Clarion Comets Run, Jump and Throw at Youngstown State University High School Meet #2

Thanks to Matt Lerch for this summary and photos: Above photo – Brenna Armstrong in the Triple Jump finals.

The Clarion Comets Track Club travelled to Youngstown State University’s WATTS Center to compete against athletes from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Canada on January 20th. Fourteen athletes from Clarion County representing Clarion Area, Clarion-Limestone, A-C Valley and Union competed from the morning to early evening. Coach Tammy Lerch and assistant coach Nate Datko provided support for the athletes as they transitioned to and from their events.

The Long Jumpers started the events with Aiden Fox, Isaac Lerch, Carter Brown, Hannah Ithen and Megan Powell.

Fox led the Comets boys squad with an 11th place finish out of 37 with a jump of 18’7.5”. Lerch followed with a 13th place finish of 18’3.5” and Brown in 29th place finish of 15’8.25”. On the girls side, Ithen made the finals with an 8th place finish out of 40 with a jump of 15’10.75” and Powell with a 37th place at 11’11.25”.

Ithen then transferred to the 60m dash and came in 29th out of 76 with a time of 8.78 seconds. Brown competed for the boys in the 60m and placed 67th out of 86 with a time of 8:14 seconds. The girls 1600m was the next event with Adi Jackson producing a 29th place finish out of 96 runners in a time of 5:44. Bryn Anderson, a sixth grader, came in 70th with a time of 6:29 for a personal record (PR). The boys 1600m was next with Jonas Wilshire placing 48th out of 100 runners in a time of 4:56.

Josh Turner came in 73rd with a new PR of 5:20 and Blace Easlon, a seventh grader, placed 95th in a time a 5:52.

The next race to be contested was the Girls 400m with Eliza Datko in 43rd place out of 61 runners in a time of 1:10. The shot put was being contested by two Comets. Brenna Armstrong placed 7th out of 46 throwers with a season’s best of 32’10”. Zander Laughlin threw for the boys placing 25th out of 50 throwers and scored a new PR of 37’04”. Powell wasn’t done jumping as she competed in the triple jump coming in 29th place with a jump of 24:03. Fox competed for the boys and he made the finals of the triple jump earning a 7th place out of 25 with a jump of 38’11”.

The girls 800m was the next event with Jackson earning an astounding 12th place finish in a crowded field of 84 runners in a time of 2:33, a new PR.

Datko came in32nd in 2:43 and Anderson set a new PR of 2:58 in 51st place. On the boys side, Wilshire came in28th out of 79 with an time of 2:11, a new PR. Turner came in 59th place in 2:27 and Easlon came in 70th in 2:39. Ben Aaron, coming back from injury, ran the 800m in 2:46. The 200m was contested by Brown and Lerch who came in 55th and 58th respectively out of 73 runners. Brown ran a new PR of 26.66 and Lerch ran a 26.76.

The Comets travel this Saturday to SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, home to an Olympic grade 8 lane 300m Rekortan track enclosed in a 235,000 sq feet indoor facility.

(Good Going, Comets!!!!)