Phantoms Relay Team Grabs Medals at Viking Invitational

PERKIOMEN-At the Viking Invitational, Phoenixville’s 4 x 800-meter relay team of Rachel Carr, Aubrey Halloran, Amy Kowalick and Jackie Tudor went out and ran a time of 10:09.98, which qualified them for districts and a fifth-place medal, jarring a fond memory that Halloran had as a middle school competitor.

Halloran has come along way from that 4 x 100 relay team that electrified the crowd at Franklin Field in 2007.

“I remember when I was in sixth grade and we ran at the Penn Relays,” said Halloran. “It would be so great to get to run there this year. The crowd is crazy. You get chills when you take the track. We have to keep working and get our times even better, but I know we can.”

On Saturday more than 50 teams, boys and girls, converged on Thomas Keenan Stadium at Perkiomen Valley High School, in the fourth year of an event that brings the very best that the tri-state area has to offer, with teams traveling from as far away as the Poconos and Delaware.

“It’s going to be little weird knowing that we can qualify for districts,” said junior lead off Rachel Carr. “We are just starting to come together as a group, so I am so excited that we were able to medal here. I got to run in the Penn Relays last year and it would be awesome to go back there with this team.”

The girls set the pace early and led for the first portion of the race thanks to Carr’s outstanding first leg. There was no weak link as the Phantoms quartet never fell out of the top five en route to a medal.

Carr also claimed a fourth-place medal in the girls 800-meter run with a time of 2:23.31

“These girls have worked so hard,” said head coach Jay Carlin. “Two of them are just back from injuries and the other is a freshmen. They will probably be able to shave 10 to 15 seconds off their time as districts and states get closer.”

The boys 4 x 800-meter relay of Chris Mullin, Ryan Marks, Matt Chiappetta and senior Tommy Timmins cruised to bronze medal with a time of 8:14.46, which finished the Phantoms solidly in third just two seconds behind the winning team.

Phoenixville junior Lisa Payton represented the Purple and black well with a fourth place finish in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:03.41, while senior Zaf McCrea finished twelfth in the boys 400-meter dash running 52.95.

Hurdlers sophomore Tyler Timmins and senior Dan Kain finished 18^th and 19^th respectively in the boys 300-meter hurdles.

For complete results see the attached file.

2011 Perkiomen Valley Invitational

HS Boys 200 Meter Dash Prelims

9 Daquan Coker 11 Perkiomen Valley 23.88 9

16 Travis Andrews 11 Phoenixville Area 24.25 8

18 Michael Novarina 11 Spring-Ford 24.40 6

25 Andrew Sutherland Perkiomen Valley 24.70 7

31 Matt Pullett 11 Spring-Ford 25.02 8

HS Girls 400-meter Dash

1 Amber Muhammad 12 Spring-Ford 1:00.48 5 10

2 Kaitlyn Saal-Ridpath 12 Methacton 1:01.23 5 8

4 Lisa Payton 11 Phoenixville Area 1:03.41 4 5

12 Kirsten Wong 10 Spring-Ford 1:05.28 3

HS Boys 400-meter Dash

2 Damien Boham 12 Spring-Ford 49.58 9 8

12 Zaf McCrea 12 Phoenixville Area 52.95 8

29 Jared Shoemaker 9 Spring-Ford 55.20 5

39 Andrew Sutherland Perkiomen Valley 58.21 5

HS Girls 800-meter Run

3 Nikki Lynch 11 Spring-Ford 2:22.97 3 6

4 Rachel Carr 11 Phoenixville Area 2:23.31 3 5

9 Kate Thomas 10 Perkiomen Valley 2:28.80 3

24 Kristen Baumgartner 9 Spring-Ford 2:42.93 2

30 Mallory Synder 9 Perkiomen Valley 2:57.78 1

HS Boys 800-meter Run

2 Matt Dallago 12 Perkiomen Valley 1:57.90 5 8

12 Michael Hickman 12 Spring-Ford 2:03.33 4

14 Matt O'Reilly 12 Perkiomen Valley 2:03.48 4

41 Andrew Coull 12 Spring-Ford 2:18.24 2

43 Sam Cooper 11 Phoenixville Area 2:21.06 1

HS Girls 300-meter Hurdles

1 Lizzy Shadle 11 Methacton 46.01 5 10

2 Deirdre Magolon 10 Spring-Ford 46.52 5 8

6 Brandy Nice 11 Spring-Ford 48.38 5 3

8 Taylor Lane 11 Perkiomen Valley 49.22 3 1

19 Nicolette Stephens Perkiomen Valley 56.02 2

HS Boys 300-meter Hurdles

9 Denzell Boham 12 Spring-Ford 42.32 7

11 Ryan Heimbach 10 Perkiomen Valley 43.07 7

18 Tyler Timmins 10 Phoenixville Area 43.64 4

19 Dan Kain 12 Phoenixville Area 43.68 6

24 Sean Weiss 10 Spring-Ford 45.15 5

HS Girls 4x800-meter Relay

5 Phoenixville Area A 10:09.98 4

1) Rachel Carr 2) Aubrey Halloran

3) Amy Kowalick 4) Jackie Tudor 

7 Spring-Ford A 10:43.99 2

1) Meagan Loughnane 2) Katherine Ricchini

3) Kara Fitch 4) Taylor Fry

5) Hailey Preschutti

 11 Perkiomen Valley A 11:17.31

1) Syndey Casey 2) Kate Thomas

3) Caroline Oehlerich 4) Audrey Brush

12 John W. Hallahan A 11:25.42

HS Boys 4x800-meter Relay

3 Phoenixville Area A 8:14.46 2 6

1) Chris Mullin 2) Ryan Marks

3) Matt Chiappetta 4) Tommy Timmins

8 Spring-Ford A 8:38.20 2 1

1) Michael Hickman 2) Matthew Olsen

3) Jesse Magolon 4) Damien Boham

5) Xavier Ingram 6) Andrew Coull

16 Perkiomen Valley A 9:21.48 1

1) Chris Clemens 2) Conner Lyons

3) Phil Kim 4) Sean Hodgins

HS Boys Javelin

2 Andrew Scanlan 11 Spring-Ford 165-11 NWI 1 8

4 John Olson 10 Upper Perkiomen 165-06 NWI 1 5

5 James Rizzuto 12 Spring-Ford 152-02 NWI 1 4

11 Ezra Ranco Perkiomen Valley 138-05 NWI 1

12 Ricardo Martinez Phoenixville Area 138-04 NWI 2

13 Joe Hastings 12 Perkiomen Valley 138-00 NWI 1

HS Girls Team Scores (20 Events Scored)

1 Methacton 123.5 17 34 26 24 22.5 0

2 Spring-Ford 121.5 18 6 18 30 49.5 0

3 Downingtown East 85.5 0 28 0 36 21.5 0

4 Pocono Mountain West 55 17 0 5 10 23 0

5 Unionville 52.5 6 1 0 15 30.5 0

6 Conestoga 49 11 2 0 19 17 0

7 Perkiomen Valley 42 14 0 1 7 20 0

8 Owen J. Roberts 37 9 5 4 6 13 0

9 Boyertown 35.5 0 9 0 13 13.5 0

10 Pope John Paul II 21 10 6 5 0 0 0

15 Phoenixville Area 14 5 5 0 4 0 0

HS Boys Team Scores (20 Events Scored)

6 Spring-Ford 33 11 0 0 10 12 0

19 Perkiomen Valley 15 0 8 4 3 0 0

27 Phoenixville Area 6 0 0 0 6 0 0