League Champions!!!!

League Champions!!!!
This is a quick look at the Boys & Girls wins this weekend! It was amazing!
League titles are always special, but the double (boys & girls) is even better! The Boys were the favorites going in. Last year there was no pressure; we pulled a huge upset to come away with the title! This year we were expected to win & that brings added pressure!
The boy’s team was lead by the captains: Hull, Bleacher, Cummings, Meshaw & Patzer! Let’s begin with Dave Patzer.
Injured for 30 days with a groin pull, David’s comeback was slow & tedious. He did all the physical therapy, visited the trainer religiously & slowly started to jump. In his first meet back, David took one jump at Penn Manor to win the meet at 12’6, 3-4 jumps at the Blue Streaks relays to team with Caleb Harper to win the pole vault relay, and 3-4 jumps in a crazy rain delayed meet with Lancaster, Mennonite, Annville-Cleona, & Donegal to win the last meet of the year. With a best of 13’ going into Leagues, he needed a 13’6 or 14’ to safely qualify for Districts.
The league meet vaulting was Friday night – 33 jumpers & a 5-HOUR pole vaulting marathon!!!! Somewhere, around 7-8 PM, with the sun setting and the stadium lights turned on, David finally started & finished tied with the McCaskey jumper at 14’. David took second on misses. What a comeback! His perseverance & effort was amazing! This effort, plus Caleb Harper at 13’, gave the team big points toward a league title!
Here are the people that scored in the League Meet:
100 meters – Brian Mannino – 6th
110 Hurdles – Kori Meshaw – 4th
200 meters – Hansel Akers – 4th
3200 meters – Matt Groff – 1st
4 X 800 – Moul, Garcia, Cox & Brown – 8th
1600 meters – Kevin Hull – 1st
400 meters – Hansel Akers 1st
4 X 100 – Santos, Cummings, Mannino, & Akers – 2nd
300 Hurdles – Kori Meshaw – 1st
800 meters – Kevin Hull 1st and Corey Brown 8th
4 X 400 – Hull, Santos, Meshaw & Akers
Discus – Alec Bleacher – 3rd
Javelin – Steve Feister – 2nd and Alec Bleacher – 3rd
Pole Vault – David Patzer – 2nd & Caleb Harper – 7th

Great meet! Hansel Akers did his thing and scored big points! Was dominant in the 400 meters all season as he was anchoring two relays. Kori Meshaw, also fighting injuries this spring, came back to blitz the field in the 300 hurdles and claim a league championship! Kevin Hull did just what he needed to do to cruise to wins in the 800 & 1600 meters – League champ in 3 events, including a great leg in the 1600 relay! A total team effort and looking forward to another weekend – DISTRICTS HERE WE COME!!!