QVHS has 30 total athletes qualified for the PIAA State Championships next Thursday - Saturday at Shippensburg University.

QVHS ended the unexpected 2-day meet with two WPIAL Champion relay teams with the boys 4x800m relay of Jackson Pethel, Jonah Montagnese, River Capek, and Clark LaLomia and the boys 4x400m relay of Macky Gartley, James Irwin, Jayden Juliano, and Clark LaLomia.  We also had 4 individual WPIAL Champions with Mia Gartley (High Jump - now a 2-Time WPIAL Champion in the event), Jay Olawaiye (Triple Jump), and Macky Gartley (110m hurdles).  All of these individuals have qualified for the PIAA State Championships next week.

Here is a list of all the other Qualifiers for the PIAA State Championships:

Relay Teams

Girls 4x100m relay - 3rd overall 

Vanessa Pickett, Kwilai Karto, Zora Washington and Jay Olawaiye

Girls 4x400 relay - 4th overall 

Vanessa Pickett, Ellie Cain, Cecilia Montagnese, Emma Currier

Girls 4x800 relay - 4th overall 

Cecilia Montagnese, Kate Hines, Emily Bablak, Ellie Cain

Boys 4x100 relay - 5th overall 

Thomas Debelak, Winston Clifford, Izzy Emerson, Macky Gartley

Individuals

Clark LaLomia - 2nd 1600 Meters and 3rd 800 Meters 

Macky Gartley - 2nd 300 Hurdles 

Mimi Thiero - 3rd High Jump 

Evie Rosselli - 3rd Pole Vault [NEW SCHOOL RECORD - 11' 3"] 

Ellie Cain - 4th 800 Meters 

Aiden Dwyer - 4th Triple Jump 

Thomas Debelak - 5th Triple Jump 

Emma Currier - 5th Triple Jump [4th All-Time in QV History - 35' 6" ] 

Jonah Montagnese - 6th 1600 Meters and 6th 3200 Meters 

Kwilai Karto - 6th 100 Hurdles and 8th 100 Meters 

Sarah Minard - 6th Pole Vault 

Yesterday, the Quaker Valley Track & Field Team traveled to South Park High School for a playoff meet and had a truly historic day.  The girls' team won all 3 of their meets with final scores of QV 88 - Derry 62, QV 100 - South Park 50, QV 116 - Freedom 34.  The boys' team also won all 3 of their meets with final scores of QV 89 - South Park 61, QV 120 - Derry 30, QV 130 - East Allegheny 20.  We also had 4 individuals and 1 relay team make the Quaker Valley top 5 all-time record board in addition to 3 athletes improving their placement of the board.  

Due to the success yesterday, we will travel to Peters Township for the WPIAL Team Championship Meet next Tuesday 5/7.  Our girls will be defending their WPIAL championship, going for 3 in a row, and the boys hope to capture their first WPIAL championship since 1998. 

Please congratulate Thomas Debelak for setting a NEW SCHOOL RECORD in Triple Jump with a jump of 45-9.25!  Prior to this jump, Thomas was 6 inches outside of the top 5.  We also had a SCHOOL RECORD improvement in Pole Vault by both Sarah Minard and Evie Rosselli, both clearing 10-9. Macky Gartley also improved his standing in the 300m hurdles to 2nd all-time with his time of 39.66.  With a time of 49.43, the girls 4x100m relay team of Vanessa Pickett, Kwilai, Karto, Zora Washington, and Jay Olawaiye moved into 3rd all-time in QV history.  Kwilai Karto also made the school record board for the first time in 2 individual events.  Kwilai's 100m dash time of 12.25 is now 4th all-time, while her 200m dash time of 26.00 is now 3rd all-time in school history.   Winston Clifford's high jump of 6-3 is now tied for 4th all-time, Rose Pocasangre's 300m hurdle time of 48.34 is now 5th all-time, and Emma Currier's triple jump of 34-8.25 is not 5th all-time in QV history!

If you have any of these student-athletes in class, please congratulate them as well as the other 60 other competitors yesterday.  

Yesterday, the Quaker Valley Track & Field Team competed in the Annual MAC Invitational.  This invitational consists of the same 28 schools in our region of Western Pennsylvania.  This includes all of the schools on Western Allegheny County, all of the schools in Beaver County, all of the schools in Lawerance Country. is one of the largest Track & Field meets in Western Pennsylvania, with nearly 100 schools participating.  Quaker Valley had great success bringing home 42 total medals across a boys' and girls' combine 30 events and 6 relays.  As a result of their cumulative success, both the boys' and girls' teams finished in 1^st place overall in the MAC invitational with final point totals for the Quaker Valley Girls 89 points (second place West Allegheny 60) and the Quaker Valley Boys 76 points (second place Blackhawk 67).  You can access the complete meet results with this LINK.

The boys' team was led by Junior Macky Gartley by taking 1^st place in both the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles.  Macky's time in the 110m hurdles of 14.66 is now 2^nd all-time in Quaker Valley School History. Macky was also a member of the 1^st place 4x400m relay team consisting of Macky, James Irwin, Jayden Julianno, and Clark LaLomia and the 3^rd place 4x100m relay consisting of Macky, Winston Clifford, Izzy Emerson, and Jayden Julianno.  Macky's combine point total as an individual and a member of both of these relays added to 24 total points, which was the most of any individual at the meet and earned him the title of MAC Invitational MVP.  The boys also finished 1^st overall in the 4x800m relay consisting of Clark LaLomia, Jonah Montagnese, Jackson Pethel, and River Capek.

The girls' team was led by Junior Jay Olawaiye by taking 1^st place in the Triple Jump with a jump of 37' 8". Jay was also a member of the 3^rd place 4x100m relay team consisting of Jay, Zora Washington, Vanessa Pickett, and Kwilai Karto.  The girls also placed 1^st overall in the 4x400m relay consisting of Vanessa Pickett, Kwilai Karto, Emma Currier, and Ellie Cain and 2^nd overall in the 4x800m relay consisting of Emma Currier, Ellie Cain, Cecilia Montagnese, and Kate Hines.  We also had 2 girls, Evie Rosselli and Sarah Minard, tie for a NEW SCHOOL RECORD in Pole Vault yesterday with a vault of 10'4".  Based on tie breaking procedures, Evie finished 2^nd and Sarah finished 3^rd overall in the meet. 

Here is a list of all the other medalists.

Kwilai Karto (2^nd place - 100 hurdles and 6^th place - 300m hurdles)

MiMi Thiero (2^nd place - High Jump)

Aiden Dwyer (2^nd place - High Jump)

Jonah Montagnese (2^nd place - 3200m)

Rose Pocasangre (2^nd place - 300 hurdles)

Thomas Debelak (3^rd place - Triple Jump and 5^th place - Long Jump)

Ellie Cain (3^rd place - 800m)

Mia Gartley (3^rd place - High Jump)

Winston Clifford (4^th place -100m)

Cecilia Montagnese (5^th place - 400m & 3200m)

Yesterday's meet against Shady Side Academy, Sewickley Academy, and Aquinas Academy was very successful. We had many great individual performances and personal bests. The girls defeated all 3 schools with scores of QV 91 - SSA 58, QV 122 - SA 27, QV 139 - A 10.  The boys also had a very impressive team performance with scores of QV 130 - SSA 20, QV 144 - SA 6, and QV 149 - A 1.  I have the results of the meet attached so you can see each of your individual marks.  I would like to recognize Macky Gartley's performance in the 300 hurdles yesterday.  His time of 40.65 seconds is currently 4^th all time in Quaker Valley school history!  Congratulations, Macky!

Girls QV 143 - Ambridge 7

Boys QV 107 - Ambridge 43.