2017 Herald-Standard All-Area Track & Field Team
Kelly Tunney | Herald-Standard
Waynesburg Central’s Daniel Layton (center) advanced to the semifinals and set a personal record time of 15.43 seconds in the preliminaries of the 110-meter high hurdles at the PIAA Track & Field Championships at Shippensburg University.
Kelly Tunney | Herald-Standard
Waynesburg Central’s Ben Bumgarner (left) accepts the gold medal after winning the boys 3,200 with an 11-second advantage over Quaker Valley’s Zach Skolnovich (right) at the PIAA Track & Field Championships at Shippensburg University.
Waynesburg Central’s Will Behm clears the bar in the boys Class AA pole vault at the PIAA Track & Field Championships at Shippensburg University. Behm cleared 13-6, beating his personal best by a foot, to take ninth place overall.
Ringgold's Brian Vandusen flies through the air in the long jump at the PIAA Track & Field Championships at Shippensburg University.
3,200 relay: Connellsville.
Honorable mention: Uniontown, Belle Vernon.
110 high hurdles: Daniel Layton, Waynesburg Central.
Honorable mention: Sven Rabsahl, Laurel Highlands; Iliesa Salauca, Laurel Highlands; Hunter Martin, Belle Vernon.
100: Anthony Brown, Uniontown.
Honorable mention: Tyler Rothfus, California; Jaylen Sherrod, Ringgold; Justin Hartsek, Laurel Highlands.
1,600: Ben Bumgarner, Waynesburg Central.
Honorable mention: Chris Stahl, Connellsville; Brendan Kopich, Laurel Highlands; Charles Roberts, California; Brett Seich, Belle Vernon; Aaron Mylan, Jefferson-Morgan.
400: Cross Yankosky, Belle Vernon.
Honorable mention: George Trimbath, Connellsville.
400 relay: Ringgold.
Honorable mention: Uniontown, Connellsville, Southmoreland, Waynesburg Central, California.
300 intermediate hurdles: Jonathan Devine, Elizabeth Forward.
Honorable mention: Hunter Martin, Belle Vernon; Dustin Mock, California; Isaiah Melvin, Uniontown.
800: Ben Bumgarner, Waynesburg Central.
Honorable mention: George Trimbath, Connellsville.
200: Brian Vandusen, Ringgold.
Honorable mention: Anthony Brown, Uniontown; Tyler Rothfus, California; Jaylen Sharrod, Ringgold.
3,200: Ben Bumgarner, Waynesburg Central.
Honorable mention: Chris Stahl, Connellsville.
1,600 relay: Belle Vernon.
Honorable mention: Ringgold.
Discus: Jake Herron, Belle Vernon.
Honorable mention: Craig Weaver, West Greene; Ronald White, Beth-Center; Ethan Fetzner, Albert Gallatin.
Shot put: Ricky Cialone, Elizabeth Forward.
Honorable mention: Levi Graft, Yough; Dustin Colebank, Albert Gallatin.
Javelin: John Guseman, Uniontown/Daniel Jacobs, Elizabeth Forward.
Honorable mention: Keith Kalp, Mount Pleasant; Caleb Matthews, Laurel Highlands; Cameron Sapola, Connellsville; Alec Basile, Uniontown.
High jump: Vinnie Keffer, Southmoreland/Sven Rabsahl, Laurel Highlands.
Honorable mention: Jayden Thomas, Uniontown.
Triple jump: Hunter Martin, Belle Vernon.
Honorable mention: Nicholas Seto, Brownsville; Benjamin Jackson, West Greene; Chris Sweeney, Laurel Highlands; Gavin Connors, Connellsville; J’Mier Hollingsworth, Uniontown.
Long jump: Brian Vandusen, Ringgold.
Honorable mention: Octavius Vasser, Ringgold; Julian Muccioli, Frazier; Malaky Howard, Uniontown.
Pole vault: Will Behm, Waynesburg Central.
Honorable mention: Mason Franks, Connellsville; Daniel Layton, Waynesburg Central.
Class AAA Most Outstanding Field Performer: Daniel Jacobs, Elizabeth Forward/John Guseman, Uniontown.
Class AAA Most Outstanding Track Performer: Chris Stahl, Connellsville.
Class AA Most Outstanding Field Performer: Will Behm, Waynesburg Central.
Class AA Most Outstanding Track Performer: Ben Bumgarner, Waynesburg Central.
Most Outstanding Coaching Staffs: Class AAA, Connellsville (Jeff Galand); Class AA, Southmoreland (Dave Keefer).
NOTES: Local boys won 17 WPIAL medals and two PIAA medals … Class AAA athletes totaled nine district medals and one state medal, while Class AA boys won eight WPIAL medals and one state medal. … Bumgarner finished second in both the WPIAL Class AA 1,600 and 3,200, but the final race was his best of the season when he won the state gold medal in the 3,200. … Bumgarner finished over 10 seconds ahead of Quaker Valley’s Zach Skolnovich, who was 18 seconds ahead of the Waynesburg Central senior in the WPIAL finals. … Bumgarner’s winning time was 40 seconds faster than his WPIAL silver-medal winning time and just six seconds off the state meet record set by Southmoreland’s Chris Dugan in 1997. … Although Behm did not medal in the state meet, he finished ninth on misses, the Waynesburg Central junior beat his PR by a foot. Behm tied for third at the WPIAL finals. … Layton was a double medalist at the WPIAL finals, finishing second in the Class AA 110 high hurdles and seventh in the pole vault … Layton advanced to the semifinals of the high hurdles at the PIAA meet. … Guseman won the bronze medal in the WPIAL Class AAA javelin, but threw well below his seed distance to place 16th in the state finals. The Uniontown senior was also the Field MVP at the county meet. … Jacobs placed fifth in the Class AAA javelin in the district finals, then uncorked a throw seven feet longer than his personal best to finish fifth in the state. … Rabsahl won two WPIAL Class AAA medals, finishing sixth in the 110 high hurdles and tied for eighth in the high jump. … Vandusen also won two district medals, placing fourth in the 200 and seventh in the long jump. … Herron qualified for the PIAA meet in the Class AAA discus by meeting the state qualifying standard after finishing fifth with a throw of 153-7. … Stahl was the Track MVP at the county meet. … The Connellsville boys won the Section 2-AAA title and finished second by three points to Uniontown for the county team title. … Keefer led both the Southmoreland boys and girls to the WPIAL Class AA team playoffs. … Medal breakdown per school was Waynesburg Central (5 WPIAL, 1 PIAA) with six, Elizabeth Forward (2,1) three, Southmoreland (2,0), Laurel Highlands (2,0), Belle Vernon (2,0), and Ringgold (2,0) all with two, and Uniontown, Yough, and Mount Pleasant one WPIAL medal apiece.