Titusville's Aaron Burrows successfully defended his District 10 title in the 400 meter this past weekend at Slippery Rock University. The junior's 49.57 was just .83 seconds ahead of Chance Miller of Sharpesville. The time moved him into third place on the Rocket's all-time list and he is only the third runner in brown and gold history to break the 50 second mark.
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  | Burrows also took home second-place in the 200 meter dash just .25 seconds behind Mercyhurst Prep's Vincent Feliciano and he just edged out LeBoeuf's KC Wasiulewski by .03 seconds for the automatic state qualify second-place. Burrows will compete in both events this weekend at Shippensburg University in the state championships. He also had a 10th-place finish in the 100 yard-dash. Joining him is sophomore Lane Ongley whose 145.3 foot discus was good enough for secon- place edging Bell Wall of Hickory by half-a-foot. Seneca's Austin Jacobs was off the charts a full twenty feet further than anyone else. Ongley also medaled with his seventh-place finish in the shot put. |
| The Rocket boys finished10th out of 24 teams with competitors in nine events. JJ mIller finished 10th in the Javelin with throw of 145-2. Alex Hartshorne finished 13th in the 300 hurdles with his personal best time of 44.44. The 4x800 relay team came in 11th with a total time of 9:07.89. Cameron Bauer's discus throw of 117-3 was good enough for a top top 20 finish. Pole vaulter Tandin Anderson was 20th with a vault of 10-6 The girls did not have any state qualifiers but were not without highlights. Senior Ariel Adams competed in four events medaling in three. She had a fourth-place finish in the long and triple jumps with distances of 17-1 and 33-10.5 respectively. She was also a member of the seventh-place medal 4 x 100 really team with Addison Burleigh, Marley Griffin and Norah Blakeslee. Sisters Willa and Flynn Kirvan finished in the top ten in pole vault with Willa finishing sixth with a 9-foot vault and Flynn was in 10th place with a 8-foot vault. Willa also finished ninth in the 400 meter dash with a 1:06.5 . Burleigh also medaled with a seventh-place finish in the 200 meter dash with 27.65 time in the finals. Anna Mehlenbacher was 10th with teammate Madeline Johnson in 14th in the 1600. Johnson also finished 12th in the 3200. Kathren LaLone advanced tot he finals in the 100 meter hurdles where she finished 13th. Abby Saintz placed 10th in the high jump and also competed in the 100 meter hurdles. Blakeslee also medaled in the triple jump with an eight-place leap of 32-10.5. She also placed 13th in the long jump while teammate Marley Griffin placed 18th Hannah McQuown finished 12th with toss of 78-2 in the discus. |      |
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Franklin's Logan Knight and Isabella Peterson took home District 10 championships in the discus while Isabel Griffin won the 3200. The three Knights will represent Franklin and Rocky Grove this weekend in Shippensburg
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Oil City will send four athletes to states including Elijah Brosius who qualified in both the 1600 and 3200 with his second-place finish in both events. He'll be joined by Corbel Shiley, De'Vaughn Griffin and Braylon Barber.
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Meadville had 16 top three finishes in the district championships.
Tymir Phillips had a won the long jump and 100 meter dash. Megan Puleio had an insane day setting a meet record in the 1600 and also won the 800. Brennen Dinsmore bested the shot put field with a throw of 56'4" for his first-place finish.
Tymir Phillips had a won the long jump and 100 meter dash. Megan Puleio had an insane day setting a meet record in the 1600 and also won the 800. Brennen Dinsmore bested the shot put field with a throw of 56'4" for his first-place finish.
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