Good morning.
Boy, it sure felt like spring yesterday. The warm sun rays hitting your face. I even got out for what I call a “brisk waddle.” Fitness is not my forte.
We also had a Virtual Track and Field Meet, Come on, you all saw it ON THE BLOG. It got shared quite a few times and looks like people read it. Got a great share from former State Champion Erin Davis, who is all the way out in Los Angeles and staying healthy we hope. She earned a win in the high jump in the Virtual meet.
See, this can be fun. Fans, stick with us here, we are doing the best we can to keep you all stimulated.
And as predicted: coach Frank Passetti did roll his eyes! He helped build Abington Heights into the powerhouse it is today. He and several of ON THE BLOG’S dearest friends often fought over the “all-star” concept meet. He had strong arguments and there were some really deep teams back in his day. We wish him and his family much health in these days, as well.
OK, let’s get back to it. The LTC Boys meet is upon us. … Let’s review.
HERE’S THE FORMAT:
There used to be an old Lackawanna Track Conference Championship Meet. At it, each team could enter only ONE athlete per event. It was the best of the best in each event. An all-star showdown.
So, what I did, was take the Top 8 performances from each event in the conference and scored it like the Robert Spagna Championship meet.
- First place was awarded 10 points, second, 8, third, 6, fourth, 5, fifth, 4, sixth, 3, seventh, 2, and eighth, 1.
Then, I added the scores and came away with a Class 3A Champion and a Class 2A Champion. Not terribly difficult and we had a little bit of fun.
BOYS RESULTS
TEAM STANDINGS
- CLASS 3A: North Pocono 102; Wallenpaupack 69.5; Abington Heights 59.5. Delaware Valley 55.5; Valley View 55; Honesdale 47; Scranton 43; Scranton Prep 41; West Scranton 6.
- CLASS 2A: Lakeland 75; Montrose 32.5; Dunmore 26; Elk Lake 20.5; Western Wayne 17; Riverside 15; Holy Cross 12; Susquehanna 8; Blue Ridge 7; Carbondale Area 7; Mid Valley 4; Lackawanna Trail 3.5.
NOTES:
- Wallenpaupack, Valley View and Scranton Prep competed in Class 3A and Class 2A in their histories.
- Lakeland scored in 17 of the 18 events.
- North Pocono thrower Matt Slagus is the only two-event champion (shot put, discus)
- There is one VERY old winner: See if you can find him.
- North Pocono has the most champions (5).
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3200 RELAY |
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Wallenpaupack |
07:52.33 |
1996 |
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Scranton Prep |
07:53.04 |
1982 |
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Elk Lake |
07:54.54 |
2010 |
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Honesdale |
07:55.37 |
2006 |
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Lakeland |
07:57.49 |
2007 |
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Abington Heights |
08:01.24 |
1982 |
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North Pocono |
08:05.90 |
2003 |
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Dunmore |
08:10.67 |
2006 |
| 110 HURDLES | |||
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Joby Fawcett |
Lakeland |
14.24 |
1988 |
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CJ Anderson |
Delaware Valley |
14.32 |
2018 |
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Nate Wilmot |
North Pocono |
14.54 |
1997 |
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Antonio Maletta |
Abington Heights |
14.54 |
2019 |
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Zach Kruger |
Blue Ridge |
14.67 |
2010 |
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Mike Kolcharno |
Dunmore |
14.84 |
2013 |
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Jeff Sparks |
Valley View |
14.94 |
1985 |
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Ryan Atcavage |
Western Wayne |
15.03 |
2017 |
| 100 METER DASH | |||
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Pat Monahan |
North Pocono |
10.73 |
2015 |
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Steve Wasch |
Lakeland |
10.77 |
2002 |
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Dave Sweetman |
Riverside |
10.83 |
2012 |
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Tim Watson |
Wallenpaupack |
10.85 |
2005 |
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Pat Cerra |
Carbondale Area |
10.89 |
2004 |
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Jerry Preschutti |
Valley View |
10.94 |
1986 |
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Reggie Dickey |
West Scranton |
10.94 |
2018 |
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Alex St. John |
Delaware Valley |
11.00 |
2009 |
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Kareem Payne |
Delaware Valley |
11.00 |
2014 |
| 1600 METER RUN | |||
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Tyler Wirth |
Wallenpaupack |
04:09.42 |
2019 |
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Tom Zukoski |
Scranton Prep |
04:14.21 (State Champion) |
1998 |
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Kyle Burke |
Abington Heights |
04:16.17 (State Champion) |
2018 |
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Matt Kravitz |
North Pocono |
04:17.22 |
2015 |
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Dan McNally |
Delaware Valley |
04:17.27 |
2003 |
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Rico Galassi |
Holy Cross |
04:18.02 |
2013 |
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Matt Murray |
Dunmore |
04:19.31 |
2016 |
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Mark Bucklaw |
Lakeland |
04:20.03 (State Champion) |
2007 |
| 400 METER DASH | |||
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Lionel Wilson |
Honesdale |
48.34 |
2011 |
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Brian Meyers |
North Pocono |
48.82 |
1997 |
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Bob Speicher |
Lakeland |
48.99 (State Champion) |
1981 |
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Sean Montgomery |
Wallenpaupack |
49.08 |
1997 |
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Matt Haudenschield |
Scranton Prep |
49.55 |
1982 |
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Rian Fowler |
Delaware Valley |
49.66 |
2013 |
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Akash Darjee |
Scranton |
49.68 |
2018 |
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Andrew Nelson |
Holy Cross |
49.78 |
2012 |
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400 RELAY |
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Scranton |
43.08 |
2018 |
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Valley View |
43.20 |
2018 |
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Riverside |
43.32 |
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Honesdale |
43.50 |
2011 |
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Mid Valley |
43.51 |
2012 |
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Delaware Valley |
43.81 |
2006 |
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Lakeland |
43.84 |
2001 |
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Abington Heights |
43.89 |
| 300 HURDLES | |||
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C.J. Anderson |
Delaware Valley |
37.77 |
2018 |
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Justin Blaum |
North Pocono |
38.27 |
2004 |
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Jacob Merrill |
Montrose |
38.47 |
2000 |
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Jon Machiesky |
Lakeland |
38.64 |
2004 |
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Jim Ross |
Dunmore |
38.95 |
2003 |
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Dave Warnetsky |
Valley View |
38.98 |
1995 |
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Antonio Maletta |
Abington Heights |
39.13 |
2018 |
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Ryan Drake |
Wallenpaupack |
39.14 |
2007 |
| 800 METER RUN | |||
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Victor Costello |
North Pocono |
01:53.61 |
2010 |
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Tyler Wirth |
Wallenpaupack |
01:54.58 |
2019 |
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Cory Wall |
Abington Heights |
01:55.10 |
2007 |
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Mike Bedell |
Elk Lake |
01:56.24 |
2011 |
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Brandon Bednash |
Valley View |
01:56.30 |
2012 |
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Kyle Pepson |
Lakeland |
01:56.44 |
2007 |
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Eric Reers |
Honesdale |
01:56.64 |
1996 |
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Matt Kinback |
Lackawanna Trail |
01:56.78 |
2017 |
| 200 METER DASH | |||
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Kareem Payne |
Delaware Valley |
21.90 |
2014 |
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Pat Monahan |
North Pocono |
21.97 |
2015 |
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Irving Blackwell |
Scranton |
22.07 |
2002 |
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Robert Pickett |
Wallenpaupack |
22.21 |
2000 |
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Lionel Wilson |
Honesdale |
22.24 |
2010 |
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Dave Sweetman |
Riverside |
22.24 |
2012 |
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Steve Wasch |
Lakeland |
22.24 |
2002 |
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Pat Cerra |
Carbondale Area |
22.26 |
2004 |
| 3200 METER RUN | |||
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Matt Kravitz |
North Pocono |
09:09.34 (State Champion) |
2016 |
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Rico Galassi |
Holy Cross |
09:10.57 (State Champion) |
2013 |
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John Lesniak |
Abington Heights |
09:16.14 |
1982 |
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John Pastore |
Scranton Prep |
09:16.00 |
2003 |
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Tyler Wirth |
Wallenpaupack |
09:18.68 |
2019 |
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Luke Jones |
Elk Lake |
09:21.85 |
2013 |
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Aaron Wilkinson |
Valley View |
09:26.47 |
2012 |
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Mark Bucklaw |
Lakeland |
09:31.68 |
2005 |
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1600 RELAY |
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Lakeland |
03:19.83 |
2003 |
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Wallenpaupack |
03:22.44 |
2003 |
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Abington Heights |
03:23.78 |
2008 |
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North Pocono |
03:24.34 |
1992 |
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Honesdale |
03:24.62 |
2011 |
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Valley View |
03:24.71 |
2010 |
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Western Wayne |
03:25.06 |
2015 |
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Delaware Valley |
03:25.21 |
2014 |
| SHOT PUT | |||
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Matt Slagus |
North Pocono |
59–8.5 |
2017 |
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Doug Davis |
Abington Heights |
58—3 (State Champion) |
1980 |
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Tom Prawdzik |
Lakeland |
56–7.5 |
1989 |
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Tim Ruddy |
Dunmore |
55—11 (State Champion) |
1990 |
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Andy Grick |
Montrose |
54–2.5 |
1978 |
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Eric Onyon |
Blue Ridge |
53–5 |
2010 |
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Jack Rosenstein |
Delaware Valley |
53–0.75 |
2010 |
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Morris Jackson |
Lackawanna Trail |
52–8.25 |
2002 |
| DISCUS | |||
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Matt Slagus |
North Pocono |
187-4 |
2016 |
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CJ Dippre |
Lakeland |
171-7 |
2019 |
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Justin Kraft |
Wallenpaupack |
169-11 |
2005 |
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Brian Campfield |
Honesdale |
168-9 |
2002 |
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Larry Lundy |
Montrose |
165-1 |
2004 |
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Tim Ruddy |
Dunmore |
164-4 |
1990 |
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Bill West |
Abington Heights |
163-0 |
1967 |
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Nathan Poindexter |
Valley View |
160-3 |
2002 |
| JAVELIN | |||
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Nick Solfanelli |
Scranton Prep |
215-8 |
2014 |
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Gavin Darcy |
Dunmore |
212-10 |
2017 |
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Matt Nawrocki |
North Pocono |
201-4 |
2014 |
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Hunter Watkins |
Elk Lake |
200-2 |
2016 |
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Anthony Galantini |
Valley View |
199-7 |
2013 |
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Anthony Bouselli |
Wallenpaupack |
195-10 |
2014 |
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Dominic DeAntonio |
Carbondale Area |
192-10 |
2010 |
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Jon Wormuth |
Lakeland |
192-3 |
2003 |
| LONG JUMP | |||
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Lionel Wilson |
Honesdale |
23–7.5 |
2011 |
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Ky’Ron Harbin |
Scranton |
23-4.75 (State Champion) |
2018 |
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Skip Brinkley |
Abington Heights |
23—3 (State Champion) |
1966 |
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Cody DeBoer |
Montrose |
23–1 |
2009 |
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DaShawn Minnick |
West Scranton |
23-0.75 |
2016 |
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James Lynch |
Delaware Valley |
22-7.5 |
2019 |
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Alex Long |
Western Wayne |
22–7 |
2015 |
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Rich Sparks |
Valley View |
22-6.5 |
1986 |
| TRIPLE JUMP | |||
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Jacob Merrill |
Montrose |
47–7 |
2000 |
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Ky’Ron Harbin |
Scranton |
47–1 |
2015 |
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Alex Long |
Western Wayne |
46–2 |
2015 |
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Rich Sparks |
Valley View |
44—10.5 |
1986 |
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Jimmy Crenshaw |
Delaware Valley |
44–7.5 |
2003 |
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Maleik Torres |
Honesdale |
44–6.75 |
2012 |
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Gavin O’Donnell |
Lakeland |
44–6 |
2014 |
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Patrick Fricke |
Scranton Prep |
44–4.25 |
2012 |
| HIGH JUMP | |||
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Dave Warnetsky |
Valley View |
6–8 (State Champion) |
1995 |
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Ky’Ron Harbin |
Scranton |
6–8 |
2017 |
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Kyle Erickson |
Abington Heights |
6–7 |
2002 |
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Devon Strubert |
North Pocono |
6–6.25 |
2012 |
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Kyle McLaughlin |
Wallenpaupack |
6—6.25 |
2016 |
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Cole Acoveno |
Delaware Valley |
6–6 |
2015 |
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Shawn Cruz |
Lackawanna Trail |
6–6 |
1998 |
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Joe Lawler |
Lakeland |
6–6 |
1991 |
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Hakim Bey |
Elk Lake |
6–6 |
1990 |
| POLE VAULT | |||
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Ryan Wilkes |
Valley View |
16-6 (State Champion) |
2015 |
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Jim Corse |
Susquehanna |
15-4 |
1990 |
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Ryan Atcavage |
Western Wayne |
15-2 (State Champion) |
2017 |
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Sean Burns |
Delaware Valley |
15-1 |
2011 |
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Frank Krantz |
Lakeland |
14-6 |
1989 |
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Joe LaBarbera |
Montrose |
14-6 |
2004 |
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Ed Druffner |
Scranton Prep |
14-5 |
1995 |
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Pat Callahan |
Abington Heights |
14-4 |
2009 |
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