Shane Hvizdzak and Shroy Mukerjee each tripled to lead Bradford
to a 113-28 win over Olean in high school track and field
Thursday.
Hvizdzak won the 100 and anchored both the 4×100 and 4×400 relay
teams. Mukerjee won the 800, was second in the 400 meters and ran a
leg on both the 4×800 and 4×400 relays.
Alex Ita also had a good day winning the 200- and 400-meter
races and taking a close second in the 100.ð
The 100 was virtually a four-way finish with Ita, Hvizdzak,
Chris Veney of Olean and Venere Maynard of Bradford having the same
time 11.6.ð
The best performance of the day belonged to Colton Langianese
who won the 3200 in 10:53 and took second in the 1600 with a 4:48
time. Langianese also ran on the 4×800 relay team and still came
back and ran the 4×400 B team.ð
“That was a lot of running,” BAHS coach Tom Tessena said.
Steve Kirkland was a double winner, recording a “great” time in
the 1600 (4:44), running on the winning 4×800 team and a running a
53.5 split on the B team in the 4×400.ð
Rob Bleem was a double winner, taking the shot with 47’11” and
the discus with 124’5″.
Bleem’s best event, the javelin, was not contested Thursday.
Bleem currently has the third-best throw in the state (183’6
1/2″).
Josh Holleran and Maynard also doubled. Both were members of the
4×100 and 4×400 relays.ð
Sophomore Maynard ran a “great” 23.5 in the 200 and 11.6 in the
100. He was very close to winning four events.
Ben Walter was the fourth member of the 4×100 relay that
recorded their best time of the year (45.1).
Sophomore Nick Johnson won both hurdle races in personal best
times of 16.6 and 43.3. He also took third in the long jump.
The team’s top event of the day was the pole vault. Matt
Teribery jumped 12′, Dan McMurtrie 11’6″, Billy Tompkins vaulted
10’6″ and Shane Speaker 10′.
Teribery had a six-foot improvement, McMurtrie improved by one
foot and and Tompkins improved two feet.
“We have two volunteer coaches who have really helped out,”
Tessena added.
The volunteer coaches are Mike Poiarkoff, a student at
Pitt-Bradford, and Jeremiah Karrasch, the Owls’ school record
holder with a personal best of 14’6″.
“These guys are making a lot of good things happen,” Tessena
noted.
Tessena noted he rested a few guys. Bradford’s best hurdler,
Andy Preston, helped coach Thursday. Preston will run Saturday.
“His crew did a great job,” Tessena said.
Johnson won both hurdles, Ryan Miller and Vinnie Schiappa had
personal bests in the 110 hurdles and Schiappa and freshman Tyree
Bennett had personal bests in the 300 hurdles.
Rich Bartlebaugh and Tommy Morris did well in the high jump, 6′
and 5’10”, respectively.
Bartlebaugh also had his best jump in the triple jump (38’8
1/4″). He was also a member of the 4×800 team.
Mike Foerstner and Anthony Cavallaro had their best times in the
3200 and Jared Feura ran three strong races. Ryan Mongillo and John
Lonzi had personal bests in the shot, 41’6″ and 39’4″,
respectively. Sophomores Dan Gonzalez and Ben Lanich helped the
Owls sweep the discus. In addition, Tyler Hopkins performed well in
all three jumps.
“It was a good day all the way around,” Tessena maintained.
“People stepped up in every event. Our younger guys are starting to
get some confidence and they are filling in nicely. We just have to
keep working hard and not get too comfortable. We have good
competition in every event.”
Bradford competes in the South Hills Classic in Pittsburgh on
Saturday.
