Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) revealed its qualifiers for the WPIAL/UPMC Sports Medicine Boys’ Track & Field Individual Championships on Monday afternoon, with the championship meets set to be held on Wednesday, May 15 at William C. Lennox Track on the campus of Slippery Rock University.
 
Class 3A had 24 individuals or relay teams qualify per event, while Class 2A will be contested by 16 individual or relay teams in each event.
 
In Class 3A, there are eight student-athletes returning as reigning champions of an individual event: New Castle junior Kaveon Gardner (100-meter dash), Canon-McMillan junior Colton Dean (200-meter dash), Butler senior Drew Griffith (1,600-meter run, 3,200-meter run), North Hills junior Gamaliel Mogire (300-meter hurdles), Central Catholic junior Xxavier Thomas (triple jump), Indiana senior Charles Weber (pole vault), Hempfield Area senior Peyton Murray (discus), and North Catholic senior Alex Brown (100-meter dash wheelchair, 200-meter dash wheelchair, shot put wheelchair). Murray and Brown both were champions of their respective events in 2022 as well.
 
Four student-athletes enter the Class 2A meet as the defending gold medalists of an individual event: Washington senior Dane Asbury (100-meter dash, 200-meter dash), Freeport junior Michael Braun (3,200-meter run), Ligonier Valley junior John Jablunovsky (high jump), and East Allegheny senior Lorenzo Fancher (triple jump). In the 300-meter hurdles, Greensburg Central Catholic senior James Brewer is the 2022 champion of that event.
 
Each event champion and additional finishers will move onto the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Boys’ Track & Field Championships, which will be held on May 24-25 at Seth Grove Stadium on the campus of Shippensburg University.
 
100-METER DASH
Class 3A Top Time: William Smith (10), Woodland Hills – 10.62
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Kaveon Gardner (New Castle) – 10.70
Class 2A Top Time: Aidan Allison (11), Greensburg Central Catholic / DeJuan Croumbles (11), The Neighborhood Academy – 10.84
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Dane Asbury (Washington) – 10.75
 
200-METER DASH
Class 3A Top Time: Colton Dean (11), Canon-McMillan – 21.74
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Colton Dean (Canon-McMillan) – 21.68
Class 2A Top Time: Damarius Day (11), West Mifflin – 22.56
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Dane Asbury (Washington) – 22.04
 
400-METER DASH
Class 3A Top Time: Isaiah Hicks (12), Canon-McMillan – 49.85
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Jacob Thompson (Mars) – 49.76
Class 2A Top Time: Da’Karri Williams (10), Beaver Falls – 49.78
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Demeitris Taylor (Beaver Falls) – 50.97
 
800-METER RUN
Class 3A Top Time: Dale Hall (12), Hampton – 1:52.28
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Jacob Puhalla (Moon) – 1:53.38
Class 2A Top Time: Clark LaLomia (11), Quaker Valley – 1:55.73
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Amberson Bauer (Riverview) – 1:57.33
 
1,600-METER RUN
Class 3A Top Time: Drew Griffith (12), Butler – 3:59.81
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Drew Griffith (Butler) – 4:09.53 [WPIAL championship meet record]
Class 2A Top Time: Clark LaLomia (11), Quaker Valley – 4:17.95
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Amberson Bauer (Riverview) – 4:21.43
 
3,200-METER RUN
Class 3A Top Time: Drew Griffith (12), Butler – 8:37.43
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Drew Griffith (Butler) – 9:04.80
Class 2A Top Time: Alex Platt (12), Burrell – 10:03.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Michael Braun (Freeport) – 9:23.64
 
110-METER HIGH HURDLES
Class 3A Top Time: Gamaliel Mogire (11), North Hills – 14.69
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Owen Curran (North Allegheny) – 15.07
Class 2A Top Time: Davin Gartley (11), Quaker Valley – 14.66
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Antonio Votour (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) – 14.30 [WPIAL championship meet record]
 
300-METER HURDLES
Class 3A Top Time: Colton Dean (11), Canon-McMillan – 38.85
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Gamaliel Mogire (North Hills) – 39.52
Class 2A Top Time: Davin Gartley (11), Quaker Valley – 38.99
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Isaac Wetzel (Freeport) – 38.90
 
4x100-METER RELAY
Class 3A Top Time: Butler – 42.43
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Mt. Lebanon – 42.14
Class 2A Top Time: Fort Cherry – 42.79
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Carlynton – 43.41
 
4x400-METER RELAY
Class 3A Top Time: Butler – 3:22.61
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Butler – 3:25.53
Class 2A Top Time: Quaker Valley – 3:27.13
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Carlynton – 3:29.54
 
4x800-METER RELAY
Class 3A Top Time: Butler – 7:57.88
Class 3A Reigning Champion: South Fayette – 7:57.22
Class 2A Top Time: Winchester Thurston – 8:05.95
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Quaker Valley – 8:08.63
 
HIGH JUMP
Class 3A Top Distance: Dylan Langdon (11), North Allegheny / Orein McBride-Cager (12), Butler / Emery Moye (11), Pine-Richland – 6-05.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Evan Kurpakus (Mars) – 6-01.00
Class 2A Top Distance: John Jablunovsky (11), Ligonier Valley / Jack Ozimek (12), South Park – 6-05.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: John Jablunovsky (Ligonier Valley) – 6-01.00
 
LONG JUMP
Class 3A Top Distance: Nicholas Humphries (11), North Allegheny – 23-02.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Luke Campbell (Butler) – 21-10.50
Class 2A Top Distance: Jack Ozimek (12), South Park – 22-02.75
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Matthew Essey (Hopewell) – 22-00.50
 
TRIPLE JUMP
Class 3A Top Distance: Luke Cramer (12), Mt. Lebanon – 45-09.25
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Xxavier Thomas (Central Catholic) – 45-11.00
Class 2A Top Distance: Thomas Debelak (11), Quaker Valley – 45-09.25
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Lorenzo Fancher (East Allegheny) – 43-06.50
 
POLE VAULT
Class 3A Top Distance: Nicholas Puskar (11), Norwin – 15-01.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Charles Weber (Indiana) – 14-06.00
Class 2A Top Distance: Connor Progar (11), Hopewell / Reece Sullivan (12), Riverside – 13-07.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Andrew Layton (Waynesburg Central) – 14-09.00
 
DISCUS
Class 3A Top Distance: Peyton Murray (12), Hempfield Area – 186-03.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Peyton Murray (Hempfield Area) – 169-05.00
Class 2A Top Distance: Carson Emerick (11), Riverside – 145-10.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Brady Cooper (Laurel) – 160-11.00
 
JAVELIN
Class 3A Top Distance: Logan Kerstetter (11), Penn-Trafford – 179-03.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Derek Armfield (Chartiers Valley) – 178-08.00
Class 2A Top Distance: Karter Schrock (12), Apollo-Ridge – 163-01.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Joseph Reed (Riverside) – 180-08.00
 
SHOT PUT
Class 3A Top Distance: Peyton Murray (12), Hempfield Area – 59-01.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Nathan Reese (Connellsville) – 52-05.50
Class 2A Top Distance: Colton Fedrizzi (12), Shenango – 53-09.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Tanner Pierce (California) – 50-00.00
 
100-METER DASH WHEELCHAIR
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Alex Brown (North Catholic) – 19.72
 
200-METER DASH WHEELCHAIR
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Alex Brown (North Catholic) – 37.34
 
SHOT PUT WHEELCHAIR
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Alex Brown (North Catholic) – 14-08.00
 
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