Congratulations to the following athletes who have qualified for
#PIAA
States at
@shippensburgU
:
🔸W. Huss (200, 400, 4x400)
🔸Broadway (110H, 300H, 4x400)
🔸Kott (800, 4x400)
🔸J. Huss (400, 4x400)
@TribHSInsider
@TrackNationUSA
After today’s javelin throw of 125’ 6”, Sophia Mazzoni is now the
#1
seed in
@wpial7
AA (as of this tweet) and the
#8
freshman in the country. The sky is truly the limit.
@TribLiveHSSN
@PennTrackXC
@sophia_mazzoni
’s 2023 Season:
🥈PA AA Girls’ Javelin - highest placing girl in Derry TF history
2️⃣4️⃣’ improvement from last year’s state meet
🥇WPIAL Champion
1️⃣4️⃣7️⃣’ NEW School Record
This past week was the 5th annual track and field summer camp for grades 3-7 to promote the sport to the youth of the community. Over 50 kids participated, culminating in a meet on Friday where smiles were abundant and records were broken.
Track is an amazing sport.
We came.
We saw.
We three-peated.
Congrats to the Derry Area girls track and field for finishing 7-0 and winning their 3rd straight
@wpial7
AA section title!
Today’s
#SeniorSpotlight
:
JUSTIN HUSS
#ClassOf2020
HS
@milesplit
PRs:
🔸100m - 11.47
🔸200m - 22.7
🔸400m - 49.53 (School Record)
🔸 Member of the 2017 record-setting boys 4x400 team
Treated every workout with the same intensity - which transferred to when it counted.
Not only is he a
#DualSport
athlete, but he is also a
#DualEvent
track athlete too. You got yourself a steal here, Coach - sky is the limit for Justin’s potential on the track. Excited to see his results over the next four years.
#DApride
We are excited to welcome Justin Huss into the
#WJTF
family!
Justin is a sprinter out of Derry Area High School. He is another one of our incredible
#DualSport
athletes coming to W&J this year! He will be competing for our football team in the fall
@WJFootball
🔴⚫️🏃🏻🏈
Congratulations to Sophia Mazzoni (
@sophia_mazzoni
) as she has earned the distinction of being the 2023
@wpial7
AA girls Javelin Champion with a throw of 140’ 5”!
Congratulations to Tessa Hayes on signing to continue her academic and athletic career at
@WJ_TF_XC
! She'll be running XC & Track while majoring in pre-pharmacy. Well done, Tessa! 🎉
#SeniorSuccess
#FuturePharmacist
Congrats to the girls team for winning their third straight section title today!
They are the first Derry girls’ program to 3-peat since girls’ volleyball won 4 between 2002-2005.
All season, we kept hearing the future is bright. As a team, the future quickly turned to now. But after this weekend’s
#PIAAStates
- both are true. These two ladies will be back, but next time with some teammates! Congrats on a great season Jane and Sophia!
This was truly awesome to see live right by the finish line. Our student-athletes felt like they were a part of something special, and it mostly certainly was. Track and field is the best.
🏃♀️ Derry Area Cross Country Girls Team WCCA Champs! 🏆 Girls clinched their 2nd consecutive title at Westmoreland County Coaches Association Championships. 🥇
#CrossCountryChampions
@DASDTrojans1
Tara gets out at 5-2 - has potential at top 10 in the
#PIAA
but will miss making podium. Congrats on an amazing, record breaking season AS A SOPHOMORE! 5-2 1/2 is new, official DA girls high jump record.
Shoutout to
@_coachkeef
for becoming the new head coach for Hempfield football. One of the nicest, most knowledgeable, & humble coaches out there. Also refreshing to see
#trackandfield
coaches becoming football coaches to further solidify the connection between the 2 sports 💪
As per Monday's board agenda, Hempfield will recommend the promotion of nine-year assistant Nick Keefer to head football coach.
Keefer on staff with Rich Bowen and Mike Brown. Was OC for 3 years.
Spartans' freshman head coach 2019-21.
@_coachkeef
@hasd_athletics
@TribLiveHSSN
Congrats to Freshman Sophia Mazzoni for finishing 10th in the
#PIAAStates
with a throw of 117’! Improved 2 seeds. Awesome season. There’s nowhere to go but up!!
The girls 4x400 team of
@jhuss_runs
, Adalyn O’Hanlon, Julia Mucci, and
@alaynawilliamss
crushed their seed time with a new PR of 4:13, good enough for
#3
in the entire AA
@wpial7
This time is also 3 seconds away from the school record of 4:10. 👀
2023 Coach Walt “Attitude” Award
In honor of former throws coach, Rick Walthour, given to a thrower who demonstrated a strong work ethic
This year’s winner is 2023 WPIAL Champion,
@PIAASports
track & field qualifier, and school record holding javelin thrower,
@sophia_mazzoni
Congrats to Tara Perry (HJ), Justin Huss (200, 400, 4x4), Damian Morales (800, 4x4), Christian Bartlebaugh (4x4), and Dom Reffo (4x4) for all qualifying for
#PIAA
States next weekend.
Next stop:
@shippensburgU
It’s 2023. Why doesn’t
@milesplit
have an app yet? Is there one in development? It’s kind of a pain to log into a website via Safari all the time as a paid subscriber.
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