Track and field: Main Line squads sparkle at 121st Penn Relays

Runners from the Main Line showcased their talent in front over 40,000 spectators at the 121st Penn Relays April 23-25. Here is a look at how the Main Line squads performed at the Penn Relays:

Conestoga

In the High School Boys’ Distance Medley Championship of America, the Pioneers placed 15th (10:38.02). Entrants were junior PJ Murray, (3:16.90 in 1,200 meters), senior Jimmy Cooper (54.19 in 400 meters), senior Kilian Nelson (2:00.81 in 800 meters), and senior Andrew Marston (4:26.13 in 1,600 meters). In the High School Boys’ 4×100 Large Schools, Senior Dan Kralik, senior Nate McLachlan, senior Justin Eger, and senior Martin Dorsey clocked 45.18. The Pioneers placed fifth in the High School Boys’ 4×400 Central as McLachlan (51.82), Nelson (51.44), Kralik (53.44), and Cooper clocked 3:29.16 and second in the High School Girls’ 4×400 Central as junior Lila Holmes, junior Kiara Sprague, sophomore Mary Kate Boccella, and junior Maddie Herman finished in 4:07.24.

Penncrest won the race with a time of 4:02.92. Strath Haven finished third, one notch behind Conestoga at 4:07.69. In the High School Girls’ 4×100 Large Schools, the Conestoga foursome of freshman Grace Lanuette, Sprague, junior Brittany Coleman, and Holmes posted 50.77 seconds.

Harriton

In the High School Boys’ 4×100 Small Schools, the Rams’ foursome of freshman Noah Cox, sophomore Arthur Boughet, sophomore Michael Kanehann, and senior Jonathan Vessal finished in 49.52 seconds.

In the High School Girls’ 4×400 Central, the Rams finished ninth as sophomore Tasha Greene, (1:02.87), senior Delaney O’shea, (1:06.67), freshman Brianna Dorin (1:08.11), and junior Rohanna Foote (1:05.13) clocked 4:22.77. The Rams finished 11th in the 4×800 Small Schools as Greene (2:21.50), sophomore Juliette Milani (2:34.56), senior Maura Henderson (2:22.59), and O’Shea (2:32.90) posted 9:51.54 and in the 4×100 Small Schools, the Rams’ Foote, Milani, senior Lauren Mendelsohn, and Dorin finished in 54.76 seconds.

Haverford High

In the High School Boys’ 4×100 Large Schools, the Fords’ senior Tyler Green, senior Devonte Brown, sophomore Joshua Kim, and junior Evan Boyce clocked 45.35 and finished sixth (3:31.74) in the 4×400 Central,. The Ford foursome consisted of senior Kevin Toal, junior Evan Boyce, sophomore James Abrahams, and junior Xavier Farrell.

In the High School Girls’ 4×100 Large Schools, the Fords clocked 53.23 as junior Hannah Dodds, junior Athena Pilato, senior Kaila Cannon, and senior Steph Manning represented them. The Fords finished fourth in the 4×400 Central as Dodds, Pilato, Cannon, and junior Maya Taylor turned in a 4:09:69.

Lower Merion

In the High School Boys’ 4×100 Large Schools, the LM foursome of sophomore Ahmad Hall, senior Jermey Tuttle, freshman Romaine Rhoden, and junior Vincent Skipper-Barnett finished in 45.00 seconds and the Aces placed ninth in the 4×400 Centralas Tuttle, Hall, senior Jon Pearlman, and senior Gian Luca finished in 3:36.96.

The Aces finished sixth in the High School Girls’ 4×400 Central as freshman Ellie Ebby (1:03.44), junior Lily Zekavat (1:04.98), sophomore Alexa Cotler (1:04.37) and junior Maria King (1:01.51) posted 4:14.29. In the High School Girls 4×100 Small Schools, the Aces finished 84th out of 364 schools as junior Sarah Doebley, junior Dominique Pendleton, sophomore Amara Eke, and freshman Sophie Riverso, finished in 51.90 seconds. In the PIAA ninth Girls’ 4×100, the four LM freshmen of Ebby, Shuli Weinstein, Sarah Fitzpatrick, and Vicky Shevchenko finished seventh out of nine schools (53.97).

Radnor

The Red Raiders’ sophomore Noah Hearne, junior Aaron Fuller, senior Adam Kurzrok, and senior James Cellucci clocked 46.75 in the High School Boys’ 4×100 Small Schools and Radnor finished fourth in the 4×400 Central as sophomore Peter Cook, Hearne, senior Connor Holm, and senior Andre Kelly ran 3:28.96.

The Radnor girls finished 11th in the High School Girls’ 4×400 Central with a time of 4:26.90. Entrants were sophomore Kaitlyn Slinkard (1:05.59), freshman Caroline Ditrilio (1:08.03), sophomore Megan Hemcher (1:08.39), and junior Olivia Cooper (1:04.90). In the High School Girls’ 4×100 Small Schools, the Raiders’ sophomore Ana Pressman, sophomore Kaila Rhodes, sophomore Deja Watt, and senior Jenny Abrams finished with a 54.88 posting.