Blue Mountain's Chase Guers, middle right, edges North Schuylkill's Luke Miller, middle left, to win the boys' Class 3A 100-meter dash Thursday at the District 11 Track and Field Championships at Whitehall (Photo by Brook Koch-Guers).

WHITEHALL — The Schuylkill League’s boys’ sprinters put on quite a show Thursday at the District 11 Track and Field Championships.

Blue Mountain’s Chase Guers, Minersville’s Paiten LaPoint, North Schuylkill’s Luke Miller, Nativity’s Michael Stank and the Green Wave’s Noah Dolbin all raced to gold medals during Day 2 of the district championships at Whitehall’s Zephyr Athletic Complex.

The Blue Mountain 400-meter relay and the Nativity 1600 relay also climbed to the top of the podium as the Schuylkill League finished with 12 gold medals in the two-day competition and advanced 21 athletes to the PIAA Track and Field Championships set for May 23-24 at Shippensburg University.

Guers, LaPoint and Miller have been lightning-quick all season and Thursday was no different.

LaPoint won the Class AA 100 meters in 10.89, then was second in the 200 in a photo finish with Notre Dame-Green Pond’s Alex Clark. Clark was clocked in 21.97, LaPoint in 21.98. Pine Grove’s Nate Frankenfield was fourth in the 100, while Nativity’s Bo McDonald was fourth in the 200.

Guers and Miller battled each other nip and tuck in both the Class 3A 100 and 200. Guers won the 100 in 10.81, while Miller was second in 10.86. In the 200, Miller took the gold in 21.77, with Pleasant Valley’s Jareal Moore second in 21.95. Guers was third in 21.98 but qualified for states by beating the qualifying time of 22.22.

The top two finishers in each event automatically qualified for states.

Stank raced to victory in the 400 in 49.74, with Mahanoy Area’s Jose Perez Figuereo punching his ticket to states by placing second in 50.16.

Nativity’s Nolan Daynorowicz (800) and Minersville’s Kolin Long (1600) each finished second in their respective events to qualify for states. Long won the 3200 during Tuesday’s opening day of competition.

Dolbin cruised to victory in the 110 hurdles in 14.41. He’ll compete in three individual events at states after winning the 300 hurdles and qualifying in the long jump Tuesday.

Both the Blue Mountain boys and Nativity boys’ relays not only won gold but broke the District 11 meet records in their events in the process.

The Eagles’ quartet of Kole Luckenbill, Chase Guers, Gaige Guers and Cole Swick won the Class 3A 400 relay in 41.48, eclipsing the previous mark of 41.78 set in 2022 by Wilson Area.

Nativity’s foursome of Daynorowicz, Stank, Dolbin and Liam Messina won the Class AA 1600 relay in 3:22.36, breaking their own mark of 3:23.82 set last year.

Minersville’s 400 relay of Grady McGovern, Dante Carr, Max Masser and LaPoint also qualified for states as their fourth-place time of 43.68 was faster than the qualifying standard of 44.03.

Other track medalists included Pottsville’s Donovann Durham (third in 3A 110 hurdles), Mahanoy Area’s William Mayberry (fourth in AA 1600) and Minersville’s Bradley Kostishak (fourth in AA 110 hurdles).

The Schuylkill League didn’t fare as well in the field as it did on the track, as Schuylkill Haven’s Ethan Kline was the only state qualifier by placing second in the Class AA shot put.

Pottsville’s Ryan Galen was third in the Class 3A discus, with Tamaqua’s Jacob Hehn fourth. Shenandoah Valley’s Michael Elchisak was fourth in the Class AA triple jump.

Here’s a look at the complete boys’ results from Thursday’s competition:

District 11 Track and Field Championships

At Zephyr Complex, Whitehall HS

Participating Schools: Allentown Central Catholic (ACC), Bethlehem Catholic (Beca), Bethlehem Christian School (BCS), Bethlehem Freedom (Free), Bethlehem Liberty (Lib), Blue Mountain (BM), Catasauqua (Cat), Dieruff (Dier), Easton (Eas), East Stroudsburg North (ESN), East Stroudsburg South (ESS), Emmaus (Emm), Jim Thorpe (JT), Lehighton (Leh), Lehigh Valley Academy (LVA), Mahanoy Area (Mah), Marian (Mar), Minersville (Min), Nativity (Nat), Nazareth (Naz), Northern Lehigh (NL), Northampton (Nhmp), North Schuylkill (NS), Notre Dame-Green Pond (NDG), Palisades (Pal), Parkland (Park), Palmerton (Palm), Panther Valley (PV), Pen Argyl (Pen), Pleasant Valley (PlV), Pine Grove (PG), Pocono Mountain East (PME), Pocono Mountain West (PMW), Pottsville (Potts), Salisbury (Sal), Saucon Valley (Sau), Schuylkill Haven (SH), Shenandoah Valley (SV), Southern Lehigh (SL), Stroudsburg (Str), Tamaqua (Tam), Weatherly (Wea), Whitehall (White), William Allen (Allen), Wilson Area (Wil)

Thursday’s Day 2 results

CLASS AA BOYS

Finals

100 — 1. Paiten LaPoint (Min) 10.89, 2. Alex Clark (NDG) 10.94, 3. Lincoln Cook (Pal) 11.04, 4. Nate Frankenfield (PG) 11.29, 5. Niko Carestia (SH) 11.38, 6. Andrew Shupe (NDG) 11.47, 7. Jeremiah Cofe (Cat) 11.49, 8. Jamanni Cruz (Sal) 11.50, 9. Owen Wescoe (BCS) 11.67

200 — 1. Alex Clark (NDG) 21.97, 2. Paiten LaPoint (Min) 21.98, 3. Hamaad Jenkins (Cat) 22.41, 4. Bo McDonald (Nat) 22.88, 5. Jeremiah Cofe (Cat) 23.33, 6. Jamanni Cruz (Sal) 23.33, 7. Niko Carestia (SH) 23.53, DNS, Nate Frankenfield (PG)

400 — 1. Michael Stank (Nat) 49.74, 2. Jose Perez Figuereo (Mah) 50.16, 3. Alexander Pirog (NDG) 50.30, 4. Ashton Fitzgerald (Pal) 51.24, 5. Gavin Casey (Pen) 52.11, 6. Kyle McCormick (Nat) 52.98, 7. Connor Felty (Nat) 53.10, 8. Grady McGovern (Min) 53.14

800 — 1. Mekhi Britt (Beca) 1:56.81, 2. Nolan Daynorowicz (Nat) 1:56.91, 3. Duke Ebert (ACC) 2:01.10, 4. Gregory Tenzer (Sal) 2:02.45, 5. Kolin Long (Min) 2:02.47, 6. Gavin Mahon (ACC) 2:07.61, 7. Nash Stehr (Nat) 2:11.58, 8. Aidan Corcoran (Pal) 2:12.00

1600 — 1. Duke Ebert (ACC) 4:29.76, 2. Kolin Long (Min) 4:32.84, 3. Connor Hibell (Palm) 4:33.45, 4. William Mayberry (Mah) 4:38.18, 5. Will Haring (ACC) 4:38.78, 6. Robert Guzman (SV) 4:39.56, 7. Thomas Grubb (ACC) 4:45.36, 8. Aidan Corcoran (Pal) 4:51.23.

110 Hurdles — 1. Noah Dolbin (Nat) 14.41, 2. Jake Rutkowitz (Palm) 15.26, 3. Josiah Lafond (Cat) 16.13, 4. Bradley Kostishak (Min) 16.14, 5. Wasleyson Charles (NL) 16.46, 6. Luke Smith (SH) 17.09, 7. Jonathan Cordon-Pinto (Cat) 17.11, 8. Joshua Orach (Sal) 17.11, 9. Riley Andrew (Pal) 17.14

400 relay — 1. Palisades 43.08, 2. Notre Dame-Green Pond 43.54, 3. Catasauqua 43.58, 4. Minersville (McGovern, Carr, Masser, LaPoint) 43.68&, 5. Bethlehem Catholic 44.11, 6. Nativity 44.14, 7. Salisbury 44.53, 8. Schuylkill Haven 44.55

1600 relay — 1. Nativity (Daynorowicz, Dolbin, Stank, Messina) 3:22.36 (District 11 record), 2. Notre Dame-Green Pond 3:24.87, 3. Palisades 3:26.54, 4. Catasauqua 3:27.79, 5. Bethlehem Catholic 3:29.95, 6. Mahanoy Area 3:36.28, 7. Pen Argyl 3:40.42, 8. Minersville 3:42.72

Triple Jump — 1. Jake Rutkowitz (Palm) 44-11, 2. Steven Lozada (Sal) 44-9.75, 3. Joshua Hudak (Sal) 44-2.5, 4. Michael Elchisak (SV) 42-6 …. 8. Luke Smith (SH) 41-0.75, 9. Chase Zimerofsky (Min) 40-11

Pole Vault — 1. Steven Lozada (Sal) 13-0, 2. Wyatt Summerer (Pal) 12-0, 3. Terrell Estes (Pen) 11-6, 4. Dylan Ferrari (Pal) 11-6, 4. Jacob Walkowiak (Palm) 11-6, 4. John Parnes (Pen) 11-6

Shot Put — 1. Logan Anthony (Palm) 53-8, 2. Ethan Kline (SH) 49-11.5, 3. Ryan Burkett (Palm) 48-4, 4. Silas Day (Pal) 47-1.25 …. 7. George Shimko (Nat) 40-4.75

CLASS 3A BOYS

Finals

100 — 1. Chase Guers (BM) 10.81, 2. Luke Miller (NS) 10.86, 3. Gigi Durandisse (Wil) 10.99, 4. Ayden Walker (ESS) 11.06, 5. Noah Tapler (SL) 11.07, 6. Nicholi Marsh (Emm) 11.10, 7. Dorrian McCargo (Emm) 11.28, 8. Marquez Wimberly (Naz) 11.31, 9. Kai Jefferson-Rushing (Emm) 11.42

200 — 1. Luke Miller (NS) 21.77, 2. Jareal Moore (PlV) 21.95, 3. Chase Guers (BM) 21.98&, 4. Keyen Johnson (Str) 21.99, 5. Shane Kerosetz (Sau) 22.59, 6. Gaige Guers (BM) 22.76, 7. Laquaye Hamilton (Dier) 22.92, 8. Marquez Wimberly (Naz) 23.01

400 — 1. Laquaye Hamilton (Dier) 49.98, 2. Kayden Spence (JT) 50.43, 3. Jeremiah Strowder (Nhmp) 50.48, 4. Anthony Cappellini (Park) 50.52, 5. Francesco Carr (BM) 50.80, 6. Evan Galavage (Potts) 51.23, 7. Keanu Edwards (Eas) 51.40, 8. Benjamin Bachman (NWL) 51.73

800 — 1. Jared Petre (Emm) 1:56.88, 2. David Myer (Lib) 1:57.40, 3. Peter Jones (SL) 1:58.08, 4. Marcelo Castilla (Park) 1:58.75 …. 10. Colin McGinley (Potts) 2:03.11

1600 — 1. Dylan Boyle (Free) 4:27.35, 2. Colin McGuigan (Park) 4:27.68, 3. Jacob Casey (Naz) 4:28.28, 4. Adam Korytkowski (ESS) 4:32.04 …. 10. Cullen Clarke (Potts) 4:39.28

110 Hurdles — 1. Abiel Quartey (Str) 15.20, 2. Stephan Richards (Free) 15.27, 3. Donovann Durham (Potts) 15.40, 4. Amare DuBoise (Free) 15.55, 5. Rafael Liranzo (BM) 15.58, 6. Samuel Ciampittiello (Park) 15.83, 7. Gio Rivera-Poke (Tam) 16.21, 8. Equan Warner (Leh) 16.28, 9. Justin Mauro (ESS) 16.76

400 relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Luckenbill, C. Guers, G. Guers, Swick) 41.48 (District 11 record), 2. Emmaus 41.96, 3. Pleasant Valley 42.67, 4. Stroudsburg 42.78, 5. North Schuylkill 43.05, 6. East Stroudsburg South 43.06, 7. Parkland 43.06, 8. Northampton 43.09

1600 relay — 1. Parkland 3:21.95, 2. Southern Lehigh 3:22.55, 3. Emmaus 3:23.67, 4. Pleasant Valley 3:27.35, 5. Easton 3:29.84, 6. Blue Mountain 3:30.69, 7. East Stroudsburg South 3:31.93, 8. Stroudsburg 3:31.93

Pole Vault — 1. Andrew Szeplaki (Nhmp) 14-9, 2. Tyler Grabinski (Emm) 14-9, 3. Casey Huie (Lib) 14-3, 4. Aaron Lyon (SL) 14-3 …. 10. Dalton Minnick (BM) 11-3

Long Jump — 1. Anthony Otero (Lib) 23-6.5, 2. Austin Boyce (Naz) 22-7.75, 3. Ozias Washington (ESN) 22-2.5, 4. Aiden Pierre (PME) 21-9.5

Javelin — 1. Thomas Lloyd (White) 210-1, 2. Leo Dauberman (Park) 186-3, 3. Kaden Zerfoss (ESS) 183-6, 4. Joseph Roth (Leh) 183-1 …. 7. William Shaner (BM) 167-5

Discus — 1. Jonathan Adjin-Tettey (ESS) 148-8, 2. Carter Giberson (SL) 146-5, 3. Ryan Galen (Potts) 134-2, 4. Jacob Hehn (Tam) 132-2, 5. Gavin Strohl (JT) 131-9 …. 14. Ryan Murphy (Potts) 118-1

High Jump — 1. Gavin Nelson (NWL) 6-9, 2. Jaden Bulgin (Park) 6-7, 3. Andrew Szeplaki (Nhmp) 6-3, 4. Jathniel Feguiere (Emm) 6-1

& State qualifier