Eight Ellwood and 20 Riverside Athletes Compete in Track and Field WPIAL Finals Today

Eight Ellwood athletes and 20 Riverside athletes qualified for the track and field WPIAL finals today at Baldwin High School.

The top eight finalists medal and the top five advance to the PIAA championships.

Ellwood’s qualifiers are:

• DJ Barrett, Alex Fotia, Nick Ioanilli, Nate Russo, alternate-Norm Ballard: 4×100 relay
• Nick Ioanilli: long jump
• River Kelly: shot put
• Billy Lott: 1600 and 3200 run
• Goldie Bookamer: pole vault
• Taylor Petrak: 300 hurdles

Riverside’s qualifiers are:

• Elsa Antal: 100 hurdles, long jump
• Kara Seebacher: pole vault
• Sydney Wolf: 800 run
• Sydney Wolf, Amanda Tedrow, Elizabeth Scherer, Micaela Stover: 3200 relay
• Sydney Wolf, Amanda Tedrow, Ashley Gallagher, Madison Sheridan: 1600 relay
• Lance Fisher: shot put and discus
• Jesse Fornatero: High jump and triple jump
• Nate Brown: pole vault
• Brandon Tedrow: pole vault
• Calvin Wetzel: 300m hurdles
• Jeremy Speicher: 300m hurdles
• Skylar Rubcic, Jackson Coyne, Calvin Wetzel, Nate Brown: 4×400 relay
• Jonah Kingston, Ari Kendra, Garrett Safern, Tristen Fanks: 4x800m relay

Alex Fotia, DJ Barrett, River Kelly, Nick Ioanilli, Norm Ballard, Taylor Petrak, Nate Russo, Billy Lott and Goldie Bookamer. Missing from photo is head coach Tom Natale. Photo by Jonathan Cortez/Ellwoodcity.org