Central PA Medalists from the PIAA Track and Field Championships

Pennsylvania continues to have one of the most competitive state championships in the country. Winning a medal at this championship is truly an accomplishment. Here’s a look at who achieved this honor in 2023.

AA 1600m – Girls

2nd – Addie Cohen, jr Wyomissing – 5:00.51

3rd – Delaney Dumm, sr Forest Hills – 5:04.79

AAA 1600m – Girls

7th – Camy Kiser, sr Chambersburg – 4:53.96

AA 1600m – Boys

7th – Aiden Lechleitner, sr Central Cambria – 4:19.93

8th – Tyler Rader, jr Huntingdon – 4:20.05

AAA 1600m – Boys

5th – TJ Roden, sr Central Dauphin – 4:11.01

6th – Nick Sloff, sr State College- 4:11.40

8th – Cole Stevens, so Manheim Township – 4:11.64

AA High Jump – Girls

3rd – Sara McConnell, jr RIver Valley – 5-4

AA High Jump – Boys

2nd – Noah Gunderson, sr Annville-Cleona – 6-5

8th – Jacob Ogle, sr Fairfield – 6-2

AA Discus – Girls

1st – Justley Sharp, sr Homer Center – 148-5

2nd – Sasha Garnett, jr Richland – 126-7

6th – Margaret Bila, so Lancaster Catholic – 116-4

AA Discus – Boys

5th – Alex Polenik, so Penns Manor – 165-3

AAA Pole Vault – Girls

1st – Katie Urbine, sr Solanco – 13-9 STATE RECORD

7th – Anna Rank, so Elizabethtown – 12-3

AAA Pole Vault – Boys

2nd – Mason Bucks, jr Palmyra – 15-6

3rd – Breckin Swope, jr East Pennsboro – 15-0

5th – Drake Risser, jr Lower Dauphin – 15-0

6th – Nathan Lutz, jr Altoona – 14-6

8th – Joe Ryan, sr Northern York – 14-6

AAA Shot Put – Girls

3rd – Ericka Jackson, sr Harrisburg – 43-2

4th – Erin Miles, jr Milton Hershey – 41-2.75

6th – Sophia Rivera, fr Ephrata – 39-7.25

7th – Kyra Love, sr Cumberland Valley – 38-8.75

AAA Shot Put – Boys

1st – Brady Mider, jr Berks Catholic – 58-9.75

4th – Ivan Tejada, sr Warwick – 54-1.75

5th – Logan Wegman, so Exeter Township – 53-7

AA Long Jump – Girls

2nd – Alison Watts, jr Bermudian Springs – 17-9.25

3rd – Samantha Wechsler, sr Susquenita – 17-3.5

AA Javelin – Boys

6th – Collin Niedrowski, jr Wyomissing – 176-2

8th – Kade Rhule, sr Martinsburg Central – 171-1

AAA Triple Jump – Girls

6th – Lily Hendricks, jr Central Mountain – 38-1

7th – Shaniyah Weidler, so Susquehanna Township – 37-8.75

AAA Triple Jump – Boys

1st – JJ Kelly, so Chambersburg – 47-7

8th – Jaylon Bean, sr Waynesboro – 44-7.5

AA 3200m – Girls

2nd – Delaney Dumm, sr Forest Hills – 10:30.46

3rd – Addie Cohen, jr Wyomissing – 10:52.04

AAA 3200m – Girls

6th – Camy Kiser, sr Chambersburg – 10:29.99

8th – Kailey Granger, sr Dallastown – 10:36.90

AA 3200m – Boys

7th – Tyler Rader, jr Huntingdon – 9:21.75

AAA 3200m – Girls

4th – Matthew O’Brien, sr Susquehannock – 8:55.76

6th – Colin Whitaker, jr Lampeter Strasburg – 9:00.66

AA 100mH – Girls

3rd – Samantha Wechsler, sr Susquenita – 15.34

AAA 100mH – Girls

2nd – Ryleigh Marks, sr Susquehannock – 14.11

AA 110mH – Boys

2nd.- Jon Wess, sr Central Cambria – 14.44

3rd – Daquan McCraw, sr Steel-High – 14.56

AAA 110mH – Boys

2nd – Bernard Bell, sr South Western – 14.29

5th – Jermere Jones, jr Chambersburg – 14.52

7th – Tyler Burgess, so Palmyra – 14.63

AAA 100m – Girls

1st – Laila Campbell, jr Spring Grove – 11.56

6th – Soleil Morrison, sr Hershey – 12.22

AA 100m – Boys

3rd – Adam Peterson, sr Brandywine Heights – 11.03

6th – Max Zitnay, sr Westmont Hilltop – 11.24

7th – Nolan Wyrwas, sr Central Cambria – 11.25

AAA 100m – Boys

1st – Lex Cyrus, sr Susquehanna Township – 10.67

2nd – Kason Besecker, fr Chambersburg – 10.71

4th – Jesse Myers, so State College – 10.78

6th – Gabe Lewis, sr Cedar Crest – 10.84

AA 4x800m – Girls

1st – Central Cambria – 9:27.90

AAA 4x800m – Girls

1st – JP McCaskey – 9:05.09

4th – State College – 9:20.27

7th – Cedar Crest – 9:21.54

AA 4x800m – Boys

2nd – Central Cambria – 8:01.93

3rd – Greenwood – 8:03.88

AAA 4x800m – Boys

3rd – State College – 7:48.47

7th – Hershey – 7:52.99

AAA 4x100m – Girls

2nd – JP McCaskey – 47.16

AA 4x100m – Boys

3rd – Wyomissing – 43.29

5th – Central Cambria – 43.45

AAA 4x100m – Boys

1st – Chambersburg – 41.49

2nd – Susquehanna Township – 41.88

3rd – Cedar Crest – 41.89

AA 400m – Girls

8th – Ava Deming, sr Fairfield – 1:00.28

AAA 400m – Girls

1st – Kaddel Howard, fr Cedar Crest – 53.50

4th – Jillian Sydnor, sr Shippensburg – 55.40

7th – Riley Ebersole, sr Cumberland Valley – 57.03

AA 400m – Boys

1st – Josh Stolarski, jr Penn Cambria – 49.09

5th – Jude Mugerwa, so Richland – 50.03

AAA 400m – Boys

2nd – Jesse Myers, so State College – 47.81

4th – Nick Keller, so Ephrata – 48.27

AA 300mH – Girls

3rd – Samantha Papcunik, fr Forest Hills – 45.67

AAA 300mH – Girls

1st – Ella Bahn, fr Spring Grove – 42.62

6th – Maddy Brooks, sr Bishop McDevitt – 44.86

7th – Hailey Kravetz, jr Altoona – 45.69

AA 300mH – Boys

4th – Daquan McCraw, sr Steel-High – 38.55

AAA 300mH – Boys

1st – Bernard Bell, sr South Western – 37.28

3rd – Perry Addey, sr West York – 38.29

6th – Tyler Burgess, so Palmyra – 38.95

AA 800m – Girls

3rd – Reagan Ryen, sr Marion Center – 2:18.10

AA 800m – Boys

2nd – Zane Cassell, sr Greenwood – 1:56.06

AAA 800m – Boys

1st – Aidan Hodge, sr Hempfield – 1:52.16

3rd – TJ Roden, sr Central Dauphin – 1:52.70

AAA 200m – Girls

1st – Laila Campbell, jr Spring Grove – 23.54

2nd – Kamyah Wright, sr JP McCaskey – 24.42

5th – Soleil Morrison, sr Hershey – 24.84

AA 200m – Boys

4th – Josh Stolarski, jr Penn Cambria – 22.14

6th – Max Zitnay, sr Westmont Hilltop – 22.24

7th – Adam Peterson, sr Brandywine Heights – 22.50

AAA 200m – Boys

1st – Jesse Myers, so State College – 21.23

AAA 4x400m – Girls

1st – JP McCaskey – 3:44.80

2nd – Cumberland Valley – 3:49.67

AAA 4x400m – Boys

6th – Ephrata – 3:21.42

AA Pole Vault – Girls

1st – Lilyana Carlson, so Bermudian Springs – 12-0

2nd – Adeline Woodward, jr Trinity – 11-6

5th – Karsyn Ford, so Richland – 11-0

AA Pole Vault – Boys

2nd – Logan Gossard, jr Richland – 14-9

5th – Bridger Blankenbicker, sr United – 13-9

6th – Evan Risinger, jr Marion Center – 13-9

AA Shot Put – Girls

1st – Sasha Garnett, jr Richland – 45-5.75

2nd – Justley Sharp, sr Homer Center – 44-7.25

3rd – Emily Jackson, jr River Valley – 39-11.75

5th – Minyhan Easterling, sr Cambria Heights – 37-0

AA Shot Put – Boys

3rd – Jacob Harker, sr Bishop Carroll – 52-1.25

7th – Max Tipton, so Wyomissing – 50-9.75

8th – Alex Polenik, so Penns Manor – 49-6.25

AAA High Jump – Girls

3rd – Katie Becker, jr Warwick – 5-5

5th – Ella Bahn, fr Spring Grove – 5-4

8th – Julia Rosenberger, jr Berks Catholic – 5-4

AAA High Jump – Boys

1st – JJ Kelly, so Chambersburg – 6-8

AAA Discus – Girls

1st – Ella Lucas, sr Warwick – 163-9

3rd – Ericka Jackson, sr Harrisburg – 145-5

4th – Maria Clark, jr Mechanicsburg – 134-3

8th – Samantha Nelson, sr ELCO – 118-4

AAA Discus – Boys

2nd – Matthew Arnold, sr York Tech – 177-0

4th – Griffin Huffman, sr Cumberland Valley – 163-5

5th – Aaron Weigle, jr Bermudian Springs – 160-9

7th – Nathan Haas, so State College – 158-11

AA Triple Jump – Girls

3rd – Samantha Wechsler, sr Susquenita – 37-7

8th – Alison Watts, jr Bermudian Springs – 36-9.5

AA Triple Jump – Boys

7th – Isaiah Dyer, sr Millersburg – 43-6.25

8th – Luke Taylor, sr Greenwood – 43-4

AAA Long Jump – Girls

4th – Mileyska Calderon Calderon, sr Lebanon – 18-3.25

6th – Madison Knier, sr Manheim Central – 17-7.75

8th – Ryleigh Marks, sr Susquehannock – 17-6.25

AAA Long Jump – Boys

3rd – JJ Kelly, so Chambersburg – 23-1.5

5th – Akeem Mustapha, jr Susquehanna Township – 22-0.25

AAA Javelin – Girls

3rd – Ericka Jackson, sr Harrisburg – 137-1

4th – Samantha Nelson, sr ELCO – 132-8

8th – Madison Knier, sr Manheim Central – 129-1