North East boys 3,200 relay, Harbor Creek record-setters highlight Erie County Classic

Kameron Chadsey is aware of North East’s generational success in cross country and long-distance track events.

Given recent results of its boys 3,200-meter relay that he’s anchored, the senior could find himself prominently mentioned in that lore.

Chadsey joined senior teammates Lucas Boyd and Riley Kordes, plus junior Aivan Vargas, for a comfortable victory during Thursday’s Erie County Classic at Harbor Creek’s Paul J. Weitz Stadium.

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While their time of 8 minutes, 5.97 seconds wasn’t a meet record, it was low enough to get the attention of other PIAA Class 2A foursomes who compete in that race.

Pa.milesplit.com is regarded as the most reliable website for statewide varsity track and field results. Going into Thursday, it listed the Grapepickers’ 3,200 relay time of 8:08.09 during the April 21 Butler Invitational as the lowest for small-school boys.

“I’m so proud we’ve been able to come out and hit some solid (times) this season,” Chadsey said. “Coming from North East, you know of the strong (upperclassmen) here from your freshman and sophomore years. Our coaches always pushed us hard to be in the position where we’re now those special seniors.”

“We want something special for our school, and for ourselves.”

Chadsey also warned he and his 3,200 relay teammates expect Thursday’s victorious time to be a temporary low. Their goal, he said, is to break the eight-minute mark during next weekend’s District 10 meet at Slippery Rock or, even better, the PIAA meet at Shippensburg.

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Host Huskies had record-setters

Two Harbor Creek seniors set meet records during their last on-campus track and field appearances.

One was anticipated, that being Nick Krahe. The West Virginia University football recruit was favored to win the boys shot put thanks to a top-seeded distance of 55 feet, 8 inches.

Krahe’s best attempt in Thursday’s final landed a half-inch short of his season best. However, it was still long enough to eclipse the 55-2 meet record former North East thrower Spencer Cornelius had held since 2011.

Incredible was how Dave Uglow, Harbor Creek’s throwing coach, initially described working with Krahe in recent seasons.

“Kids like Nick only come along once in a while,” Uglow said. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had someone like him. And he’s an even better person than an athlete, which is what’s made it so much fun to work with him. He gives it his all.”

Krahe, at 153-4, also was the discus gold medalist. That meant the Huskies won three of the boys’ field events.

The third was Brandon Konieczki, who extended the long jump record to 22-8. Fairview’s Tyler Sargent held the former mark of 22-5¾ since 2007.

Konieczki was confident he could beat Sargent’s record, even though it was based on an attempt that didn’t count during Tuesday’s Region 5 dual meet vs. Fairview.

“I jumped 22-11,” Konieczki said. “I fouled but I knew I had that in me, so this (record) is pretty exciting.”

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McLane boys, LeBoeuf girls take team titles

Thursday’s third meet record also helped the General McLane boys finish first in the team standings. The Lancers compiled 139 points to Harbor Creek’s 107 1/2.

Ten of the Lancers’ points were from their first-place 400 relay. Lane Marquis, Jace Walls, Cooper Robson and anchor Kyle Birkmire combined for a lap in 43.17 seconds.

The race’s former record was 43.69, which Fairview had held since 2007.

Birkmire was a triple winner for McLane. He was the gold medalist for the 100 in 11.08 and the 200 in 22.69.

Alena Urbanowicz, another sprint specialist, was similarly vital to Fort LeBoeuf’s girls claiming that team title.

The Bison finished with 136½ points. Urbanowicz accounted for 30 of them when she won the 100 in 12.89, the 200 in 26.33 and anchored their 400 relay in 50.70.

Record eludes Owens, but not wins

No meet records were set during Thursday’s girls events, with Isabel Owens the only one anticipated to accomplish one.

Owens, a middle-distance runner for Fairview, had a seed time of 2:20.10 in the 800. The existing mark of 2:21.32 was set by Iroquois’ Kristina Junkin in 2015.

Junkin’s record still stood when Owens ran her two laps in 2:28.45. However, that time was still good enough for first place, as was her 5:32.45 performance in the 1,600.

“I’m not going to lie. I was looking for that (800) record, but sometimes it just doesn’t happen,” Owens said. “I hold myself to high standards. I’m not super happy with my times, but I’ll be fine.”

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County Classic results

Medalists for the Erie County Classic at Harbor Creek's Paul J. Weitz Stadium:

Girls

Team: 1. Fort LeBoeuf (FL) 136½, 2. (tie) Fairview (Fv) and Seneca (Sen) 97, 4. Corry (Cy) 92½, 5. General McLane (GM) 64, 6. Harbor Creek (HC) 58, 7. North East (NE) 54½, 8. Northwestern (Nw) 46, 9. Girard (G) 32, 10. Union City (UC) 14½, 11. Iroquois (I) 10

100 meters: 1. Alena Urbanowicz (FL) 12.89; 2. Mackenzie Marsh (FL) 13.15; 3. Emily Samluk (FL) 13.16; 4. Chloe Yazembiak (Nw) 13.32; 5. Ava Reagle (UC) 13.40; 6. Sophia Allison (GM) 13.56; 7. Aubrey Hammill (Sen) 13.64; 8. Sage Slowikowski (Sen) 13.68

200: 1. Alena Urbanowicz (FL) 26.33; 2. Chloe Yazembiak (Nw) 27.30; 3. Ava Reagle (UC) 27.38; 4. Emily Samluk (FL) 27.86; 5. Samantha Zank (HC) 28.14; 6. Shay Linden (Cy) 28.20; 7. Abigail Falk (FL) 28.21; 8. Anastasia Super (G) 28.35

400: 1. Camryn Fox (Cy) 1:00.71; 2. Samantha Zank (HC) 1:01.25; 3. Mackenzie Nelson (Sen) 1:01.36; 4. Libby Opp (GM) 1:03.68; 5. Alexa Tofel (Fv) 1:03.87; 6. Alexandra Scholar (Cy) 1:03.93; 7. Olivia Pikiewicz (Sen) 1:05.00; 8. Ella McGowan (FL) 1:06.11

800: 1. Isabel Owens (Fv) 2:28.45; 2. Allie Gladitz (Sen) 2:32.24; 3. Devyn Agnello (G) 2:33.91; 4. Evelyn Clark (Nw) 2:34.37; 5. Teya Bailey (Cy) 2:35.77; 6. Ashley Post (Sen) 2:37.80; 7. Maggie Bolla (Fv) 2:38.17; 8. Lynzey Reinsel (NE) 2:38.46

1,600: 1. Isabel Owens (Fv) 5:32.45; 2. Jordan Fox (Cy) 5:36.08; 3. Devyn Agnello (G) 5:37.86; 4. Veronica Brewer (HC) 5:39.39; 5. Ashley Post (Sen) 5:44.25; 6. Addison Pettis (Nw) 5:47.44; 7. Eva Reilly (HC) 5:50.73; 8. Alivia Hetrick (FL) 5:52.42

3,200: 1. Sydney Bayle (GM) 12:14.65; 2. Ella Wieczorek (GM) 12:17.53; 3. Addison Pettis (Nw) 12:34.10; 4. Veronica Brewer (HC) 12:46.88; 5. Isabella Williams (GM) 12:51.00; 6. Alivia Hetrick (FL) 12:53.35; 7. Haeleigh Bayle (Cy) 12:55.75; 8. Brooke Majewski (Sen) 13:15.38

400 relay: 1. Fort LeBoeuf (Mackenzie Marsh, Ella McGowan, Emily Samluk, Alena Urbanowicz) 50.70; 2. Seneca 53.12; 3. Harbor Creek 53.68; 4. Fairview 54.04; 5. Girard 54.04; 6. North East 54.07; 7. General McLane 54.36; 8. Corry 56.71

1,600 relay: 1. Corry (Alexandra Scholar, Shay Linden, Jordan Fox, Camryn Fox) 4:11.67; 2. Fairview 4:13.00; 3. Seneca 4:21.00; 4. Northwestern 4:22.11; 5. General McLane 4:26.83; 6. Girard 4:29.40; 7. Fort LeBoeuf 4:33.04; 8. Iroquois 4:39.79

3,200 relay: 1. Seneca (Ashley Post, Olivia Pikiewicz, Mackenzie Nelson, Allie Gladitz) 10:06.64; 2. Corry 10:21.15; 3. General McLane 10:37.19; 4. Iroquois 10:58.41; 5. Fairview 11:17.79; 6. Fort LeBoeuf 11:29.25; 7. Union City 12:16.23; 8. Girard 14:07.94

100 hurdles: 1. Ella Corritore (FL) 15.93; 2. Morgan Wilhelm (Sen) 16.44; 3. Angel Troutman (Sen) 16.53; 4. Olivia Paris (Sen) 17.52; 5. Destiny Miller (HC) 17.88; 6. Gig Gaston (NE) 17.92; 7. Jessica Messenger (UC) 17.94; 8. Brooklynn Morrow (FL) 17.99

300 hurdles: 1. Morgan Wilhelm (Sen) 48.97; 2. Myra Asmondy (Nw) 49.93; 3. Olivia Paris (Sen) 50.66; 4. Samantha Zank (HC) 51.14; 5. Madison Chew (I) 51.25; 6. Maggie Mahoney (Fv) 52.76; 7. Delaney Nickerson (Cy) 53.08; 8. Emma Johnson (FL) 53.40

Long jump: 1. Angel Troutman (Sen) 17-2½; 2. Camryn Fox (Cy) 17-1½; 3. Holly Shreve (GM) 16-4¼; 4. Ella Corritore (FL) 15-9½; 5. Evelyn Clark (Nw) 15-8; 6. Hailey Corritore (FL) 15-8; 7. Jane Howard (GM) 15-7½; 8. Ava Deangelo (HC) 15-5½

Triple jump: 1. Hailey Corritore (FL) 34-6½; 2. Sara Gennuso (Fv) 33-8½; 3. Ava Deangelo (HC) 32-2½; 4. Morgan Kaufmann (G) 32-2; 5. Marleigh Martin (Cy) 31-10; 6. (tie) Lily Polk (G) and Holly Shreve (GM) 31-8½; 8. Carsyn Kojancie (Fv) 31-5¼

High jump: 1. Sara Gennuso (Fv) 5-3; 2. Ella Corritore (FL) 5-1; 3. (tie) Mariah Rodemoyer (NE) and Kaci Smith (GM) 4-11; 5. (tie) Olivia Swinarski (HC) and Anastasia Super (G) 4-9; 7. Aubrey Chase (Cy) 4-9; 8. Jalyssa Wicker (NE) 4-9

Shot put: 1. Mallory Brinling (Fv) 35-9¾; 2. Mallory Dahlgren (Cy) 33-9; 3. Kelsie Skinner (FL) 33-3½; 4. Bailey Janukites (HC) 31-11¾; 5. Megan Mesaros (Fv) 31-10½; 6. Olivia Janukites (HC) 31-2; 7. Renee Hallock (Fv) 30-4; 8. Joyce O’Neal (Sen) 28-11¼

Discus: 1. Mallory Brinling (Fv) 121-0; 2. Tessa Bemiss (NE) 108-11; 3. Lauryn Guild (GM) 107-2; 4. Renee Hallock (Fv) 99-6; 5. Lindsey Hasbrouck (Cy) 96-8; 6. Delaney Prather (NE) 96-6; 7. Mallory Dahlgren (Cy) 96-4; 8. Megan Mesaros (Fv) 93-3

Javelin: 1. Delaney Prather (NE) 126-7; 2. Morgan McKinnon (FL) 117-11; 3. Emily Samluk (FL) 109-9; 4. Tessa Bemiss (NE) 107-1; 5. (tie) Lindsey Hasbrouck (Cy) and Katelynn Olmstead (FL) 102-2; 7. Taylor Stagl (Nw) 92-11; 8. Gabrielle Troyer (Cy) 85-10

Pole vault: 1. Lainey Labruzzo (NE) 9-6; 2. Brooke Verdecchia (FL) 8-6; 3. Marleigh Martin (Cy) 8-6; 4. Avery Blackmer (NE) 8-0; 5. Mackenzie Marsh (FL) 8-0; 6. Morgan Martin (Cy) 7-6; 7. Taylor McChesney (FL) 7-6; 8. (tie) Erin Geer (UC) and Madison Ross (HC) 6-6

Boys

Team: 1. General McLane (GM) 139, 2. Harbor Creek (HC) 107½, 3. Seneca (Sen) 92, 4. Corry (Cy) 90, 5. Fairview (Fv) 75, 6. Fort LeBoeuf (FL) 58½, 7. North East (NE) 53, 8. Girard (G) 37½, 9. Northwestern (Nw) 34, 10. Iroquois (I) 10, 11. Union City (UC) 5½

100 meters: 1. Kyle Birkmire (GM) 11.08; 2. TyShawn Jones (HC) 11.28; 3. Brandon Konieczki (HC) 11.33; 4. Tyler Storicks (HC) 11.39; 5. Grant Sherman (GM) 11.63; 6. John Morvay (Sen) 11.67; 7. Landon Wayne (Nw) 11.67; 8. David Parrett (Cy) 11.67

200: 1. Kyle Birkmire (GM) 22.69; 2. TyShawn Jones (HC) 23.17; 3. John Morvay (Sen) 23.23; 4. Zack Luebke (Nw) 23.23; 5. Tyler Storicks (HC) 23.66; 6. Grant Sherman (GM) 23.89; 7. David Parrett (Cy) 24.06; 8. Skyler Kyanvash (GM) 24.09

400: 1. Sam Parente (HC) 53.47; 2. Jonathan Tate (Nw) 53.48; 3. Logan Harwood (Sen) 53.51; 4. Logan Kuhn (I) 53.52; 5. Logan Smith (G) 53.73; 6. Geremia Dell’omo (G) 54.49; 7. Billy Thomas (GM) 54.67; 8. David Price (GM) 54.82

800: 1. Kameron Chadsey (NE) 2:01.94; 2. Aivan Vargas (NE) 2:02.13; 3. Kyle Cousins (GM) 2:04.46; 4. Ethan Quezada (Fv) 2:05.56; 5. Jackson Bowers (FL) 2:08.14; 6. Roman Rizzo (NE) 2:08.54; 7. Gavin Bendig (Sen) 2:09.41; 8. Bryce Byram (FL) 2:10.14

1,600: 1. Logan Byerly (HC) 4:33.93; 2. Kyle Cousins (GM) 4:38.62; 3. Fabian Fourspring (Cy) 4:44.00; 4. Jude Hayes (Fv) 4:48.43; 5. Michael Werner (Sen) 4:48.54; 6. Ethan Webb (GM) 4:48.55; 7. Peyton Brewer (HC) 4:50.63; 8. Tavon Kornikoski (Cy) 4:51.04

3,200: 1. Ben Schrumpf (FL) 9:54.60; 2. Fabian Fourspring (Cy) 10:17.73; 3. Blake Glass (FL) 10:31.13; 4. Eli Rhoades (HC) 10:35.82; 5. Jude Hayes (Fv) 10:36.45; 6. Tavon Kornikoski (Cy) 10:37.86; 7. Bryson Hammond (NE) 10:39.46; 8. Elliott Webb (GM) 10:40.51

400 relay: 1. General McLane (Lane Marquis, Jace Walls, Cooper Robson, Kyle Birkmire) 43.17 (MEET RECORD); 2. Northwestern 45.66; 3. Fairview 45.74; 4. Seneca 45.89; 5. Girard 45.96; 6. Corry 46.62; 7. Fort LeBoeuf 46.92; 8. North East 47.86

1,600 relay: 1. North East 3:34.61; 2. Girard 3:36.02; 3. General McLane 3:39.29; 4. Fairview 3:39.79; 5. Corry 3:40.76; 6. Northwestern 3:44.60; 7. Seneca 3:50.52; 8. Iroquois 3:51.32

3,200 relay: 1. North East (Lucas Boyd, Aivan Vargas, Riley Kordes, Kameron Chadsey) 8:05.97; 2. General McLane 8:26.26; 3. Fort LeBoeuf 8:27.37; 4. Harbor Creek 8:30.16; 5. Seneca 8:37.93; 6. Corry 8:38.23; 7. Fairview 8:40.72; 8. Girard 9:18.91

110 hurdles: 1. Logan Anderson (GM) 15.13; 2. Ryan Miller (Sen) 15.39; 3. Blake Cook (Cy) 15.65; 4. Charles Chevalier (Fv) 16.26; 5. Kyle Brace (Sen) 16.28; 6. Dominic Marino (G) 16.59; 7. Garett Skinner (FL) 16.72; 8. Zach Beckwith (UC) 17.15

300 hurdles: 1. Ryan Miller (Sen) 40.09; 2. Logan Anderson (GM) 40.51; 3. Blake Cook (Cy) 41.74; 4. Garett Skinner (FL) 42.79; 5. Zach Beckwith (UC) 42.87; 6. Charles Chevalier (Fv) 43.73; 7. Kyle Brace (Sen) 43.89; 8. Jacob Truitt (Fv) 43.91

Long jump: 1. Brandon Konieczki (HC) 22-8 (MEET RECORD); 2. Landon Wayne (Nw) 21-11½; 3. Jacob Truitt (Fv) 20-7¾; 4. Kyle Birkmire (GM) 20-7¼; 5. Owen Martin (GM) 20-¾; 6. (tie) Geremia Dell’omo (G) and Jacob Zietz (GM) 19-11¾; 8. Mason Savitz (Cy) 19-10¾

Triple jump: 1. Geremia Dell’omo (G) 42-½; 2. Jeremy Frazao (Fv) 41-4; 3. Mason Savitz (Cy) 39-9; 4. Will Allen (Cy) 39-6½; 5. Jacob Zietz (GM) 38-7; 6. Parker Nguyen (HC) 38-3½; 7. Owen Martin (GM) 37-9; 8. Jackson Kibbe (UC) 37-7

High jump: 1. Cooper Robson (GM) 6-3; 2. Jeremy Frazao (Fv) 6-1; 3. Boden Gushie (HC) 6-1; 4. Jace Walls (GM) 5-11; 5. (tie) Sam Brady (HC) and Owen Martin (GM) 5-9; 7. Mason Savitz (Cy) 5-9; 8. K.C. Wasiulewski (FL) 5-9

Shot put: 1. Nick Krahe (HC) 55-7 1/2 (MEET RECORD); 2. John Styborski (Cy) 51-6 3/4; 3. Dylan Ellenberger (Sen) 49-1; 4. Austin Hallock (Fv) 46-2; 5. Kevin Luce (Sen) 44-3; 6. (three-way tie ) Ryan Garner (HC), Mason Friedman (FL) and Mason Allsopp (FL) 43-8 1/2

Discus: 1. Nick Krahe (HC) 153-4; 2. John Styborski (Cy) 140-2; 3. Kevin Luce (Sen) 138-4; 4. Austin Hallock (Fv) 136-1; 5. Dillon Mayer (GM) 132-7; 6. Dylan Ellenberger (Sen) 131-8; 7. Nick Payne (G) 125-5; 8. Aidan Grove (Sen) 124-7

Javelin: 1. Nolan Carey (Cy) 158-9; 2. Magnus Lloyd (GM) 156-3; 3. Kevin Luce (Sen) 142-5; 4. Isaac Foltz (FL) 138-6; 5. Andrew Hatton (I) 138-3; 6. Mason Friedman (FL) 130-8; 7. Colin Lawry (NE) 128-10; 8. Marley Gehl (Cy) 122-5

Pole vault: 1. Reed Yost (Sen) 13-6; 2. Conner McChesney (FL) 13-6; 3. Isaiah Bayle (Cy) 11-6; 4. Connor Mahoney (Fv) 11-0; 5. Brody Walker (NE) 11-0; 6. Mason Probst (NE) 10-6; 7. Rylan Wagner (Fv) 10-0; 8. Brady Bowers (FL) 10-0

Contact Mike Copper at mcopper@timesnews.com. Follow him on Twitter @ETNcopper.

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