The PIAA District 6 AA Track and Field Championships completed Thursday night in Altoona, and Alex Polenik of Penns Manor came away as the only two-event winner from the Heritage Conference in the meet.
Polenik, a senior, won in the shot put with a throw of 54-05.00 and in the discus with a throw of 169-04.00.
The United boys’ team finished a distant second to Richland. Richland won the championship with 108.5 points while the Lions scored 63, boosted by two first-place finishes. Cambria Heights was the top Heritage Conference girls’ team, finishing third with 47 points.
Other top performances by Heritage Conference athletes came from:
1st Rachel McClellan, Cambria Heights – Girls 100 Meter Hurdles, 15.45
1st Bode Layo, Portage – Boys High Jump, 6-5
1st United (Matthew Beaver, Colton Henning, Shaydon Oleksa, Luke Shepler) – Boys 4×800 Meter Relay, 8:11.22
1st Josef Garshnick, United – Boys Pole Vault, 13-06.00
1st Daniel Farrell, Northern Cambria – Boys Triple Jump, 44-08.25
1st Brady Lewis, Penns Manor – Boys Javelin, 177-01.00
2nd Savannah Hoover, Cambria Heights – Girls 800 Meter Run AA, 2:21.05
2nd Maya Ressler, United – Girls High Jump, 5-00.00
2nd McKenzie Mumau, Purchase Line – Girls Javelin, 116-10.00
2nd Riley Cobaugh, Homer Center – Boys 400 Meter Dash, 50.64
2nd United (Shaydon Oleksa, Syson Oleksa, Dallas Pearce, Logan Lichtenfels) – Boys 4×100 Meter Relay, 43.76
3rd Brodie Forsha, River Valley – Boys 110 Meter Hurdles, 15.58
3rd Katlynne Miller, United – Girls Discus, 104-01.00
3rd Aedyn Montgomery, United – Boys Shot Put, 45-11.50
3rd Jackson Wirick, United – Boys Discus, 136-08.00
