Freshman newbie Jacob Scupp got things kickstarted for West with a 35-1 heave in the shotput. His effort placed him 13th and surpassed over half of the field.
On the track, Big Dan followed suit with not one, but two outstanding performances in the 60m high hurdles. His 8.99 trial surpassed the Meet of Champions qualifying standard and earned him a spot in the final, where he claimed 7th overall with a 9.11. Both times are lifetime bests for the senior captain.
Next, the freshman-sophomore DMR of Joey Recupero, Big Joe Altadonna, Mark McClenahan, and Logan Mazullo placed 8th overall.
A little later in the action, freshman Teagan Fortna looked like an old pro during his solo win in his heat of the 800m run in a remarkable debut of 2:13.21. Teammates took note of Teagan's mastery of relaxed-sprinting that is essential to high-end middle-distance performance.
Like Teagan, sophomores Brian Iatarola and Declan McDonald also placed in the top half of their respective distance events. Iatarola cracked 5 minutes in the full mile with a 4:59.75 while McDonald ran a personal best of 9:52.88 in the 3000m run. McDonald placed 8th out of 25 competitors.
Next, West earned their first relay win of the season in the 4x800m run. Juniors Andrew Baker (2:05.3, PR), Matt Bowen (2:04.4, PR), Beckett Wilson (2:11.3), teamed up with sophomore Rock Fortna (2:00.9, PR) to pull over 20 seconds ahead of the field along with rival Abington, who finished just 3.4 seconds behind the Bucks. Their performance clinched another spot in the Meet of Champions for the Bucks and was just 0.7 seconds shy of the state championship standard of 8:22.06.
Sophomores Ian Davies (1200), Ryan McIlhinney (400), Carter Zerweck (800), and Ben Aunins (4:52 1600) also
placed in the top half of their field with a 9th place performance of 11:44.22.
The 4x200m relay had personal bests all-around from sophomore Brody Johnson (26.3), freshman Joe Manetta (26.6), junior Evan Henrich (25.3), and freshman Drew Schoen (27.3).
The 4x400 capped off the day finishing 12th out of 28 schools with a 3:51.34 turned in by freshmen Christian Bobowicz (56) and John Smith (60), junior Ryan Devlin (57), and sophomore Ryan Walsh (57).
West returns to action early on Saturday at Glen Mills.