SCRANTON \u2014 Kendyl Weisgold is willing to leave it all out on the track in pursuit of victory.<\/p>\n
That was evidenced by the massive scrape on her left shoulder and her torn-up knees, suffered when she lunged across the line to earn gold medals in her two individual events at the District 2 Class 2A Track and Field Championship meet at Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
A sophomore, Weisgold captured the 1,600-meter run for a second straight season and added the 800, and her competitive spirit stood out in the highly competitive races in the girls meet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to give whatever I had left to get it,\u201d Weisgold said. \u201cTrack means so much to me. Training is hard, but it helps me get to where I want to be, and I am extremely thankful for all of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
She is a product of Elk Lake\u2019s highly successful distance running program that has thrived under the tutelage of coach Will Squier and his assistant, Marc Weisgold, Kendyl\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
She went stride for stride with Montrose\u2019s Avery Kerr in the 1,600 for each of the four laps. The fierce battle came right down to the final meters, with Weisgold\u2019s late thrust pushing her ahead in 5 minutes and 7.50 seconds. Kerr clocked in at 5:07.62, and the two can pick up where they left off at the PIAA Championships next weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt really good,\u201d Weisgold said. \u201cAvery really pushed me to get that amazing time. We were sprinting.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the 800, Weisgold found herself in fourth place heading into the final turn. She again used a sprint down the home stretch to win in 2:21.29. She then tumbled to the ground, exhausted by her effort.<\/p>\n
Holy Cross gold<\/p>\n
Holy Cross senior Kevin Vincent three-peated in the Class 2A boys triple jump.<\/p>\n
A state-medal winner last season, Vincent launched himself 44 feet, 6 inches for the gold. Mountain View\u2019s Jacob Ficcaro was second (43-6) and Dunmore\u2019s Josh Dudick was third (43-0).<\/p>\n
\u201cTo get a third one feels good,\u201d Vincent said. \u201cI was a little nervous because the competition is so tough. It wasn\u2019t my best set, but to come out with a gold medal and hopefully have put myself in a good place for next week at states is just phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n
All season, Branden Fadl kept putting the shot farther and farther at each meet, re-establishing his school record along the way.<\/p>\n
He muscled one out to 54-2 to win the gold medal and smash his record of 53-8.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am pretty happy, but I can always do better,\u201d Fadl said. \u201cI started all the way from November. I critique myself a lot. I am in the weight room but really focused on technique.\u201d<\/p>\n
State-bound<\/p>\n
After a junior season that fell short of expectations and adversity, Western Wayne\u2019s Robert Carrelle made the most of his final District 2 meet.<\/p>\n
The senior cleared 14-0 to win the pole vault, an event that he finished fifth in with a clearance of 11-0 in 2024.<\/p>\n
The consummate teammate, Carrelle, was overwhelmed that he and Nick Fisichella, Sebastian Figueroa and Antonio Fisichella qualified for the state meet with their fourth-place finishing time of 3:29.59 in the 1,600 relay.<\/p>\n
\u201cStates is going to be super fun,\u201d Carrelle said. \u201cThis was a great meet. It was so fun. I am excited about going to states with my teammates in the relay, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hornets shine<\/p>\n
A pair of Honesdale athletes picked the right time to have their best performances.<\/p>\n
Senior Olivia Wood had a career-best mark of 101-1 in the discus. At the District 2 Class 3A Championships, she launched a throw of 115-11 to finish ahead of Wallenpaupack\u2019s Nada Blume (112-8).<\/p>\n
\u201cI put in a lot of work and received a lot of support from my coaches and teammates,\u201d Wood said. \u201cI was worried about my throw, because I had been in second for a while. When they called the measurement, I was in awe because it is more than 10 feet better than what I came in with.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maddox Johnson set his sights on the medal stand in the preseason. He cleared 6-0 at the Walter Godek Twilight Invitational and again at the Robert Spagna Championships. At the District 2 meet, he leaped 6-3 to win the gold with fewer misses over Dallas\u2019 Hunter Pitcavage, who also cleared 6-3.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am so happy, because last year, I really wanted to go to states and didn\u2019t,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI made it happen. At the first meet, I started off with 5-10 and progressed all season. You have to believe you can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quick hits<\/p>\n
Montrose repeated as the champion in the Class 2A 400 relay. Carl Nolt, Nico Christian and Max Kuwaye ran on both teams, while the group added Gabriele Blasi this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t know if we were going to be able to have a relay team,\u201d Kuwaye said. \u201cThen, we got Gabriele in there, and he helped us out a lot. I feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scranton senior Anijha Turner and Wallenpaupack\u2019s June Brown added district gold to their wins at the Spagna Championship meet.<\/p>\n
Turner, running for the final time on her home track, seized control of the 400 and finished in 58.08.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like today I was really pushed,\u201d Turner said. \u201cThis is my first year running the 400. I can\u2019t believe any of this. I can\u2019t even process that I am going to states.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brown also jumped out to a big lead on the first of her two laps in the 800. She established an insurmountable advantage and ran a personal-best time of 2:17.62.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been an amazing season,\u201d Brown said. \u201cGoing into that last 200, I just gave it all that I had. I knew that I could win it, and that is what made me go. I was so surprised with a 2:17; it\u2019s the best.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON \u2014 Kendyl Weisgold is willing to leave it all out on the track in pursuit of victory.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-190876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-high-school-sports","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190876","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=190876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}