HS TRACK AND FIELD: Lackawanna Track Conference Girls Past Individual Champions — The Sprints

This spring, as active high school sports stopped, ON THE BLOG decided to do some research. History has always interested me when it comes to high school sports. I do, of course, hate being asked who is the greatest of all time, because there are just too many factors. Era, running surfaces, training, timing systems, coaching have all improved even in single year increments.

What I always tell people about track and field is:

 

• The clock and tape measures don’t usually lie

• You know greatness when you see it.

 

What makes the LTC championships so unique is that there is no separation for classifications in the races, which is not how the district or state champions are determined.

So, with this being a week where we normally would crown the latest Lackawanna Track Conference individual event and team champions, let’s take a look at the past champions.

DISCLAIMER: Track and field media coverage was hardly a priority way back when, so gathering first names became the most daunting challenge of this project. If there are any missing in the lists, and you know who said person is, please let us know.

 

REMINDERS

 

• The LTC sponsored a partial conference championship meet for girls in 1978.

 

• Each LTC team was allowed ONE entrant per event from 1978 to 1989.

 

• Races were converted to meters following the 1982 season and all records were retired.

 

• The LTC conference meet was put on hiatus following the 1989 season due to a PIAA rule and all meet records were RETIRED.

 

• The LTC conference meet returned in 2005 with Fully Automatic Timing and new meet records were established.

 

• The LTC conference meet was dedicated to Robert Spagna that same season

 

• Champions for Class 3A and Class 2A were crowned starting in 2005.

 

 

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE: 

 

MONDAY: The Hurdles

TUESDAY: The Sprints and Dashes

WEDNESDAY: The Distance

THURSDAY: The Throws

FRIDAY: The Jumps and Pole Vault

SATURDAY: The Relays

 

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THE SPRINTS AND DASHES

 

100-yard
1977 Sue Sochovka (Riverside) 12.2
1978 Sue Sochovka (Riverside) 12.2
1979 Joanne Sheppard (North Pocono) 12.0 (meet record – retired)
1980 Cathy Kearney (Valley View) 12.4
1981 Susan Brong (Valley View) 12.2
1982 Karen Pegula (Valley View) 12.1
100-meter
1983 Karen Pegula (Valley View) 13.4
1984 Lori Speicher (Lakeland) 12.8 (meet record – retired)
1985 Lori Speicher (Lakeland) 13.2
1986 Melissa Price (North Pocono) 13.3
1987 Michelle Cole (Riverside) 12.9
1988 Michelle Cole (Riverside) 13.5
1989 Leslie Koscelnak (North Pocono) 13.6
2005 Tiffany Sartin (Scranton) 12.86 (meet record)
2006 Tiffany Sartin (Scranton) 12.63 (meet record)
2007 Julia Koloski (Montrose) 12.42 (meet record)
2008 Danielle Wasilewski (Abington Hts) 12.79
2009 Julia Koloski (Montrose) 12.78
2010 Jordan Hoyt (Abington Heights) 12.08 (meet record)
2011 Lauren Ellsworth (Lackawanna Trail) 12.34
2012 Sarah Larkin (Lakeland) 12.78
2013 Carli Lucke (Valley View) 12.58
2014 Carli Lucke (Valley View) 12.29
2015 Allyson Derry (Abington Heights) 12.84
2016 Gillian Coar (Dunmore) 13.05
2017 Gillian Coar (Dunmore) 12.77
2018 Gillian Coar (Dunmore) 12.64
2019 Ky’Ahni Harbin (Scranton) 12.24

Total champions Valley View (6); Riverside (4); Abington Heights (3); Dunmore (3); Lakeland (3); Scranton (3); North Pocono (3); Montrose (2); Lackawanna Trail (1).

 

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400-meter
1983 Lisa Delfino (Carbondale Area) 1:01.6 (meet record)
1984 Lisa Delfino (Carbondale Area) 1:01.3 (meet record)
1985 Lori Speicher (Lakeland) 1:02.7
1986 Dina Fedak (Carbondale Area) 1:02.3
1987 Kathy Maguire (Dunmore) 1:03.3
1988 Tracey James (Carbondale Area) 1:00.7 (meet record – retired)
1989 Ellen Sevensky (North Pocono) 1:04.7
2005 Brooke McMurray (Wallenpaupack) 1:01.25 (meet record)
2006 Casey Lisowski (Lakeland) 1:01.50
2007 No event (Rain)

2008 Ashley Holgate (Delaware Valley) 59.39 (meet record)
2009 Ashley Holgate (Delaware Valley) 59.95
2010 Ashley Holgate (Delaware Valley) 1:00.05
2011 Lauren Ellsworth (Lackawanna Trail) 58.63 (meet record)
2012 Janna Wilson (Honesdale) 58.36 (meet record)
2013 Kaitlyn Lewis (North Pocono) 59.32
2014 Kaitlyn Lewis (North Pocono) 59.29
2015 Kaitlyn Lewis (North Pocono) 58.01 (meet record)
2016 Joanna Bernatowicz (North Pocono) 1:00.54
2017 Gillian Coar (Dunmore) 1:00.11
2018 Mackenzie Turner (Wallenpaupack) 58.64
2019 Mackenzie Turner (Wallenpaupack) 58.08

Total champions North Pocono (5); Carbondale Area (4); Wallenpaupack (3); Delaware Valley (3); Dunmore (2); Lakeland (2); Honesdale (1); Lackawanna Trail (1).

 

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220-yard
1977 Sue Sochovka (Riverside) 27.6 (meet record)
1978 Sue Sochovka (Riverside) 27.8
1979 Joanne Shepperd (North Pocono) 28.1
1980 Cathy Kearney (Valley View) 27.5 (meet record – retired)
1981 Dawn O’Hara (Lakeland) 27.8
1982 Dawn O’Hara (Lakeland) 27.6
200-meter
1983 Karen Pegula (Valley View) 27.5 (meet record)
1984 Lori Speicher (Lakeland) 26.9 (meet record – retired)
1985 Lori Speicher (Lakeland) 27.7
1986 Melissa Price (North Pocono) 27.5
1987 Michelle Cole (Riverside) 27.6
1988 Michelle Cole (Riverside) 27.5
1989 Leslie Koscelnak (North Pocono) 27.7
2005 Tiffany Sartin (Scranton) 26.49 (meet record)
2006 Tiffany Sartin (Scranton) 24.86 (meet record)
2007 No event (Rain)
2008 Jordan Hoyt (Abington Heights) 25.99
2009 Jordan Hoyt (Abington Heights) 25.20
2010 Jordan Hoyt (Abington Heights) 24.84 (meet record)
2011 Sara Dubravcak (Valley View) 25.94
2012 Janna Wilson (Honesdale) 26.15
2013 Carli Lucke (Valley View) 25.95
2014 Carli Lucke (Valley View) 25.29
2015 Rebecca Carmody (Western Wayne) 25.98
2016 Gillian Coar (Dunmore) 26.89
2017 Madison Harding (Lakeland) 26.37
2018 Skyla Wilson (Susquehanna) 26.18
2019 Ky’Ahni Harbin (Scranton) 25.91

Total champions Lakeland (5); Valley View (5); Riverside (4); Abington Heights (3); North Pocono (3); Scranton (3); Dunmore (1); Honesdale (1); Susquehanna (1); Western Wayne (1).

 

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