This weekend’s PIAA Track and Field Championships will close out a stellar spring for a number of area athletes.

Palmerton’s Nataly Walters, who made it to Shippensburg in four Class 2A individual events, is seeded fourth in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump. The freshman will also be competing in the 100 (21st) and 200 (20th).

Teammate Ana Recker also earned a top-eight seed in the pole vault. Recker, who qualified for states for the second year in a row as the district champion, is seeded seventh.

In Class 3A, Jim Thorpe’s Kaila O’Connor is seeded in the top eight in two events. The sophomore is seeded fourth in the 200, and sixth in the 100.

O’Connor won both events last week at districts.

Northwestern’s Faith Yost is the fourth seed in the Class 3A high jump. The junior is also seeded 12th in the 100 hurdles.

She won district titles in both events a week ago.

A list of area athletes competing this weekend is listed below:

Girls

Class 2A

100 hurdles

- Rhianne Markovchick, Weatherly, 16.43, 22nd (27 individuals)

100

- Nataly Walters, Palmerton, 12.97, 21st (26 individuals)

1600

- Katelynn Barthold, Northern Lehigh, 18th, 5:26.1 (26 individuals)

400

- Grace Curnow, Marian, 24th, 1:02.08 (26 individuals)

200

- Nataly Walters, Palmerton, 20th, 26.86 (25 individuals)

Pole vault

- Ana Recker, Palmerton, seventh, 10-6; Emily Moyer, Northern Lehigh, 10th, 10-0 (19 individuals)

Long jump

- Nataly Walters, Palmerton, fourth, 17-8.25 (28 individuals)

Triple jump

- Nataly Walters, Palmerton, fifth, 36-7 (26 individuals)

Shot put

- Izabella Bochicchio, Panther Valley, 17th, 34-8.75 (24 individuals)

Javelin

- Carly Minchhoff, Marian, 19th, 108-1 (25 individuals)

Class 3A

100 hurdles

- Faith Yost, Northwestern, 12th, 15.5; De’Nair Drew, Pleasant Valley, 17th, 15.88 (25 individuals)

100

- Kaila O’Connor, Jim Thorpe, sixth, 12.23 (25 individuals)

200

- Kaila O’Connor, Jim Thorpe, fourth, 25.03 (29 individuals)

High jump

- Faith Yost, Northwestern, fourth, 5-5 (25 individuals)

Pole vault

- Katrin Cavanaugh, Jim Thorpe, 22nd, 10-0 (22 individuals)

Shot put

- Laura Clarke, Jim Thorpe, 12th, 37-0.75 (23 individuals)

Discus

- Laura Clarke, Jim Thorpe, 17th, 113-9 (25 individuals)

Boys

Class 2A

110 hurdles

- Justin Herrmann, Palmerton, 21st, 16.01 (27 individuals)

100

- Jacob Fenstermaker, Marian, 20th, 11.24 (31 individuals)

400 relay

- Northern Lehigh, 22nd, 44.28 (27 teams)

200

- Trevor Amorim, Northern Lehigh, 24th, 23.29 (28 individuals)

Class 3A

3200 relay

- Northwestern, 24th, 8:19.52 (26 teams)

LAST YEAR

... Jim Thorpe’s A.J. Bailor and Lydia Wallace, along with Lehighton’s Abby Meckes all earned medals in Class 3A competition at the PIAA Track and Field Championships a year ago. Bailor posted two personal bests to place third in the shot put. His last mark was his best, at 58-4. After a disappointing finish in the discus earlier in the day, Meckes bounced back with a throw of 129-6 to finish fifth in the javelin. Wallace ran to an eighth- place finish in the 300 hurdles with a time of 46.73 for her second-career medal in the event. She was sixth in Class 2A in 2019. Marian’s Mike Fellin ran to a second-place finish in the Class 2A 100 a year ago with a time of 10.85. It wasn’t the only medal of the day for Fellin, who teamed up with Jacob Fenstermaker, Ean Chelak and Johnny Malarkey to place seventh in the 400 relay with a time of 43.90 a week after winning the district title in the event.

HOW TO WATCH

... PCN will have live and taped coverage of the PIAA Track and Field Championships on May 28. PCN’s coverage includes live coverage of the track finals on Saturday, May 28, and recorded coverage of the 1600M run and select field events. The 1600 will be aired at 8 a.m. Saturday, followed by live coverage beginning with the 3200 at 9 a.m. There will be taped select field events airing at the conclusion of race coverage.

FULL SCHEDULE

... The schedule for this weekend’s events is listed below.

PIAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

TRACK EVENTS – PRELIMINARIES AND FINAL

EVENT CLASS TIME

1600 Meter Run 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Final), 9 a.m.

100 Meter Dash 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Preliminaries), 10 a.m.

100 Meter Hurdles 2A Girls-3A Girls (Preliminaries), 10:45 a.m.

110 Meter Hurdles 2A Boys-3A Boys (Preliminaries), 11:00 a.m.

BREAK

4x100 Meter Relay 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Preliminaries), 12 p.m.

400 Meter Dash 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Preliminaries), 1 p.m.

300 Meter Hurdles 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Preliminaries), 2 p.m.

200 Meter Dash 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Preliminaries), 2:30 p.m.

4x400 Meter Relay 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Preliminaries), 3 p.m.

FIELD EVENTS – PRELIMINARIES AND FINALS

EVENT CLASS TIME

High Jump - 2A Girls, 9 a.m.

Discus Throw - 2A Girls, 9 a.m.

Pole Vault - 3A Girls, 9 a.m.

Shot Put - 3A Girls, 9 a.m.

Long Jump - 2A Boys, 9 a.m.

Javelin Throw - 2A Boys, 9 a.m.

Triple Jump - 3A Boys, 9 a.m.

Long Jump - 2A Girls, 12:30 p.m.

Javelin Throw - 2A Girls, 12:30 p.m.

Triple Jump - 3A Girls, 12:30 p.m.

High Jump - 2A Boys, 12:30 p.m.

Discus Throw - 2A Boys, 12:30 p.m.

Pole Vault - 3A Boys, 12:30 p.m.

Shot Put - 3A Boys, 12:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

TRACK EVENTS – FINALS

EVENT CLASS TIME

3200 Meter Run 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Final), 9 a.m.

100 Meter Hurdles 2A Girls-3A Girls (Final), 10 a.m.

110 Meter Hurdles 2A Boys-3A Boys (Final), 10:15 a.m.

100 Meter Dash Unified Division* (Final), 10:20 a.m.

100 Meter Dash 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys Wheelchair-2A Boys-3A Boys (Final), 10:35 a.m.

4x800 Meter Relay 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Final), 10:45 a.m.

BREAK

4x100 Meter Relay Unified Division* (Final), 12:30 p.m.

4x100 Meter Relay 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Final), 12:35 p.m.

400 Meter Dash Unified Division* (Final), 12:50 p.m.

400 Meter Dash 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Final), 1:10 p.m.

300 Meter Hurdles 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Final), 1:25 p.m.

800 Meter Run Unified Division* (Final), 1:40 p.m.

800 Meter Run 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Final), 1:55 p.m.

200 Meter Dash 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Final), 2:30 p.m.

4x400 Meter Relay 2A Girls-3A Girls-2A Boys-3A Boys (Final) No earlier than 20 minutes following completion of the 2A Girls’ 200M Dash

FIELD EVENTS – PRELIMINARIES AND FINALS

EVENT CLASS TIME

Pole Vault - 2A Girls, 9 a.m.

Shot Put - 2A Girls, 9 a.m.

High Jump - 3A Girls, 9 a.m.

Discus Throw - 3A Girls, 9 a.m.

Triple Jump - 2A Boys, 9 a.m.

Long Jump - 3A Boys, 9 a.m.

Javelin Throw - 3A Boys, 9 a.m.

Triple Jump - 2A Girls, 12:30 p.m.

Long Jump - 3A Girls, 12:30 p.m.

Javelin Throw - 3A Girls - 12:30 p.m.

Pole Vault - 2A Boys, 12:30 p.m.

Shot Put - 2A Boys Wheelchair; 2A Boys 12:30 p.m.

High Jump - 3A Boys, 12:30 p.m.

Discus Throw - 3A Boys, 12:30 p.m.