PUNXSUTAWNEY – Rob Bleem, Shroy Mukerjee and Colton Langianese
continued their strong seasons Tuesday afternoon, leading Bradford
(4-0) to a 109-41 track and field win over Punxsutawney.

Bleem won the javelin, discus and shot put, Mukerjee took the
400 and was on the 3200 and 1600 relays and Langianese won the 1600
and 800 runs and was on the 1600 relay.

Bleem’s shot put of 57’6 1/2″ was a personal best by two feet.
He is less than a foot away from the school record of 58’3″ set in
1970 by Jim Nelson.

Double winners were Rich Bartlebaugh (3200 relay, 1600 relay),
Jared Feura (3200 relay, 1600 relay), Nick Johnson (110 high
hurdles, 300 hurdles) and David Rivera (triple jump, long
jump).

Garrett McEwen (48’4 1/2″) and Steve Reinhardt (47’3″) had
personal bests in the shot put.

Pole vaulters Shane Speaker and Dan McMurtrie tied personal
bests (12’6″).

Langianese had a personal best in the 1600 run (4:40) and a
solid performance in the 800 (2:03).

In the 110 high hurdles hurdles, Nick Johnson (15.5), Tyree
Bennett (15.7) and Vinnie Schiappa (17.0) had personal bests.

Johnson (41.8), Bennett (42.3) and Schiappa (44.9) had personal
bests in the 300 IM hurdles.

“Our 1600 relay had a real good time (3:32) for a dual meet,”
Bradford coach Tom Tessena said.

Vanere Maynard had a personal best in the 100 dash (11.2) and a
decent time of 22.6 in the 200 dash, according to Tessena. In
addition, Matthew White had a personal best in the 3200
(10:46).

“We had a good day,” Tessena added. “Everybody seemed to step it
up a little bit. It made for a worthwhile trip.

“We have plenty of room for improvement. We are still a little
tired from Saturday’s Kane Invitational. Hopefully, we can get the
stiffness out for the big meet at Erie McDowell on Saturday. Some
of our younger guys are stepping up and scoring some points.”