Hughesville men's and women's track and field achieve 9-10 at PHAC North meet

Hughesville’s Kylie Temple wins the girls 300m hurdles at the ASPC North freshman/sophomore meet at Williamsport High School Saturday afternoon. DAVE KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette

Students on both Hughesville athletic teams consistently shined throughout the season, with some able to compete well against the district’s top athletes.

Saturday’s PHAC North freshman/sophomore meet was no exception. Despite a lot of talent and elements, each team put in a strong performance, seeing numerous podiums and accumulating seven titles. On the girls’ side, they ultimately took second place by a wide margin, posting 131 team points.

It was a matchup that showcased what we’ve seen all season long, as Kylie and Katelyn Temple continued to demonstrate their abilities, combining for three titles.

Kylie finished with two of them, holding off Williamsport’s Aubrey Phillips-Cobb late in the 300-meter hurdles (47.07) before capping her day with a second title in the 200 (27.00). She also played a key role as the anchor of her 4×100 team, allowing her to pass the Millionaires by less than a second.

Katelyn did the same thing as her favorite and also recorded similar individual success. That day, she had two top-three finishes, finishing third in the 100m with a time of 13.25 and ultimately winning the 400m title with a time of 1:01.57.

“I like to start very quickly to get ahead of everyone. Then I kind of do it before the last 100 meters, where I try to sprint it as much as I have left,” said Katelyn Temple while discussing her strategy for the 400. “I felt pretty good with my performance. It’s not the best weather but it’s not that bad.

Outside of the Temples, the girls triumphed in all areas.

Sophomores Taylor Bunce and Sadie Turnbow finished second and fourth, respectively, in the 100-meter hurdles. On vault, freshman Anna Easton took third in the high jump (4-8) and fourth in the triple (29-2 ½) to total 11 team points while freshman Hannah Laidacker came up on the podium three times, with third, sixth and eighth places. the place ends respectively at triple (29-8 1/2), length (13-4) and height (4-4).

As for distance, sophomores Grace Fortin, Laura Ochs and Carly Converse placed second, fourth and seventh, respectively, in the 3,200, sophomore Vivian Draper placed fourth in the 800 (2:33 .59) and Converse earned a second visit to the podium in the 1600m, where it placed seventh. Fortin, Ochs and Draper also played key roles in the relays, helping the 4×400 and 4×800 teams win silver.

Freshman Sierra DeWire placed fifth in the 100 meters (13.43) and 300 meters hurdles (50.90), Jaeden Snyder took sixth in the pole vault (6-6), Hailey Stevens placed seventh in the triple jump (26-11). 1/2) and Sophie Poust finished eighth alongside Converse in the 1600m, completing Hughesville’s endless podium visits that day. Overall, the Hughesville girls have a lot of bases covered for the future, as Saturday’s results indicate.

The boys have similar potential, especially when it comes to their distance room.

Sophomore Tyce Shaner got two chances in the 800 on Saturday, running around a 2:04 in the 4×800 relay before posting a 2:06.78 in the individual event later. Even though his PR, which he set at the Bald Eagle Invite a few weeks ago with a time of 2:03.50, every event resulted in a title.

“I ran the 4×800 with us. It got a little tight because of that, but you just have to keep pushing, especially in the last 300 meters. In the second 800 meters I really felt it a little. I just gotta keep grindin’, Shaner said. “It’s a mental game. You have to take the negative side of your brain and make it positive.

“You have to go through it like a sub-60 from the first lap, like a :57 or :58, and hold on as long as possible,” he added when asked how he could get his time down to less than two minutes.

Regardless, his efforts, along with those of teammates Tristan Kurzawa, Wyatt Laubacher and Carter Sherwood, played a key role in the team starting the competition on a good note. In the 4×800, they ran a time of 8:41.32 to win a title, beating two strong relays from Williamsport and Shikellamy by nearly ten seconds.

“We did much better than we thought” Laubacher said at the relay. “We knew we were going to win, but not by much. I had a PR (there) but I don’t deal with it much.

Laubacher also had plenty of individual success, winning a title in the 3200m with a time of 10:19.88 and taking bronze in the 1600m with a time of 4:47.10. In the 3,200, he trailed Williamsport freshman Connor Hofstrom for the first mile, but that was all part of his strategy.

“I wanted to make sure I didn’t get out of breath and did exactly what my coach told me to do.” Laubacher said of the 3200. “I ended up with a 4:58 for the last mile.”

“The kilometer was a little disappointing because at the last turn, I was overtaken by two people,” he added on the 1600.

Nonetheless, the freshman helped the team score a total of 32 points, playing a key role in their fifth-place finish.

Although the team was overtaken by Mifflinburg late, due to a strong shot put by the Wildcats, they still had a good outing. Sophomores Spencer Stine and Kaviko Faulkner finished fifth in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles, respectively, and fellow sophomore Carter Sherwood saw the podium in the 800, where he ran a time of 2:11.57 to take sixth place.

Both groups of freshmen will look to continue to make an impact as the team prepares for the postseason. With the ASPC set to take place next weekend, the conclusion of this season is nearing.

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