Note of thanks: Thank you to the athletes, coaches, and parents for following along with the site. My experiences in covering XC/TF athletes continues to show me the high quality characteristics that we should all be proud of in our kids. Kudos to you all for fostering this!
Congrats to LS’s Colin Whitaker on his commitment to run XC and track at the University of Notre Dame! Notre Dame having a ton of success in PA as Drew Griffith (Butler) and Ryan Pajak (Ringgold) are also 2024 commits. They join 2022 commit CJ Singleton.
Fastest freshman 1600m runners in PA state history both from
@MTSD_ATHLETICS
! Cole Stevens broke the previous record held by Craig Miller to finish 6th in the state with a 4:13.94!
Taryn Parks takes down Olympian Kim Gallagher’s state meet record. Taryn Parks Runs 4:37.08!!! Marlee Starliper 2nd in 4:37.45. US
#1
and US
#2
!
@milesplit
There it is! J’ven Williams (jr, Wyomissing) establishes the new district 3 class AA discus record with a throw over 187 feet! Three more throws remaining!!
22 boys in District 3 class AAA have run faster than the state qualifying time of 4:24. Unless 2 kids scratch, 2 with state qualifying times won’t even get to run in the district meet. It’s time to expand the field in the 800-1600-3200 from 20 to at least 24.
@piaadistrict3
Laila Campbell (so, Spring Grove) broke Thelma Davies all-time PA state record in the 100m yesterday at the YAIAA state champs. Her time of 11.24 breaks the record by .01. Congrats
@LailaCa2024
!!!
@PennTrackXC
@milesplit
Oh my goodness. Michigan’s Zofia Dudek outduels Northern’s Marlee Starliper for the Footlocker National XC title, 16:45 to 16:48. What a race. Fifth fastest winning time, and the fastest runner-up finish, in history.
@NHSpbears
One of the great things about the PIAA State Champs on Saturday is that I can be a fan and cheer on our local teams and athletes 👍. I’ll be providing some coverage while cheering on our Central PA entries!
Congratulations to Palmyra’s Zachary Toth on his commitment to Duquesne University. He is a XC District Medalist and state qualifier in both XC and Track and Field (1600m).
@DuqXCTF
@AdWeidler
What an incredible day of racing today at the
@piaadistrict3
XC Championships! Congrats to all runners and coaches. The amount of camaraderie and sportsmanship I witnessed was awesome. Best luck to all teams and runners advancing to states next weekend!!
3:49.98 for the JP McCaskey girls 4x400!!! They finish 6th in the country at NB Indoor Nationals and earn All American honors!! Congrats
@McCaskeyHS
@Godspeed717
!
Congrats to Colin Whitaker and TJ Roden on their 32nd and 33rd place finishes at the Champs National HS XC Championships. Both had fantastic seasons.
@CDAthletics
@LSPioneers
Seems perfectly reasonable to me to have XC events where you start in waves of 10-12 to up to 25 with 1 min interval between waves. Run 10 waves per race. Spread out races to allow for those who have raced to leave while new racers arrive. This can be done safely and effectively
Congrats to Elizabethtown’s Katie Locker who just announced on Instagram her commitment to Monmouth! One of the states best off the board.
@ETownPASports
@EASDAthletics
Congratulations to everyone who made the 2021 XC season in PA a success! Congrats to
@PIAASports
for again pulling off a wonderful championship for the athletes and thanks to
@Hersheypark
for hosting!
TICKET = PUNCHED 🎫
Marlee's headed to Nationals with a 15:37.83 performance in the 5000m! Her time is eighth-fastest in program history
#GoPack
|
#PackDistance
Hey
@GovernorTomWolf
and
@PIAASports
,
#letthekidsrun
and retweet for this cool shirt!! We CAN do this!! Oh, and PA (and Central PA) are going to represent on the national stage, again!!
I think there is a very real chance you will need to run sub 4:20 (1600) out of District 3 to earn a top 8 finish & trip to states this season: Long, Holbrook, Whitaker, Roden, O’Brien, Wolfe, Stevens, Smith, Engle & maybe more (Hodge, O’Shell, Perry, Adams, etc…). LOADED 💨 🔥
Congrats to
@CCHSFalcons
Ryan Scicchitano on his commitment to run at Shippensburg University. Ship had a tremendous 2019 class and is off to a great start with the 2020 class!!
Fantastic effort by Central PA boys in the 1600m run! Gary Martin breaks the state championship meet record, Cole Stevens runs the fastest 1600m ever by a freshman in Pennsylvania!
Congrats to the
@LancLebLeague
, Meet Director Ryan Landis (
@WarwickWarriors
), meet officials, coaches, and athletes for a fantastic LL League T&F Championships. Very well run/organized and fun to watch. Fans also very respectful and positive. Kudos to all!
IF there is no way to have traditional XC races, I will find enough volunteers to record 5k time trials, with runners starting at certain intervals to make timing calculations manageable. Similar to Tour de France time trials where cyclists start 1 min apart.
#keepgrinding
Another shout out to the crowd today at Parkview for the
@PIAASports
XC final. Just spoke to a senior PIAA official and even they are astounded by the attendance today.
@PennTrackXC
COURSE RECORDS at Manheim Township! Arielle Breuninger (sr, JPM) takes down Katie Lockers 2018 time of 19:07, running 18:45! Madeline Quinn (sr, E’town) also under previous record running 18:54!
@SDoLancaster
@ETownPASports
@PennTrackXC
@EASDAthletics
Please help us continue to grow the centralparunner brand by spreading the word of its existence both on the web and on social media. We are on track for close to 400k page views this calendar year! Thank you! Sponsorship opportunities coming soon 😊
There have been a lot of great comments about the look of this course from those outside of Pennsylvania. I really do think that this course would be an incredible regional race location. Great town. Great restaurants. Great attractions in Hershey park. Great parking.tough course
PIAA District 3 coming through! No reduction in field size. Same 2-day format. Daily ticket price of $8 for spectators. Ticket sales will be online.
@piaadistrict3
Congrats to PA’s own Gary Martin on winning the New Balance Indoor National Title in the boys mile! Congrats also to Butler’s CJ Singleton who earns All American as well with his 6th place finish! Wow!!
2019 All-CPAR XC Team
Ben Kuhn, sr Wyomissing – Runner of the year
Weber Long, so Greencastle-Antrim
Jonathan Thrush, sr Muhlenberg
Gage Krall, sr Northern Lebanon
Graham Thomas, jr Penn Manor
Cole Adams, so York Suburban
Casey Padgett, sr Carlisle
More below:
LL League all-time record in the 200m by Cedar Crest freshman Kaddel Howard!! Howard runs 24.34 to break Leah Graybill’s record of 24.42 from 2019. That’s also a new PA
#1
time!! Wow! Fantastic times coming from Hempfield today.
@PennTrackXC
@CCHSFalcons
So, after watching a lot of XC over the last week, I feel stronger than ever that AAA needs to have at least as many runners (equal representation) as class A and AA at states, especially with the new state format. Still time to update this before districts!
I will be bringing you updates from Shippensburg for the District 3 Track and Field Championships. For today, follow along on Twitter and then switch over to Instagram for the Girls and Boys 3200m runs for live race coverage.
Blanket cancellation of fall sports seems short sighted to me. Golf? Tennis? XC? Golf is good. Tennis w/o doubles should be good. XC w/staggered starts or time trial racing should be good (and better than nothing). Hope
@PIAASports
sees it this way too. I believe they do.
“We Are!” Future teammates Hope McKenney, Katie Dallas, and Annika Ermold share why they chose PSU. They also offer valuable advice for high schoolers looking to compete in college.
Lol - at indoor meet and overheard a kid tell his teammates, “so, I asked coach if he was sure he wanted to put me in the 1600 rather than the 8. Now I’m running both the 1600 and the 800.” Haha - never question coach!
Congrats to Gettysburg’s Noah Sanders (sr) on breaking his school’s records for 100m and 200m tonight! He goes to
#1
on the CPAR Performance List for 100m!
@GAHSAthletics
COURSE RECORDS at Manheim Township - Stephen Schousen (sr, JPM) breaks Evan Dorenkamp’s course record of 16:43 running 16:04! Tyler Stevens (jr, MTWP) also breaks old record running 16:14!
@SDoLancaster
@MTSD_ATHLETICS
@PennTrackXC
No need to travel to Oregon for Nationals ($$) when you can compete in Philly at Franklin Field for the 2022 NB Outdoor Nationals! Who’s going?
#nbnationals
XC ANNOUNCEMENT: If I haven’t said it recently, the talent in PIAA DISTRICT 3 this season is incredible. The # of course records is crazy. The times have been outstanding. This goes for both boys @ girls. Fantastic all around. This post season is going to be crazy competitive.
Looks like Justin Rogers cleared 5.15m but went out at 5.25m. He’s currently sitting in the top 10 at the World under 20 track and field championships. Congrats Justin!