Sydnor, Brown pace impressive night on the track for Strath Haven

Strath Haven’s Teghan Sydnor and Alexa Brown and Upper Darby’s Alice Etienne won gold at the fifth Delaware Valley Girls Track Coaches Association meet of the season Friday night at Alvernia.

Sydnor won the 60 hurdles (9.37 seconds) and teamed with Hannah Driscoll, Ayshia Montgomery and Anna Mazur for fifth in the 4 x 200. Brown claimed the shot put (37 feet, 2 inches) to highlight a big night for the Panthers.

Kaitlin Nieczpiel was second in the 600. Casey Conway earned bronze in the 1,000. Lola Babin was fourth in the 300 and the foursome of Rowe Crawford, Hannah Prokup, Nora Chen, Hannah Driscoll was fourth in the 4 x 800.

Upper Darby’s Etienne jumped 35-3 ¼ to take gold in the triple jump.

Garnet Valley earned four medals, two by Alyssa Wert. She was fourth in the 400 and anchored the team of Stephanie Roberts, Anna Archer and Laura Wert to third in the 4 x 200. Anna Saboja placed fourth in the 60 hurdles and Veronica Filippone took sixth in the 300.

Hannah Casey of Penncrest finished fourth in the 600, and the quartet of Zoe Clark, Julia Scholtz, Sophia Donnelly and Kelsie Robinson was fourth in the 4 x 400 for the Lions. Ridley’s Ja’Rae Fontaine, Sydney Kusner, Kristina Tapie, Emma Winward earned silver in the 4 x 400, and Molly Schmit was sixth in the 1,000 for the Green Raiders.

Chester’s Alina LaForest took third in the 60 hurdles. Saige Forbes of Episcopal Academy was fourth in the 200 while Springfield Beth Schearer was sixth in that event. Tamara Williams from Bonner-Prendergast was fourth in the long jump. Archbishop Carroll’s Mariah Kinder placed fifth in the 60, and Gabrielle Watson from Delco Christian was fifth in the 1,000.