MC track splits in dual meet

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Updated: April 13, 2018

By Kenny Varner

LEWISTOWN – After a hard fought battle on the track against State College earlier in the week, the Mifflin County track teams faced another strong opponent Thursday in Carlisle.
The Huskies played host to a dual meet as the took on the Bison and Harrisburg High School.
It was a night of strong efforts and mixed results as Carlisle came out on top in both the boys and girls meet by scores of 90-60 and 99-51, respectively.
But the Huskies were able to sweep the Cougars with a score of 125-15 for the girls and 87-59 for the boys.
It was another record setting meet for Mifflin County’s Skylar Ciccolini who was on top of all aspects of competition.
“It was a good day for Skylar. This was the second meet in a row that she established a new county record in the javelin at 160’ 2”,” said girls coach Scott Gantz. “She had a new school record in the high jump of 5’ 2”. Her younger sister, Taylor, another school record in the pole vault of 10’6”. We had school records and a lot of PRs.”
“It doesn’t get any tougher than the start we had, first you get State College and turn right around and you get Carlisle. So, it’s “Murderer’s Row” at the beginning. But I like what I see. They are competitive, their gutsy and they give you everything they have. We’ll give some people a run for there money here later in the year.”
Other than Skylar Ciciolini’s top finishes in the javelin and the high jump and sister Taylor’s top finish in the pole vault, Mifflin County has other athletes that shined in both meets.
Layla Shimp took top spots in the discus and in the shot put.
In the discus, Shimp sailed to the top spot with a throw of 108’08” and a first place in the shot put with a throw of 32’.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Mifflin County got a first place finish from Madison Bressler who topped her finish off with a time of 17.9.
The Huskies swept the javelin as Skylar Ciccolini finished first, Taylor Ciccolini finished second (105’04”) and rounding things out was Serena McConaughey (94’ 11”).
Against Harrisburg, the wins lined up and down the score card.
The winning started at the very beginning as the 4×800 relay kicked off the meet with the winning time of 11:16.6.
Bressler led the sweep in the 100-meter hurdles. She was followed by Ella Spriggle (19.6) and Macy Becker (19.7).
In the 1600-Meter run, Lauren Kuykendall top top honors with a time of 6:03.1 while teammates Julia Montgomery and Maggie Webb finished with times of 6:17.8 and 6:30.2, respectively.
The long jump also belonged to Mifflin County as Jill Hart jumped to the top of the pack with a distance of 15’3”. Placing second was Skylar Ciccolini with the same distance while rounding things out was Kiana Sechler.
Mifflin County swept the finial two relays.
Another sweep came in the 400-meter run when Morgan Robinette finished with a 1:08.7 while teammate Jenna Fleegal posted a 1:10.3 while Bryn Kanagy topped at third with a 1:12.1.
With the high jump awarded to Skylar Ciccolini, the Huskies got a second from Ella Spriggle (4’6”) and Hayley Corson (4’6”).
Mifflin County sealed up the top three spots in the 800-meter run as Madelyn Chilcote (2:53.3), Grace Parks (2:58.4) and Grace Kauffman (3:34.4) finished 1-2-3.
In the triple jump, Sechler took First with a leap of 31’2” while Kanagy (28’1”) took second while finishing up was Katie Kline (28’0).
In the 3200-meter run, MC got a first from Joy Galbraith (12:52.1), second from Julia Montgomery (13:40.7) and Rachel King (13:41.3).
The same javelin squad that swept the Bison also swept the Cougars en route to the victory.
On the boys side, things were much tighter all the way around.
In their meet against Carlisle, the first relay showed how competitive the meet would be. Both teams came down the stretch with a chance to win but it would be the Bison that eked out the victory.
“From my standpoint it was night and day from last Tuesday. The effort we got from the kids across the board was really good,” Boys coach Scot Sechler said. “A lot of PRs. Brock Sinkus in both the 110-hurdles and the 300-hurdles. Davis Wagner had a 160 in the jav. Again, Seth Phillips and Chayce Macknair and those guys did a good job. We battled real hard.”
Sinkus led off individual competition with a 16.5 in the 110-meter hurdles. He also hit the top in the 300-hurdles with a time of 44.1.
Macknair ran away from the competition in the 1600-meter run with a finishing time of 4:42.5. The junior also looked strong in the 3200-meter run with a first place nod of 10:13.3.
Phillips took control of the 400-run with a top spot time of 51.9.
Wagner’s throw of 160’ was good enough for First in the javelin.
In the 800, Garren Wolfgang outdistanced his opponents with a 2:03.8 first place finish, rounding out the top finishers against the Bison.
In their battle with Harrisburg, the Huskies had their share of first place finishes as well.
It’s 4×800 relay team opened things up with a win with a time of 8:24.6.
Like in the meet against Carlisle, Sinkus took both the 110- and 300-hurdles while Macknair dominated the 1600-and 3200-Meyer runs.
In the shot put, “the purple and Black Attack” got a win from Cade Shoemaker with a launch of 40’4”.
Mifflin County also took the 4×400 relay as well with a time of 3:40.9.
Kyler Snook rounded out the first place finishes with a first in both the high jump and triple jump.
In the high jump, Snook finished with a leap of 5’6” while he topped off at 12’ in the pole vault.
Mifflin County will be back in action Tuesday as it hosts CD East.