This weekend the Quaker Valley Track & Field team traveled to Butler Area High School for the 57th Annual Butler Invitational. In total, 62 schools were in attendance.

The girls competed on Friday and started off strong finishing 5th overall in the 4x800m relay consisting of Kate Hines, Kathryn Karwoski, Cecilia Montagnese, and Ellie Cain. From there, the success continued with Ainsley Commens placing 7th and Sarah Minard finishing 9th in Pole Vault. Cecilia Montagnese finished 14th in the 1600m and 9th in the 3200m with personal bests on her 15th birthday! Paige Nichols finished 14th and 17th while Amelia Herrmann finished 17th and 22nd in Discus and Shot Put. Ellie Bates, Spencer Elliott, and Amelia Pribik all competed and earned personal bests in their events. The meet closed with our highest place of the meet when Ellie Cain placed 2nd overall in the 800m before Kwilia Karto placed 7th overall in the 200m. In the end, the girls finished 15th overall as a team and brought home 7 medals! Great job ladies!