Track & Field News

The freshmen and sophomores on the North Allegheny track & field team traveled to Butler High School to compete in the Butler 9/10 Invitational.

For the boys, Rocco Martino had a third place finish in the 100-meter dash and a fourth place finish in the 200-meter dash, the top Tiger in both events. Matthew Eisenreich was the silver medalist in the 400-meter dash. Nathan Wach finished sixth in the 800-meter run. Jack Pfeiffer had a fifth place finish in the 1600-meter run. Sam Patterson took runner-up in the 3200-meter run. The North Allegheny 4×100-meter relay and 4×400-meter relay teams came in second place while the 4×800-meter relay took home gold. Caden Petro was third in the high jump while Rocco Colaizzi finished ninth in the long jump. Carter Thomas finished the day fifth in the triple jump and Evan Dickert tied for fifth in the pole vault. Nolan Orlando took home the discus title.

On the girls side, Kendra Smith finished fourth in the 100-meter dash. Molly Robertson was the runner-up in the 200-meter dash while Mackenzie Abbs finished third in the 400-meter dash. Mary Lucas claimed the 800-meter title while Gabriela Pizon won bronze in the 1600-meter run. Leila Nocera finished seventh in the 3200-meter run. Lola Hood was third in the 100-meter hurdles and second in the 300-meter hurdles. The North Allegheny 4×100-meter relay finished in third while they won the 4×800-meter relay. Josephine Lesinski claimed sixth place in the high jump while Luana Tripon ended up fifth in the long jump. Amara Daugherty won the javelin.

For complete meet results, click here.

North Allegheny as a team, returns to action on Tuesday when both the boys and girls play host in the WPIAL Team Semifinals. The boys will be battling New Castle, Knoch and Baldwin while the girls take on Blackhawk, Knoch, Hempfield and Upper St. Clair. The meet begins at 3 p.m. at Newman Stadium.