May 20 / 23

DIAA State Championships:

Team Champions are Crowned –
Girls: DI/DII – Padua/Tatnall

Boys: DI/DII – Salesianum/St. Georges and Tatnall!

(1st time two teams Tatnall and St.Georges tied for state for DII Title in 75 year history-
St. George’s Boys Track team was helped largely by ASA Founder/ St. George’s Assistant Coach Mark Dendy, who also assisted St. Georges Girls Track Team to a 2nd place finish in this years meet)

GIRLS’ DI HIGHLIGHTS:

Padua defended its team title taking the championship five straight years! Despite scoring no points in the non-hurdling, open sprint events, the Pandas were fueled by a strong showing in the distance events, scoring 55 of their 171.5 points, field events – 45.5 points -hurdle events – 33 points – and 38 points in the relays! In the distance events, no one could beat sophomore, Lydia Olivere, who won the 3200m in a meet record time of 10:34.86, then returned Monday to take the 1600m/5:09.06 and the 800m/2:17.49! Darby Deutsch was their only top winner in the field events, claiming the Pole Vault title in 11’ 9". Taliah Cintron was the winner in the 300m Hurdles – 43.81! Although no match for Middletown in the 4 × 200m, the Pandas claimed the 4 × 100m (Deutsch, Christina Allen, Elizabeth Bader, & Sara Durso) in 49.57, the 4 × 400m (Bader, Bailey Apostolico, Cintron, Deutsch) in 3:55.83, and the 4 × 800m (Katherine Hally, Maddie Olivere, Apostolico, & Amber Owens) in 9:48.07.

ASA/Middletown’s Daija Lampkin surprised no one in sweeping the 3 sprint events: 100m (11.78/11.94), 200m (23.68/24.38), and 400m (55.45)!

Lampkin’s teammates (Erikah Jones, Heidi Alobwede, Lauryn Denson, & Andrea Jones), were victorious in the 4 × 200m – 1:41.75.

Delcastle senior, Sherita Lowman showed her strength winning the 100m Hurdles (14.36/14.64).

Charter’s Asaana Shamlin was the winner in the High Jump (5’ 0") having fewer misses than Padua’s Sara Durso (2nd), Smyrna’s Shantell Kargbeh (3rd), and Wm Penn’s Shanira Mitchell (3rd) – all cleared the same height.

Sofia Janotti (Appoquinimink) took the Long Jump title in 18-01.50 and Smyrna’s field ace, Shantell Kargbeh claimed the Triple Jump crown in 37-09.25.

Smyrna thrower Myrissa McFolling-Young reigned in those events winning the Shot in 39-03.50 and the Discus in 129-02.

GIRLS’ DII HIGHLIGHTS:

The girls from Tatnall won easily, scoring 138 points to runners-up 74.5 points from both St. Georges & Ursuline. The Hornets continued their tradition of strength in the open distance events, scoring 64 points across the 800m – 3200m and another 10 in the 4 × 800m! Freshman Keelin Hays took home 4 Gold Medals winning the 800m (2:17.04), the 1600m (5:07.18), the 3200m (11:17.85) and was on the winning 4 × 800m (9:56.46), along with teammates Caroline Silverman, Lauren Anshen, & Savannah Pankow! The Hornets got strong support from its sprinters and field athletes, racking up 45 points on the sprint side and an additional 13 in the field events! Tatnall (Anshen, Lexxie Mathis, Pankow, & Kayla Woods) won the long sprint relay, taking the 4 × 400m in 4:05.39!

ASA/St. Georges senior, Micaiah Dendy was the winner in both horizontal jump events – Long/18-05.50 and Triple/38-02.00 setting DII Meet records in both!

In the throwing events it was Ursuline’s Sophia Simoes taking both titles – Shot/33-03.25 and Discus/104-09.

The High Jump champion was a freshman from Wm Friends, Danielle Nathan, who jumped 5’ 4".

Jennife Armistead was the winner in the Pole Vault – 8’ 6".

Najiya Cornish (Ursuline) was the short sprint champion winning the 100m/12.47 and 200m/24.84.

Kamani Conteh (Wm Christian) won the 400m in 57.63.

Naya-Monet Sembe (St. Georges) won the 100m Hurdles in 16.47 while Alexis Lee (St. Elizabeth) was the 300m Hurdle champ – 47.84.

The girls from Ursuline (Elizabeth Brutsche, Caroline Bullock, Katelyn Sentman & Cornish), edged Lake Forest to win the 4 × 100m – 50.32.

The girls from Glasgow (Kayla Moody, Teajah Henry, Ashley Pearce, & Desire Singleton), were the easy winner in the 4 × 200m – 1:46.65.

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