The Schuylkill Track and Field Championships wrapped up on Wednesday at Tamaqua High School.

Day 2 of competition produced some surprises, but in the end the favorites delivered in most events.

Highlighting the day for area athletes were gold medal performances from Marian’s Jesse Rodino and Tamaqua’s Sarah Coccio.

Rodino was draped in gold after winning the discus with a toss of 145-2. Rodino was by far the best in his event, besting Pottsville’s Ryan Galen 130-9, Schuylkill Haven’s Ethan Kline (127) and Lehighton’s Bodie Hawk (124-1).

Jesse joined his brother James - a winner in the shot put on Tuesday - in representing the Colts on the top of the medal podium during the event. Meanwhile, after not participating in track her freshman and sophomore years, Tamaqua’s Coccio set a goal of leaping five feet in the high jump when she came out for the team as a junior.

Now a senior, Coccio did just that to win the goal medal in the event.

“I am just so, so happy. It was the height I wanted to hit, and I did it,” she said. “I decided not to participate in track after doing it in junior high, but I decided to come back last year and I’m so glad I did it.”

Finishing right behind Coccio in the high jump was teammate Amelia McArdle who had a jump of 4-10.

Girls medalist

While Rodino and Coccio went home with the only area gold medals on Wednesday, there were plenty of close calls that resulted in silver and bronze medals for local athletes.

Pottsville’s Alexa Guiffre slid past Tamaqua’s Katelynn Fredericks in the finals of the 100-meter hurdles. Guiffre posted a time of 16.55, just getting under the wire ahead of Fredericks, who hit the tape at 17:01. Lehighton’s Ava Kistner (17:26) placed third.

Marian’s Alizabeth Pikitus finished third in the 400 meters with a time of 1:01.57. Nativity’s Sara Spolski captured the event in 59.61.

Panther Valley’s Brenda Banks finished second in the shot put with a school-record heave of 36-10. Banks was just one inch behind the winning throw of 36-11 by Blue Mountain’s Rosalind Gergely. Lorah Thomas (35-0) of Lehighton was third.

“I was definitely excited,” Banks said. “I was looking for a PR today, but to get the school record is even better.”

Minersville’s Maggie Hoffman-Long was the triple jump champion (34-2). She finished just ahead of second-place finisher Leah Wasko of Jim Thorpe (34-0). Third place went to Tamaqua’s Sarah Hope (33-9).

A pair of Times News relay girls teams earned medals. Tamaqua grabbed second place in the 400 relay with a time of 50.95, getting edged by Pine Grove, which hit the tape in 50.32. Marian finished in third place at 51.88.

Boys medalists

A pair of Marian runners turned in silver medal performances.

Alex Porambo took second in the 800 with a time of 1:58.82 - less than a second behind winner Ayden Kurtek of Minersville. In the 1600, the Colts’ Ablin Petschauer was edged by Minersville’s Keegan Duba.

In the triple jump, Chase Guers of Blue Mountain (44-6) just beat out Tamaqua’s Martin Griffin (42-11).

Stephen Kieffer of Tamqua was third in the 400 meters, and finished behind a pair of Nativity runners.

Thorpe’s Ehren Hassler placed third in the pole vault.

MISSING IN ACTION … Marian’s senior standout Carly Minchhoff - who recently signed a Letter of Intent to participate in track and field at Division 1 Monmouth - was injured and couldn’t compete in the javelin.

LOTS OF WORK … Tamaqua’s support team was outstanding in getting the event off without any hitches. It takes a horde of workers, and athletic director Mike Hromyak had his A-team helping him out. Dave Mace, Megan Frantz and Jim Hehn were among the stars in the group of 22 that did a great job during the two-day event.

TEAM SCORES ... Blue Mountain piled up 123.5 point to win the boys title. Marian’s fifth-place finish was the best among the six area teams. In the girls competition, Blue Mountain was the champ with 128 points. Tamaqua finished second with 86.5.

BOYS

Team Standings and Legend

1. Blue Mountain (BM) 123.5, 2. Minersville (M) 109, 3. Nativity BVM (N) 90, 4. North Schuylkill (NS) 89, 5. Marian Catholic (MC) 59, 6. Pottsville (P) 55, 7. (tie) Jim Thorpe (JT) and Mahanoy Area (MA) 33, 9. Lehighton (L) 32.5, 10. Tamaqua (T) 32, 11. Schuylkill Haven (SH) 17, 12. Shenandoah Valley (SV) 12, 13. (tie) Panther Valley (PV) and Pine Grove (PG) 7, 15. Weatherly (W) 2.

Individual Results

(top 3 plus locals in top 10)

100 – 1. Joey Flail (NS) 11.01, 2. Cole Swick (BM) 11.14, 3. Luke Miller (NS) 11.29; 200 – 1. Joey Flail (NS) 21.92, 2. Cole Swick (BM) 22.15, 3. Paiten LaPoint (M) 22.42; 400 – 1. Michael Stank (N) 50.49, 2. Alex Gorski (N) 50.71, 3. Stephen Kieffer (T) 51.73, 4. Kayden Spence (JT) 52.73, 6. Owen Serfass (L) 53.49, 800 – 1. Ayden Kurtek (M) 1:58.46, 2. Alex Porambo (MC) 1:58.82, 3. Jesse Gormley (T) 2:01.73; 1600 – 1. Keegan Duba (M) 4:31.62, 2. Albin Petschauer (MC) 4:35.31, 3. Wyatt Leitzel (M) 4:35.63; 110H – 1. Noah Dolbin (N) 14.77, 2. Donovan Durham (P) 15.40, 3. Colm McGroarty (MA) 15.48, 7. Equan Warner (L) 17.36; 400 relay – 1. North Schuylkill (Luke Miller, Brady Welker, Caden Mengel, Joey Flail) 43.17, 2. Blue Mountain 43.22, 3. Nativity BVM 43.91, 4. Jim Thorpe 44.33, 7. Marian Catholic 45.82, 9. Lehighton 47.41, 10. Tamaqua 47.46; 1600 relay – 1. Nativity BVM (Noah Dolbin, Nolan Daynorowicz, Alek Gorski, Michael Stank) 3:23.89, 2. Minersville 3:31.41, 3. Blue Mountain 3:32.50, 4. Marian Catholic 3:33.51, 5. Jim Thorpe 3:34.44, 6. Lehighton 3:34.90, 8. Tamaqua 3:42.04; Discus – 1. Jesse Rodino (MC) 145-2, 2. Ryan Galen (P) 130-9, 3. Ethan Kline (SH) 127-0, 4. Bodie Hawk (L) 124-1, 7. Gavin Strohl (JT) 120-9, 8. Gino Williams (PV) 119-4, 9. James Rodino (MC) 118-9; Triple jump – 1. Chase Guers (BM) 44-6, 2. Martin Griffin (T) 42-11.5, 3. Tsirell Curry (P) 42-10, 6. Michael Silliman (MC) 39-10, 10. Cole Lazorick (JT) 37-7.5; Pole vault

– 1. Sayyidakbar Akbarov (BM) 14-7, 2. Killian Bressler (P) 11-1, 3. Ehren Hassler (JT) 11-1, 4. Conner Miller (JT) 10-7, 7. (tie) Mason Seidler (L) and Dalton Minnick (BM) 9-7, 9. (tie) Jared Mantilla (JT) and Noah Lechleitner (BM) 9-1.

GIRLS

Team Standings and Legend

1. Blue Mountain (BM) 128, 2. Tamaqua (T) 86.5, 3. (tie) Pottsville (P) and Minersville (M) 67, 5. Lehighton (L) 62, 6. Schuylkill Haven (SH) 52, 7. Jim Thorpe (JT) 48, 8. Pine Grove (PG) 44, 9. Marian Catholic (MC) 43, 10. Nativity BVM (N) 33, 11. Mahanoy Area (MA) 27.5, 12. North Schuylkill (NS) 23, 13. Panther Valley (PV) 14, 14. Shenandoah Valley (SV) 3, 15. Weatherly (W) 2.

Individual Results

(top 3 plus locals in top 10)

100 – 1. Myla Fegley (P) 12.99, 2. Aubrey Aungst (PG) 13.06, 3. Sophia Spolski (BM) 13.06, 5. Alizabeth Pikitus (MC) 13.34, 6. Caitlyn Kovatch (MC) 13.46, 7. Sarah Coccio (T) 13.54; 200 – 1. Aubrey Aungst (PG) 26.70, 2. Sophia Spolski (BM) 26.79, 3. Sara Spolski (N) 26.95, 4. Sarah Coccio (T) 27.90, 6. Timara Klotz (L) 28.12, 7. Iyanah Graves-Sockwell (JT) 28.47; 400 – 1. Sara Spolski (N) 59.61, 2. Myla Fegley (P) 1:00.70, 3. Alizabeth Pikitus (MC) 1:01.57, 4. Aubrey Bonner (JT) 1:02.23, 5. Cayley Reph (L) 1:04.05, 6. Iyanah Graves-Sockwell (L) 1:04.56, 10. Olivia Rosenberger (JT) 1:05.70; 800 – 1. Anna Schaeffer (SH) 2:24.14, 2. Gianna Chipriano (BM) 2:27.82, 3. Lucy Scheidel (BM) 2:27.86, 4. Madelyn Schaefer (T) 2:29.93, 7. Aubrey Bonner (T) 2:33.06, 9. Brielle Frable (L) 2:38.00; 1600 – 1. Anna Schaeffer (SH) 5:19.69, 2. Lucy Scheidel (BM) 5:22.99, 3. Melissa Malarkey (N) 5:36.60, 5. Stacy Bos (JT) 5:49.34, 8. Brielle Frable (L) 5:55.60; 100H – 1. Alexa Giuffre (P) 16.55, 2. Katelynn Fredericks (T) 17.01, 3. Ava Kistner (L) 17.26, 4. Leah Wasko (JT) 17.84; 400 relay – 1. Pine Grove (Aubrey Aungst, Gianna Pompei, Molly Drumheller, Viktorya Luckenbach) 50.32, 2. Tamaqua 50.95, 3. Marian Catholic 51.88, 4. Lehighton 52.42, 9. Panther Valley 57.80; 1600 relay – 1. Pottsville (Myla Fegley, Lauren Kelly, Tia Neufville, Alexa Giuffre) 4:17.80, 2. Schuylkill Haven 4:18.83, 3. Blue Mountain 4:19.40, 4. Marian Catholic 4:23.20, 5. Jim Thorpe 4:26.74, 7. Tamaqua 4:30.80, 9. Lehighton 4:44.77; Shot put – 1. Rosalind Gergely (BM) 36-11, 2. Brenda Banks (PV) 36-10, 3. Lorah Thomas (L) 35-0, 5. Olivia Thomas (MC) 33-6.75, 7. Ceanna Gormley (T) 31-11; Javelin – 1. Makayla Keck (BM) 147-0, 2. Rosalind Gergely (BM) 146-9, 3. Maria Puglia (NS) 128-3, 7. Kelly Reiner (W) 102-8, 10. Emma Repsher (L) 97-11; Triple jump – 1. Maggie Hoffman-Long (M) 34-2.25, 2. Leah Wasko (JT) 34-0.5, 3. Sarah Hope (T) 33-9.5, 6. Addison Fritz (MC) 33-4.5, 10. Synceray Behler (L) 32-10.5; High jump

– 1. Sarah Coccio (T) 5-0, 2. Amelia McArdle (T) 4-10, 3. Abigail Thompson (BM) 4-10, 4. (tie) Samantha Plasha (T) and Alexis Chilinskas (MA) 4-8, 6. Kimora Seales-Griffith (JT) 4-8, 8. Kailee Thomas (MC) 4-8, 9. Synceray Behler (L) 4-8, 10. Riley McArdle (PV) 4-6;