It’s Friday and we had a three-day meet schedule last week because of some rescheduled events.

There were certainly some interesting developments during what was the second official dual-meet date. On Tuesday, despite a rapidly moving hail storm barreled through NEPA, Scranton hosted Valley View in a key LTC showdown between two recently successful boys programs among the big schools.

 

Boys LTC Championships

 

• Valley View (10): 1982, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015.

 

• Scranton (5): 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.

 

 

Scranton found a couple of new stars in the post-Ky’Ron Harbin era. Jahwon Wainwright posted impressive wins in the 100 and long jump and ran a powerful final leg in a thrilling 400 relay where the Knights edged Valley View with a season-best time of 44.5 seconds just a head of the Cougars at 44.7.

 

He wasn’t alone. Josh Christianson controlled the distance races. Coming off a fantastic cross country season where he earned All-Region honors, the junior captured the 1,600 and the 3,200, and ran a leg of another close race in the 3,200 relay.

 

Then, Sam Jones emerged as an emerging star in the hurdle events. One of the toughest obstacles for a young athlete in track and field is the height of the barriers moving up 3 inches in the 110 and 300 hurdles from the junior-high level height used for beginners. Essentially, when a junior high athlete moves up to varsity in the hurdles events, they essentially start over and the technique is extremely difficult. Jones, a sophomore, won the Phil Tochelli Junior High Championship in the 110 hurdles last spring with a time of 17.44 seconds and was second in the 300 hurdles in 46.48 seconds. To show how hard he has worked and the maturity physically, Jones won the 110 hurdles, again, which are higher now, in 16.3 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 45.8 seconds.

 

FINAL: SCRANTON 108.5, VALLEY VIEW 37.5

 

 

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

 

 

UP NEXT

 

 

When the dust settled. Scranton came away with an impressive win over the Cougars and started defense of its four straight Division I championships. In the last four seasons, Scranton has a record of 16-1 in the LTC Division I as it heads to the annual City Rivalry meet against West Scranton on Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. There, the Knights will get a challenge as the Invaders have outstanding talent in the hurdles and sprints and jumps. Avery McAuliffe won the two hurdles events and Zakeem Quincey Vassell, both who we are familiar with their work during football season, are coming off a good showing against Scranton Prep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WEDNESDAY

 

 

The teams in the small-school division took to the track on Wednesday and the athletes took to ripping out pages of their respective school-record books.

In three meets, marks were surpassed with two girls setting records in the discus in the LTC Division III.

 

RECORD BREAKERS

 

 

SARAH KORTY	AVERY REBAR	BRYCE COLLINS
Carbondale Area	Mid Valley	Riverside
Discus	Discus	High jump
126-0	97-9	6–2

 

 

 

NOTE: Sarah Korty’s distance of 126-0, which beat her own school mark of 119-0, is one of the best in LTC history among the school records and, while it cannot be used for the state rankings because it is not a sanctioned invitational, would put her among the best in the state — fourth — among Class 2A athletes according to pa.milesplit.com.

 

 

LTC SCHOOL RECORDS FOR THE DISCUS

 

 

DISCUS
Jenn Slagus	North Pocono	137-1	2012
Cassie Schweighofer	Honesdale	135-11	2007
April Angeli	Scranton Prep	135-3	1988
April Doyle	Lakeland	131-10	2009
Sarah Korty	Carbondale Area	126-0	2019

 

 

 

Dunmore’s Mark DelVecchio throws the javelin during a Lackawanna Track Conference Division III meet against Riverside.
Christopher Dolan / Staff Photographer

 

 

DIVISION RACES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the first time in a long time there is a lot of intrigue concerning the LTC Divisions III and IV. Lakeland and Montrose boys teams have dominated since the format changed to four divisions in 2013, winning all of the division championships. Both programs have won 32 straight division meets.

But, this spring both are receiving strong challenges from Mid Valley and Lackawanna Trail.

• This week, Lackawanna Trail, which moved to 2-0 in Division IV, will host Montrose in essentially the division-championship meet Wednesday.

 

• Lakeland battles Dunmore, which came away with a win over Riverside last week, and Mid Valley will compete against Carbondale Area. Both meets are Wednesday. Then, Mid Valley will be at Lakeland on April 24.

 

In the girls division chases, again, Lakeland has won every meet since 2013 in Division III and is 2-0 to start this season. Mid Valley is also 2-0 after an impressive win over preseason favorite Dunmore to start the season and then against Riverside. Lakeland must try to get by a tough Dunmore team this week and Mid Valley will face Carbondale Area.

 

Also, like the boys, Montrose, which is the preseason favorite in Division IV, will visit unbeaten Lackawanna Trail on Wednesday. Lackawanna Trail shocked Elk Lake last week, snapping its Division IV winning streak.

 

 

• ELK LAKE’S LAST LOSS IN DIVISION IV: April 1, 2014 to Montrose

 

 

LADY WARRIORS DIVISION IV RECORDS SINCE 2013

DIVISION IV	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	TOTAL
Elk Lake	4 – 1	4 – 1	5 – 0	5 – 0	5 – 0	5 – 0	1 – 1	29 – 3

 

 

 

 

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RANKINGS

 

 

There was a shakeup in the girls ranking this week. Why? Because Delaware Valley defeated defending champion Western Wayne, 79-71, in a meet that moved from Tuesday to Thursday. The Lady Warriors got big performances from Taliyah Booker in the sprints, Laina Bogusta in the distance races and Brooke Acoveno in the jumps. The Lady Warriors started the season outside The Times-Tribune Top 5 poll, but they jumped in like Acoveno clearing the high jump crossbar and landed at No. 2 just behind perennial No. 1 Abington Heights.

All five teams in the boys poll are anchored in with Wallenpaupack posting two impressive wins to start the season and Scranton following close behind at No. 2.

 

 

TOP 5 GIRLS POLL

 

 

	Rank	Team	Record	Previous
	1	Abington Heights LADY COMETS	2—0	1
	2	Delaware Valley LADY WARRIORS	2—0	NR
	3	Western Wayne LADY ‘CATS	1—1	2
	4	Wallenpaupack LADY BUCKHORNS	1—1	3
	5	Scranton Prep CLASSICS	2—0	4

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOP 5 BOYS POLL

 

 

	Rank	Team	Record	Previous
	1	Wallenpaupack BUCKHORNS	2—0	1
	2	Scranton KNIGHTS	2—0	2
	3	Mid Valley SPARTANS	2—0	3
	4	Delaware Valley WARRIORS	2—0	4
	5	Montrose METEORS	2—0	5

 

 

 

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HONOR ROLL

 

 

Now this list has become a point of much discussion. Fans, this is only a straight list of the LTC Division season-best performances. For example, Western Wayne’s Trina Barcarola has the best time for the 100 hurdles in Division II. She also had the best time overall. Abington Heights’ Calista Marzolino has the best time in Division I. Now, there may be times in between, many of which we would have no idea about. But what we compile here is simply a way to compare the athletes from each division as we move forward toward the postseason.

This is a listing of the LTC Division leaders. Only the athletes with the top performance in their event in their respective division appear.

 

NOTE: LTC dual meets only and include crossover meets that are reported and published in The Times-Tribune. There is .24 seconds added to times to convert to Fully Automatic Times unless FAT clock is used at venue.

 

 

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

 

 

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK
100 H	Trina Barcarola (WW)	15.54
100 H	Mia Chiaro (DUN)	16.54
100 H	Calista Marzolino (AH)	16.94
100 H	Taliyah Smith (SCR)	16.94
100 H	Karris Fazzi (BR)	17.04
100	Ky’Ahni Harbin (SCR)	12.64
100	Chalice Guyette (MON)	13.14
100	McKenzie Rhone (SUS)	13.14
100	Taliyah Booker (DV)	13.24
100	Alese Karpinski (RIV)	13.34
1600	Brianna Zipay (VV)	05:24.24
1600	Laina Bogusta (DV)	05:41.94
1600	Molly Repecki (HC)	05:48.94
1600	Hannah Perkins (MON)	05:58.24
400	Mackenzie Turner (WAL)	01:00.53
400	Gianna Sabatini (AH)	01:00.54
400	Becca Laboranti (MV)	01:04.74
400	Karris Fazzi (BR)	01:06.24
300 H	Trina Barcarola (WW)	47.94
300 H	Mia Chiaro (MV)	49.84
300 H	Taliyah Smith (SCR)	51.44
300 H	McKenzie Rhone (SUS)	51.74
800	Hannah Hughes (AH)	02:27.04
800	Laina Bogusta (DV)	02:33.84
800	Hannah Perkins (MON)	02:39.34
800	Skylar Arendt (LAK)	02:39.84
200	Ky’Ahni Harbin (SCR)	26.54
200	Taliyah Booker (DV)	27.44
200	Chalice Guyette (MON)	27.84
200	Abby Springer (DUN)	28.24
3200	Mia Bellucci (SP)	11:59.24
3200	Rachel Korty (CAR)	11:59.54
3200	MacKenzie LaMorte (HON)	12:59.54
3200	Shyanne Bennett (EL)	13:11.24
Shot	Mikayla Marino (LAK)	39-2½
Shot	Esmeralda Mendez (WW)	33-3
Shot	Adele Hollander (AH)	32-7½
Shot	Annie Bonner (BR)	29-3¾
Discus	Sarah Korty (CAR)	126-0
Discus	Jill Bird (AH)	101-5
Discus	Liz Desmet (WAL)	98-0
Discus	Miranda Button (MtV)	76-6
Javelin	Ashleigh Gutowski (NP)	106-2
Javelin	Amanda Bales (LAK)	94-10
Javelin	Abby Barr (WS)	91-9
Javelin	Kelsey Day (EL)	80-9
Long	Ana Ioppolo (WAL)	17-1
Long	Calista Marzolino (AH)	16-8½
Long	Madelynn Perfilio (RIV)	16-3½
Long	Tangi Smith (MON)	13-4½
Triple	Ana Ioppolo (WAL)	35-5½
Triple	Dani Heine (AH)	33-7
Triple	Madelynn Perfilio (RIV)	32-4
Triple	Jordan Spencer (LT)	30-0
High	Calista Marzolino (AH)	5–4
High	Sara Wanat (LAK)	5–4
High	Brooke Acoveno (DV)	5–2
High	Madi Swanchak (LT)	4–5
Pole	Dani Heine (AH)	11–0
Pole	Victoria Atkinson (SP)	11–0
Pole	Trina Barcarola (WW)	11–0
Pole	Mary Stec (HC)	7–6
Pole	Sydney Bryla (LAK)	7–6
3200 Relay	Valley View	10:31.24
3200 Relay	Delaware Valley	10:52.74
3200 Relay	Lackawanna Trail	11:09.24
3200 Relay	Lakeland	11:48.24
400 Relay	Scranton	51.44
400 Relay	Western Wayne	53.6
400 Relay	Montrose	54.74
400 Relay	Dunmore	55.14
1600 Relay	Western Wayne	04:18.14
1600 Relay	Abington Heights	04:21.94
1600 Relay	Mid Valley	04:41.54
1600 Relay	Montrose	05:05.24

 

 

 

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BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

 

 

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK
110 H	Antonio Maletta (AH)	15.54
110 H	Collin Chidester (MON)	15.54
110 H	Nick Barie (DV)	16.64
110 H	Chase Nolan (LAK)	16.64
100	Jahwon Wainwright (SCR)	11.14
100	Darryn Ouk (DV)	11.54
100	Billy Good (LAK)	11.54
100	Mason Deakin (SUS)	11.84
1600	Andrew Healey (HC)	04:40.04
1600	Stephen Haggerty (AH)	04:43.24
1600	Caleb Kenyon (NP)	04:54.34
1600	Nick Coy (MON)	04:59.24
400	Tyler Wirth (WAL)	52.61
400	Greg McDade (DUN)	52.94
400	Henry Rogers (MON)	53.94
400	Matt Tomaine (SP)	54.19
300 H	Antonio Maletta (AH)	40.24
300 H	Collin Chidester (MON)	42.84
300 H	Gideon Dalzell (MV)	43.04
300 H	Ezra Tetreault (WW)	44.54
800	Jack Monte (WAL)	02:05.04
800	Noah Chup (LAK)	02:09.74
800	Ethan Mattox (AH)	02:09.94
800	Collin Spellman (MON)	02:17.24
200	Darryn Ouk (DV)	22.64
200	Rodo Brown (SCR)	23.34
200	Jakob Snipes (LAK)	23.34
200	Henry Rogers (MON)	25.04
3200	Tyler Wirth (WAL)	09:58.46
3200	Stephen Haggerty (AH)	10:09.14
3200	Andrew Healey (HC)	10:14.94
3200	Liam Mead (MON)	10:25.24
Shot	CJ Dippre (LAK)	49-2
Shot	Ryan Flynn (AH)	44-5
Shot	Parker Howell (WW)	43-7½
Shot	Josiah Frank (LT)	39-6
Discus	CJ Dippre (LAK)	138-6
Discus	Ryan Flynn (AH)	135-10
Discus	Chance Smith (WAL)	134-7
Discus	Mark Dunckle (LT)	117-8
Javelin	Joey Scarfalloto (HON)	174-3
Javelin	Zach Rebar (MV)	165-8
Javelin	Devon Curyk (AH)	132-0
Javelin	Adam Rockwell (SUS)	127-7
Long	Zakeem Quincey Vassell (WS)	21-4¾
Long	James Lynch (DV)	20-7
Long	Marshall Macknosky (MV)	19-10
Long	Mason Deakin (SUS)	19-9
Triple	Zakeem Quincey Vassell (WS)	43-5
Triple	James Lynch (DV)	42-5½
Triple	Patrick Bennie (HC)	38-11½
Triple	Alec Jones (LT)	37-11
High	Bryce Collins (RIV)	6–2
High	George Ellis (SCR)	6–0
High	Noah Sorrell (DV)	5–11
High	Corey Bricourt (SUS)	6–0
High	Jason Boyer (EL)	6–0
Pole	Connor Barnes (WAL)	11–6
Pole	Nicholas Klapatch (AH)	10–6
Pole	Nate Vigil (LAK)	10–6
Pole	Eli McArthur (BR)	8–6
3200 Relay	Mid Valley	08:51.34
3200 Relay	Valley View	09:22.24
3200 Relay	Delaware Valley	09:35.24
3200 Relay	Elk Lake	10:01.24
400 Relay	Scranton	44.74
400 Relay	Lakeland	45.04
400 Relay	Wallenpaupack	45.55
400 Relay	Montrose	45.84
1600 Relay	Western Wayne	03:42.54
1600 Relay	Abington Heights	03:43.84
1600 Relay	Lakeland	03:44.64
1600 Relay	Mid Valley	03:44.64
1600 Relay	Montrose	03:51.24

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE

 

 

SATURDAY

 

23rd Icebreaker Relays at Wallenpaupack High School

 

 

2018 RECAP

 

Scranton boys and Pittston Area girls, again, won team championships at the 22nd Icebreaker Relays on Saturday afternoon at Wallenpaupack High School.
Pittston Area also took home the combined girls-boys team crown with 142½ points at the annual event that is a competition of team-oriented relays in the individual events.
Scranton was second overall with 126 points, followed by Lakeland (125), Wallenpaupack (123) and Western Wayne (123).
Scranton’s Ky’Ron Harbin sparked the win by finishing with the best marks in the long (22-10), triple (44-6). and high jumps (6-2). He teamed with George Ellis to win the long, triple, and high jump relay titles for the Knights.
Scranton also won the 400-meter relay in 43.57 seconds. The team featured Jared Cipriano, Akash Darjee, Rodo Brown and Rheyse Green. And the Knights team of Cipriano, Darjee, Brown and Ian Lewis won the 800 sprint relay in 1:34.67 as the Knights had 73 points.
Wallenpaupack won both Distance Medley relays and the 3,200 relay and the discus relay and javelin relay to finish second in the boys team standings with 71 points.
Lakeland won the 110-meter shuttle hurdles relay and the 1,600 relay, Pittston Area won the 300 shuttle hurdles relay and the shot put relay, and Coughlin won the pole vault relay.
Pittston Area’s Abby Norwillo won the girls pole vault with a mark of 12-8, which puts her at No. 1 in the state according to pa.milesplit.com, to highlight her team’s overall win.
The team of Mary Silinskie, Jenna Smith, Charity McLeod and Nicole Zambetti won one of the two distance medley’s in 13:22.28. Then, Silinskie, McLeod, Zambetti and McGoff won the second distance relay in 8:51.00.
Pittston Area’s Emma Coles (95-6) and Amber Jenkins (93-8) combined to win the javelin relay title to contribute to the team’s 90½ points.
Lakeland’s Mikayla Marino finished with the best individual marks in the shot put (38-1), discus and javelin.
Marino teamed with Tori Sanko to win relay titles in the shot put (64-10) and the discus (174-10).
Also in the girls meet, Western Wayne won the 100-meter shuttle hurdles relay and the 300 shuttle hurdles relay and the 1,600 relay to finish second overall in the team standings with 78 points.
Scranton won the 400 relay and the 800 sprint relay, Honesdale won the 3,200 relay, Wyoming Valley West won the long jump relay, Delaware Valley won the triple jump relay, and Lakeland and Delaware Valley tied for the relay title in the high jump.

 

 

 

TUESDAY

Division I
Scranton at West Scranton
Scranton Prep at Abington Heights
Division II
Wallenpaupack at Delaware Valley
North Pocono at Honesdale

 

WEDNESDAY

Division III
Carbondale Area at Mid Valley
Lakeland at Dunmore
Holy Cross at Riverside
Division IV
Susquehanna at Blue Ridge
Mountain View at Elk Lake
Montrose at Lackawanna Trail

 

 

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