District 11 boys track and field summaries

FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES

The first-day results of the District 11 Track and Field Championships held Wednesday at Blue Mountain High School (State qualifying standard, labeled SQS, appear after each event designation. State qualifiers have 'SQ' designation after their name):

LEGEND

A -- Allen; B -- Bangor; BC -- Bethlehem Catholic; C -- Catasauqua; CC -- Central Catholic; D -- Dieruff; E -- Easton; Em -- Emmaus; ESN -- East Stroudsburg North; ESS -- East Stroudsburg South; F -- Freedom; L -- Liberty; Leh -- Lehighton; MA -- Mahanoy Area; MC -- Marian Catholic; M -- Minersville; MoA -- Moravian Academy; Naz -- Nazareth; No -- Northampton; NL -- Northern Lehigh; N -- Northwestern; ND -- Notre Dame; NS -- North Schuylkill; P -- Parkland; Palm -- Palmerton; Palis -- Palisades; PA -- Pen Argyl; PG -- Pine Grove; PME -- Pocono Mountain East; PMW -- Pocono Mountain West; PN -- Pottsville Nativity; Po -- Pottsville; PV -- Pleasant Valley; S -- Salisbury; SH -- Schuylkill Haven; ShenV -- Shenandoah Valley; SL -- Southern Lehigh; SV -- Saucon Valley; St -- Stroudsburg; T -- Tamaqua; W -- Whitehall; Wi -- Wilson.

BOYS CLASS AAA

3,200 (SQS 9:31.71) -- 1. Matt Kacyon, W, 9:29.84 (SQ); 2. Matt Guetzlaff, P, 9:44.09 (SQ); 3. Tommy Darlington, L, 9:49.29; 4. Nathan Palmer, F, 9:53.18; 5. Alec Lederer, No, 9:58.87. (Meet record: 9:13.01, Tyler McCandless, No, 2005).

300 intermediate hurdles (SQS 39.80) -- 1. Kowan Scott, Wi, 37.81 (SQ); 2. Alexis Carty, St, 39.64 (SQ); 3. Dan Falcone, B, 41.01; 4. Jared Queen, E, 41.44; 5. Kevin Anderson, SL, 41.48. (Meet record: 37.56, Kowan Scott, Wi, 2010).

3,200 relay (SQS 8:02.04) -- 1. Easton (Tyler Caul, Andrew Wolfe, Austin Barlow and Bernard England) 7:58.55 (SQ); 2. Nazareth (Andrew Bridgeforth, Kevin Boylan, Eric Johnson and Steven Ruch) 8:05.59 (SQ); 3. Whitehall 8:13.07; 4. Blue Mountain 8:20.94; 5. Stroudsburg 8:24.18. (Meet record: 7:52.90, Easton, 2005).

Shot put (SQS 52-0) -- 1. Bryan Pearson, B, 49-11 (SQ); 2. John Passmore, St, 47-4 (SQ); 3. Justin Kulhamer, No, 46-2.75; 4. Joey Crouse, ESN, 46-8.5; 5. Mason Spangler, Em, 45-2.75. (Meet record: 61-1.25, Mike Hartenstine, L, 1971).

Javelin (SQS 178-0) -- 1. Jon Strauss, Leh, 191-5 (SQ); 2. Andrew Korrubin, Po, 178-8 (SQ); 3. Yianni Korovesis, S, 169-0; 4. Tyler Bauer, No, 168-8; 5. Bradon Zeiner, W, 167-1. (Meet record: 212-8, Carl Wolter, Leh, 1994).

Triple jump (SQS 44-6) -- 1. Adam Bridgeforth, Naz, 45-4 (SQ); 2. Jarrel Bobb, ESN, 44-7.5 (SQ); 3. Dwayne Vines, PMW, 44-1.5; 4. Nick Wilson, No, 44-1; 5. Kyle Laughlin, BM, 43-7. (Meet record: 49-7.5, Kendrick Morgan, PM, 1994).

High jump (SQS 6-5) -- 1. Casey Guers, Po, 6-1 (SQ); 2. Logan Kreglow, W, 6-1 (SQ); 3. Jake Boyle, PMW, 5-11; 4. (tie), Kyle Laughlin, BM, and Shalir Williams, PMW, 5-11. (Meet record: 7-.25, Rob Arnold, L, 1998).

BOYS CLASS AA

3,200 (SQS 9:48.01) -- 1. Brendan Shearn, NS, 9:36.42 (SQ); 2. Richard Hall, Mi, 10:07.95; 3. Shawn Regan, CC, 10:23.07; 4. Kyler Burke, PG, 10:23.67; 5. Anthony Brinkley, C, 10:34.11. (Meet record: 9:28.94, Jeff Dobias, Palm, 1999).

300 intermediate hurdles (SQS 40.80) -- 1. Caleb Johnson, NL, 40.93 (SQ); 2. Daniel McSurdy, NS, 41.13; 3. Bobby Kelly, MC, 41.84; 4. Connor Whitman, Mi, 41.93; 5. John Slater, Mi, 42.53. (Meet record: 38.71, Derrik Keich, T, 2006).

3,200 relay (SQS 8:15.55) -- 1. Bethlehem Catholic (Collin Roszyk, Nate Borger, Rob Leeson and Chris Solda) 8:20.47 (SQ); 2. Central Catholic (Shawn Regan, Ryan Turner, Colin Fitzpatrick and Dan Fitzpatrick) 8:22.63; 3. Palisades 8:25.50; 4. Schuylkill Haven 8:27.67; 5. Notre Dame 8:33.44. (Meet record: 8:07.09, Bethlehem Catholic, 2010).

Discus (SQS 148-0) -- 1. Jeff Gallagher, C, 145-6 (SQ); 2. Josh Turner, T, 144-2; 3. Joe Thieme, C, 134-0; 4. Bill Birosik, PN, 126-4; 5. Ronnie Snyder, CC, 123-10. (Meet record: 184-10, Joe Kovacs, BC, 2007).

Triple jump (SQS 44-0) -- 1. Dan Reichenbach, S, 42-2 (SQ); 2. Tajmir Flood, BC, 42-1.5; 3. Kyle Jesiolowski, Palis, 41-9; 4. Mike Seremula, NL, 40-7.5; 5. Jason Brandt, PA, 40-6.5. (Meet record: 46-7, Adam Eckhart, Wi, 2008).

High jump (SQS 6-4) -- 1. Collin Blaydon, Palis, 6-0 (SQ); 2. Robby Hanzlik, NL, 5-10; 3. (tie), Connor Ewell, CC, and John Slater, NL, 5-10; 5. Caleb Johnson, NL, 5-10. (Meet record: 6-9, Brian Richard, Palis, 1995).

Pole vault (SQS 13-6) -- 1. Austin Witmer, PA, 13-6 (SQ); 2. Colton Mitchell, Palis, 12-0; 3. Nick Hoats, S, 11-0; 4. Benjamin Dean, Mi, 10-6; 5. Carter Rankin, NL, 10-6. (Meet record: 15-3, Kyle Miller, C, 2008).


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