EC track

April 13, 2024

EC Boys, RHS Girls Each Collect 2nd Place Finishes At 2024 Beaver County Championships

The Ellwood City Boys and Riverside Girls Track and Field Teams each collected 2nd Place finishes At Beaver County Championships Saturday at Helling Stadium. The Wolverine boys finished with 83 team points on the afternoon while the Panther girls collected 84.5 points. For Ellwood City, the four man relay team of Nick Wise, Bradley Custer, Drew Steffler, and Colten Crizer posted a 1st place finish in the Boys 4×800 Meter Relay (8:28.62). The foursome of Crizer, Huth, Wise and Nick Franitti also finished 2nd in the Boys 4×400 Meter Relay with a time of 3:34.94. Franitti also shined individually for…

April 4, 2024

COACH TALK: Ellwood City and Riverside Track Seasons Underway

The area track and field seasons are underway! Ellwood City has new and returning athletes looking to fill voids while the Riverside track and field program will feature a strong duo of female runners and a boys program looking to continue to grow and progress. ELLWOOD CITY TRACK & FIELD: The Ellwood City Co-Ed Track & Field team lost very few athletes last year and picked up some talent this winter. The team will be looking for great team and individual performances as it begins in spring season, its second on the new stadium track surface. “Fans should be ready…

April 24, 2023

Sturgeon Captures 1st Place In High Jump At ‘Rock Relays’ On Saturday

Sophomore Delaney Sturgeon captured a 1st place finish in the Girls High Jump at the Slippery Rock University “Rock Relays” on Saturday. The high school invitational took place at the William Lennox Track at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium with teams from more than 40 high schools across the region participating. Sturgeon earned the top podium spot with a final jump of 5’0″ that bested six other athletes who all finished tied at 4’10”. Sturgeon also finished 3rd in the Pole Vault (8’0″) and 5th in the Long Jump (15’10”). Just last week, Sturgeon finished 1st overall in the high jump, 2nd overall…

April 17, 2023

Panthers Have Set Of MVPs, Set Javelin Record In Beaver County Track & Field Championships

Saturday marked the 50th Beaver County Track and Field Championships competition held at Riverside High School. Ellwood City and Riverside teams were well represented and turned in some podium-worthy performances and all four teams put together top ten finishes. Riverside Panthers Lexi Fluharty earned Most Valuable Performance on the track while Carlee Crawford earned Most Valuable Performance in the field to highlight a Lady Panthers team that finished second overall in the Beaver County Track Championships. RIVERSIDE: Led by a tandem of junior runners in Lexi Fluharty and Brooke Wissinger who each ran strong for the Panthers and fellow junior…

March 31, 2023

PHOTO: Ellwood City Boys Track & Field Sweeps Season Opening Meet, EC Girls Split

The Ellwood City boys track and field team swept its season opening meet this week, earning victories over Riverside and Union. The girls track team split their meet, with a victory over Union, but were bested by rival Riverside. “It’s a great start to the season and having the win against the cross-town rivals who have long been known for success on the track simply adds to the celebration,” said head coach Nate Brown. Ellwood City defeated Riverside 101-49 and Union 131-18 on Tuesday. For the Panthers, their coach knows improvements will need to be made. “The boys know where…

March 29, 2023

COACH TALK: Ellwood City & Riverside Track & Field Teams Each Looking Forward To Seasons

Ellwood City is hungry for more. With mostly freshmen and sophomores helping to lead the way with an all new coaching staff, Ellwood City has an appetite for more this spring on the track. “We were a young team last year,” says second year coach, Nathan Brown. “Many of those kids saw successes they weren’t expecting and now they’re hungry for more.” The team was uprooted from its home track last year due to Helling Stadium rennovations, forcing practices to be held at neighboring Riverside’s track facility and all meets to be on the road. The boys team finished 3-6…

April 26, 2022

PHOTOS: Ellwood City Track & Field Victorious Over Union

The Ellwood City Wolverines track and field teams earned victories over Union Area this past weekend at Union. For the boys, in its 105-44 victory, Brennen Marsh (200m) 26.1., Anthony Spadafore (400m) 59.5., Marley Schwiger (800m) 2:11.5., Nolan Currain (1600m) 5:30.1., and Kaiden Schlicenrull (3200m) 12:20.8. earned first place finishes for Ellwood City. Brayden Hendrickson collected individual first place finishes in the 100 hurdles (18.9) and 300 hurdles (50.0) to help the Wolverines. Ellwood City earned team victories in the 1600 relay (Schweiger, Curran, Brooks, Spadafore; 3:59.3.) and 3200 relay (Crizer, Wise, Schlitckroll, Spadafore; 9:53.5.) In the field events, Brajan Streit…

March 31, 2022

COACH TALK: Ellwood City Track Under New Tutelage

The Ellwood City Track & Field team will be under new tutelage this spring and the group of athletes will look to overcome a bit of adversity. $3.3 million dollars in renovations for Helling Stadium will begin in April. The work includes the installation of a new artificial turf field, new lighting, and a completely redone track. Work that will uproot the Wolverines from a home track, forcing practices to be held at neighboring Riverside’s track facility and all meets to be on the road this season, but none of that will affect the team’s performance according to new coach…

March 27, 2017

Ellwood City Track Teams Fall To Beaver

The Ellwood City boys and girls track teams were defeated by Beaver Area Friday afternoon. For the girls, a strong showing in the 100m was put together by the trio of Avory Elchison, Mia DeCaria, and Alena Battaglia who swept the event for the Wolverines. DeCaria also took first place in the high jump and long jump to spur the Wolverines. For the boys, William Lott placed first in both the 800m and 1600m events. Also for Ellwood, Noah Borison placed first in the shotput and javelin while Joel Ables took first in the discus event to round out a…

May 26, 2016

Ellwood’s Petrak and Lott Advance to Track States

The 300 meter hurdles and 1600 meter run are two of the most physically taxing events in track and field. The hurdles not only requires one to sprint an extended distance, but navigate hurdles as well. The 1600 (approximately one mile) requires speed, endurance and a considerable amount of strategy to pace the four laps and outlast the competition. Ellwood has an athlete advancing in each event. Junior Taylor Petrak placed fourth at the Class AA WPIAL finals in the girls 300 hurdles with a time of 47.35 seconds and junior Billy Lott placed seventh in the boys 1600 with…

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