Pottsville's Alexsander Rodriguez, Pine Grove's Teagan Schneck-Haines and Mahanoy Area's Quinton Rucker compete in the 100-meter dash at Friday's Pine Grove's Invitational (Photo by Angela Williams).

Hoffman-Long, Miller have big nights for Miners

PINE GROVE — Big performances by Maggie Hoffman-Long and Avery Miller propelled Minersville to the girls’ team championship Friday at the annual Pine Grove Track and Field Invitational at Cardinal Stadium.

Hoffman-Long took first in the long jump, Miller captured the javelin and Minersville won the 4×800-meter relay on the way to compiling 91 points in a field of 19 girls’ squads. The Miners easily out-pointed second-place Pocono Mountain West, which had 69 points.

Both Hoffman-Long and Miller earned a trio of top-five finishes.

Hoffman-Long won the long jump with a top leap of 17 feet, 7 inches, edging Pottsville’s Alexa Guiffre (17-6) in a battle of two of the top girls’ long jumpers in the state. Hoffman-Long was also second in the 100 meters behind Catasauqua star Hailey Jenkins and second in the triple jump behind Millersburg’s Kate Rothermel.

Miller heaved the javelin 107-5 to capture first place, was third in the discus and fourth in the shot put. The Miners were also third in the 4×100 relay and Marley Zimmerman was fourth in both the 1600 and 3200.

Schuylkill League athletes won eight of the 17 girls’ events (there wasn’t a pole vault event). North Schuylkill’s Genevieve Dando was a double-winner, taking first in the 1600 and 3200. Tamaqua’s Shaylee Gormley won the 800, her Blue Raiders’ teammate Katelynn Fredericks broke the tape in the 300 hurdles and the Pottsville 4×400 relay took first in 4:18.60.

Note: Names were unavailable for the winning relay teams.

On the boys’ side, Schuylkill League athletes won seven of the 17 events.

Marian’s Jacob Tom won a pair of events, taking first in the long jump and triple jump.

Pottsville and Schuylkill Haven each had a pair of champs, with Colin McGinley (800) and Donovann Durham (110 hurdles) earning gold for the Crimson Tide and Ethan Kline (shot put) and Niko Carestia (javelin) claiming titles for the Hurricanes.

Kline, who signed this week to compete in track and field at NCAA Division I Rider University, was also second in the discus.

Nativity and Pottsville waged a couple of relay battles, with Nativity edging Pottsville to win the 4×800 relay and the Tide outrunning the Green Wave for second place in the 4×400 relay.

Catasauqua stormed to the boys’ team title, winning six events, all on the track. Pocono Mountain West was second with 70 points, followed by Nativity, Shamokin and Pottsville.

Pine Grove Track and Field Invitational

Friday’s results

Teams participating: Blue Mountain (BM), Catasauqua (Cat), Covenant Christian (CC), Dayspring Christian (DC), ELCO (ELCO), Halifax (Hal), Hazleton Area (Haz), Lincoln Leadership (LLA), Mahanoy Area (Mah), Marian (Mar), Millersburg (Mill), Minersville (Min), Nativity (Nat), Northern Lehigh (NL), North Schuylkill (NS), Pine Grove (PG), Pocono Mountain West (PMW), Pottsville (Potts), Schuylkill Haven (SH), Shamokin (Sham), Steel-High (STH), Tamaqua (Tam), Weatherly (Wea)

BOYS’ RESULTS

Top 5 finishers

100 — 1. Hamaad Jenkins (Cat) 10.96, 2. (tie) Jalil Evans (PMW) and Silas Hernandez (STH) 11.23, 4. (tie) Shay Strencosky (Potts) and Niko Carestia (SH) 11.31

200 — 1. Hamaad Jenkins (Cat) 22.16, 2. Tanner Kolb (PG) 22.91, 3. Adrian Alexander (Sham) 23.11, 4. Silas Hernandez (STH) 23.46, 5. Jerome Ross (STH) 23.47

400 — 1. Cadeo Estronza (Cat) 52.16, 2. Kyle McCormick (Nat) 52.71, 3. Robert McDonald (Nat) 53.24, 4. Grady McGovern (Min) 53.30, 5. Adrian Alexander (Sham) 53.73

800 — 1. Colin McGinley (Potts) 2:03.67, 2. Shane Meyer (Nat) 2:03.68, 3. Ryan Moore (DC) 2:03.94, 4. Cole Doster (ELCO) 2:07.25, 5. Brody Magee (Sham) 2:07.50

1600 — 1. Shawn Belfon (PMW) 4:28.27, 2. Noah Huxta (DC) 4:29.27, 3. Zaid Salih (NL) 4:37.92, 4. Nash Stehr (Nat) 4:44.04, 5. Aidan Elston (Tam) 4:46.07

3200 — 1. Shawn Belfon (PMW) 10:02.84, 2. Max Frederick (ELCO) 10:07.62, 3. Cru Frederick (ELCO) 10:13.46, 4. Zaid Salih (NL) 10:15.93, 5. Parker Steencken (Tam) 10:16.20

110 hurdles — 1. Donovann Durham (Potts) 14.69, 2. Josiah Lafond (Cat) 15.38, 3. Gio Rivera-Poke (Tam) 15.95, 4. Donyeh White (PMW) 16.20, 5. Makai Kollie (Potts) 16.21

300 hurdles — 1. Josiah Lafond (Cat) 40.60, 2. Donyah White (PMW) 40.68, 3. Cayden Anglin (NL) 41.72, 4. Tavin Yates (Mill) 42.44, 5. Sonny Seritti (Mah) 42.95

4×100 relay — 1. Catasauqua 43.42, 2. Pocono Mountain West 43.72, 3. Pottsville 44.01, 4. Schuylkill Haven 44.58, 5. Minersville 44.77

4×400 relay — 1. Catasauqua 3:28.72, 2. Pottsville 3:33.26, 3. Nativity 3:37.01, 4. Mahanoy Area 3:39.41, 5. Steel-High 3:41.24

4×800 relay — 1. Nativity 8:41.03, 2. Pottsville 8:42.84, 3. Tamaqua 8:50.04, 4. Shamokin 9:17.97, 5. Mahanoy Area 9:20.26

High Jump — 1. Kellen Bauer (NL) 6-0, 2. Aidan Ryan (Min) 6-0, 3. Rhyan Henz (Sham) 6-0, 4. Ronan Hauck (CC) 5-10, 5. Jaxon Sweeney (NS) 5-8

Long Jump — 1. Jacob Tom (Mar) 20-11, 2. Dane Hannevig (PG) 20-8, 3. Emmanuel Bolmer (Cat) 19-3, 4. Jaxon Sweeney (NS) 19-2, 5. Aidan Ryan (Min) 19-0

Triple Jump — 1. Jacob Tom (Mar) 40-8, 2. Jazon McLean (Sham) 40-5, 3. Zion Clarke (PMW) 39-6, 4. Marvin Dienhoue (PMW) 39-5, 5. Ryan Zambo (NL) 38-10

Shot Put — 1. Ethan Kline (SH) 49-5.5, 2. Quan Padgett (STH) 46-10.5, 3. Chase Anderson (Sham) 42-9.5, 4. Connor Palerino (Nat) 42-0, 5. John Redgate (Mah) 41-9

Discus — 1. Avery Kurtz (ELCO) 148-9, 2. Ethan Kline (SH) 138-11, 3. Quan Padgett (STH) 138-10, 4. Landen Klimek (NL) 138-8, 5. Andrew Kuzmick (Sham) 127-7

Javelin — 1. Niko Carestia (SH) 148-6, 2. Nate Kaleta (Sham) 148-0, 3. Jed Cooper (DC) 144-6, 4. Aiden Becker (Nat) 144-4, 5. Dalton Pyszka (ELCO) 131-5

Pole Vault — No event

Final Team Standings (top 5 of 19) — 1. Catasauqua 76, 2. Pocono Mountain West 70, 3. Nativity 58, 4. Shamokin 57, 5. Pottsville 51.5

GIRLS’ RESULTS

(Top 5 finishers)

100 — 1. Hailey Jenkins (Cat) 12.00, 2. Maggie Hoffman-Long (Min) 12.75, 3. Bella Kassab (PG) 12.90, 4. Sonia Diaz (Haz) 12.91, 5. Jes Siminitus (Potts) 12.97

200 — 1. Hailey Jenkins (Cat) 25.13, 2. Bella Kassab (PG) 26.29, 3. Ameera Williams (Sham) 26.64, 4. Sonia Diaz (Haz) 27.02, 5. Myla Fegley (Potts) 27.48

400 — 1. Jayla Eberts (Haz) 1:00.34, 2. Natalie Moffitt (NL) 1:01.08, 3. Jes Siminitus (Potts) 1:02.56, 4. Zoe Pollock (Haz) 1:03.01, 5. Miangelic Rivera (PMW) 1:03.13

800 — 1. Shaylee Gormley (Tam) 2:26.45, 2. Faith Krammes (SH) 2:32.71, 3. Jenna Foulds (Sham) 2:34.67, 4. Ava Seifert (ELCO) 2:35.24, 5. Catherine Marinchak (Nat) 2:40.96

1600 — 1. Genevieve Dando (NS) 5:26.16, 2. Emma Heil (NL) 5:27.24, 3. Hannah Bossuyt (PMW) 5:39.58, 4. Marley Zimmerman (Min) 5:53.37, 5. Felicia Bro (Mah) 6:01.59

3200 — 1. Genevieve Dando (NS) 12:04.26, 2. Emma Heil (NL) 12:04.70, 3. Hannah Bossuyt (PMW) 12:43.12, 4. Marley Zimmerman (Min) 12:50.70, 5. Catherine Marinchak (Nat) 13:17.27

100 hurdles — 1. Evelina Mayak (NL) 15.88, 2. Riley Davis (Potts) 17.03, 3. Nadiya Ormel (Sham) 17.22, 4. Hailey Mroczka (Mah) 17.44, 5. Jalissa Boran (Haz) 17.70

300 hurdles — 1. Katelynn Frederick (Tam) 49.30, 2. Taylor Stoshack (Sham) 50.51, 3. Ava Terefencko (SH) 50.57, 4. Hailey Mroczka (Mah) 51.71, 5. Madison Clark (PMW) 52.12

4×100 relay — 1. Hazleton Area 51.00, 2. Shamokin 51.25, 3. Minersville 51.88, 4. Pine Grove 52.11, 5. Pocono Mountain West 52.13

4×400 relay — 1. Pottsville 4:18.60, 2. Hazleton Area 4:21.28, 3. Tamaqua 4:22.36, 4. Shamokin 4:23.41, 5. Northern Lehigh 4:25.40

4×800 relay — 1. Minersville 10:26.97, 2. Tamaqua 10:38.36, 3. ELCO 10:47.84, 4. Blue Mountain 10:47.94, 5. Pottsville 10:53.81

High Jump — 1. Emma Campusano (PMW) 4-10, 2. Seyitan Adewale (ELCO) 4-10, 3. Kate Rothermel (Mill) 4-10, 4. Natalie Moffitt (NL) 4-8, 5. Gabby Jacoby (Sham) 4-8

Long Jump — 1. Maggie Hoffman-Long (Min) 17-7, 2. Alexa Giuffre (Potts) 17-6, 3. Lillian Glover (PMW) 15-10, 4. (tie) Kate Rothermel (Mill) and Mia McDonald (NS) 15-7

Triple Jump — 1. Kate Rothermel (Mill) 33-7, 2. Maggie Hoffman-Long (Min) 33-6, 3. (tie) Rhyan Brennan (Potts) and Lillian Glover (PMW) 32-10, 5. Emmy Pearce (NS) 32-0

Shot Put — 1. Reagan Wentzel (Mill) 35-7, 2. Breyanna Sims (PMW) 35-2.5, 3. Jada Dillard (Mill) 33-7.5, 4. Avery Miller (Min) 33-1.5, 5. Juleisy Tejeda (Haz) 32-11.5

Discus — 1. Sienna McNamara-Burkett (PMW) 100-0, 2. Brylee Kessler (Sham) 99-2, 3. Avery Miller (Min) 99-0, 4. Jacelyn Henninger (Mill) 98-1, 5. Wildala Castro de la Cruz (Haz) 96-1

Javelin — 1. Avery Miller (Min) 107-5, 2. Jada Dillard (Mill) 100-8, 3. Kelly Reiner (Wea) 97-1, 4. Alexa Shanaman (ELCO) 94-7, 5. Alexis Staffin (Haz) 93-3

Pole Vault — No event

Final Team Standings (top 5 of 19) — 1. Minersville 91, 2. Pocono Mountain West 69, 3. Hazleton Area 68.5, 4. Shamokin 55.5, 5. Millersburg 52