Junior High Track Teams Sweep Athens In Regular Season Finale
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 2, 2025
The Wellsboro Junior High Track teams closed out their regular season undefeated by sweep Athens on Thursday, May 1.
The young Lady Hornets won 76-33 while the boys won 67-42.
For the girls, Ryleigh Sporer won the 100m (14.22) with Dillyn Patt (14.28) taking 3rd, Paige Rush was 2nd in the 200m (31.23), Sporer won the 400m (1:05.46), Kaci Kosek won the 800m (2:45.64) with Addie Chaborek (3:11.79) in 3rd, and Anna Rivera was 4th in the 1600m (7:37.13). Olive Twoey won the 100m (18.75) with Lilly Sprouse (18.90) in 2nd.
Wellsboro also swept the relays, winning the 4x100m in 58.21 and the 4x400m in 5:09.10.
Penelope Pell and June Roth both cleared 5-ft, 2 in the high jump to finish 1-2, Emaleigh Hamblin (13-ft, 3.25), Pell (12-ft, 9) and Kate Satalin (12-ft, 4) swept the long jump, and Roth (29-ft, 10.5) and Pell (28-ft, 5.75) finished 1-2 in the triple jump.
Brooke Hamblin won the shot put with a throw of 27-ft, 4 and Kaydence Pierce won the discus with a throw of 66-ft, 5.5.
For the boys, Liam Stevens was 2nd in the 100m (12.96) and won the 200m (26.94), Jacob Patterson (1:10.26) was 6th in the 400m, Lucas Taboada (3:11.15) was 3rd in the 800m, Daniel Taboada (5:59.81), William Rudy (6:27.99) and Lucas Taboada (6:41.85) swept the 1600m, and Justin Dunlap (21.19) won the 100m hurdles.
Wellsboro split the relays races, winning the 4x100m in 50.50. They were 2nd in the 4x400m in 4:49.84.
Cody Tomlinson was 2nd in the high jump (5-ft, 4), Stevens (17-ft, 5.5), Colton Hauser (16-ft, 3) and Desmun Hennigan (15-ft, 5.75) swept the long jump, and Hennigan (35-ft, 5.25) and Hauser (32-ft, 5) finished 1-2 in the triple jump.
Conlen Whitsell (42-ft, 1), Ari Snyder (27-ft, 11.5) and Case Butler (24-ft, 0.5) swept the shot put. The trio also swept the discus with Whitsell (123-ft, 4), Snyder (90-ft, 3.5) and Butler (82-ft, 9.75) finishing 1-2-3.
Both teams finished the season 4-0 and will participate in next week's NTL Junior High Championships on Thursday, May 8.
Ed Weaver is the founder and owner of Circle W Sports, a Pennsylvania-based digital media and technology company specializing in athletic website development.
