Love kicks off season with pair of victories
Kyle Love hit the ground running in the first meet of the indoor track season.
The Bonner-Prendergast junior won the 55-meter hurdles and the triple jump at the Ursinus Invitational Saturday, taking home two of the five Delaware County individual gold medals on the day.
Love coasted past the hurdles field in 7.93 seconds, the only one to break the eight-second barrier. In the triple jump, Love leaped
41 feet, 2.25 inches, winning the crown by more than a foot.
The field was fertile ground for Delco boys, with Haverford’s Collin Ney and Chasen Wint winning events. Ney was tops in the long jump at 20-9. Wint used a put of 565.25 to edge Thomas Kitchell of Notre Dame-Green Pond by two inches. Wint’s teammates Eric Tanz and Michael Powel were fourth and fifth, respectively, with BonnerPrendie’s Chilekasi Adele in third.
Delco swept the shot put in both genders, with Kayla Thorpe dominating the girls field, the Upper Darby senior winning by seven feet with a toss of 41-6.75.
Bonner-Prendergast also got a silver medal from Enoobong Eka in the 400 dash, with Upper Darby’s Aaron Williams and Shawn Maxwell in third and fifth, respectively. UD’s Joseph Ricciardi was third in the 3,000 meters. Academy Park’s Ian Francis and Brian Daniels finished third and fifth, respectively, in the 200 dash.
Haverford took home the boys 4 x 400 meter relay, with Upper Darby third and Academy Park fourth. Springfield was fourth in the boys distance medley relay.
On the girls side, Brianna Foster nabbed a medal in the 55-meter dash, finishing third with a time of 7.41 seconds. She also finished fifth in the long jump.
Beth Schearer had a memorable debut, the Springfield freshman taking second in the 200 dash. Keara Seasholtz of Radnor finished second in the 400 meters, Lauren Cawley of Penncrest was fourth in the mile and Springfield’s Renee Stevenson was fourth in the shot put.
Wrestling
Sun Valley got its season off to a good start.
Nate Brooks (106), Shane Holefelder (126), Danny Kearney (132), Ryan Catka (195) and two-time Wrestler of the Year Hunter Catka (285) all went 5-0 as the Vanguards won the Havreford Duals.
Sun Valley knocked off Church Farm (68-10), Episcopal Academy (52-27), Cheltenham (67-12), Haverford (3930) and Strath Haven (42-33) to win the title.
Alex Williams and Vince Warrington both went 4-1 for the Vanguards. INTERBORO THIRD AT BOYERTOWN » Aiden McDevitt, Jacob Finley, Victor Quintiliana and Shalom Thomas all went
5-0 to help the Bucs go 3-2 and finish third in the Boyertown Duals.
Interboro fell to Council Rock North (34-31), defeated Souderton (70-12), Dallas (754) and Boyertown (38-37) before dropping a 45-33 decision to Bethlehem Liberty in the third-place match. Isiah Fusaro, Jon Phillips and Aaron Stankiewicz all went
4-1 for the Bucs.
Kevin Puliti and Sam DiTrolio were 5-0 as Garnet Valley finished seventh. The Jaguars lost to Liberty (3328), Governor Mifflin (39-19) and Owen J. Roberts (52-21) before defeating Truman (5513) and Souderton (57-22). Nick Mahoney was 4-1 for GV, while Matt Ricci went 3-1.