The Schuylkill League swept the top four places in the girls' AA shot put Wednesday at the District 11 Track and Field Championships at Whitehall's Zephyr Complex. From left to right are Minersville's Arianna John, third; Minersville's Avery Miller, first; Pine Grove's Rieleigh Purcell, second; and Nativity's Emmalee Pinkey, fourth (Photo by Brook Koch-Guers).

Zimmerman, Hoffman-Long, Miller, Guiffre golden on Day 2 of districts 

WHITEHALL — For some unknown reason, District 11 doesn’t award team trophies at its track and field championships.

If it did, the Minersville girls would have brought one home Wednesday.

The Miners continued their dominance of the Class AA meet on Day 2 of the District 11 Track and Field Championships at Whitehall’s Zephyr Complex, winning four more gold medals and finishing as the Class AA team champions with 129 points, 44 more than both Allentown Central Catholic and Pen Argyl.

Marley Zimmerman won both the 800 and 1600, Maggie Hoffman-Long took top honors in the triple jump and Avery Miller claimed the shot put as Minersville won seven more medals Wednesday.

In the two-day competition, the Miners garnered 18 top-four medals, including six golds, two each by Zimmerman, Hoffman-Long and Miller.

In addition to the four golds Wednesday, Minersville was third in both the 4×100 relay and 4×400 relay and Arianna John took third in the shot put.

“The girls’ killed it,” Minersville coach Jason Burgess said via text message.

The Miners weren’t the only Schuylkill League girls to “kill it” at districts.

Pottsville senior Alexa Giuffre claimed her second district gold by winning the Class 3A long jump with a top jump of 18 feet, 7 inches.

Giuffre was also second in the 100 hurdles Wednesday, giving her four top-two medals over the two-day competition and qualifying her for states in four events. She won the triple jump and was second in the 300 hurdles Tuesday.

Giuffre ran a season-best 15.16 in the 100 hurdles. East Stroudsburg South’s Kimora Woods won the event in 14.72.

Giuffre is the only Schuylkill League girl athlete to qualify for states in Class 3A.

Zimmerman won the 800 in 2:25.26 and the 1600 in 5:22.07. Schuylkill Haven’s Faith Krammes earned a trip to states by placing second in the 800 in 2:26.72.

After winning the long jump Tuesday, Hoffman-Long captured the triple jump Wednesday with a best jump of 37-1. Schuylkill Haven’s Bella Murphy was fourth at 33-7.

Miller paced a Schuylkill League sweep of the podium in the shot put, winning gold with a top throw of 35-4.75. Pine Grove’s Rieleigh Purcell qualified for states by placing second at 34-2.75, while Minersville’s John was third (32-5.25) and Nativity’s Emmalee Pinkey (31-5.75) took fourth.

Minersville’s two relays both posted season-best times in grabbing bronze medals. The foursome of Ayla Allvord, Allie Pennypacker, Ivy Sankus and Hoffman-Long was third in the 4×100 in 51.64. In the 4×400, Allvord, Sankus, Jenna Cullen and Pennypacker took third in 4:13.02.

Pine Grove was fourth in the 4×100, while Schuylkill Haven was fourth in the 4×400.

State Qualifiers

Other Schuylkill League state qualifiers Wednesday included Pine Grove’s Bella Kassab, second in the AA 200 meters, and Mahanoy Area’s Hailey Mroczka, who was second in the AA 100 hurdles. Mroczka will compete in two events at states after taking second in the 300 hurdles Tuesday.

Overall, the Schuylkill League will send 10 girls and a relay team to the PIAA Track and Field Championships. Giuffre will compete in four events, while Miller will compete in three:

Girls’ AA — Bella Kassab, Pine Grove (200); Marley Zimmerman, Minersville (800, 1600); Faith Krammes, Schuylkill Haven (800); Hailey Mroczka, Mahanoy Area (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles), Minersville 4×800 relay; Jenna Cullen, Minersville (high jump); Maggie Hoffman-Long, Minersville (long jump, triple jump); Avery Miller, Minersville (javelin, discus, shot put); Kelly Reiner, Weatherly (javelin); Rieleigh Purcell, Pine Grove (shot put)

Girls’ 3A — Alexa Giuffre, Pottsville (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, triple jump, long jump)

Complete Results

District 11 Track and Field Championships

Tuesday-Wednesday at Whitehall HS

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

Wednesday’s Results

(Top two placewinners in each event qualify for states)

(& — Qualify for states by meeting state qualifying standard)

GIRLS AA

Finals

100 — 1. Hailey Jenkins (Cat) 12.04, 2. Gianna Martini (Pen) 12.71, 3. Grace Baker (ACC) 12.92, 4. Isabella Nimehh (Sal) 13.08 … 6. Venna Hewes (PG) 13.56, FS: Bella Kassab (PG), DNS: Ayla Allvord (Min)

200 — 1. Hailey Jenkins (Cat) 25.34, 2. Bella Kassab (PG) 26.44, 3. Isabella Nimeh (Sal) 26.91, 4. Sadie Chilton (Pal) 27.00, 5. Venna Hewes (PG) 27.56, 6. Paige Kreidler (BC) 27.58, 7. Audrey Hutchinson (SH) 28.02, 8. Mackenzie Powell (NL) 28.74

400 — 1. Natalie Moffitt (NL) 1:00.24, 2. Grace Baker (ACC) 1:00.76, 3. Audrey Hutchinson (SH) 1:01.30, 4. Juliana Wonsock (Mah) 1:03.00, 5. Shamiya Roberts (ACC) 1:03.93, 6. Jenice Sanderson (LVA) 1:04.45

800 — 1. Marley Zimmerman (Min) 2:25.26, 2. Faith Krammes (SH) 2:26.72, 3. Rio Stoudt (Beca) 2:28.35, 4. Sophia Markopoulos (Pen) 2:29.45, 5. Anna Cook (Min) 2:31.41, 6. Ella Salva (Pal) 2:32.54

1600 — 1. Marley Zimmerman (Min) 5:22.07, 2. Rio Stoudt (Beca) 5:24.78, 3. Emma Heil (NL) 5:30.46, 4. Sophia Markopoulos (Pen) 5:46.00, 5. Lily Markopoulos (Pen) 5:48.99, 6. Anna Tripoli (ACC) 5:49.85

100 hurdles — 1. Julia Harth (Cat) 17.04, 2. Hailey Mroczka (Mah) 17.32, 3. Lily Baran (Nat) 17.83, 4. Isabella Whitman (Pen) 17.87, 5. Malia Hyman (NL) 18.51, 6. Hope Motuk (Min) 18.72, 7. Leah Grabosky (Mar) 18.89, 8. Lily Brown (Mah) 19.23, 9. Renee Eisenhauer (PG) 20.68

4×100 relay — 1. Catasauqua 50.26, 2. Palisades 50.97, 3. Minersville (Allvord, Pennypacker, Sankus, Hoffman-Long) 51.64, 4. Pine Grove (Harris, Hewes, Drumheller, Kassab) 51.69, 5. Salisbury 51.75, 6. Mahanoy Area 52.76

4×400 relay — 1. Allentown Central Catholic 4:11.10, 2. Pen Argyl 4:12.82, 3. Minersville (Allvord, Sankus, Cullen, Pennypacker) 4:13.02, 4. Schuylkill Haven (Runkle, Krammes, Hutchinson, Terefencko) 4:17.49, 5. Palisades 4:18.09, 6. Northern Lehigh 4:19.91

Triple Jump — 1. Maggie Hoffman-Long (Min) 37-1, 2. Emerson Springs (ACC) 35-7, 3. Mikayla Irvine (Pal) 34-5, 4. Bella Murphy (SH) 33-7, 5. Isabella Goodwin (Pal) 33-7, 6. Bridgett Kloiber (ACC) 33-0.5

Shot Put — 1. Avery Miller (Min) 35-4.75, 2. Rieleigh Purcell (PG) 34-2.75, 3. Arianna John (Min) 32-5.25, 4. Emmalee Pinkey (Nat) 31-5.75, 5. Nora Marsh (Pen) 31-3.75, 6. Jayleen Richardson (Beca) 28-8.75

Final Team Standings (top 3): 1. Minersville 129, 2. (tie) Allentown Central Catholic 85, Pen Argyl 85

GIRLS 3A

Finals

100 — 1. Edrien Lee (White) 11.96, 2. Taylor Cofer-Walcott (ESS) 12.27, 3. Madison Jankowski (Naz) 12.33&, 4. Angelica Velasquez (ESS) 12.403&, 5. Chloe Posavek (SL) 12.406&, 6. Abigail Hackett (Lib) 12.46&, 7. Laila Findley (Str) 12.49&, 8. Asr Fideen (Eas) 12.50&

200 — 1. Natalie Ray (Free) 24.82, 2. Julia Grant (Str) 25.19, 3. Taylor Cofer-Walcott (ESS) 25.42&, 4. Dhaniya Miner (Park) 25.61, 5. Aariele DeBarr (Eas) 26.02, 6. Madison Jankowski (Naz) 26.10, 7. Chanelle Hilario (Dier) 26.33, 8. Sophia Spolski (BM) 26.42

400 — 1. Julia Grant (Str) 55.84, 2. Natalie Ray (Free) 56.29, 3. Ajetomobi Oluwadolabomi (Eas) 57.67, 4. Chloe Posavek (SL) 57.76 …. 11. Jes Siminitus (Potts) 1:01.66, 22. Millie Black (Tam) 1:04.37

800 — 1. Elizabeth McClarin (Lib) 2:12.85, 2. Lama Mahmoud (Eas) 2:13.31, 3. Lena Mahmoud (Eas) 2:16.06&, 4. Madeleine Guzevich (Naz) 2:19.80 …. 9. Shaylee Gormley (Tam) 2:22.94, 11. Gianna Chipriano (BM) 2:23.76, 15. Emma Lazarchick (BM) 2:25.80, 20. Madelyn Schaefer (Tam0 2:32.19

1600 — 1. Madelyn McCartney (Emm) 4:55.45, 2. Elizabeth McClarin (Lib) 5:01.52, 3. Katie Drabouski (Lib) 5:04.39, 4. Rosalia Nestor (NWL) 5:12.81 …. 15. Genevieve Dando (NS) 5:35.14

100 hurdles — 1. Kimora Woods (ESS) 14.72, 2. Alexa Giuffre (Potts) 15.16, 3. Savine Steele (NDGP) 15.21&, 4. Marleigh Llewellyn (Emm) 15.62, 5. Aniya Holder (Dier) 15.64, 6. Ana Gbur (Park) 15.81, 7. Jasmin Levine (ESS) 15.82, 8. Llyneida Otanez (White) 16.49, 9. Taylor Langley (NWL) 18.27

4×100 relay — 1. Easton 47.88, 2. East Stroudsburg South 48.42, 3. Stroudsburg 48.78, 4. Liberty 50.01 …. 9. North Schuylkill 51.06

4×400 relay — 1. Easton 3:52.88 (District 11 record), 2. Stroudsburg 3:57.49, 3. Parkland 3:58.52, 4. Notre Dame-Green Pond 4:04.81 …. 14. Blue Mountain 4:20.92, 15. Pottsville 4:25.74

High Jump — 1. (tie) Ella Schweitzer (NDGP) and Claudia Walls (Emm) 5-3, 3. Aviannah Jean-Pierre (Eas) 5-3&, 4. Alexa Davis (Naz) 5-1 …. 11. (tie) Evangelina Fisher (BM) and Lauren Powis (NS) 4-9

Long Jump — 1. Alexa Giuffre (Potts) 18-7, 2. Kaley Seide (Park) 18-6.25, 3. Kimora Woods (ESS) 18-5.5&, 4. Bailey Samph (SL) 17-4.5

Discus — 1. Adriana Borzio (Str) 118-3, 2. Evelyn Hersh (NDGP) 111-8, 3. Charlize Smith (Eas) 110-6, 4. Kaylee Lopez (SL) 106-10 …. 9. Sophia Woll (BM) 97-2

Final Team Standings: 1. Easton 98, 2. Liberty 63, 3. (tie) Emmaus, East Stroudsburg South 60