However, with the winning tradition of their school in mind, Ruff, who was ill, and Montijo, who wasn't fully rested, helped lead their school's girls' and boys' teams to victory.

The North Penn girls won the championship with 312 points, including 70 points from an undefeated dual-meet season. The North Penn boys won with 288 points, including 70 points from an undefeated season.

"This is a tradition that we win this meet," said Ruff, who won the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes in 12.73 and 26.04 seconds, respectively. And that was after being sidelined all week by the flu.

"We won the last three [championships]."

Montijo, one of the top half-milers in the country, had slept little after attending the senior prom the night before, and won the 800 in 1 minute, 56.52 seconds.

"There's no way I wanted my team or myself to end the streak," said Montijo, referring to the fact that North Penn hasn't lost a conference title since 1994.

"It's all due to good coaching. They take mediocre guys and turn them into something special.

"My first meet ever in the ninth grade I ran a 27-second 200. Now I'm going to a Division 1 school."

The 5-foot-7, 135-pound East Carolina-bound athlete also ran the third leg of the winning 4x400 relay and placed second in the 1,600.

In all, the girls broke three meet records, the boys, four.

Neshaminy's Kevin Steinberg won the 200 in 21.69 seconds, shattering the 2006 record of 21.79 set by Bensalem's Reggie Carter.

Steinberg, a 6-foot, 170-pounder, who signed with the University of Connecticut, also won the 100 in 10.87.

"My personal best is a 10.73 [fastest in the state], which I got in the first meet of the year," Steinberg said. "My start was average. I felt I could have done better."

Abington's Leah Nugent broke meet records in the 100 and 300 hurdles in 15.04 and 45.44, respectively.

The results

TEAM SCORING (Including dual-meet points)

GIRLS: 1, North Penn, 312. 2, Pennridge, 196.5. 3, Pennsbury, 146. 4, Abington, 142.5. 5, Central Bucks South, 101.5. 6, Neshaminy, 53. 7, Harry S Truman, 18.8, Bensalem, 3.5.

BOYS: 1, North Penn, 288. 2, Central Bucks South, 195. 3, Pennridge, 147. 4, Neshaminy, 141. 5, Abington, 77. 6, Pennsbury, 51. 7, Bensalem, 60. Harry S Truman, 20.

GIRLS

100-Meter Dash: 1, Melanie Ruff, North Penn, 12.73. 2, Ashley Harper, Pennsbury, 12.77. 3, Nicole Grasty, Abington, 12.87.

100 Hurdles: 1, Leah Nugent, Abington, 14.7 (breaks 1998 meet record of 15.04 by Pennsbury's Tiffany Hartwick). 2, Porscha Adama, Central Bucks South, 15.64. 3, Lynn Beatty, North Penn, 16.20.

200: 1, Melanie Ruff, North Penn, 26.04. 2, Kerri Nash, Pennridge, 26.31. 3, Marrissa Williams, Neshaminy, 26.83.

4x800-Meter Relay: 1, North Penn (Lauren Bond,Carly Yost, Heather Shellheimer, Jennifer Schofield), 9:34.64. 2, Pennridge, 9:42.68. 3, Pennsbury, 10:03.92.

300 Hurdles: 1, Leah Nugent, Abington, 45.01 (breaks 1998 meet record of 45.64 set by Bensalem'sLisa Scipione). 2, Lynn Beatty, North Penn, 46.32. 3, Danielle Howell, N orth Penn, 47.01.

1,600: 1, Ally Ludwick,Pennsbury, 5:02.45 (breaks 2000 meet record of 5:03.54 set by Council Rock's Jessica Cickay). 2, Sarah Simonetti,Pennridge, 5:15.73. 3, Lauren Bond, North Penn, 5:19.82.

400: 1, Ashley Harper, Pennsbury, 58.67. 2, Lynn Beatty,North Penn, 1:00.40. 3, Maggie Jordan,Pennridge, 1:00.70.

4x100 Relay: 1, Abington (Januarie Taylor, Nicole Grasty, Kristin Simmons, Brittany Waters),49.44. 2, North Penn, 49.64. 3, Pennridge, 50.66.

800: 1, Marie McKenna, Pennridge, 2:18.91. 2, Moriah Allen, Neshaminy, 2:21.27. 3, Jennifer Schofield, North Penn, 2:21.48.

3,200: 1, Sarah Simonetti, 11:15 (breaks 1995 meet record of 11:16.44 set by North Penn's Jenae Strader). 2, Ally Ludwick, Pennsbury, 11:20.22. 3, Lauren Bond, North Penn, 11:42.63.

4x400 Relay: 1, Abington (Grasty, Nugent, Darcela Llanos, Jennifer Ryan), 4:00.36. 2, North Penn, 4:04.22. 3, Pennsbury, 4:08.09.

High Jump: Annie Holland, Pennridge, 5-2. 2, Becky Shuhart,Pennsbury,5-2. 3, Nugent, Abington, 5-00.

Pole Vault: 1, Brittany Dudas, North Penn, 10-0. 2, Amy Schaefer, Central Bucks South, 9-06. 3, Brianna Krans, Pennridge, 9-0.

Long Jump: 1, Tiffany Penge, Pennridge, 15-11. 2, Jessica Rauscher, North Penn, 15-3 1/2. 3, Maria Nikolopoulis, Central Bucks South, 15-3.

Triple Jump: 1, Rauscher, North Penn, 34-8. 2, Chloe Mannings, North Penn, 34-3 1/4. 3, Taylor, 34-00.

Discus: 1, Brittany Moses, Pennridge, 109-02. 2, Ayanna LeBlanc, North Penn, 101-04. 3, Cassie Oliver, North Penn, 99-01.

Javelin: 1, LeBlanc, North Penn, 109-04. 2, Lindsay Mitchell, Central Bucks South,105-00. 3, Marina Weckner, Abington, 98-04.

Shot Put: 1, Cassie Oliver, North Penn, 37-07 1/4. 2, LeBlanc, North Penn, 33-10 1/4. 3, Moses, Pennridge, 32-07 3/4.

BOYS

100: 1, Kevin Steinberg, Neshaminy, 10.87. 2, Vince Formica, Central Bucks South, 11.21. 3, Tyler Smith, North Penn, 11.34.

110-Meter Hurdles: 1, Tim Malloy, Neshaminy, 14.79. 2, Kyle Raguz, Central Bucks South, 15.31. 3, Sean Davis, Pennridge, 15.49.

200: 1, Steinberg, Neshaminy, 21.69 (breaks 2006 meet record of 21.79 set by Bensalem's Reggie Carter). 2, Alex Hill,North Penn, 22.61. 3, Charles Peoples, Abington, 22.63.

4x800 Relay: 1, Central Bucks South (Brian Campbell, Dave Manion, Matt Poiesz, Tom Mallon), 7:53.64 (breaks 2006 meet record of 7:53.70 by North Penn). 2, North Penn, 7:54.98. 3, Bensalem, 7:56.98.

300 Hurdles: 1, Justin Bookheimer, North Penn, 38.85. 2, Kyle Raguz, Central Bucks South, 40.02. 3, Malloy, Neshaminy, 40.07.

1,600: 1, Tom Mallon, Central Bucks South, 4:23.64. 2, Zack Montijo, North Penn, 4:24.43. 3, Brady Desko, Pennridge, 4:27.82.

400: Chris Morales, Abington, 48.18. 2, Nick DeFeo, Neshaminy, 48.80. 3,J'Lani Pryce, Bensalem,49.09.

4x100 Meter Relay: 1, North Penn (Aseem Malhoira, Ronnie Aikens, Tyler Smith, Travis Valentine), 43.21. 2, Abington, 43.59. 3, Central Bucks South, 43.69.

800: 1, Zack Montijo, North Penn, 1:56.52. 2, Steve Franks, 1:56.79. 3, Mike Musiowski, Pennridge, 1:57.09.

3,200: 1, James Faucette, Pennridge, 9:39.21. 2, Ted MacDonald, Neshaminy, 9:51.38. 3, Ryan Knouse, Pennridge, 9:55.51.

4x400 Relay: 1, North Penn (Franks, Brandon Rothenberger, Montijo, Justin Bookheimer), 3:20.04. 2, Central Bucks South, 3:21.73. 3, Abington, 3:22.11.

High Jump: 1, Sean Gentry, North Penn, 6-4. 2, Zach Kohler, Pennridge, 6-0. 3, Tim Malloy, Neshaminy, 6-0.

Pole Vault: 1, Derek Hynes, Central Bucks South, 15-6 (breaks 2007 meet recordof14-10 by North Penn's Phil Yoo). 2, Craig Sherwood, Pennridge, 15-0. 3, Ed Oh, Pennsbury, 12-6.

Long Jump: 1, Vince Formica, Central Bucks South, 21-11 1/2.2,Sean Gentry, North Penn, 21-11 1/2. 3, Alex Hill, North Penn, 21-5.

Triple Jump: 1, Tim Malloy, Neshaminy, 45-01 1/4. 2, Gentry,North Penn, 44-04 1/2. 3, Rob Turchick, Central Bucks South, 43-01 1/2.

Discus: 1, Brian Pellechia, North Penn, 142-0. 2, Chris Hersey, Pennsbury, 137-05. 3, Nate Lipsi, North Penn,132-10.

Javelin: 1, Steve Marck, Pennsbury, 154-10. 2, Lewis Vincent, Bensalem, 150-10. 3, Mile Culbreath, North Penn, 150-06.

Shot Put: 1, Lipsi, North Penn, 47-2 1/2. 2, Jon Candy, Harry S Truman, 47-1. 3, Casey Reim, North Penn, 44-3.

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