STATE CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the email that was sent out by Coach Bradley:


David Patzer earned state gold in the Pole Vault with a school record jump of 15' 0".
Kevin Hull put on a clinic for the state as he placed 2nd in the 800, 3rd in the 1600, and ran fast relay legs on the 6th place 4 x 400 Relay team.
Kori Meshaw earned a 3rd place in the 300 Intermediate hurdles and ran a pair of 49s on the relay.
Steve Feister earned a sixth place in the javelin with a nice toss of 189' 9".
Hansel picked up seventh in a lightning fast 400 m. His time of 48.62 sets a new school record for Hempfield. Hansel ran 48.3 and 48.5 as anchor on the 4 x 400 Relay.
Forrest Moul, Kori Meshaw, Kevin Hull, and Hansel set the 4 x 400 school record in the trials and then broke it again in the finals on Saturday to place 6th in the state.

Here are a few tidbits:
Yesterday at the state meet, the Hempfield boys (and girls) performed like champions. This meet demonstrated that track and field is a game of inches. Our 4 x 400 qualified for the finals by 0.01 seconds. They scored 3 points in the finals. Hansel Akers ran 48.62, and qualified for the finals by 0.02. He scored two points in the finals. Steve Feister threw the javelin the same distance as the athlete from Altoona, but had a better second throw - +2. Kevin Hull who barely qualified for the 800 race, created a masterpiece on the Shippensburg track as he took charge of the race from the beginning, strung out the field and held on for the silver medal. Dave Patzer, who only began vaulting again four weeks ago, realized his great potential as he mastered his "big pole" to vault to a new school record by 9 inches and claim gold. He is the first state champ for us in 10 years. And Forrest, who likes to make us laugh, was nothing but business on the track and ran a superb set of 51's. We needed consistency and he did just that. Kori, just did his thing. And we won by two. Everything that could go right did.
I could not have scripted a better way to conclude my career as a head coach.
By the way, PCN did not know what they were talking about - The DQ of Abington hurt us - Altoona picked up 2 points by moving from 2nd to 1st, and we only picked up one point by moving from 7th to 6th (Scoring: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1).