By Matt Michelone For the Mirror Altoona Area High School senior Jake Adams overcame a lot to have the chance to compete again in track and field for the Mountain Lions this season. Last year, he saw his junior spring season end abruptly after suffering a hamstring tear. He also ended up ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg boys and girls track and field teams opened their season Tuesday with wins over Huntingdon and Philipsburg-Osceola in the Mountain League. The Tiger boys won 112-38 over P-O and 102-48 over Huntingdon, while the Bearcats bested P-O, 101-48. The Lady Tigers ...
FIRST TEAM Jake Adams, jr., Altoona: Returned from season-threatening leg injury to win long jump title at District 6 meet with a distance of 21 feet, 11 inches. … Earned a bronze medal at PIAA meet in long jump with a leap of 22 feet, 2 inches. … Won the long jump title at the Altoona Igloo with a distance of 21 feet, 6 inches. Toby Cree, sr., Central Cambria: Was the anchor on Central Cambria’s 3200-meter relay team that won PIAA gold in 7:59.7. … Ran the penultimate leg of the 3200 relay at District 6 meet where Red Devils won the title and set a meet record. … Won the ...
FIRST TEAM Darrian Berkheimer, sr., Altoona: Mirror second-team all-star as a sophomore. … Anchored the Lady Lions 400-meter relay team that set a school record of 48.66 at the District 6 Class 3A meet while winning the title. … Also helped relay team win titles at the Altoona Igloo and Altoona Classic. … Won 200-meter dash and finished runner-up in 100-meter dash in 13.07 at Igloo. … Helped 400-meter relay team place first at Jack Roddick High School Track and Field Invitational at Shippensburg in 49.85. … Time of 25.88 in the 200-meter dash led the Mirror’s track honor ...
Name: Adam Lechleitner School: Central Cambria Age: 18 Grade: Senior Sport: Track and field Athlete of the week achievement: Lechleitner ran the third leg of Central Cambria’s state championship-winning 3200-meter relay team that finished in 7:59.7 at the PIAA Class 2A championships. Lechleitner also earned a fourth-place medal in the pole vault by clearing 13 feet. Season update: Lechleitner capped his high school career with two state medals. Coach Matt Miller’s quote: “He’s a tough kid who works hard. It’s kind of a strange combination of events that he ...
The state championship qualifying standard is in place to make sure that a talented athlete that didn’t win districts doesn’t miss out on competing at the PIAA championships in an event where a district champion may have put together a once-in-a-lifetime performance. Altoona’s Brooke Long made the most of getting a second chance in the long jump after finishing as the runner-up at the District 6 meet but making it to states by reaching the standard when she bested a talented group of jumpers to emerge as the PIAA Class 3A champion Saturday at Shippensburg University’s Seth ...
