EC track

Two Ellwood and nine Riverside athletes qualified for the PIAA track and field championships at Shippensburg University. Ellwood’s Taylor Petrak finished fourth in the 300 meter hurdles at the WPIAL track and field championships yesterday at Baldwin. The top five finishers advance to the PIAA. Billy Lott placed seventh in the 1600 meter run but his time of 4:26.57 automatically qualified him. Goldie Bookamer placed eighth in the pole vault, earning a medal. For Riverside, the following athletes advanced: Lance Fisher, Shot Put Brandon Tedrow, Pole Vault Jeremey Speicher, 300m Hurdles Calvin Wetzel,  300 m hurdles Skylar Rubsic, Calvin Wetzel,…

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,…

The Ellwood City boys track team came up close to Mohawk in a home meet yesterday, losing 76-74. However, several Ellwood athletes grab first places, including Billy Lott in both the 800 and 1600 meter runs and River Kelly in the javelin and discus throws. For the girls, the meet was a 115-35 loss. Taylor Petrak won the 300 meter hurdles and participated in a winning 4×100 meter relay with Mia DeCaria, Alena Battaglia and Karrington Ketterer. Boys Results Mohawk 76  Ellwood City 74 100-EC. DJ Barrett 11.8 200-EC. Nate Russo 24.9 400-M. Jake Hobel 54.5 800-EC. Billy Lott 2:13.2…

The Ellwood City boys and girls track teams both defeated Beaver Falls in a home meet on Thursday, April 14. For the girls, Golide Bookamer swept the three distance events and the pole vault. Taylor Petrak won the 100 and 200 meter dashes, and Emily Brown won the shot put and javelin throws. For the boys, River Kelly won the javelin while taking second in the discuss and shot put. Billy Lott won the 3200 meter run, participated in a winning 4×800 meter relay team and took second in the 800 and 1600 meter runs. Girls Score EC: 92 BF:…

The Ellwood City boys and girls track teams lost to Laurel at a home meet on Tuesday. However, Ellwood athletes captured several first places. For the boys, distance runner Billy Lott won the 800, 1600 and 3200 meter runs while participating in a winning 4×800 meter relay team. Nick Ioanilli claimed first in the 100 meter dash and long jump. Also taking first for Ellwood were Keyshawn Gatto in 400 meter run and River Kelly in the shot put throw. For the girls, Madison Morella won the 100 meter dash and 100 meter hurdles while participating in the winning 4×100…

The Ellwood City boys and girls track and field started the season yesterday with a double meet versus Beaver and Rochester at home. Both the boys and girls teams defeated Rochester but lost to Beaver. The Ellwood girls dominated much of the field competition against both Beaver and Rochester, with Mia DeCaria winning the high and triple jumps, Goldie Bookamer winning the pole-vault, Karrington Ketterer winning javelin and Madison Morella winning the long jump. For the boys, Billy Lott won the 3200 meter run while placing second in the 800 and 1600 to Beaver’s Riley Lamison. Keyshawn Gatto, Ricky Roth…