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St. Joseph's Prep, Neumann-Goretti win team titles at PTFCA Indoor Track & Field Championships

The St. Joseph's Prep boys and Neumann-Goretti girls won respective team titles on Sunday at the PTFCA Indoor Track & Field Championships at Penn State University.

The St. Joseph’s Prep boys’ indoor track team finished first at the PTFCA championships on Sunday.
The St. Joseph’s Prep boys’ indoor track team finished first at the PTFCA championships on Sunday.Read moreCourtesy of St. Joseph's Prep

The St. Joseph's Prep boys and Neumann-Goretti girls won respective team titles on Sunday at the PTFCA Indoor Track & Field Championships at Penn State University.

Senior Sydni Townsend took first in the girls' 400-meter dash and Neumann-Goretti captured gold in both the 4×200 and 4×400 relays en route to 60 total points and a state crown. The Saints also finished second to Strath Haven in the 4×800.

Girard College's Thelma Davies sprinted her way to a first-place finish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.37, breaking her own meet record in the process. She also won the 200 in 23.98.

Perkiomen Valley's Christina Warren was a double winner as she claimed first in both the 60-meter hurdles and triple jump. She especially dominant in the triple jump with a mark of 40-10.75, more than two feet better than Upper Dublin's Madison Langley-Walker (38-05.00).

Friends' Central took home a third-place finish thanks to Gabrielle Wilkinson, who finished second in both the 800 and mile run. Perkiomen Valley and Upper Dublin captured fourth and fifth, respectively.

Miles Green set a new school record in the 400-meter dash (47.93) and St. Joseph's Prep captured gold in both the 4×200 and 4×400 relays on its way to 37 total points and a state title. Green was a member of both winning relay teams.

Dock Mennonite's Austin Kratz kept his dream season going, winning the 60-meter (6.75) and 200-meter dash (21.09), both in new state record times.

Owen J. Roberts senior Liam Conway won the mile in 4:15.26 and later bested the field in the 800 meters in 1:53.51. Neshaminy's Rusty Kujdych finished first in the 3000-meter run in 8:30.88.

The Spring-Ford distance medley relay of Zach Smith, Stephen Chapman, Milan Sharma, and Jake McKenna were silver medalists in a school-record 10:23.11.

George Washington's Edner Dorwil won the long jump with a mark of 22-11.75.

La Salle ended in a tie for third with State College Area High School. Owen J. Roberts and Dock Mennonite finished in a tie for fifth.