{"id":221303,"date":"2026-06-17T11:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221303\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:37:18","slug":"2026-times-tribune-boys-track-and-field-all-region-team-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221303\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 TIMES-TRIBUNE BOYS TRACK AND FIELD ALL-REGION TEAM \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KENDELKENDEL JONES, Elk Lake
\nPERFORMER OF THE YEAR
\nKENDEL JONES<\/p>\n

Elk Lake, Senior<\/p>\n

Distance\/Mid-distance<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: Silver, 3,200-meter run (9:17.54, personal best and school record); fourth-place medal, 1,600 (4:14.76); 16th in the 800 (1:59.30); fourth-place medal as part of the 3,200 relay team.<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Gold, 1,600 (4:14.84); Gold, 3,200 (9:25.34); Gold in the 800 (1:54.86, personal best and school record).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won gold in the 1,600 (4:13.77, personal best and school record), gold in 3,200 (9:32.50) at the Wyalusing Lasagna Invitational. \u2026 Won gold in the 3,200 (9:23.69) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 Won gold in the 1,600 (4:19.38) and silver in the 800 (1:58.39) at the Wilhour Invitational. \u2026 Won gold in the 1,600 (4:25.15) at the Neshaminy Distance Invitational. \u2026 He led Elk Lake to LTC Division IV championship. He was the LTC Coaches\u2019 Division III-IV Track Co-Performer of the Year. \u2026 Finished his career with six career PIAA Class 2A medals. \u2026 He is the first three-time Times-Tribune Boys Track and Field Performer of the Year (2024, 2025, 2026).<\/p>\n

\"Dunmore'sDunmore\u2019s Weston Yannone (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nWESTON YANNONE<\/p>\n

Dunmore, Junior<\/p>\n

Hurdles\/Sprints<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: Silver, 110 hurdles (14.30); seventh-place medal, 300 hurdles (40.11); 19th, 100 (11.14).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Gold, 110 hurdles (14.74); Gold, 300 hurdles (38.91); Gold, 100 (11.21)<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won gold in the 110 hurdles (14.50) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Won gold in the 110 hurdles (14.65, meet record), gold in the 300 hurdles (39.26), and won silver in the 100 (11.22) at the Godek Invitational. Set school records in the 110 hurdles (14.24) and the 300 hurdles (38.24) during the regular season. \u2026 He was the Lackawanna Track Conference Coaches\u2019 Division III-IV Co-Track Performer of the Year. .. He led Dunmore to the LTC Division III and District 2 Class 2A championships.<\/p>\n

\"Wallenpaupack'sWallenpaupack\u2019s Aiden Janowicz (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nAIDEN JANOWICZ<\/p>\n

Wallenpaupack, Senior<\/p>\n

Mid-distance\/Distance<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 3A: Silver, 800 (1:51.52 \u2013 personal best and school record); won seventh-place medal as part of the 1,600 relay team.<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 3A: Gold, 800 (1:55.24); Gold, 1,600 (4:27.14).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: He won gold in the 800 (1:57.37) and was sixth in the 1,600 (4:30.41) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 He won gold in the 800 (1:55.35) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 He was the Lackawanna Track Conference Coaches\u2019 Division I-II Co-Track Performer of the Year. \u2026 He led Wallenpaupack to the LTC Division II, the Jordan Relays Class 3A, and the Spagna Class 3A championships.<\/p>\n

\"WesternWestern Wayne\u2019s Robert Carrelle (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nROBERT CARRELLE<\/p>\n

Western Wayne, Senior<\/p>\n

Hurdles\/Pole vault<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: Fifth-place medal, 300 hurdles (39.14); seventh-place medal, pole vault (14-6).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Gold, pole vault (14-0); Silver, 300 hurdles (39.30); Fourth, 110 hurdles (15.52).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: He won gold in the 300 hurdles (39.12, personal best and school record) and gold in the pole vault (14-7, personal best) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Won gold in the 300 hurdles (39.63), gold in the pole vault (13-6), and silver in the 110 hurdles (15.17, personal record) at the Wyalusing Lasagna Invitational. \u2026 Won gold in the pole vault (13-6) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 He was the Lackawanna Track Conference Coaches\u2019 Division I-II Co-Field Performer of the Year.<\/p>\n

\"Dunmore'sDunmore\u2019s Jake Costanzo (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nJACOB COSTANZO<\/p>\n

Dunmore, Junior<\/p>\n

Mid-distance\/Sprints<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: Bronze, 400 (49.31); 14th, 200 (22.69).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Gold, 400 (48.88, personal best, meet record, and school record); Gold, 200 (22.29, personal best and school record).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won silver in the 400 (49.46) and bronze in the 200 (22.54) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Won gold in the 400 (49.80) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 Won a gold medal as a member of the 1,600 relay at the District 2 Class 2A championships. \u2026 He led Dunmore to the LTC Division III and District 2 Class 2A championships.<\/p>\n

\"ValleyValley View\u2019s Gavin Oprishko
\nGAVIN OPRISHKO<\/p>\n

Valley View, Junior\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sprints<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 3A: Bronze, 200 (22.10); Fourth, 100 (11.32).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won gold in 100 (11.19) and 200 (21.94, meet record) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Won gold in the 100 (11.19) and 200 (22.24), and won bronze in the 400 (50.30, personal best) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 Set school record in the 200 (21.54) and tied the school record in the 100 (10.94) during the regular season. \u2026 He was the Lackawanna Track Conference Coaches\u2019 Division I-II Co-Track Performer of the Year.<\/p>\n

\"ScrantonScranton Preps Charlie Speicher (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nCHARLIE SPEICHER<\/p>\n

Scranton Prep, Senior<\/p>\n

Sprints<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 3A: Bronze, 100 (11.32); Ran a personal best and school record time in 100 (10.89) in the preliminaries; Fourth, 200 (22.71).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won silver in the 100 (11.23) and in the 200 (22.50, personal best) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Won silver in the 100 (11.10) and the 200 (22.74) at the Wyalusing Lasagna Invitational. \u2026 Won bronze in the 100 (11.43) and silver in the 200 (23.06) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 Won a bronze in the 100 (11.60) and 200 (23.30) at the Northwest Rangers Invitational.<\/p>\n

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\"Montrose'sMontrose\u2019s Nico Christian (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nNICO CHRISTIAN<\/p>\n

Montrose, Senior<\/p>\n

Sprints<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: 15th, 400 (50.61); 22nd, 200 (23.07).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Silver, 400 (49.39); Silver, 200 (22.49).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won gold in 400 (49.32, personal best and school record), and finished fourth in the 200 (22.55) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Won gold in the 400 (50.42) and gold in the 200 (22.16) at the Wyalusing Lasagna Invitational. \u2026 Won gold in the 400 (49.79) and silver in 200 (22.62) at the Square Deal Invitational.<\/p>\n

\"Wallenpaupack'sWallenpaupack\u2019s Bryce Pagano (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nBRYCE PAGANO<\/p>\n

Wallenpaupack, Junior<\/p>\n

Mid-distance<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 3A: 22nd, 400 (50.39); Won seventh-place medal as part of the 1,600 relay team.<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 3A: Gold, 400 (49.85); Seventh, 200 (23.20).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won a bronze in the 400 (49.83) and finished fifth in the 200 (22.90) at the Robert Spagna Championships. Ran a personal best in the 200 (22.76) in the preliminary races. \u2026 He helped Wallenpaupack win the LTC Division II, Jordan Relays Class 3A, and the Robert Spagna Class 3A team championships.<\/p>\n

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\"CODYCODY ADAMS, Elk Lake
\nCODY ADAMS<\/p>\n

Elk Lake, Senior<\/p>\n

Distance<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: Eighth-place medal, 1,600 (4:17.81, personal best); Won a fourth-place medal as part of the 3,200 relay team; Ninth, 3,200 (9:30.93, personal best).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Silver, 1,600 (4:21.00); Silver, 3,200 (9:32.24).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won a silver in the 3,200 (9:35.51) and a bronze in the 1,600 (4:22.60) at the Wyalusing Lasagna Invitational. \u2026 Won gold in the 1,600 (4:25.92) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 Won gold in the 3,200 (9:33.90) at the Wilhour Invitational. \u2026 Won gold in the 3,200 (10:00.98) at the Neshaminy Distance Invitational. \u2026 He helped Elk Lake win the LTC Division IV championship.<\/p>\n

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\"Riverside'sRiverside\u2019s Mikey Schimelfenig (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nMIKEY SCHIMELFENIG<\/p>\n

Riverside, Senior<\/p>\n

Distance<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: 11th, 1,600 (4:22.33).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Bronze, 1,600 (4:22.14, personal best and school record); Sixth, 3,200 (9:45.30).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won gold in the 1,600 (4:26.36) and bronze in the 3,200 (10:10.04) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Finished fourth in the 3,200 (9:39.23, personal best) and 10th in the 1,600 (4:31.56) at the Wyalusing Lasagna Invitational. \u2026 Won silver in the 3,200 (9:46.99) and finished fourth in the 1,600 (4:32.29) at the Godek Invitational.<\/p>\n

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\"WestWest Scranton\u2019s Seamus Wallace (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nSEAMUS WALLACE<\/p>\n

West Scranton, Sophomore<\/p>\n

Distance<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 3A: 24th, 3,200 (9:43.75).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 3A: Gold, 3,200 (9:49.67); Fifth, 1,600 (4:38.02).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won a silver in the 3,200 (9:52.23) and finished fourth in the 1,600 (4:28.78) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Finished sixth in the 1,600 (4:27.43, personal best and school record) and finished sixth in the 3,200 (9:31.37, personal best and school record) at the Wyalusing Lasagna Invitational. \u2026 Won a bronze in the 1,600 (4:29.93) and a bronze in the 3,200 (9:49.01) at the Godek Invitational.<\/p>\n

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\"HolyHoly Cross\u2019 Branden Fadl (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nBRANDEN FADL<\/p>\n

Holy Cross, Senior<\/p>\n

Throws<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Gold, shot put (54-2, personal best and school record); Fourth, discus (142-1, personal best).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won a gold in the shot put (52-6) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Won a gold in the shot put (52-9.5) at the Wyalusing Lasagna Invitational. \u2026 Won a silver in the shot put (50-98.5) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 Will continue his academic and athletic careers at Susquehanna University.<\/p>\n

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\"Wallenpaupack'sWallenpaupack\u2019s Ryan Vargo (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nRYAN VARGO<\/p>\n

Wallenpaupack, Junior<\/p>\n

Throws<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 3A: 23rd, discus (132-7).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 3A: Gold, discus (176-4).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Gold, discus (178-5) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Finished 16th in the discus (146-1) at the 130th Penn Relays. \u2026 Won gold in the discus (179-11, personal best and school record) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 Finished first in the discus (162-2) at the 130th Penn Relays qualifier. \u2026 Won a gold in the discus (173-4) at the NEPA Throws Invitational. \u2026 He was the Lackawanna Track Conference Coaches\u2019 Division I-II Co-Field Performer of the Year.<\/p>\n

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\"MidMid Valley\u2019s Robert Mattioli (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nROBERT MATTIOLI<\/p>\n

Mid Valley, Senior<\/p>\n

Throws<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: 16th, discus (144-10).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Gold, discus (151-6); Silver, shot put (48-4.5, personal best).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Set a school record and personal best in winning the discus (153-10) at the LTC vs. WVC all-star meet. \u2026 Finished fifth in the shot put (47-8) and seventh in the discus (147-1) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Finished fifth in the shot put (46-2.75) and seventh in the discus (146-10) at the Godek Invitational.<\/p>\n

\"Lakeland'sLakeland\u2019s Rocco Spataro (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nROCCO SPATARO<\/p>\n

Lakeland, Sophomore<\/p>\n

Throws<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: 11th, javelin (169-3).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Gold, javelin (175-11).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won a gold in the javelin (177-11, personal best) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Finished fifth in the javelin (163-5) at the Wyalusing Lasagna Invitational.\u00a0 \u2026 Won a silver in the javelin (157-5) at the North Penn Open. \u2026 Finished 10th in the javelin (166-10) at the NEPA Throws Invitational.<\/p>\n

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\"Dunmore'sDunmore\u2019s Josh Dudick (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nJOSH DUDICK<\/p>\n

Dunmore, Junior<\/p>\n

Jumps<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: Eighth-place medal, long jump (21-8.75).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Gold, long jump (22-2.75); Bronze, triple jump (43-0); Fourth, high jump (6-1).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won gold in the long jump (21-5.25), a bronze in high jump (6-4, personal best), and finished fifth in the triple jump (42-4) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Won silver in the long jump (21-0.25), won a bronze in the high jump (6-4), and finished seventh in the triple jump (41-9) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 Set a school record in the long jump (22-3) during the regular season.<\/p>\n

\"BlueBlue Ridge\u2019s Chance Davis (JOBY FAWCETT \/ STAFF PHOTO)
\nCHANCE DAVIS<\/p>\n

Blue Ridge, Junior<\/p>\n

Jumps<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: Fourth-place medal, long jump (21-10); 13th, high jump (6-2).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Silver, long jump (22-2, personal best and school record); Bronze, high jump (6-3, personal best); Fourth, triple jump (42-1.5).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Finished fourth in the triple jump (42-9, personal best and school record), sixth in the long jump (20-11.5), and eighth in the high jump (6-0) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Won a bronze in the high jump (6-2) and finished seventh in the long jump (20-8.5) at the Wyalusing Lasagna Invitational.<\/p>\n

\"Dunmore'sDunmore\u2019s Carter Sload (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nCARTER SLOAD<\/p>\n

Dunmore, Junior<\/p>\n

Jumps<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: Fifth-place medal, high jump (6-4).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Gold, high jump (6-5); Sixth in the triple jump (41-8.5, personal best).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won a gold in the high jump (6-4) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Won a gold medal in the high jump (6-6, personal best and school record) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 Won a gold medal as a member of the 1,600 relay team at the District 2 Class 2A championships. \u2026 Led Dunmore to the Lackawanna Track Conference Division III and District 2 Class 2A championships.<\/p>\n

\"ElkElk Lake\u2019s Brody Crisman (JOBY FAWCETT \/ STAFF PHOTO)
\nBRODY CRISMAN<\/p>\n

Elk Lake, Junior<\/p>\n

Jumps<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: Fourth-place medal (6-4).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Silver, high jump (6-5, personal best); Sixth, 110 hurdles (16.51); Seventh, 300 hurdles (42.42).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won a silver medal in the high jump (6-4) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Finished fourth in the 300 hurdles (41.69, personal best), and finished sixth in the high jump (6-0) at the Wyalusing Lasagna Invitational. \u2026 Finished sixth in the 300 hurdles (42.56) and seventh in the 110 hurdles (16.52) at the Wilhour Invitational. \u2026 Finished eighth in the 300 hurdles (42.67) at the Godek Invitational.<\/p>\n

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\"HolyHoly Cross\u2019 Kevin Vincent (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nKEVIN VINCENT<\/p>\n

Holy Cross, Senior<\/p>\n

Jumps<\/p>\n

PIAA CLASS 2A: Seventh-place medal (43-11).<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 2A: Gold, triple jump (44-6); Eighth, long jump (20-10, personal best).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Won a gold in triple jump (45-0, personal best and school record), and finished 11th in the long jump (19-8) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Won a gold in the triple jump (44-11.25) and finished 16th in the long jump (18-6.5) at the Godek Invitational. \u2026 Will continue his academic and athletic careers at Bucknell University.<\/p>\n

\"Honesdale'sHonesdale\u2019s Maddox Johnson (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nMADDOX JOHNSON<\/p>\n

Honesdale, Junior<\/p>\n

Jumps<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 2 CLASS 3A: Gold, high jump (6-3, personal best); Bronze, long jump (22-1, personal best); Sixth, triple jump (43-1.5, personal best).<\/p>\n

NOTEWORTHY: Finished fourth in the high jump (6-0), fourth in the long jump (21-1), and sixth in the triple jump (41-9.5) at the Robert Spagna Championships. \u2026 Finished fourth in the high jump (6-0) and sixth in the triple jump (41-9) at the Godek Invitational.<\/p>\n

\"DunmoreDunmore boys track and field coach Michael DeSando (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
\nCOACH OF THE YEAR
\nMICHAEL DeSANDO<\/p>\n

Dunmore<\/p>\n

He and his staff led Dunmore to an undefeated season and the Lackawanna Track Conference Division III championship. The Bucks also won their first District 2 Class 2A championship since 1991.<\/p>\n

RELAYS
\n3200<\/p>\n

Elk Lake<\/p>\n

(Cody Adams, Trevor Upright, Parker Upright, Kendel Jones)<\/p>\n

400<\/p>\n

Valley View<\/p>\n

(Ben Evans, Gavin Oprishko, Gavin Walsh, Gabe Davis)<\/p>\n

1600<\/p>\n

Wallenpaupack<\/p>\n

(Izael Rodriguez, Aiden Janowicz, Dawid Mrowka, Bryce Pagano)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KENDEL JONES, Elk Lake PERFORMER OF THE YEAR KENDEL JONES Elk Lake, Senior Distance\/Mid-distance PIAA CLASS 2A: Silver,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-221303","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\/221303","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=221303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}