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NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. – A pair of meet records fell at the 2022 Redbank Valley Invitational Thursday, while four athletes were individual double winners.
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The records to fall included the girls’ 3,200-meter mark and the boys’ high jump.
Morgan Roemer of DuBois set the 3,200 mark with a blistering time of 11:20.75 topping the previous meet record of 11:38.86 by just over 18 seconds. That was set by Karns City’s Rebecca Pennington in 2018.
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Union/A-C Valley’s Hayden Smith set the high jump mark. Smith, a Union student, jumped 6-foot-9 bettering the previous mark of 6-7 set by Vinny Dougherty of Brookville in 2010.
Roemer was one of the double winners also winning the 1,600 in a time of 5:20.04.
Additional double winners were Redbank Valley’s Mylee Harmon, Brookville’s Ian Pete, and Franklin’s Ashley Alcorn.
Harmon won the 200 (26.43) and the 400 (1:00.03), Pete won the 110 hurdles (15.85) and the 300 hurdles (41.57), and Alcorn won the discus (114-feet, 10-inches) and the shot put (38-03).
The fastest man of the meet went to Brookville’s Jack Pete, the younger brother of Ian, in a tim of 11.41 edging DuBois’ Derraick Burkett (11.52).
The fastest woman of the meet went to Cranberry’s Laiyla Russell in a time of (13.02) topping Brookville Morgan Monnoyer, the 2021 District 9 2A champion (13.19). Evelyn Lerch was third in 13.30.
Additional top performances came in the boys’ and girls’ javelin.
In the boys’ javelin, Ryan Hummell won in convincing fashion with a throw of 180-07 over 30 feet farther than second-place finisher Luke Cramer of Karns City (148-09).
In the girls’ javelin, three throwers threw what would be PIAA marks next week at the district championships.
Evelyn Bliss of Union/A-C Valley was first at 136-2, Alivia Huffman was second at 132-11, and Ashley Fox of Karns City was third at 129-3.
In the boys’ discus, a pair of throwers hit what would be PIAA marks with Cam Wagner of Redbank Valley winning at 160-0 and Union/A-C Valley’s Landon Chalmers going 150-8 for second place.
