The indoor athletics season picked up during the holidays. Here are a few remarks:
Tirko does a triple jump
Senior Nordic Rebecca Tirko won the triple jump in the red division at the Ocean Breeze Holiday Festival on December 27 in Staten Island, New York. 34ft, 7in Tirko’s best personal score helped her beat a pair of Hunterdon Central High School (New Jersey) jumpers with Olivia Shalley (34-2.5) and Noreen Hussain (33-6) . Tirko was also fifth in the Red Division’s long jump (15-2).
Tirko was ninth in the long jump and 10th in the triple jump at the Mid-Penn Championships last spring.
Pole vault prowess
Breckin Swope of East Pennsboro won the pole vault event at the Franklin & Marshall High School Holiday Invitational on December 28. Swope climbed 13-foot-7, passing Gov. Mifflin’s Jacob Engle (12-6) and Cory Engle (12-0). On the girls side, Trinity’s Adeline Woodward cleared 11-0 to finish second behind Elizabeth Tapper of Hempfield (11-6). Red Land’s Marlayna Concannon (fourth, 10-6) and East Pennsboro’s Delaney Beigh (sixth, 9-6) also finished among the top outfielder.
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In the VaultWorX game on Friday, Swope cleared 14-0 to finish second behind Justin Rogers (16-1) of Hershey on the boys’ side while Beigh and Woodward cleared 11-3 to dominate the field.
Also at the F&M Invitational, Ella Letersky of East Pennsboro was fourth in the triple jump (31-4). Her teammate, Amya Sopp, was sixth in the shot put (32-6.5). In the boys’ shot put, Josh Angelo was fifth (41-9.75) for East Pennsboro, and Elijah McKell of the Panthers was sixth in the 800 meters (2: 12.91).
Always on top
Ally Richwine of Carlisle’s 5-foot, 4-inch high jump margin is still the best bar in Pennsylvania for the indoor season, according to the MileSplit Girl Rankings. Wade Shomper of Cumberland Valley, who clocked a record-breaking school indoor shot put of 54-4.75 in the Dec. 15 meeting at State College, has the state’s best score of the season according to the ranking of boys.
HS Track and Field Photos: Mid-Penn Championships
Jeremiah Hargrove of Carlisle competes in the men’s triple jump on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Mechanicsburg’s Annika Hummel competes in the women’s pole vault on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Ryan Craig of Trinity throws the shot put on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Northern’s Josh Ford kicks off the shot put on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Wade Shomper of Cumberland Valley kicks off the shot put on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Josh Angelo of East Pennsboro kicks off the shot put on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Dalton Foore of Shippensburg kicks off the shot put on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Northern’s Jacqueline Brettschne throws the discus on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
Trinity’s Kaitlyn Baranko kicks the disc Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Alexandra Brady of Mechanicsburg throws the disc on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Isabella Roes of Trinity throws the disc on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Amya Sopp of East Pennsboro kicks the disc Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Lauren Bellows of Cumberland Valley kicks the disc Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Spencer Edey of Shippensburg competes in the men’s triple jump on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Jacob Cramer of Shippensburg competes in the boys’ triple jump on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Big Spring’s Everett Baker competes in the boys’ triple jump on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Max Schlager of Trinity competes in the men’s triple jump on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Seth Tichenor of Cumberland Valley competes in the men’s triple jump on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Big Spring’s Brooke Barrick competes in the women’s pole vault on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Laney Beigh of East Pennsboro competes in the women’s pole vault on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Carlisle’s Hailey Wells competes in the women’s 1,600-meter race on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Red Land’s Marlayna Concannon competes in the women’s pole vault on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Adeline Woodward of Trinity competes in the women’s pole vault on Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Anne Spila of Trinity competes in the 100-meter hurdles girls Saturday morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Reagan Eickhoff, of Boiling Springs, left, takes over from Shae Bennett as they compete in the girls 4×100 relay in the morning at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Ella Boback of Carlisle leads the final leg of the girls 4×100 morning relay at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Jack Laing of Boiling Springs, left, takes over from Joey Menke as they compete in the morning boys 4×100 relay at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Adnan Sbai of East Pennsboro, left, takes over from Zack White as they compete in the boys 4×100 morning relay at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Cedar Cliff’s Ariel LaFountain crosses the finish line as she competes in the women’s 400-meter morning relay at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Trinity’s Elizabeth Levin heads to the finish line as she competes in the women’s 400-meter morning relay at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Carlisle’s Addysen Fitzgerald heads to the finish line as she competes in the women’s 400-meter morning relay at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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Riley Ebersole of Cumberland Valley, left, and Mia Boardman run to the finish line as they compete in the women’s 400-meter morning relay at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships at Chambersburg High School.
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James Jaisingh of Cumberland Valley, front, and David Williams, left, run to the finish line as they compete in the men’s 400-meter morning relay at the Mid-Penn Track and Field Championships in Chambersburg High School.
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