Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) announced its qualifiers for the WPIAL/UPMC Sports Medicine Girls’ 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.
 
Four student-athletes in Class 3A return as defending champions of an individual event: Kiski Area senior Eliza Miller (800-meter run), Mt. Lebanon senior Logan St. John Kletter (1,600-meter run, 3,200-meter run), Canon-McMillan senior Rose Kuchera (100-meter hurdles, long jump, triple jump), and Norwin junior Bella Brozeski (300-meter hurdles). Kuchera enters Wednesday’s meet as a five-time WPIAL individual champion, having also captured gold in the 100-meter hurdles and triple jump in 2022.
 
In Class 2A, eight student-athletes enter as reigning champions of an individual event: Avonworth/Northgate senior Hayzes Robinson (100-meter dash), Laurel junior Tori Atkins (200-meter dash, 400-meter dash), Eden Christian Academy junior Hope Haring (1,600-meter run), Quaker Valley sophomore Mia Gartley (high jump), Eden Christian Academy junior Lara DeFazio (long jump), Beaver senior Elizabeth Michael (pole vault), Derry junior Sophia Mazzoni (javelin), and Beaver Falls senior Mikayla Anderson (shot put). Atkins also won the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes as a freshman in 2022.
 
Each event champion and additional finishers will move onto the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Girls’ 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: Olivia Renk (12), South Fayette – 12.18
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Dani Prunzik (Upper St. Clair) – 11.70 [WPIAL championship meet record]
Class 2A Top Time: Eva Denis (11), Greensburg Central Catholic – 12.12
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Hayzes Robinson (Avonworth/Northgate) – 12.01
 
200-METER DASH
Class 3A Top Time: Olivia Renk (12), South Fayette – 24.81
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Dani Prunzik (Upper St. Clair) – 24.53
Class 2A Top Time: Tori Atkins (11), Laurel – 24.87
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Tori Atkins (Laurel) – 24.89
 
400-METER DASH
Class 3A Top Time: Mackenzie Winning (10), North Allegheny – 56.73
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Isabella Costa (North Allegheny) – 57.30
Class 2A Top Time: Tori Atkins (11), Laurel – 57.55
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Tori Atkins (Laurel) – 57.28
 
800-METER RUN
Class 3A Top Time: Eliza Miller (12), Kiski Area – 2:13.37
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Eliza Miller (Kiski Area) – 2:14.71
Class 2A Top Time: Eilidh Edgar (11), Trinity Christian – 2:17.31
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Hope Haring (Eden Christian Academy) – 2:20.33
 
1,600-METER RUN
Class 3A Top Time: Logan St. John Kletter (12), Mt. Lebanon – 4:46.70
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Logan St. John Kletter (Mt. Lebanon) – 4:47.09
Class 2A Top Time: Chelsea Hartman (12), Shady Side Academy – 5:00.65
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Jolena Quarzo (Brownsville) – 5:05.28
 
3,200-METER RUN
Class 3A Top Time: Eva Kynaston (12), North Allegheny – 10:46.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Logan St. John Kletter (Mt. Lebanon) – 10:34.49
Class 2A Top Time: Chelsea Hartman (12), Shady Side Academy – 10:47.24
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Jolena Quarzo (Brownsville) – 10:55.07
 
100-METER HURDLES
Class 3A Top Time: Rose Kuchera (12), Canon-McMillan – 14.80
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Rose Kuchera (Canon-McMillan) – 14.90
Class 2A Top Time: Sasha Hoffman (11), Greensburg Central Catholic – 15.45
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Joyce Martin (South Park) – 15.03
 
300-METER HURDLES
Class 3A Top Time: Lauren Bowden (12), Butler – 44.32
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Bella Brozeski (Norwin) – 45.56
Class 2A Top Time: Emma Larkin (10), Geibel Catholic – 46.62
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Nora Johns (Quaker Valley) – 46.58
 
4x100-METER RELAY
Class 3A Top Time: Mt. Lebanon / North Catholic – 48.98
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Canon-McMillan – 48.00
Class 2A Top Time: Winchester Thurston – 49.08
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Carlynton – 49.23
 
4x400-METER RELAY
Class 3A Top Time: North Allegheny – 3:56.64
Class 3A Reigning Champion: North Allegheny – 3:59.19
Class 2A Top Time: Avonworth/Northgate – 4:02.03
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Winchester Thurston – 4:04.11
 
4x800-METER RELAY
Class 3A Top Time: Fox Chapel – 10:00.91
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Hampton – 9:35.53
Class 2A Top Time: Quaker Valley – 10:02.34
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Quaker Valley – 9:47.17
 
HIGH JUMP
Class 3A Top Distance: Ella Samuel (9), Trinity – 5-05.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Grace Howard (South Fayette) – 5-05.00
Class 2A Top Distance: Oumou Thiero (10), Quaker Valley – 5-06.25
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Mia Gartley (Quaker Valley) – 5-02.00
 
LONG JUMP
Class 3A Top Distance: Rose Kuchera (12), Canon-McMillan – 19-03.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Rose Kuchera (Canon-McMillan) – 18-09.00
Class 2A Top Distance: Clare Ruffing (11), Carlynton – 18-08.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Lara DeFazio (Eden Christian Academy) – 17-03.00
 
TRIPLE JUMP
Class 3A Top Distance: Rose Kuchera (12), Canon-McMillan – 38-08.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Rose Kuchera (Canon-McMillan) – 40-00.00
Class 2A Top Distance: Jay Olawaiye (11), Quaker Valley – 38-01.50
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Sydney Taylor (Keystone Oaks) – 36-10.50
 
POLE VAULT
Class 3A Top Distance: Grace Iwig (12), Hempfield Area – 12-06.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Kaitlyn Eger (West Allegheny) – 12-00.00
Class 2A Top Distance: Elizabeth Michael (12), Beaver – 12-03.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Elizabeth Michael (Beaver) – 10-06.00
 
DISCUS
Class 3A Top Distance: Maddie Tulley (10), Hempfield Area – 127-04.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Elizabeth Tapper (Hempfield Area) – 152-08.00
Class 2A Top Distance: Zoe Bupp (10), Shenango – 121-05.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Reese Skiba (Freeport) – 120-02.00
 
JAVELIN
Class 3A Top Distance: Jayla Antomachi (10), Shaler – 130-05.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Alaina Fantaski (North Allegheny) – 137-09.00
Class 2A Top Distance: Sophia Mazzoni (11), Derry – 159-00.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Sophia Mazzoni (Derry) – 140-05.00
 
SHOT PUT
Class 3A Top Distance: Maggie Clair (12), Canon-McMillan – 39-11.00
Class 3A Reigning Champion: Elizabeth Tapper (Hempfield Area) – 46-01.75
Class 2A Top Distance: Mikayla Anderson (12), Beaver Falls – 41-08.00
Class 2A Reigning Champion: Mikayla Anderson (Beaver Falls) – 38-07.00
 
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