Indoor Track: Garnet Valley’s Small blazes to victory in 400

In Division I:

Hunter Small had quite the crowd chasing him Saturday, and the result was a state meet qualifying time. The Garnet Valley senior turned in a time of 51.83 to win gold in the Division I 400-meter dash at the Track and Field Coaches Association of Greater Philadelphia Meet No. 4. Just behind Small was Haverford’s Justin Moscoe (52.33) and Chester’s Kamil Jihad (53.65), both in Meet of Champions qualifying times.

There was also a 1-2-3 Delco finish in the shot put, with Nataar Henderson of Upper Darby claiming gold ahead of Haverford’s Stephen Pierce and Chester’s Khalaf Jihad.

Haverford’s Tyler Green won the 200 in an MOC time of 24.02, while Chester’s Ryan Rucker also achieved an MOC cut en route to gold in the 800, with Haverford James Abrahams third and GV’s Jack Armand fourth.

The best relay finish among the Delco boys came via Upper Darby, which finished third in the 4×800.

In Division II:

On the track, Strath Haven’s 4 x 400 relay claimed a win in a MOC time, two spots ahead of Glen Mills. Distance medley runnerup Radnor qualified for the Meet of Champions. Springfield’s Liam Galligan booked an MOC berth with his silver in the mile. His teammate Justin Miller was second in the 3,000. Strath Haven’s Nick Milone was third in the 55-meter dash.

Girls Indoor Track

Garnet Valley’s distance medley relay of Skyler Berardi, Diana DeMaio, Julia Hellman and Amanda Kodis turned in a time of 12 minutes, 55.72 seconds to lead the Jaguars to a win in the Delaware Valley Girls Track and Field Coaches Association Meet No. 4 late Friday night. They needed all that speed, just narrowly topping the Cardinal O’Hara squad of Elizabeth Mancini, Eleanor Mancini, Uloma Onyemachi and Sara Hayes. Strath Haven took fifth in both the 4 x400 and 4 x 800 relays, Grace Haase taking part in both of those.

Joining Garnet Valley in the winners’ circle was Haven’s Claire Wolters, who won the 3,000 in 10:35.90 before taking part in the medaling 4 x 800 relay.

Ridley’s Val McLaughlin captured gold in the 200, teammate Maddy Moore was second in the 400, while Jamie Greene claimed third in the mile.