Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) handed out its first team championships of the 2025 spring season this past Tuesday, May 6 at the WPIAL/UPMC Sports Medicine Boys’ Track & Field Team Championships, held at West Mifflin High School and Confluence Financial Partners Stadium on the campus of Peters Township Middle School. In Class 3A, Norwin won its first championship in the team format, while Quaker Valley successfully defended its Class 2A title.
Quaker Valley is now a five-time WPIAL boys’ track & field team champion, moving into a tie for fifth all-time with Hempfield Area and Washington. The Quakers started with a three-peat in 1995, 1996, and 1997, then snapped a 27-year drought last year with their fourth title.
Norwin is the 27th different school to win a WPIAL title in the team format, and joins Greensburg Central Catholic (2023) and Shenango (2022) as the third new champion in four years. The Knights are the first new winners at Class 3A since Seneca Valley in 2017.
CLASS 3A RECAP
Norwin reached the WPIAL boys’ track & field team mountaintop for the first time in the bracket format, as it defeated Butler (77-73), North Allegheny (78-72), and Mt. Lebanon (118.33-31.66) for the Class 3A championship at West Mifflin High School.
Norwin (11-0, 6-0 Section I) captured the championship with six event victories, 10 second-place finishes, and five third-place efforts.
The Knights’ first win of the day came in the 110-meter high hurdles, with Ryan Schiller and Jeremiah Francis making up a one-two finish with respective times of 14.13 and 14.88 seconds. Norwin then claimed a pair of runner-up finishes in the 1,600-meter run (Luke Simpson, 4:23.68) and 4x100-meter relay (42.54) before completing a top-three sweep of the 300-meter hurdles, with Schiller (38.84), Francis (39.43), and Tyler Beck (39.59) claiming the spots.
Simpson followed that up with a win in the 800-meter run, clocking in at 1:58.99, with teammate Enzo Jiancristoforo’s mark of 1:59.01 placing second. The Knights then captured three wins in field events, with Nicholas Bognar claiming the long jump after a leap of 22-02.00, Nicholas Puskar taking the pole vault after clearing 14-03.00, and Dane Petrarco winning the discus with a toss of 131-00.00.
North Allegheny (11-1, 6-0 Section III) claimed the runner-up trophy with dual meet wins against Butler (76-74) and Mt. Lebanon (109.66-40.33). The Tigers won five events, with Jack Betram sweeping the 1,600-meter run (4:21.51) and 3,200-meter run (9:24.34), Dylan Langdon taking the high jump (6-00.50), Jack Yatchenko capturing the shot put (47-06.00), and the 4x800-meter relay team beginning the meet with a winning time of 7:58.94.
Butler (9-3, 5-1 Section III) defeated Mt. Lebanon (9-3, 6-0 Section VI) by a 115.33-34.66 scoreline to take third. The Golden Tornado won six events, with two of those triumphs being in the 4x100-meter relay (42.52) and 4x400-meter relay (3:21.14). Kevin Shriver took home the 100-meter dash (10.92) and 200-meter dash (22.30), Eli Campbell won the triple jump (43-00.00), and Nico Baggetta captured the javelin (182-09.00).
The Blue Devils had one first-place finish for the meet, as Nicholas Machado’s time of 49.79 seconds bested the 400-meter dash field.
CLASS 2A RECAP
A year after snapping a 27-year championship drought, Quaker Valley won its fifth WPIAL boys’ track & field championship in repeat fashion after defeating Beaver (96-54), Shenango (107-43), and Mohawk (109-41) for the Class 2A title at Confluence Financial Partners Stadium on the campus of Peters Township Middle School.
Quaker Valley (12-0, 6-0 Section III) took home its second straight title with eight event victories, seven runner-up efforts, and seven three-place finishes.
The Quakers opened the meet with wins in the first two running events, as the 4x800-meter relay team crossed the line in 8:30.91, and Davin Gartley took the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 14.91 seconds. Gartley also won the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 39.43 seconds, and Hugo Castellini made it a one-two finish with a mark of 43.57 seconds.
James Irwin claimed his first of two wins in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.25 seconds, and added a triumph in the triple jump (42-06.25) as part of a top-two effort with teammate Aiden Dwyer (41-04.50). Jackson Pethel was victorious in the 800-meter run (1:59.96) just ahead of teammate and runner-up Clark LaLomia (2:00.44), Jonah Montagnese claimed the 3,200-meter run win (9:25.73), and Winston Clifford collected first-place points in the high jump (6-00.50), with Irwin’s clearance of 5-10.50 taking second.
Beaver (10-3, 5-1 Section VIII [Class 3A]) defeated Shenango (78-72) and Mohawk (80-70) to claim the runner-up trophy. The Bobcats won four events during the meet, winning two relays in the 4x100-meter relay (44.17) and 4x400-meter (3:27.56), along with an Alex Mastoris triumph in the 100-meter dash (11.34), and an Amari Jackson win in the 200-meter dash (23.08).
Shenango (11-2, 7-0 Section I) beat its Section I rival Mohawk (11-4, 6-1 Section I) for third place with a 79-71 dual meet victory. The Wildcats swept the throwing events, with Michael Fleis winning the shot put (44-05.50), Blaise Dando taking the discus (127-07.00), and Landyn Albertini earning the win in javelin (152-05.00). Brayden George was the winner in the long jump with a leap of 20-09.75.
Mohawk (11-4, 6-1 Section I) won two events on the day, with Jaxon Schoedel winning the 1,600-meter time with a time of 4:11.92, and Joe Whippo clearing 11-02.00 to take home the pole vault victory.
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