By Kenny Varner

BELLEFONTE- Mother Nature let up for the first time in a week to allow the Bellefonte track and field team to host their last home meet of the season. The Raiders hosted Penns Valley and Philipsburg-Osceola Wednesday at Jeremy Herstritt and Lt. Jonas Panik track at Rogers Stadium.

Bellefonte had a great outing defeating both the Rams and the Mounties in both boys and girls action.

The boys defeated Penns Valley 102-38 and topped PO 114-32.

Bellefonte’s girls topped the Rams 100-48 and topped the Mounties 125-21.

“We competed today. Penns Valley and PO are a little down this year so you got to get over the mental barrier a little bit. That we are going to compete and get after it,” said Bellefonte coach Seth Miller said. “I was excited to see. Addy Pry set a school record in the 1600. Liam Halterman had a big PR in the javelin. Those are just two of the many strong performances we had today.”

On the boys side, the 110-meter hurdles was won by Bellefonte’s Christian Reigh who finished the event with a 20.33.

Reigh also landed the top spot in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 50.90.Aiden Osborne finished in the second slot finishing with a mark of 58.82. The Mounties captured the third spot with Landon Neylon with a 1:01.27.

Philipsburg-Osceola’s Evan Hartman and Brian Swanson finished with times of 21.05 and 23.39, respectively.

Early on, Bellefonte took the 4×800 relay with a time of 9:22.14, followed by Penns Valley’s 9:40.57. Rounding out the relay was the Mounties with a finishing time of 10:47.07.

Things continued strong for the Red Raiders 4×100-meter relay as they posted a winning time of 45.07 while Penns Valley finished second with a mark of 47.21. The Mounties placed third .

In the 4×400-meter relay was won by Penns Valley followed by Bellefonte with times of 3:46.30 and 3:51.03, respectively.

Philipsburg-Osceola finished third.

Finishing top in the 100-meter run was Zane Hummel from Bellefonte. Hummel took first on a time of 11.27.

Placing in the second position was the Rams’ Spencer Althouse with a 11.73.

Rounding out the top three was Bellefonte’s Shayne Snook with a time of 11.88.

Althouse took care of the 200-meter dash posting a 24.57.

The Raiders’ Andrew Gerasenko finished second, 24.89 and teammate Calvin Lovrak was third posting a 25.19.

Bellefonte completed a sweep in the 400-meter run Lovrak took top honors 56.05, Tristan Liadis was second with a time of 56.22. In third was Jaeden Gabrovsek.

The Red Raiders also dominated the 800-meter run, posting a first and second.

Picking up the win was Maverick Munchmore with a time of 2:14.46 while second went to Preston Smith posting a 2:19.10.

The Mounties captured third as Nassir Watson finished with a time of  2:29.06.

In the 1600-meter run, the Red Raiders topped out the first two spots. Winning the event was Kaiden Williams with a mark of 4:44.68 while teammate Jonathan Gasper followed with a 4:50.72.

Penns Valley’s Tacen Price rounded things out at three with a time of 5:01.27.

In the field events, Penns Valley secured the high jump. Noah Patel took first with a jump of 5’8”.

PO’s Robert McClenahan was second with 5’2”.

In the pole vault, Bellefonte’s Matrix Mokluk hit 10’0” to capture the victory.

Evan Hartman, from Philipsburg-Osceola,  took second with a launch of 8’0”. Teammate Colton Chapman also finished at 8’0”.

Bellefonte took second and third in the long jump. Placing first in the jump was Penns Valley’s Noah Coursen with a top leap of 17’01”. He was followed by a 16’91/2” effort by Cole Giornesto while teammate Wesley Cook who finished with a top jump of 16’ 0 3/4”.

The Red Raiders picked up another win, this time in the triple jump. Aden

Howell finished at the top with a jump of 38’7”. McClenahan followed with a second place finish for the Mounties with a 37’ 0 1/2” finish.

Taking third was Penns Valley’s Gilby Martin.

In the shot put, Bellefonte won 2-of-3 top spots.

David Witmer place first with a throw of 37’ 5 3/4”. Sam Witmer was second with a throw of 36’ 10 1/2”.

Penns Valley’s Owen Robb placed third with a throw of 36’ 9 1/2”.

Samuel Witmer also placed first in the discus with a throw of 107’ 5”.

PO’s Ryan McClue was a close second with a throw of 104’ 1”.

Bellefonte’s James Jackson rounded out the top three posting a top toss of 101’ 6”.

Liam Halterman gave the Red Raiders a first place finish in the javelin with a winning throw of 164’ 1”.  Second place belonged to Penns Valley’s Owen Robb who threw a 139’6” toss.

Rounding out the top three was the Mounties Evan Echenlaub who threw a 137’ 5” third place throw.

On the girls’ side, the Lady Raiders took the 100-meter run as Althea Helms landed in the top spot at 12.92.

Penns Valley’s Jayden Alexander finished a strong second with a 13.76.

Bellefonte also took the third spot as Madyson Miller topped out with a 13.79.

Helms also took the top spot in the triple jump with a winning distance of  32’ 9 1/2”. Miller was second with a leap of 30’ 10 1/2”.

Philipsburg -Osceola’s Lily Warlow finished with a third place finish of 30’ 5”.

No stranger to top finishes, Helms notched win number three, this time posting a top finish of 1:01.7 in the 400 while teammate Emma Holsinger finished second with a 1:09.14. Mila Klena’s time of 1:11.42 was good enough for a Penns Valley’s third place finish.

Helms continued her torrid winning ways as she also placed first in the long jump placing a winning jump of 16’6”.

Penns Valley’s Elizabeth Romig was next with a 15’2” performance. Placing third was PO’s Warlow.

In the 200, the Lady Rams took top spot when Elizabeth Romig finished with a time of 29.03.

Teammate Jordan Johnson was next posting a time of 30.01.

The Red Raiders Autumn Naspinski was third 30.26.

Penns Valley’s Lillyanna Smith finished at the top of the charts in the 800, posting a time of 2:34.56.

Natalie Jolley was not too far behind, finishing a second place finish of 2.34.72.

Coming in third was Lady Raider Annie Cernuska with a 2:36.47.

In the 1600, Bellefonte’s Addison Fry took tops posting a 5:23.50.

PV’s Smith followed up with a second place nitch of 5:37.07.

Third place was finished by Leire Landeras – Ruiz 6:35.92.

Landeras – Ruiz also took the 3200, posting a 14:16.85.

The Rams took the top spot in the 100-meter hurdles. Miley Hubler took the top of the charts with a time of 18.53 while the Red Raiders Ruthann Smoyer was close behind posting a 18.63.

Rounding out the top three was fellow Red Raider Aalyn Cernuska with a 19.39.

Bellefonte captured the 300-hurdles with Cernuska taking the win with a time of 56.46. Teammate Snyder finished second with a 57.50.

In the opening relay, the 4×800, Bellefonte finished first with a finishing mark of 11:00.32. The Lady Rams finished second while the Mounties placed third.

Penns Valley also took the 4×100 relay with a winning time of 53.78.

Bellefonte was a close second posting a 54.97.

Bellefonte took the 4×400 relay capturing a time of 4:36.71. Penns Valley was second.

The Lady Raiders placed first and third in the high jump. Leading the way was Anna Tyson with a finishing jump of 4’8” while Penns Valley’s Miley Hubler also finished with a 4’8”. Rounding out the event was Emma Holsinger at 4’6”.

Bellefonte placed first and second in the pole vault. Taking the win was Victoria Shellenberger with a launch of 10’0” while teammate Paige Jodon was next with a 7’ 8”. PO’s Veda Kephart finished third with a leap of 7’0”.

Bellefonte swept the shot put. Madison Miller placed first with a first place throw of 28’9”

Second was Victoria Shellenberger with a toss of 28’ 0 1/2”.

Rounding out the Lady Raiders sweep was Emma Harter with a 25’9” performance.

Emma Harter led the Lady Raiders in the discus with a winning throw of 82’ 8”. Teammate Miller was second posting a throw of 78’11”.

Breanne Porter gave Penns Valley a third place point posting a throw of 67’ 10”.

Miller took the javelin with a winning distance of 107’1”.

The Mounties Avery Wood followed with a distance of 86’11”.

Red Raider teammate Shellenberger finished third with a throw of 81’2”.