Brookville’s Thrush Wins Boys’ 2A 400-meter Dash State Title; Moniteau’s Kimmel, Lindsay 4-5 in Girls’ 2A Shot Put

Chris Rossetti

Chris Rossetti

Published May 29, 2016 4:20 am
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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — Brookville’s Ryan Thrush became the first Brookville boys’ track and field athlete to claim a state title when he won the 400-meter dash at the PIAA Class AA Championships Saturday in Shippensburg.

(Photo of Moniteau’s Maura Kimmel and Brittany Lindsay with their shot put medals)

Thrush ran a time of 48.71 besting Javon McIntyre of Columbia by 14/100th of a second. McIntrye was second in a time of 48.85.

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District 9 has had two state champions this year, as Moniteau’s Maura Kimmel won the discus Friday.

Kimmel’s quest to be a double state champ fell short Saturday when she took fourth in the shot put with a throw of 42-7 just ahead of teammate Brittany Lindsay, who was fifth with a toss of 39-1 1/4. Cassidy Cunningham of Elk County Catholic gave District 9 three medalists in the shot put finishing seventh with a throw of 37-9.

Also Saturday, the Kane twins duo of Tyler and Shane Rolick went two-three in the pole vault with Tyler going second with a vault of 14-0, the same as champion Joe Jardine of Schuykl Kill Valley but needing more attempts. Shane was tied for third with a vault of 13-6. Cole Ruppert of Christopher Dock and Joe Nally of Mountain View both went over at 13-6 as well.

Joe Newton of Kane also medaled by taking eighth in the Class AA 110-meter hurdles in a time of 15.33.

In Class AAA, Tom Bojalad of St. Marys was third in the discus with a throw of 172-7. It was his second medal of the championships, he also medaled Friday in the shot put.

North Clarion’s Isaac Wilson just missed earning a medal finishing 10th in the boys’ 3,200-meter run in a time of 9:45.65, just under 14 seconds out of eighth place, which went to Ben Bickerton of Southmoreland in a time of 9:31.74.

Evan Stitt of Karns City finished sixth in his heat and 13th overall in the boys’ 200-meter dash semifinals in a time of 23.23, while teammate Collin Dunmyre was eighth in his heat and 16th overall in the boys’ 100-meter dash semifinals in a time of 11.56.

Roman Davidson of Moniteau was 14th in the boys’ Class AA shot put with a throw of 46-1 1/4. Karns City’s Chandler Turner was 23rd in the boys’ Class AA triple jump with a leap of 40-7 3/4.

In team scoring, the Moniteau girls tied Burrell for sixth in Class AA with 25 points. Hickory won the title with 48 points, two ahead of second-place Avonworth.

Schuylkill Valley won the boys’ Class AA title with 39 points, three ahead of second-place Camp Hill. District 9’s highest finisher was Kane in 12th with 15 points.

In Class AAA, State College edged out Downingtown West for the boys’ title, 54-53. St. Marys tied Greensburg Salem and Kiski Area for 16th with 11 points.

Cheltenham won the girls’ Class AAA title with 48 points, 16 points ahead of second-place State College. District 9 didn’t have a team score in girls’ Class AAA.

 

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