Track & Field Game Summaries

The North Allegheny track and field team took part in the Butler 9th/10th Grade Invitational on Thursday afternoon.

For the Lady Tigers, first-place performances were turned in by freshman Luana Tripon (Long Jump) and sophomore Taylor Neese (Shot Put). The 4×100-meter Relay Team (Myla Benoit, Bella Montgomery, Tripon and Molly Robertson) and the 4×400 Relay Team (Kayli Dings, Alicia Mokube, Lily Ries and Robertson) also stood atop the podium in first place.

Silver medals were garnered by Benoit (100m Dash) and sophomore Ava Thayer (300m Hurdles).

Third-place finishes went to Montgomery (100m Dash), Dings (800m Run), Robertson (200m Dash), sophomore Elinor Handel (3200m Run), freshman Josephine Lesinski (High Jump) and sophomore Audrey Maxwell (Discus Throw). The quartet of Anna Getz, Ries, Handel and Madeleine Jablonski also won bronze in the 4×800 Relay.

The NA Boys saw four first-place finishes, including sophomore Greg Gedman (200m Dash), sophomore Andrew Peigh (3200m Run), sophomore Aidan D’Errico (High Jump) and sophomore Nate Orlando (Discus Throw).

Orlando also took second place in the Shot Put, while the foursome of Jack Davis, Gedman, Rocco Martino and Nathan Kubica claimed a silver medal in the 4×100 Relay.

Bronze medals were secured by Gedman (100m Dash and Long Jump), Kubica (200m Dash) and freshman Luca Aglietti (Pole Vault). Third-place was also seized by the 4×400 Relay Team of Andrew Morton, Andrew Rusiski, Will Ason and David Ochoa.

For a look at all of the results from the invitational, click here.

The entire North Allegheny track and field team will compete in the WPIAL Team Semifinals on Tuesday, April 30.

(In Photo Above: 200m place winners, 8th place – FR Jack Davis, 3rd place – SO Nathan Kubica, Winner SO – Greg Gedman).  

The North Allegheny track and field teams each earned a tri-meet sweep on Tuesday afternoon with victories over Pine-Richland and Fox Chapel. The NA Boys defeated Pine-Richland, 120-30, and overwhelmed Fox Chapel, 120-30. The Lady Tigers prevailed over the Rams, 103-47, and topped the Foxes, 113-36.

The NA Boys were paced by first-place performances by junior Jack Bertram (1600-meter run and 3200m run), junior Ben Hickel (110m Hurdles), senior Khiryn Boyd (100m Dash), junior Zach Nash (400m Dash), junior Grey Lowman (300m Hurdles), sophomore Andrew Peigh (800m Run), senior Nelson Branch (200m Dash), junior Dylan Langdon (High Jump), senior Zach Duckworth (Pole Vault), junior Nicholas Humphries (Long Jump), junior Dylan Bobak-Rouce (Javelin Throw) and junior Jack Yatchenko (Shot Put). The 4×800 and 4×100 Relay teams also garnered first-place showings.

The Lady Tigers were led by first-place efforts from junior Izzy Costa (100m Dash, 200m Dash and Long Jump), senior Jamie Frisco (Javelin Throw and Shot Put), senior Eva Kynaston (1600m Run), sophomore Maya Currie (400m Dash), junior Elizabeth Pizon (800m Run), sophomore Lindsay Breneman (Pole Vault) and sophomore Audrey Maxwell (Discus Throw). The 4×800 and 4×400 Relay Teams also took first place.

The NA Boys improve to 6-1 on the season, while the Lady Tigers remain unbeaten at 7-0. NATF will take part in the WPIAL Team Semifinals next week.

The North Allegheny track and field team delivered a championship winning performance on Friday at the 59th Annual Butler Invitational. The Lady Tigers grabbed first place with a team score of 89, while the NA Boys claimed fourth place with a team score of 32.

Leading the way for the Lady Tigers, four gold medal performances were turned in by the 4×400 Relay Team, junior Izzy Costa (Long Jump), sophomore Lindsay Breneman (Pole Vault) and sophomore Mackenzie Winning (400m Dash). Along with Winning, the 400m Dash was dominated by North Allegheny with Costa and sophomore Maya Currie taking second and fourth place, respectively, in the event. In the 3200m Run, senior Eva Kynaston crossed the finish line in first place, followed closely behind by senior Erin McGoey in sixth place. Additional silver medal performances were turned in by Costa in the High Jump and senior Jamie Frisco in the Shot Put. Along with Breneman’s gold in the Pole Vault, senior Sophie Aglietti took fourth place in the same event. Junior Kendall Lucas placed fourth in the 800m Run.

Helping the NA Boys to a fourth-place team effort was senior Zach Duckworth (Pole Vault) and junior Zach Nash (400m Dash) with silver medal performances. Junior Dylan Langdon garnered fourth place in the High Jump, while junior Jack Bertram placed fifth in the 3200m Run. Seventh place showings were turned in by the 4×400 Relay Team, junior Grey Lowman (300m Hurdles), and junior Greg Abel (800m Run). Nash also placed eighth in the 200m Dash.

For a look at all results from the Butler Invitational, click here.

The North Allegheny track and field team will return to section action on Tuesday with a visit to Pine-Richland to face the Rams and Fox Chapel Foxes.

(Featured in the photo: Mackenzie Winning, Isabella Costa, Elizabeth Pizon, Eva Kynaston, Kendall Lucas, Maya Currie).

The North Allegheny track and field team earned an exciting home sweep over Seneca Valley on Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Tigers cruised to a 93-57 victory, while the NA Boys tied the Raiders 75-75 but earned the triumph via tiebreaker. The first tiebreaker is first-place finishes, which was tied, 9-9. The second tiebreaker came down to second-place finishes and the Tigers edged out the Raiders in that category, 8-7. (Relays are excluded for second-place tiebreaker points).

For the NA Boys, first-place performances by senior Khiryn Boyd (100-meter Dash), senior Michael Gauntner (1600m Run), junior Zach Nash (400m Dash), junior Dylan Langdon (High Jump), senior Zach Duckworth (Pole Vault), junior Nicholas Humphries (Long Jump), junior Jack Yatchenko (Discus Throw and Shot Put). The 4×100 Relay team also took first place.

Earning the crucial second-place points that allowed the NA boys to prevail were junior Jack Bertram (1600m Run), freshman Brady Brinkley (400m Dash), junior Grey Lowman (300m Hurdles), junior Greg Abel (800m Run), Gauntner (3200m Run), sophomore Peter Gibson (Triple Jump), junior Dylan Bobak-Rouce (Javelin Throw) and senior Cameron Chmura (Shot Put). The 4×400 Relay and 4×800 Relay teams also took second place.

The Lady Tigers ran away from the Raiders thanks in part to a first-place trifecta from junior Izzy Costa in the 100m Dash, High Jump and Long Jump. Other first-place efforts were turned in by senior Erin McGoey (1600m Run), sophomore Mackenzie Winning (400m Dash and 200m Dash), senior Eva Kynaston (800m Run), junior Camille Swirsding (3200m Run), sophomore Lindsay Breneman (Pole Vault), sophomore Audrey Maxwell (Discus Throw) and senior Jamie Frisco (Shot Put). The 4×800 and 4×400 Relay teams also garnered first place finishes.

The NA Boys improve to 4-1 on the season, while the Lady Tigers remain unbeaten at 5-0. NATF will take part in the Butler Invitational on Friday beginning at 11:00 a.m.

The North Allegheny track and field team traveled to Butler for a tough section meet and earned a split with the Golden Tornado. The NA Girls picked up an 84-66 victory, while the NA Boys dropped an 87-63 decision.

The Lady Tigers earned a hard-fought victory thanks to first-place performances from junior Izzy Costa (100-meter dash and 200m dash), senior Eva Kynaston (1600m run and 3200m run), sophomore Maya Currie (400m dash), junior Kendall Lucas (800m run), senior Jamie Frisco (shot put), sophomore Audrey Maxwell (discus) and sophomore Lindsay Breneman (pole vault). The 32o0 relay team also took first place for the NA Girls.

Despite the loss for the NA Boys, outstanding first-place efforts were turned in by sophomore Sam Cohn (100/110 hurdles), junior Grey Lowman (300 hurdles), junior Nick Humphries (long jump), junior Jack Yatchenko (shot put and discus) and senior Zach Duckworth (pole vault).

The NA Boys are now 3-1 on the season, while the Lady Tigers remain undefeated at 4-0. NATF returns to action on Saturday at the Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational in Latrobe.