Conway, Warren on the double
Owen J. Roberts senior Liam Conway and Perkiomen Valley junior Christina Warren became double champions Sunday at the PTFCA Indoor Track & Field Championships at Penn State University.
Conway claimed the boys’ mile with a 4:15.62 and later bested the field in the 800 meters in 1:53.51, edging Ephrata’s Tyler Shue (1:53.85) to the line.
Warren was a double winner as the first-place finisher in the 60-meter hurdles and the triple jump.
In the hurdles, Warren finished in 8.48, ahead of runner-up Jane Livingston of Conestoga Valley’s 8.55.
She was dominant in her specialty, the triple jump, by hitting a personal-best 4010¾, more than two feet better than Upper Dublin’s Madison Langley-Walker (38-5½). Warren was also sixth in the long jump (189).
The Spring-Ford boys’ distance medley relay of Zach Smith, Stephen Chapman, Milan Sharma and Jake McKenna were silver medalists in a school-record 10:23.11. Seneca Valley was in first with a 10:21.72.
The Owen J. Roberts girls’ 4x800 relay placed fifth in 9:33.82 while the distance medley relay placed sixth in 12:33. The teams consist of Mary Bernaotas, Morgan Shronk, Autumn Sands, Mackenzie Kurtz and Hannah Kopec.
The Spring-Ford foursome of Emily Smith, Lily Nowakowski, Julia Vledder and Gabriella Bamford placed 9th in the distance medley relay in 12:40.24, a school record.
Norristown’s Jonae Cook was seventh in the 200 (25.20).
Perkiomen Valley’s Teagan Schein-Becker was 13th in the mile (5:17.80).
Owen J. Roberts’ Scott Honicker was a qualifer in the 60 hurdles. Hent went out in the semifinals. The Boyertown boys’ 4x800 relay placed 12th in 8:16.48. Perk Valley’s Cole Peterlin was 12th in the high jump.
In the team standings, Neumann-Goretti won the team title (60). Perk Valley was the top local team in 4th (23).