-1; 4, Gray, PC, 159-10; 5, Pellegrine, BA, 154-6; 6, Oleksa, U, 150-1; 7, Wirick, U, 149-9; 8, Skebeck, CH, 144-11. Pole vault: 1, Garshnick, U, 12-6; 2, Fox, MC, 12-0; 3, Uberti, BEA, 11-6; 4, Brisendine, LV, 11-6; 5, Hart, C, 11-6; 6, Heuston, C, 11-6; 7, Escuadro, H, 11-0; T-8, Rickley, FH, 11-0; T-8, Lanzel, ECC, 11-0.

GIRLS

TEAM RESULTS/KEY

1, Lewisburg (L) 107; 2, Bellwood-Antis (BA) 88.5; 3, Tyrone (T) 66.5; 4, Elk County Catholic (ECC) 49; 5, Bedford (B) 48; 6, Forest Hills (FH) 43; 7, Central (C) 35; 8, Freeport (F) 26; 9, Cambria Heights (CH) 25; T-10, River Valley (RV) 21; T-10, Penn Cambria (PC) 21; T-10 Kane (K) 21; T-10, Northern Bedford (NB) 21; 14, United (U) 16.5; 15, Juniata Valley (JV) 16; 16, Windber (W) 15; T-17, Huntingdon (H) 11; T-17, Ligonier Valley (LV) 11; 19, Bishop Guilfoyle (BG) 9; 20, Bald Eagle Area (BEA) 8; 21, Westmont Hilltop (WH) 7.5; 22, Purchase Line (PL) 7; 23, Northern Cambria (NC) 6; T-24, Bishop Carroll (BC) 5; T-24, Homer-Center (HC) 5; 26, Penns Valley (PV) 4; 27, West Branch (WB) 3; 28, Tussey Mountain (TM) 2; 29, Marion Center (MC) 1.

INDIVIDUAL

100 dash: 1, Moyers, L, 12.8; 2, Blakeslee, L, 12.82; 3, Eckenrode, PC, 13.05; 4, Cherry, BA, 13.11; 5, Chichester, T, 13.75; 6, Stager, WH, 13.76; 7, Dibert, C, 13.88; 8, Johnson, K, 13.97. 200 dash: 1, Cherry, BA, 26.92; 2, Chichester, T, 27.14; 3, Ramsey, T, 27.93; 4, Driver, L, 28.07; 5, Mahalko, PC, 28.73; 6, Cornman, RV, 29.6. 400 dash: 1, Lanzel, ECC, 59.11; 2, Hassler, BA, 1:00.35; 3, Depetro, NC, 1:02.11; 4, Shields, L, 1:02.88; 5, Gergley, PC, 1:03.02; 6, Carpenter, FH, 1:03.28; 7, Spigelmyer, L, 1:04.03; 8, Wrye, T, 1:04.2. 800 run: 1, Bille, ECC, 2:19.02; 2, Gunter, LV, 2:20.24; 3, McCrum, JV, 2:21.9; 4, Pablic, BC, 2:24.31; 5, Schwartz, L, 2:24.47; 6, Hoover, CH, 2:25.05; 7, Yasurek, K, 2:28.51; 8, Klena, PV, 2:29.93. 1600 run: 1, McCrum, JV, 5:10.01; 2, May, B, 5:12.62; 3, Berkhimer, C, 5:24.31; 4, Hershberger, NB, 5:35.44; 5, Pennington, BA, 5:37.11; 6, Hoover, CH, 5:37.84; 7, Milliron, K, 5:38.7; 8, Russo, W, 5:43.87. 3200 run: 1, May, B, 11:08.62; 2, Berkhimer, C, 11:26.29; 3, Hershberger, NB, 11:29.34; 4, Sak, L, 11:58.41; 5, Henning, U, 12:16.84; 6, Russo, W, 12:17.0; 7, Palmer, LV, 12:29.15; 8, Slade, MC, 12:33.62. 100 hurdles: 1, Young, H, 15.74; 2, Glessner, FH, 15.94; 3, McClellan, CH, 15.95; 4, Bryan, BEA, 16.11; 5, Bolton, L, 16.66; 6, Newton, ECC, 16.99; 7, Stoltzfus, BA, 17.0; 8, Karabinos, PC, 17.58. 300 hurdles: 1, Batkowski, L, 47.28; 2, Papcunik, FH, 47.93; 3, Lehman, T, 48.76; 4, Stoltzfus, BA, 49.45; 5, Dunn, C, 50.09; 6, Shuster, W, 50.64; 7, Skirboll, RV, 50.86; 8, McGinnis, U, 51.21.

400 relay: *1, Lewisburg, 49.32; 2, Tyrone, 51.07; 3, Penn Cambria, 51.28; 4, Central, 52.29; 5, Bellwood-Antis, 52.3; 6, River Valley, 52.4; 7, Cambria Heights, 52.86; 8, Forest Hills, 53.14. 1600 relay: 1, Elk County Catholic, 4:14.19; 2, Tyrone, 4:18.73; 3, Central, 4:20.12; 4, Bellwood-Antis, 4:30.54; 5, Purchase Line, 4:30.62; 6, United, 4:40.42; 7, River Valley, 4:42.47; 8, Ligonier Valley, 4:44.73. 3200 relay: 1, Lewisburg, 9:36.22; 2, Elk County Catholic, 9:50.74; 3, Bellwood-Antis, 10:04.72; 4, Forest Hills, 10:16.74; 5, United, 10:28; 6, Kane, 10:37.15; 7, Purchase Line, 10:38.72; 8, Windber, 10:39.3. High jump: 1, Woomer, T, 5-2; 2, Straub, ECC, 5-0; 3, Bolton, L, 5-0; 4, McLeary, FH, 5-0; T-5, Gerwert, BA, 4-10; T-5, Twinchek, RV, 4-10; T-5, Cornman, RV, 4-10; T-8, Ressler, U, 4-10; T-8, Hassler, BA, 4-10. Long jump: 1, Magness, F, 17-4.5; 2, Twinchek, RV, 17-3.5; 3, Cherry, BA, 15-10.5; 4, Ramsey, T, 15-10.5; 5, Haigh, BG, 15-9.75; 6, Powers, BA, 15-7.5; 7, LaMarche, B, 15-5.5; 8, Cabala, FH, 15-3.5. Triple jump: 1, Cherry, BA, 36-10; 2, McMillen, CH, 36-5; 3, Magness, F, 35-7.5; 4, Haigh, BG, 35-7.5; 5, Ramsey, T, 35-5.5; 6, Carney, W, 34-5.25; 7, McClellan, CH, 34-3.5; 8, Woomer, T, 33-10. Shot put: 1, Weber, B, 35-8; 2, Gable, NB, 35-0.5; 3, Faith, FH, 34-10.25; 4, Voyda, HC, 34-7.5; 5, Mingle, C, 32-10.5; 6, Crestani, BEA, 32-7.5; 7, Rowe, L, 32-5; 8, Morley, CH, 31-0. Discus: 1, Weber, B, 109-10; 2, Petrof, K, 106-8; 3, Taneyhill, BA, 103-10; 4, Rowe, L, 102-11; 5, Miller, U, 102-10; 6, Bizzak, K, 101-10; 7, Gable, NB, 97-9; 8, Kyper, H, 96-11. Javelin: 1, Osunde, L, 129-5; 2, Vance, L, 117-4; 3, Myers, FH, 108-11; 4, Nelson, T, 107-11; 5, Yoder, WH, 107-10; 6, Hebel, WB, 106-6; 7, Petrof, K, 105-8; 8, Mumau, PL, 103-7. Pole vault: 1, Magness, F, 12-1; 2, Genditzki, B, 9-6; 3, Worthing, BA, 9-0; 4, Rishel, BA, 9-0; 5, Oyler, W, 9-0; 6, Vance, L, 8-6; 7, Sumner, TM, 8-6; T-8, Yoder, WH, 8-0; T-8, Warren, T, 8-0.

*Meet records