Track and Field
Despite roster changes, Franklin Regional track teams set sights on section titles
April 6, 2024
Franklin Regional track coach Bob Ralston was surprised when he heard sophomore Monroe Law, who was a freshman sensation, transferred to Class 2A Winchester Thurston before the season.
Fox Chapel track gearing up for invitational season
Fox Chapel track coach Tom Moul enjoys having a few dual meets in the run-up to the major invitationals during the outdoor track season. The invite season traditionally kicks off at Butler High School, and that event will be April 19.
Defending state champ leads talented Hampton track team
March 23, 2024
Hampton track star Dale Hall enters his senior season in the unusual position of being a reigning state champion and an underdog, all at the same time.
Preparation for track season off to good start at Penn Hills
March 17, 2024
Penn Hills track coach Lee Zelkowitz is thrilled about the preparation for the upcoming outdoor season.
Quaker Valley track team takes pride in showing at prestigious indoor state meet
March 10, 2024
Five of the top athletes in the Quaker Valley track and field program displayed their resolve during the 2023-24 indoor season.
Penn Hills track team builds toward spring at state indoor meet
March 3, 2024
Mackenzie McIntyre has been slowly building toward bigger accomplishments.
Plum, Riverview athletes benefit from indoor track and field season
Owen Proskin finished as one of the top scorers for the Plum boys basketball team this season.
Fox Chapel track standouts pick up medals at indoor state meet
March 2, 2024
Fox Chapel track coach Tom Moul felt it was fitting for the Foxes to wrap up the indoor season by having three athletes medal at the PTFCA Indoor State Championship at Penn State. The Foxes have spent all season piling up accolades.
Butler’s Drew Griffith, Mt. Lebanon’s Logan St. John Kletter defend state indoor titles in mile
February 26, 2024
Drew Griffith initially was ruled ineligible to run in Sunday’s boys one mile event at the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association championship meet at Penn State.
Shaler notebook: Junior sets school record at indoor track meet
February 25, 2024
Hannah Sahr made Shaler indoor track and field history at the TSTCA championships Feb. 17. The junior set a Titans indoor record by finishing the 400 in 1 minute, 1.06 seconds. The previous record stood since 2007.
Nearly a national record holder, Butler’s Drew Griffith running the best he ever has
February 24, 2024
Drew Griffith ran two miles in a historic time, faster than the all-time indoor best for high school boys, but the Butler senior’s name won’t appear in any national record book.
Senior shot putter leads Fox Chapel indoor track state qualifiers
Mason Miles wanted more input on how to become a better thrower.
Norwin notebook: Knights runner makes Division I college choice
January 27, 2024
Rosemary Gaydos became the latest Norwin track and field athlete to commit to a Division I college program.
Fox Chapel indoor track team looks to add state qualifiers
Tom Moul would like to see a contingent of Fox Chapel athletes make it to the PFTSCA championships at the end of the indoor track season. Foxes senior Anna Troutman is the lone returning state qualifier.
Penn Hills graduate refines shot put training, breaks records at Seton Hill
January 21, 2024
Seton Hill sophomore Angelo Allen went into offseason training with a refined focus.
Penn Hills runner sticks with sport, emerges as captain, key relay contributor
January 7, 2024
Maliah Powell agreed to go out for the Penn Hills track team as a freshman via peer pressure. Powell’s decision to stay when her two friends abandoned ship was voluntary.
Pitt, Penn State among schools courting Hempfield thrower Peyton Murray
October 5, 2023
Recruiting is beginning to ramp up for Peyton Murray.
Multi-sport Quaker Valley athlete brings giant medal collection into school’s hall of fame
August 27, 2023
To say Tabitha Bemis was a multiple medalist at Quaker Valley would be a vast understatement.
Gartley siblings find success with Quaker Valley track and field
July 2, 2023
Mia Gartley of Quaker Valley is a 5-foot-2 dynamo of an athlete.
Riverview track champion Amberson Bauer selected Valley News Dispatch Boys Athlete of the Year
July 1, 2023
Amberson Bauer’s high school distance running career wasn’t entirely complete once he left Seth Grove Stadium at Shippensburg University as the PIAA Class 2A boys 800-meter champion May 27.
