By Kenny Varner
BELLEFONTE – Saturday, the East Juniata track and field team headed up north to Bellefonte to go up against Brookville, Selinsgrove and host Bellefonte.
East Juniata runner Cody Nipple was impressive finishing in the top three in three different races.
Nipple finished second in the 100-meter dash posting a time of 11.45.
He finished second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.78.
He placed first as in the 400-meter dash posting a time of 50.59.
“Cody Nipple set two school records yesterday in the 200m, 22.78s, formerly 23.00s held by Ross Woodcock, and in the 400 m, 50:59s, formerly 52:14, held by Logan Strawser,” said East Juniata coach Johnna Towsey. “That is a state qualifying time in the 400m. We were also informed that it was a track record for Bellefonte H.S. Alot a great performances.”
In the boys 4×800 relay, East Juniata finished fourth with a time of 10:39.02.
The Tigers had a strong showing in the 800-meter run as Christian Meter’s fourth place finish of 2:15.97.
East Juniata’s Davis Hart finished fourth the 110-meter relay with a time of 16.91.
Hart finished third in the 300-meter hurdles posting a finishing time of 42.92.
In the 4×100 relay, East Juniata placed fourth with a time of 49.15.
Ayden Dowling finished third in the high jump with a leap of 5’6”
In the long jump Dowling placed fourth in the event with a launch of 18’7.5”.
Bryant Carrasquillo hit the fifth place spot in the triple jump posting a jump of 36’2”.
In the shots on goal put, the Tigers got a third place finish from 40’10” from Shay Brininger.
Brininger also placed in the top six in the discus placing sixth with a throw of 109’ 3”.
Teammate Thaddaes Auker finished a spot above in fifth with his best throw of 110’.
Auker also placed in the javelin with a 135’3” good enough to capture fourth.
On the girls’ side, East Juniata finished with a fourth place time of 12:04.59 in the 4×800 relay.
East Juniata’s Addy Feltman finished fourth with a mark of 19.30 in the 100-meter hurdles . Feltman also placed in the 300-meter hurdles finishing with a second place finish of 53.31. In the high jump, Feltman finished sixth with a best jump of 4’2”.
In the 400-meter run, the Tigers got a fourth place finish by Haven Smith. Smith finished with a time of 1:12.42.
The Lady Tigers had two place in the top five of the 3200-meter run. Placing fourth was Hannah Zeiders with a time of 13:32.58 while Dru Hoffman was close behind in fifth with a mark of 15:38.45.
East Juniata’s Naomi Leister finished second in the discuss with a toss of 85’4”.
The quad meet score was scored as follows:
Girls:
Selinsgrove 101
Bellefonte 89
Brookville 70
East Juniata 15
Boys:
Selinsgrove 106
Brookville 95
Bellefonte 41
East Juniata 34
Dual team scores are as follows:
Boys:
Brookville 97 vs Bellefonte 53
Brookville 110 vs East Juniata 39
Selinsgrove 84 vs Brookville 66
Selinsgrove 108 vs East Juniata 41
Selinsgrove 112 vs Bellefonte 38
Bellefonte 81 vs East Juniata 67
Girls:
Selinsgrove 87 vs Brookville 63
Selinsgrove 125 vs East Juniata 25
Selinsgrove 84 vs Bellefonte 65
Bellefonte 115 vs East Juniata 30
Bellefonte 83 vs Brookville 59
Brookville 111 vs East Juniata 26