HARBOR CREEK — Having several athletes rest in the dual meet against Titusville paid off for the Corry track and field team. School records were shattered, and the team came away with a second-place finish at 120.5 points.
Grace Allen set a new school record in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.44 seconds. The previous record was 26.67 seconds and had been set by Kaisey Kafferlin in 2006. Other top-eight placers in the sprinting events on the girls side included Shay Linden (fourth) in the 400-meter dash, and Mikayla Comitz (eighth) in the 100-meter dash.
Brynley Watrous scored fourth-place finishes in both the 100- and 300-meter hurdles.
In the distance events, Haley Mumau finished second in the 800-meter run (2:25.87), and Lauren Fox took third (2:28). Chloe Jaworski also secured third in the 3200-meter run at 12:34.95.
The 4×100-meter relay team of Watrous, Madi Leofsky, Mikayla Comitz and Allen broke their previous record and finished with a time of 51.19 seconds. The 4×800- (10:19.52) and 4×400- (4:23.43) meter relay teams both finished in second.
Allen also took first in the triple jump with a leap of 35’ 5.65”. Marleigh Martin came in second at 34’ 11.5”. Madi Leofsky finished in sixth. Martin also won the pole vault with a new personal best in the pole at 10’. Ava Martin came in third at 9′.
Allen also shined in the javelin with a second-place finish on a throw of 109’ 5”. Koda Kuzma and Lauren Brundage tied for fifth. Kuzma also had a sixth-place finish in the shot put. Kristin Daniels came in sixth in the discus.
On the boys side, Blake Cook won both the 110- (14.21) and 300- (37.42) meter hurdles.
Connor Sterling finished fourth in the 200-meter dash and sixth in the 100-meter dash.
Paxton Zinz took second in the 800-meter run at 2:01.89 and Weston Atha finished eighth. Nick Scouten took eighth in the 1600-meter run.
The 4×400- and 4×800-meter relay teams both finished in fifth.
Keaton Frisina took sixth and Sterling finished in seventh in the long jump. Lucas Baker and Frisina tied for seventh in the high jump.
Landon Atha won the javelin with a throw of 183’ 10”. Alex Schmidt came in fifth. Landon Hasbrouck finished in sixth in the discus, and Owen Nickerson finished eighth.
Qualifying Beavers will travel to Slippery Rock for Districts on Saturday, May 16.