Franklin’s Caleb Prettyman had a successful weekend trip to Shippensburg, setting two school records and bringing back three medals from the PIAA Track and Field Championships. The junior distance runner started off the AA competition Friday by setting the school’s new mark for the boys 1600 meet run and placing sixth across the state. Prettyman’s time of 4:19.63, which was an improvement on his race at the District X meet. On Saturday, he competed in both the 3200 and 800. In the 3200, Prettyman set the new Franklin standard at 9:21.31, earning him a fifth-place medal. This was a 30-second improvement on his run at districts. Later that day he finished the 800 in a time of 1:57.61, which was good enough for the eighth spot on the podium. |
Senior Cam Crocker was Oil City’s top competitor at the championships. The senior placed seventh in the boys discus with a throw of 162 feet and 11 inches, and more than 10-foot improvement over his District X winning performance.
Other Oiler athletes who participated in the championships, included Charlie Motter, who placed 11th in the boys javelin contest with a throw of 155 feet and five inches; Baine Snyder, who placed 19th in the girls pole vault with a vault of nine feet even; and the team of Isaiah Robinson, Jake Hornbeck, Devaughn Griffin and Ethen Knox were 21st in the 4X100 boys relay with a time of 44.54.