Senior AJ Morgan aggressively led the mile run from wire to wire and was able to hold off the field to claim victory in a PR of 4:34.80. Freshman teammate Rock Fortna placed third out of the 25-man field in an outstanding personal best 4:37.87.
Cory Radkins won the 26-man field in the shotput, heaving 47 feet, 1.5 inches. Fellow senior Will Fernandez qualified for the District One Championships with a throw of 161-7 in the javelin. Fernandez took second among 19 competitors, while Jackson Butkus took 5th. Senior teammates John Williams and Ian Fortna took fifth and sixth in the discus as well.
Senior Chris Berry also turned heads, posting another personal best this week in the 800 meter run. Berry's 2:00.18 placed him 5th overall in a field led by two middle-distance state medalists. Jimmie Kilgannon also posted a PR of 2:06.61.
In the 4x800 meter relay, freshmen Carter Zerweck and Joey Recupero joined Fortna in the sub-2:10 club, going 2:06.8 and 2:08.2. Fellow freshman Declan McDonald and Brian Iatarola also posted times of 10:23.29 and 10:48.79 in the 3200m run. McDonald was fifth out of 18 older competitors. With freshman posting such elite distance performances, all signs point to an amazing postseason as well as cross country season for the Bucks.
Riley Owens cleared 11 feet, 6 inches with few misses below 12 feet on the beautiful day to claim third overall.
Junior DhungHa Kim had a busy and action-packed day. Kim advanced to the final and placed 10th in the 100 meter dash with an FAT personal best of 11.81 seconds. He also placed 6th in the 110 meter high hurdle final with a season-best 16.72 seconds. Kim also set a season-best 19-2.75 in the long jump, good enough for 8th.
Senior Ethan Long set his second personal best in three days on Saturday in the 400 meter dash. Long went 51.45 to place 4th out of 24 competitors. Long also returned to post a 51.7 anchor leg in the 7th place 4x400 relay.
Super-sophomore Josh Haschets placed 8th in the hottest event of the day, the 200 meter dash. Haschets set a PR of 23.97 to improve his SOL Championship seeding.
Ryan Devlin and Andrew Baker also improved on their SOL Championship seed times, posting 43.71 and 43.94 respectively. Baker and Haschets also teamed up with Josh Bazzano and DhungHa Kim to place 7th in the 4x100 meter relay. The foursome posted an impressive 45.49 seconds.
The 5-2 Bucks return to action at the Suburban One League Continental Conference League Championships on Friday at Hatboro-Horsham and on Saturday at Central Bucks South.