From Mirror reports
For nearly two decades, the Altoona Area High School boys have been the gold standard at the District 6 Class AAA track and field championship meet.
This year, though, the Mountain Lions are probably going to be pushed as they hope to hold onto their district crown.
Both Altoona and State College have six No. 1 seeds for Thursday's meet at Mansion Park. The district released its seedings on Monday night. The meet kicks off at 3:30 p.m.
The winner in each event advances to the PIAA meet at Shippensburg University May 25-26, along with any performers meeting a predetermined qualifying standard.
Altoona's strength on the boys side resides more firmly in the distance runs and the relays. Seniors Korey Replogle and Dylan Mountain are ranked a very close one-two in both the 1600 and the 3200 meters and form half of the Lions' top-seeded four-by-800 relay. Altoona also is top seeded in the 400 relay.
Altoona senior pole vaulter Ryan Steinbugl not only is a prohibitive favorite, he is chasing a possible 6-AAA record. Steinbugl vaulted 15 feet, 10 inches early this season. If he can match or exceed it, he'll break the mark of 15-9 set by State College's Kevin Dare in 2000.
Dreux Stamford is Altoona's remaining first seed, holding down the top position in the 200 meters; Stamford also is seeded second in the 200.
The Altoona girls hopes rest with Nikki Kerns, Katelyn Goodman and Abby Wagner. Kerns is the No. 1 seed in both hurdles and the high jump, Goodman is seeded first in the discus and javelin, and Wagner is the top seed in the long jump and second seed in the triple jump.
TOP THREE SEEDS
State qualifying standard in parentheses
BOYS
100 dash (11.10): 1, Dreux Stamford, Altoona, 11.10; 2 (tie), DaQuan Minter, Johnstown, and Austen Randecker, Central Mountain, 11.30.
200 dash (22.50): 1, Alex Shisler, State College, 21.94; 2, Dreux Stamford, Altoona, 22.56; 3, Rafeeq Barnes, Altoona, 22.89.
400 dash (50.09): 1, Alex Shisler, State College, 48.54; 2, Sean Gipson, Bellefonte, 50.60; 3, J.T. Ventura, Hollidaysburg, 51.72.
800 run (1:57.32): 1, Zach Moon, Mifflin County, 1:57.88; 2, William Cather, State College, 1:58.39; 3, Paul Wright, State College, 2:01.12.
1600 run (4:24.22): 1, Korey Replogle, Altoona, 4:20.82; 2, Dylan Mountain, Altoona, 4:20.93; 3, William Cather, State College, 4:28.48.
3200 run (9:31.71): 1. Korey Replogle, Altoona, 9:26.47; 2, Dylan Mountain, Altoona, 9:29.68; 3, John Crowe, State College, 9:40.88.
110 hurdles (15.10): 1, Dan Collins, State College, 14.92; 2, Kevin Johnson Altoona, 15.39; 3, Josh Nyman, Central Mountain, 15.60.
300 hurdles (39.80): 1, Dan Collins, State College, 39.61; 2, Uthman Hill, Altoona, 41.20; 3, Jonathan Smith, State College, 41.73.
400 relay (43.40): 1, Altoona, 42.79; 2, Mifflin County, 44.00; 3, State College, 44.74.
1600 relay (3:24.03): 1, State College, 3:24.21; 2, Altoona, 3:27.88; 3, Mifflin County, 3:33.10.
3200 relay (8:02.04): 1, Altoona, 7:59.02; 2, State College, 7:59.55; 3, Central Mountain, 8:48.36.
High jump (6-5): 1, Jake Shepherd, Mifflin County, 6-6; 2 (tie), Deshae Lee, Altoona, and Sam McCloy, Central Mountain, 6-4.
Long jump (21-10): 1, Austen Randecker, Central Mountain, 21-5.5; 2, Sean Gipson, Bellefonte, 21-4; 3, Jake Shepherd, Mifflin County, 21-2.75.
Triple jump (44-6): 1, Harry Lowber, Mifflin County, 44-10.5; 2, Kevin Johnson, Altoona, 44-2; 3, Brennan Luciano, Altoona, 43-9.5.
Shot put (52-0): 1, Brock Eisenhuth, Johnstown, 53-0; 2, David Gordeuk, State College, 51-1; 3, Christian Posatko, State College, 47-6.25.
Discus (153-0): 1, David Gordeuk, State College, 166-10; 2, Tyler Cryder, Central Mountain, 134-0; 3, Christian Posatko, State College, 131-6.
Javelin (178-0): 1, Cole Welham, Mifflin County, 179-3; 2, Kyler Klein, Central Mountain, 163-9; 3, Brennan Luciano, Altoona, 162-6.
Pole vault (14-3): 1, Ryan Steinbugl, Altoona, 15-10; 2, Kolby Koeck, Altoona, 14-3; 3, Quinn Eicher, Bellefonte, 14-0.
GIRLS
100 dash (12.67): 1, Niara Valentine, State College, 12.60; 2, Victoria Smothers, Johnstown, 12.70; 3, Madilyn Walters, Mifflin County, 12.84.
200 dash (25.91): 1, Jayna Coyle, Somerset, 26.31; 2, Madilyn Walters, Mifflin County, 26.39; 3, Victoria Smothers, Johnstown, 26.40.
400 dash (58.80): 1, Chandley Book, State College, 59.50; 2, Tashauna Smith, Johnstown, 59.88; 3, Caroline Heckman, Somerset, 1:01.42.
800 run (2:18.47): 1, Emma Cousins, State College, 2:16.10; 2, Marissa Long, Mifflin County, 2:17.81; 3, Kathryn McNaughton, State College, 2:21.08.
1600 run (5:13.37): 1, Nora Adams, State College, 5:18.30; Ashley Lidwell, Altoona, 5:27.60; 3, Whitney Strohecker, Mifflin County, 5:30.99.
3200 run (11:13.30): 1, Anne Balough, State College, 11:51.46; 2, Ashley Lidwell, Altoona, 11:52.41; 3, Madison Krieger, State College, 12:13.04.
100 hurdles (15.65): 1, Nikki Kerns, Altoona, 15.17; 2, Erika Shawver, Mifflin County, 16.08; 3, Molly Love, State College, 16.11.
300 hurdles (46.60): 1, Nikki Kerns, Altoona, 45.38; 2, Jen Lake, Mifflin County, 46.77; 3, Erika Shawver, Mifflin County, 48.21.
400 relay (49.96): 1, State College, 50.11; 2, Mifflin County, 51.00; 3, Johnstown, 51.10.
1600 relay (4:02.50): 1, State College, 4:01.06; 2, Altoona, 4:09.12; 3, Mifflin County, 4:09.58.
3200 relay (9:35.48): 1, State College, 9:39.84; Mifflin County, 9:41.98; 3, Altoona, 10:20.14.
High jump (5-3): 1, Nikki Kerns, Altoona, 5-3; 2 (tie), Kaitlyn Walbridge, Central Mountain, Alexa Weston, Altoona, and Makayla Williams, Hollidaysburg, 5-0.
Long jump (17-3): 1, Abby Wagner, Altoona, 17-9.25; 2, Jayna Coyle, Somerset, 17-2; 3, Jena Toner, Central Mountain, 17-2.
Triple jump (36-6): 1, Jayna Coyle, Somerset, 38-3.5; 2, Abby Wagner, Altoona, 37-8.5; 3, Najla Robinson, State College, 37-8.5.
Shot put (37-6): 1, Makala Rearick, Central Mountain, 34-1; 2, Rebecca Laich, Altoona, 33-6; 3, Katelyn Goodman, Altoona, 32-10.
Discus (118-0): 1, Katelyn Goodman, Altoona, 112-7; 2, Natalie Smith, Hollidaysburg, 96-10; 3, Rebecca Laich, Altoona, 95-6.
Javelin (122-0): Katelyn Goodman, Altoona, 114-1; 2, Kimberly Lightner, State College, 111-1; 3, Alexis Mirenda, Altoona, 110-11.
Pole vault (11-0): 1, Molly Love, State College, 11-6; 2, Hannah Mulhern, Altoona, 10-6; 3, Kate Nese, State College, 9-0.
