{"id":183765,"date":"2026-05-04T20:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/183765\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:48:09","slug":"pennsylvania-boys-performer-of-the-week-apr-27-may-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/183765\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Boys Performer of the Week (Apr. 27-May 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cover-1777926659.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After another week of track &amp; field action in Pennsylvania, it&#8217;s time to vote for the MileSplit Pennsylvania boys performer of the week.<\/p>\n<p>The poll closes Friday at 2 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this week&#8217;s nominees and cast your vote below.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Athletes who have been nominated in the past two weeks are not eligible. Previous winners are excluded for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/red_line.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This Week&#8217;s Nominees:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pa.milesplit.com\/athletes\/13190541\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Mazzeo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pa.milesplit.com\/teams\/2592\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lower Merion 01<\/a> (Pennsylvania): Won the 3200m at the 22nd Annual Hoka Henderson Invitational presented by BMRC in 8:52.51, defeating a field of 106 runners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pa.milesplit.com\/athletes\/12350578\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Murphy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pa.milesplit.com\/teams\/3042\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hershey 03<\/a> (Pennsylvania): Clocked 1:50.36 to capture the 800m title at the 22nd Annual Hoka Henderson Invitational presented by BMRC, beating 76 other competitors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pa.milesplit.com\/athletes\/13237273\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colin Sturges<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pa.milesplit.com\/teams\/2606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Perkiomen Valley 01<\/a> (Pennsylvania): Threw a season-opening 61-0 to win the shot put at Perkiomen Valley vs Methacton. Also took first in the discus with a mark of 157-10.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pa.milesplit.com\/athletes\/13048048\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grayson Pitman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pa.milesplit.com\/teams\/2591\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avon Grove 01<\/a> (Pennsylvania): Posted a discus throw of 185-9 for second place at the 22nd Annual Hoka Henderson Invitational presented by BMRC. Also competed in the shot put, throwing 54-7 for sixth place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pa.milesplit.com\/athletes\/12646737\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Wert<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pa.milesplit.com\/teams\/2612\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garnet Valley 01<\/a> (Pennsylvania): Swept the sprints at Delco Champs with a state-leading 21.08 in the 200m and a winning 10.44 in the 100m. His 200m time leads Pennsylvania this season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/red_line.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cover-1777926659.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After another week of track &amp; field action in Pennsylvania, it&#8217;s time to vote for the MileSplit Pennsylvania boys performer of the week.<\/p>\n<p>The poll closes Friday at 2 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After another week of track &amp; field action in Pennsylvania, it&#8217;s time to vote for the MileSplit Pennsylvania&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[991,28,81933,30,29],"class_list":["post-183765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-features","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-boys-performer-of-the-week-apr-27-may-3","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}