Xavier Midder began his day by winning the 110-meter hurdles rather comfortably in 14.54 before he set a meet record in the triple jump with a new personal best of 49 feet, 6.25 inches.

It is the 13th best distance in the United States this season.

“I was really happy,” Midder said. “I had already planned on jumping big today. I think the key for me was speed. I sped up today and threw my legs out longer. I want to get to 51 feet. I know I can get there too.”

Midder’s jump broke the meet record of Lance Hamilton (48-9.5) from 2019 but was just short of his facility record of 49-8.5.

Hollidaysburg’s Isaac Yarnell won the 200-meter dash Friday night. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Earlier in the meet, Altoona had already claimed another record that had stood for more than 40 years.

He ended his meet by winning a third event, the long jump, with a distance of 23 feet, 2.5 inches to edge Bellefonte’s Zane Hummel, who jumped 23-0.5.

Altoona’s 3200-meter relay team of Mary Stoltz, Ashlyn Noce, Brionna Adams and Emerson Snare bested their seed time by more than 10 seconds and broke a meet record held by State College that had stood since 1981 with a time of 9:26.24.

“I was really happy,” Stoltz said. “We have been slowly progressing. We didn’t have one of our relay legs for two weeks due to an injury, so we were nervous about that setback. But we ran well today, and we’re excited for districts. I’m glad I got to experience breaking the record with my teammates before leaving at the end of the year.”

Hollidaysburg’s Emily Clapper also got into the act with a group of runners she calls friends in the 400.

Altoona’s Xavier Midder competes in the 110 high hurdles at Friday’s 3A meet at Mansion Park. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Clapper set the meet record in the 400 with a time of 56.33 after being pushed by Saint Marys’ Lucia Hayes, who also topped the previous meet record in 56.83.

“One hundred percent it helped by being pushed,” Clapper said. “I know all of the girls in the race, and before it we were pumping each other up saying we could do it. The 400 is hard. I’m just happy to have great competition. They are all so nice and all so good and they push me.”

After the race, unlike many of the others held Friday where racers go their separate ways after the race, most of the 400 competitors hung out and laughed together.

“We’re all friends off the track — but on the track you want to beat each other,” Clapper said. “We all mutually have that respect for each other, but when we’re on that track, everyone is going for it.”

Altoona junior Kihlee Noel didn’t break any meet records, but it probably felt like it to her after she broke out of a slump with two event victories.

Hollidaysburg’s Elizabeth Frazier pursues Somerset’s Kamryn Ross in the 3A 100-meter dash. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Noel upped her personal best in the discus by nearly five feet with a throw of 127 feet, 1 inch on her second throw.

Noel came into the meet seeded third in the event and survived a throw of 126 feet, 6 inches by Punxsutawney’s Mary Grusky on her final throw to claim first place.

“I was really excited walking out to retrieve my disc when I heard the number,” Noel said. “I have been having a rough past week, past two weeks, so I was really excited to hit that mark. I’m hoping to keep increasing my numbers, especially with districts coming up. I have focused on technique this past week in practice and working with my coaches on my technique to change it a little bit, and the atmosphere of this event helped too.”

Later in the meet, Noel hit another PR — this time in the shot put where she threw 39 feet, 6 inches to edge out Grusky again.

Altoona freshman Brionna Hudson edged teammate Triumph Kilmartin to win the high jump with both athletes clearing 5 feet, 5 inches as their highest jump, and Altoona sophomore Ashlyn Noce won the 1600 with a personal best time of 5:03.49.

All of that individual Altoona success led to a girls team title, 152-125.5, over State College. Hollidaysburg finished fourth.

State College won the boys team title, 127-86, over runner-up Altoona. The Golden Tigers were fifth.

Following the lightning delay, Hollidaysburg’s Isaac Yarnell returned to win the 200 dash in 21.82 seconds.

“The meets this season have definitely been sporadic,” Yarnell said. “Some have been canceled. Through all that, you learn how to adjust to not meeting your expectations and still doing well. You’re not always going to have 70 degrees and sunny. In times like this, when it’s less than ideal, it teaches you how to still perform in spite of the challenges. I was happy it wasn’t canceled. My coach told me to relax, and I did that. I didn’t put too much pressure on myself.”

State College’s Sanai Abdullah broke a meet record in the long jump with a distance of 18 feet, 9.5 inches, and State College broke the girls 400 relay meet record with a time of 48.92. Mifflin County’s Carter Smith set both a meet and Mansion Park record in the 800 run with a time of 1:51.94.

Altoona honored former star athletes Mike Reid and Kelly Davis by presenting the winners of both the 2A and 3A shot put (Reid) and 2A and 3A 100 dash (Davis) special awards in the former AAHS athletes’ honor.

Reid’s Altoona shot put record throw of 58 feet, 0.25 inches set in 1965 still stands today. Kelly, who graduated in 2011, currently holds the AAHS record in the 100 with a time of 12.3 seconds.

The Class 3A Outstanding Performer Awards in honor of Cindy Gutzwiller for the chapter of Blair County were presented to Altoona’s Mary Stoltz and Branson Adams and Hollidaysburg’s Emily Clapper and Isaac Yarnell.

BOYS

TEAM RESULTS/KEY

1, State College (SC) 127; 2, Altoona (A) 86; 3, DuBois (DB) 67; 4, South Western (SW) 58; 5, Hollidaysburg (H) 45; 6, Lewisburg (L) 44; 7, Mifflin County (MC) 43; T-8, Saint Marys (SM) 41; T-8, Danville (DV) 41; 10, Clearfield (C) 39; 11, Bradford (BD) 29; 12, Bellefonte (B) 27; 13, Warren (W) 16; 14, Somerset (S) 13; 15, Indiana (I) 11; 16, Punxsutawney (P) 9; 17, Derry (D) 6.

INDIVIDUAL

100 dash: 1, Kougher, DB, 11.2; 2, Scott, C, 11.43; 3, Hanzely, DB, 11.49; 4, Lustig, SC, 11.51; 5, Dunmyer, S, 11.61; 6, Field, SM, 11.61; 7, Etters, A, 11.62; 8, Baker, SW, 11.91. 200 dash: 1, Yarnell, H, 21.82; 2, Kougher, D, 22.15; 3, Hanzely, D, 22.87; 4, Etters, A, 23.1; 5, Babcock, SC, 23.5; 6, Weis, L, 23.65; 7, Harvey, DV, 23.81; 8, Scott, C, 24.81. 400 dash: 1, Holly, SW, 49.51; 2, Yarnell, H, 49.54; 3, Baker, A, 51.77; 4, Fields, I, 52.28; 5, Catalone, SM, 52.3; 6, Fritzsche, SC, 52.67; 7, Burney, I, 52.76; 8, Diven, MC, 52.86. 800 run: *1, Smith, MC, 1:51.94; 2, Frair, BD, 1:54.91; 3, Kauffman, MC, 1:55.05; 4, Fowler, SC, 1:57.18; 5, Brady, DV, 1:59.62; 6, Caldwell, SC, 2:00.18; 7, Bossler, A, 2:00.35; 8, Dull, SW, 2:01.38. 1600 run: 1, Hess, L, 4:17.02; 2, Coughlin, SC, 4:17.04; 3, Bradbury, SC, 4:22.19; 4, Sunderland, H, 4:29.45; 5, Cubbison, MC, 4:31.7; 6, Nolt, L, 4:33.86; 7, Scavitti, MC, 4:34.9; 8, Nied, DV, 4:40.33. 3200 run: 1, Selber, SC, 9:27.28; 2, Lindell, W, 9:33.85; 3, Oppermann, SC, 9:34.78; 4, Nedimyer, SM, 9:47.55; 5, Aurand, MC, 9:53.69; 6, Williams, B, 9:54.19; 7, Nied, DV, 9:54.71; 8, Henry, SM, 9:54.77. 110 hurdles: 1, Midder, A, 14.54; 2, Collins, C, 14.86; 3, Shavers, L, 14.97; 4, Clement, SW, 15.4; 5, McNitt, MC, 15.7; 6, Kitchens, L, 15.94; 7, Kohler, BD, 16.15; 8, Pacifico, A, 16.5. 300 hurdles: 1, Collins, C, 39.06; 2, Kohler, BD, 41.75; 3, Pacifico, A, 41.91; 4, McNitt, MC, 42.56; 5, Langille, B, 42.76; 6, Miller, D, 42.84; 7, Benzing, SW, 43.05; 8, Kling, A, 43.71.

400 relay: 1, DuBois, 43.01; 2, State College, 43.24; 3, Lewisburg, 43.64; 4, Clearfield, 43.67; 5, South Western, 43.99; 6, Danville, 44.01; 7, Bellefonte, 44.04; 8, Somerset, 44.58. 1600 relay: 1, DuBois, 3:28.14; 2, South Western, 3:28.2; 3, State College, 3:29.1; 4, Saint Marys, 3:29.49; 5, Hollidaysburg, 3:33.05; 6, Bradford, 3:33.19; 7, Danville, 3:34.09; 8, Mifflin County, 3:38.39. 3200 relay: 1, State College, 7:57.59; 2, Saint Marys, 8:14.28; 3, Altoona, 8:18.86; 4, South Western, 8:20.09; 5, Indiana, 8:23.47; 6, Hollidaysburg, 8:31.78; 7, Mifflin County, 8:36.55; 8, DuBois, 8:49.97. High jump: 1, Schmelyun, SW, 6-3; 2, Spiegel, W, 6-1; 3, Wildnauer, DB, 5-11; 4, Adams, A, 5-11; 5, Bodner, SC, 5-9; 6, Esenwein, DV, 5-9; 7, Caskey, SM, 5-9; 8, Terwilliger, BD, 5-9. Long jump: 1, Midder, A, 23-2.5; 2, Hummel, B, 23-0.5; 3, Schmelyun, SW, 22-2; 4, Lynch, C, 21-8.5; 5, Adams, A, 21-6.25; 6, Dunmyer, S, 21-2.75; 7, Smith-Kirk, B, 21-0.5; 8, Field, SM, 20-11.5. Triple jump: *1, Midder, A, 49-6.25; 2, Hummel, B, 45-6.75; 3, Manners, P, 44-7.75; 4, DeLattre, H, 43-11.25; 5, Swank, S, 43-5.25; 6, Gemberling, DV, 42-1.5; 7, Lynch, C, 41-9.25; 8, Field, SM, 41-7.75. Shot put: 1, Gose, L, 55-9.5; 2, Pak-Blyzniuk, SC, 54-2.5; 3, Harrington, A, 47-11.25; 4, Crawford, DB, 46-10.25; 5, McCoy, H, 44-6.75; 6, Haase, D, 44-2.75; 7, Clemons, SC, 44-2.25; 8, Albright, H, 43-10.5. Discus: 1, Haas, SC, 166-2; 2, Pak-Blyzniuk, SC, 154-10; 3, Harrington, A, 152-0; 4, Maines, H, 148-7; 5, Crawford, DB, 144-5; 6, Raup, DV, 143-4; 7, Sheeley, SM, 138-0; 8, Holmes, S, 136-9. Javelin: 1, Haas, SC, 200-1; 2, Geise, DV, 181-10; 3, Carbaugh, SW, 178-5; 4, Rippy, SM, 166-6; 5, Bell, MC, 158-9; 6, Smith, SC, 158-1; 7, Presloid, P, 156-2; 8, Hanzely, DB, 155-10. Pole vault: 1, Holcombe, DV, 15-3; 2, Bell, SC, 15-3; 3, Lutz, A, 13-3; 4, McGee, BD, 13-3; 5, McAnany, SM, 13-3; 6, Zook, L, 12-9; 7, Aiello, BD, 12-9; 8, Blews, P, 12-3.

GIRLS

TEAM RESULTS/KEY

1, Altoona (A) 152; 2, State College (SC) 125.5; 3, Punxsutawney (P) 79.5; 4, Hollidaysburg (H) 53; 5, South Western (SW) 51.5; 6, Saint Marys (SM) 51; 7, Somerset (S) 34; 8, Clearfield (C) 29; 9, Bellefonte (B) 25; 10, Indiana (I) 24; 11, Derry (D) 21; 12, Danville (DV) 16; 13, Bradford (BD) 13; 14, Warren (W) 11.5; 15, DuBois (DB) 10; 16, Mifflin County (MC) 6.

INDIVIDUAL

100 dash: 1, Ross, S, 12.66; 2, Frazier, H, 12.86; 3, Kocher, SC, 12.95; 4, Weaver, A, 13.34; 5, Shulski, SW, 13.62; 6, Omlor, D, 13.67; 7, Long, A, 13.68; 8, Guidice, P, 13.83. 200 dash: 1, Kocher, SC, 26.16; 2, Frazier, H, 26.45; 3, Hayes, SM, 26.59; 4, Reed, I, 26.73; 5, Peachey, SC, 27.11; 6, Weaver, A, 27.36; 7, Himmelwright, A, 27.43; 8, Peake, SW, 27.62. 400 dash: *1, Clapper, H, 56.33; 2, Hayes, SM, 56.83; 3, Helms, B, 57.95; 4, Reed, I, 58.5; 5, Ross, S, 59.12; 6, Campolong, C, 1:00.59; 7, Himmelwright, A, 1:00.91; 8, Arnold, SW, 1:01.3. 800 run: 1, Pistner, SM, 2:13.84; 2, Stoltz, A, 2:16.72; 3, Younkin, SC, 2:17.36; 4, Fry, B, 2:19.76; 5, Defilippi, SM, 2:23.37; 6, Adams, A, 2:24.67; 7, Huss, D, 2:25.43; 8, Cook, SW, 2:26.15. 1600 run: 1, Noce, A, 5:03.49; 2, Pistner, SM, 5:09.04; 3, Eltz, SW, 5:12.14; 4, Fisher, S, 5:12.4; 5, Defilippi, SM, 5:17.88; 6, Ryer, DV, 5:18.77; 7, Cotner, DV, 5:20.96; 8, Cook, SW, 5:21.9. 3200 run: 1, Jackson, SC, 10:58.06; 2, Eltz, SW, 11:10.41; 3, Noce, A, 11:12.3; 4, Braun, SM, 11:30.79; 5, Alexander, W, 11:31.05; 6, Bigger, SC, 11:39.11; 7, Baker, I, 12:17.24; 8, Coffey, MC, 12:18.3. 100 hurdles: 1, Momyer, P, 15.83; 2, Custaney, C, 15.91; 3, Mangold, BD, 16.2; 4, Neale, P, 16.54; 5, Steiner, H, 16.66; 6, Smith, SW, 16.92; 7, Housley, S, 17.32; 8, Treon, DV, 17.53. 300 hurdles: 1, Custaney, C, 46.69; 2, Irwin, A, 47.4; 3, Craft, SC, 47.76; 4, Owulade, A, 48.1; 5, Embser, SC, 48.14; 6, Steiner, H, 48.42; 7, Lewis, P, 48.52; 8, Smith, SW, 48.68.

400 relay: 1, State College, 48.92; 2, Somerset, 49.67; 3, Altoona, 50.23; 4, South Western, 50.34; 5, Punxsutawney, 51.32; 6, Bradford, 52.23; 7, Derry, 52.33; 8, Saint Marys, 53.05. 1600 relay: 1, State College, 4:02.89; 2, Altoona, 4:05.89; 3, South Western, 4:07.52; 4, Hollidaysburg, 4:13.77; 5, Clearfield, 4:16.09; 6, Punxsutawney, 4:17.29; 7, Derry, 4:17.29; 8, Danville, 4:23.22. 3200 relay: *1, Altoona (Stoltz, Noce, Adams, Snare), 9:26.24; 2, State College, 9:28.24; 3, Danville, 9:46.43; 4, South Western, 9:59.6; 5, Clearfield, 10:11.73; 6, Hollidaysburg, 10:14.03; 7, Warren, 10:19.71; 8, Indiana, 10:30.92. High jump: 1, Hudson, A, 5-5; 2, Kilmartin, A, 5-5; 3, Younkin, SC, 5-1; 4, Soullaird, SW, 5-1; T-5, Peters, DB, 4-11; T-5, Griebel, P, 4-11; 7, Staub, SW, 4-9; T-7, Laws, SC, 4-9. Long jump: *1, Abdullah, SC, 18-9.5; 2, Clapper, H, 17-11; 3, Long, A, 17-8.5; 4, Owulade, A, 17-0; 5, Mangold, BD, 16-9.25; 6, Sekhon, SC, 16-8; 7, Neale, P, 16-2.25; 8, Madigan, W, 16-0. Triple jump: 1, Abdullah, SC, 37-1; 2, Long, A, 36-11; 3, Kilmartin, A, 36-10.25; 4, Sekhon, SC, 35-11; 5, Momyer, P, 33-10.75; 6, Hafer, DV, 33-10.5; 7, Madigan, W, 33-3.5; 8, Housley, S, 32-8.75. Shot put: 1, Noel, A, 39-6; 2, Grusky, P, 36-4; 3, Miller, P, 34-11.75; 4, Wyant, I, 33-2.5; 5, Brick, H, 32-10.75; 6, Lipski, SC, 32-6.75; 7, Altman, D, 32-2.5; 8, Miller, B, 31-11. Discus: 1, Noel, A, 127-1; 2, Grusky, P, 126-6; 3, Lipski, SC, 125-3; 4, Collins, SM, 114-11; 5, Tate, SC, 107-9; 6, Carney, DB, 103-0; 7, Miller, P, 99-1; 8, Smiley, DB, 96-9. Javelin: 1, Mazzoni, D, 160-9; 2, Grusky, P, 131-9; 3, Yost, A, 129-7; 4, Miller, B, 120-10; 5, Kelly, A, 115-9; 6, Miller, P, 103-0; 7, Gobrecht, SW, 100-10; 8, Thompson, SW, 100-7. Pole vault: 1, Kostok, P, 11-0; 2, Schellenberg, B, 11-0; 3, Leeper, I, 9-6; 4, Ross, MC, 9-0; 5, Smith, S, 9-0; T-6, Sell, DB, 8-6; T-6, Page, W, 8-6; 8, Adams, A, 8-6.

*Meet records