PIAA state track meet 2024: Live updates from Saturday's action
The final day of competition is here for the PIAA track and field championships at Seth Grove Stadium at Shippensburg University.
Saturday's action kicks off at 9 a.m. with the finals of the 3,200-meter run.
Follow for live updates during Saturday's competition, where more gold medalists will be crowned. Click here to recap the action from Friday.
2024 PIAA state track and field: Live results from Class 2A
2024 PIAA state track and field: Live results from Class 3A
And, we'll leave it there ... congrats to all the PIAA medalists and competitors!
It held off until the team trophies were handed out. @PIAASports track and field championships. pic.twitter.com/50MnkSiuAx
— Shelly Stallsmith (@ShelStallsmith) May 25, 2024
Slippery Rock boys win 2A team title
Another reason the Slippery Rock boys track and field team will remember winning the 2A team title for the 2024 PIAA track and field meet.
We were five minutes away from avoiding a wrath-of-God downpour, no doubt the result of day-long humidity. pic.twitter.com/Azn0kb9aus— Mike Copper (@ETNcopper) May 25, 2024
Spring Grove girls wins the 3A team title
Spring Grove wins the @PIAASports Class 3A team title. pic.twitter.com/8ZeRhdmeUl
— Shelly Stallsmith (@ShelStallsmith) May 25, 2024
General McLane finishes fourth in meet's unified team competition
General McLane finishes fourth in the meet’s unified team competition. pic.twitter.com/WED4BZqyU0
— Mike Copper (@ETNcopper) May 25, 2024
Spring Grove's Laila Campbell becomes four-time PIAA champ in 3A 200
Spring Grove’s Laila Campbell defends her @PIAASports Class 3A 200-meter title in 24.44. She finishes her high school career with seven golds and one silver. pic.twitter.com/IE4TcoTR4x
— Shelly Stallsmith (@ShelStallsmith) May 25, 2024
Slippery Rock in contention for PIAA 2A team title
The Slippery Rock boys are now in contention for the meet's 2A team title thanks to Levi Prementine and Eli Anderson. The seniors finished first and second in the 300 hurdles.
It was Prementine's second event victory for the meet. He repeated as the 2A boys long jump titlist during Friday's action at Shippensburg.
District 10 is up to five event victors with Prementine's second championship. He joins North East's Noah Crozier (2A boys high jump), Abby Malesiewski (2A girls 100 hurdles) and Jamari Curlett (2A boys 100).
Palmyra's Burgess doubles up on PIAA gold
Palmyra’s Tyler Burgess wins the 300 hurdles in 37.47 seconds for his second PIAA state title of the day. pic.twitter.com/yafSZKf0u3
— Andy Mason (@Andrew_M_Mason) May 25, 2024
Cedar Crest's Kaddel Howard defends PIAA title
Cedar Crest sophomore Kaddel Howard repeats as the PIAA Class 3A champion in the girls 400 in a personal-record time of 53.25 seconds. pic.twitter.com/hLRd6OL7zf
— Andy Mason (@Andrew_M_Mason) May 25, 2024
Bermudian Springs' Carlson vaults to gold medal
This vault at 13-0 won Bermudian Spring’s Lily Carlson the gold medal, but she’s not finished. How high will she go? pic.twitter.com/Cq8ReGGQR0
— Shelly Stallsmith (@ShelStallsmith) May 25, 2024
More gold for North East
Jamari Curlett joined Malesiewski and Crozier as North East state champions roughly 30 minutes after Malesiewski's victory. The senior, at 10.82 seconds, won the 2A boys 100.
Curlett edged Mount Carmel's Xaiver Diaz by .03.
Mercyhurst Prep star Camden Bryant, his right hamstring wrapped, all but walked his 100 meters to finish eight. Bryant suffered his injury Friday during his anchor leg of the Lakers' 400 relay heat.
The Slippery Rock University recruit said Craig Buckner will take his place when Mercyhurst runs in the 400-relay final later Saturday.
Greencastle's Hurley earns spot on podium in 3A discus
Greencastle-Antrim sophomore Bailey Hurley placed fifth in the PIAA 3A girls discus with a throw of 122 feet, 1 inch. pic.twitter.com/Pphj5PWmX6
— Andy Mason (@Andrew_M_Mason) May 25, 2024
Spring Grove's Bahn collects gold in 3A high jump
Spring Grove’s Ella Bahn wins the @PIAASports Class 3A high jump at 5-7. She adds this to her silver in the 100 hurdles. pic.twitter.com/a3m2KAMKz3
— Shelly Stallsmith (@ShelStallsmith) May 25, 2024
North East gets another PIAA gold medalist
Less than 24 hours after the Grapepickers' Noah Crozier was the gold medalist for state's Class 2A boys high jump competition, Abby Malesiewski also stood atop the meet's podium after Saturday morning's 2A girls 100-meter hurdles.
The freshman, by a margin of time too small to be listed on the official results, lived up to her status as the event's top seed. She and Montrose senior Chloe Diaz were each listed with championship final times of 14.85 seconds. However, PIAA officials checked the tape and determined Malesiewski was the victor. She was the fastest of three District 10 athletes who qualified for that face.
Fort LeBoeuf senior Ella Corritore placed sixth at 15.35 and Seneca senior Morgan Wilhelm seventh at 15.72.
The North East Grapepickers with their second PIAA track and field gold medalist in as many days.
Look for this full interview with freshman Abby Malesiewski, your new state champion for the 2A girls 100 hurdles, late tonight at https://t.co/vsKKO5sCKl. pic.twitter.com/0NdG5yO49G— Mike Copper (@ETNcopper) May 25, 2024
Butler's Drew Griffith breaks PIAA 3A boys' 3,200 record
Start of the 3A boys 3,200. pic.twitter.com/70LMQz7H4K
— Mike Copper (@ETNcopper) May 25, 2024
A day after setting the PIAA and national federation record in the 1,600, Butler's Drew Griffith broke the PIAA record in the 3,200 in Saturday's first event.
Griffith led the first lap but settled in behind silver medalist Ryan Pajak of Ringgold for the next two laps. By the halfway point he had regained the lead, opened it after five laps and started lapping the field in the sixth lap.
He needed a sub-70 second final lap to break the national record, but came up 6 seconds shy of that. The Notre Dame recruit ran a 1:05.93 in the final lap.
Palmyra's Burgess strikes PIAA gold in 3A 110 hurdles
Palmyra’s Tyler Burgess wins the PIAA 3A boys 110 hurdles in 13.74 seconds. pic.twitter.com/Kofno0Xltw
— Andy Mason (@Andrew_M_Mason) May 25, 2024
2A girls 3,200 is underway
Action from the 2A girls 3,200. pic.twitter.com/FFEJSgWahy
— Mike Copper (@ETNcopper) May 25, 2024
Day 2 of PIAA track and field is officially open
The @PIAASports track and field championships Day 2 is officially open. pic.twitter.com/KjGxin3Mqy
— Shelly Stallsmith (@ShelStallsmith) May 25, 2024
Athletes warming up ahead of the action
Girard’s Geremia Dell’omo ahead of the 2A boys triple jump. pic.twitter.com/wIqdM2td70
— Mike Copper (@ETNcopper) May 25, 2024
Ready for Day 2 of the PIAA state track meet
The 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕞 before the 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒🏃🏼♀️🏃🏼♂️ pic.twitter.com/CtLkSMoTis
— PIAA (@PIAASports) May 25, 2024
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