While all the competitors at Mansion Park on Thursday for the District 6 Class AAA Track and Field Championships will be looking for a berth in next week's state meet at Shippensburg University, Altoona's Wade Endress will be chasing history.
Endress, the Mountain Lions' Penn State-bound distance runner, is in a position to break records that have stood for 30 years in the meet's 800-meter and 1,600-meter runs if he can meet his seeded times in those events. Bob Hudson of State College currently holds both marks.
Endress is also seeded first in the 3,200 and is part of Altoona's top-seeded relay teams in the 3,200 and 1,600. Performers can only compete in four events, however.
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Wade Endress
The meet gets under way at 3:45 p.m.
Led by Endress, Altoona owns the top seed in 12 of the 18 boys events.
Mountain Lion DeRon Lee is the No. 1 seed in the triple jump and the 200 meters and also is part of the top-seeded 400 relay. Meanwhile, Rafeeq Barnes has the best seeding time in the 100, Tyler Mandley can say the same in the 300 hurdles, Kevin Johnson is the favorite in the long jump, and Ryan Steinbugl is the competitor to beat in the pole vault.
Mandley also is seven-hundredths of a second off the pace as the second seed in the 300 hurdles.
On the girls side, Altoona's Nikki Kerns is poised to qualify for states in multiple events. She heads into the meet seeded first and having achieved the qualifying result in the 300 hurdles and the high jump and seeded second in the 100 hurdles.
Looking to join her are Lady Lion teammates Kelly Davis, Makenzie Wilt and Abby Wagner. Davis is the No. 1 seed in the 100 and second in the 200. Wilt is the top seed in the discus. Wagner, while seeded second in the long jump, has a top distance this year just 1 inch shy of the state qualifying mark.
BOYS
100 dash (11.10): 1, Rafeeq Barnes, Altoona, 10.96; 2, Druex Stamford, Altoona, 11.31; 3, Ian McGinnis, Lewistown, 11.34.
200 dash (22.50): 1, DeRon Lee, Altoona, 22.94; 2, Dreux Stamford, Altoona, 23.06; 3, Michael Appleman, Hollidaysburg, 23.14.
400 dash (50.09): 1, Alex Shisler, State College, 49.86; 2, Nick Shrift, Hollidaysburg, 51.92; 3, Sean Gipson, Bellefonte, 52.21.
800 run (1:57.32): 1, Wade Endress, Altoona, 1:51.73; 2, Tyler Lidwell, Altoona, 1:58.30; 3, Doug Jordan, State College, 1:58.50.
1600 run (4:24.22): 1. Wade Endress, Altoona, 4:15.00; 2, Zach Moon, Lewistown, 4:28.74; 3, Tyler Lidwell, Altoona, 4:31.72.
3200 run (9:31.71): 1, Wade Endress, Altoona, 9:49.24; 2, Tyler Lidwell, 9:49.61; 3, Dylan Mountain, 9:50.14.
110 hurdles (15.10): 1, Dan Collins, State College, 15.72; 2, Tyler Mandley, Altoona, 15.79; 3, Josh Nyman, Central Mountain, 16.12.
300 hurdles (39.80): 1, Tyler Mandley, Altoona, 40.44; 2, Dan Collins, State College, 40.74; 3, Mike Crouse, State College, 41.84.
400 relay (43.40): 1, Altoona, 43.31; 2, Hollidaysburg, 44.50; 3, State College, 44.79.
1600 relay (3:24.03): 1, Altoona, 3:26.21; 2, State College, 3:26.94; 3, Lewistown, 3:36.11.
3200 relay (8:02.04): 1, Altoona, 8:03.35; 2, State College 8:25.22; 3, Central Mountain, 8:34.81.
High jump (6-5): 1, Jake Shepherd, Lewistown, 6-5; 2, Anthony Pinter, Hollidaysburg, 6-4; 3 (tie), DeShae Lee, Altoona, Sam McCloy, Central Mountain, and Mark Watson, Johnstown, 6-2.
Long jump (21-10): 1, Kevin Johnson, Altoona, 21-4; 2, Austen Randecker, Central Mountain, 21-3; 3, Ryan Steinbugl, Altoona, 21-0.
Triple jump (44-6): 1, DeRon Lee, Altoona, 47-0; 2, Joey Wagner, State College, 45-7; 3, Kevin Johnson, Altoona, 45-7.
Shot put (52-0): 1, David Gordeuk, State College, 48-5; 2, Chuck Hawkins, Altoona, 46-2; 3, Matthew Baney, State College, 45-0.
Discus (153-0): 1, David Gordeuk, State College, 149-9; 2 (tie), Braeden Luciano, Altoona, and Christian Posatko, State College, 124-4
Javelin (178-0): 1, Kyle Hefkis, State College, 210-7; 2, John Wileman, Lewistown, 172-2; 3, Nathan Mayes, Indian Valley, 166-8.
Pole vault (14-3): 1, Ryan Steinbugl, Altoona, 15-2; 2, Quinn Eicher, Bellefonte, 14-3; 3, Evan Falbo, Altoona, 13-9.
GIRLS
100 dash (12.67): 1, Kelly Davis, Altoona, 12.42; 2, Lauren Bonness, State College, 12.87; 3, Victoria Smothers, Johnstown, 12.89.
200 dash (25.91): 1, Gina Toretti, State College, 26.25; 2, Kelly Davis, Altoona, 26.29; 3, Jena Toner, Central Mountain, 26.36.
400 dash (58.80): 1, Niara Valentine, State College, 58.74; 2, Chandley Book, State College, 1:00.14; 3 (tie), Jordan Courter, Central Mountain, and Alexis Preston, Hollidaysburg, 1:01.14.
800 run (2:18.47): 1, Chloe Schmidt, State College, 2:15.02; 2, Marissa Long, Indian Valley, 2:20.50; 3, Kathryn McNaughton, State College, 2:21.93.
1600 run (5:13.37): 1, Chloe Schmidt, State College, 5:12.16; 2, Nora Adams, State College, 5:14.86; 3, Whitney Strohecker, Indian Valley, 5:19.06.
3200 run (11:13.30): 1, Emma Cousins, State College, 11:42.10; 2, Anne Balogh, State College, 11:50.37; 3, Brooke King, Indian Valley, 12:00.18.
100 hurdles (15.04): 1, Paige Fry, State College, 15.04; 2, Nikki Kerns, Altoona, 15.54; 3, Shawna Robson, Central Mountain, 15.86.
300 hurdles (46.60): 1, Nikki Kerns, Altoona, 45.92; 2, Shawna Robson, Central Mountain, 47.23; 3, Megan Bland, State College, 48.24.
400 relay (49.96): 1, State College, 49.84; 2, Central Mountain, 50.21; 3, Johnstown, 50.74.
1600 relay (4:02.50): 1, State College, 4:04.63; 2, Indian Valley, 4:09.54; 3, Altoona, 4:12.74.
3200 relay (9:35.48): 1, State College, 9:32.51; 2, Indian Valley, 9:46.94; 3, Hollidaysburg, 9:53.67.
High jump (5-3): 1, Nikki Kerns, Altoona, 5-4; 2, Logan Snyder, Lewistown, 5-2; 3 (tie) Erin Bishop, Indian Valley, and Shannon Daniels, State College, 5-0.
Long jump (17-3): 1, Chartice Wyatt, Johnstown, 17-4; 2, Abby Wagner, Altoona, 17-2; 3, Shannon Daniels, State College, 17-1.
Triple jump (36-6): 1, Shannon Daniels, State College, 36-5; 2, Chartice Wyatt, Johnstown, 36-2; 3, Jayna Coyle, Somerset, 35-5.
Shot put (37-6): 1, Lauren Kenney, State College, 35-8; 2, Tyneshia Smith, Johnstown, 35-0; 3, Tianna Gladman, Lewistown, 34-3.
Discus (118-0): 1, Makenzie Wilt, Altoona, 112-3; 2, Kylie Sikorskis, State College, 112-2; 3, Ellie Sikorskis, State College, 109-11.
Javelin (122-0): 1, Lauren Kenney, State College, 156-2; 2, Ellie Sikorskis, State College, 122-4; 3, Aubrey Hileman, Altoona, 108-9.
Pole vault (11-0): 1, Christina Pollick, State College, 10-6; 2 (tie), Molly Love, State College, and Hannah Mulhern, State College, 10-0.
State-qualifying standard in parentheses
