Sunday, April 21, 2013

Hempfield Track & Field at Shippensburg Invitational!

I always look at the Shippensburg Invitational as a measuring stick!  What happens here is imprtant for two reasons!

1 - Competition - You will compete against a VERY large field of District 3 athletes! (and other districts)

2 - The Venue - The competition is at the Shippensburg University Track & Field Stadium!  This is the same venue as Districts & States!

How did we do?  First the girls:
Event  -  Athlete -     (place)  Results
100 m - Danielle Bland (16) - 13.30
400 m - Sarah Helgeson (1) - 57.15
800 m - Maria Yoder (14) - 2:24.08
3200 m - Kim Campbell (22) - 12:24.93
100 H - Kayla Garpstas (19) - 17.34       Abbey Friedman (24) - 18.33
300 H - Erin Gamble (15) - 49.93
2000 Steeple - Molly Conrad (2) - 8:03.40
4x100 - Friedman, Davis, Klag, & Bland (4) - 51.75
4x800 - Campbell, Conrad, Kurcina, & Nolan (4) - 10:00.59
HJ - Anna Williams (11) - 4'8"
TJ - Claire Davis (13) - 32-2
PV - Danielle Bland (1) - 11'6"  & Kayla Garpstas (2) - 11'-0"
Shot - Alecia Rohrer (9) - 30-11
Discus - Alecia Rohrer (7) - 103-10
Javelin - Alecia Rohrer (10) - 101-11

Some great results!  AGAIN, if you have not seen Sarah Helgeson run, you need to see this JUNIOR run!  First, at the Shippenburg Invitational is AWESOME & the time 57.15 almost 3 seconds ahead of second!  Sarah is a hard working, confident, & VERY talented young lady!!  More to come the next few weeks!

Danielle Polettie & Kayla Garpstas first & second - FIRST & SECOND!  This is a FIRST for Hempfield! I spent the last few years of my coaching career coaching the pole vault & these two girls are special!  We have had some AWESOME one-two pole vault punches in the past - Fellenbaum & Lundy, Ressler & Poletti(older sis), BUT this is our best ever!

How about the 2000 m Steeplechase?  It is the only time all year the ladies run it!  And, Molly Conrad finished SECOND by 0.1 seconds!!

Molly - GREAT RUN!!!

How did the boys do?
Event  -  Athlete -     (place)  Results
100 m - Dustin Koenig (10) - 11.50     &   Preston Swett ((23) - 11.66
200 m - Tory Long (2) - 22.97
400 m - Darnell Lathon (14) - 53.05
1600 m - Andrew Birk (11) - 4:33.16   &   Connor Lehr (30) - 4:43.65
300 H - Andrew Pogue (17) - 44.07
2000 Steeple - Justin Yurchak (10) - 7:11.98
HJ - Adam Karl (6) - 6-0   &  Darius Stuckey (8) - 6-0
TJ - Isiah Bennett (13) - 40-2
PV - Danielle Bland (1) - 11'6"  & Kayla Garpstas (2) - 11'-0"
Shot - Tanner Unger (3) - 52-1   &   JD Aument (5) - 47-2
Discus - Tanner Unger (2) - 150-11  &   JD Aument (6) - 144-10
Javelin - Tanner Unger (9) - 157-08


In the sprints, Tory Long's second place was impressive & the time is equally good! - 22.97  Tory an an underclassman is running with the BIG BOYS and showing he belongs!

It is good to see Adam Karl back in the high jump, a 6th place at Shippensburg in impressive & Darius Stuckey's 8th at the same height provides another 1-2 punch!

Speaking of 1-2 punches Unger & Aument are another thatmany teams would love to have!  After the graduation of Kyle Long, Tanner & JD are keeping the Hempfield thrower tradition alive & well!

The big push to Districts & States began this weekend & it looks like Hempfield will have some athletes to watch!

REMEMBER - This Monday, April 22 at Cedar Crest!  Another big meet for the girls & boys!!!

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