Track and field: Berks athletes hold the two oldest District 3 boys meet records

The two oldest records in the District 3 boys track and field meet belong to Berks County athletes.

The District 3 Track and Field Championships are Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg University and serve as a qualifier for the PIAA Championships the following weekend back at Shippensburg.

In 1973, Oley Valley’s Barry Stebbins sailed 24-0¾ to set the still existing long jump record in Class AA.

Eight years before that, Gov. Mifflin’s Kim Piersol leaped 24-3¾ to establish what now is the oldest record on the books for the boys in the district meet.

In 2003, Piersol was inducted in the Berks County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and four years later Stebbins followed suit.

Both marks appear safe again this year, but Reading High’s Xavier Beatty, just a junior, is the top seed at 23-5½ in Class AAA. He will jump on Friday when the weather forecast is calling for cloudy skies with highs in the lows 70s.

In AA, Schuylkill Valley’s Luke Martinez is the top seed at 22-2½.

Berks County athletes own three other records in Class AA, both set in 2022.

J’Ven Williams of Wyomissing, now vying for a starting spot on the offensive line at Penn State, set the district discus record two years ago with a throw of 187-0 as a junior.

At the state meet a week later, Williams won the shot put in 66-7¾, setting the Berks County record, which still stands. He also won the state title in the discus, throwing 167-0.

Williams did not compete in track and field his senior year because he enrolled in Penn State in January that year.

Also in 2022, Schuylkill Valley’s Luke Seymour set the record in the 1600 in 4:16.53.

Seymour, a standout in cross country who also played basketball at Schuylkill Valley, is now running at Penn State.

 

Schuylkill Valley’s Joe Jardine holds the pole vault record, clearing 15-6 in 2018 to set the Class AA standard.

In AAA, Berks County has two more records.

Reading High’s Imani Brown set the triple jump mark of 48-8¾ in 2012 and Wilson set the 4 x 400 record of 3:17.18 in the same year.

District 3 boys track and field records

Class AA

100 — 10.70, 1984, Mike Spangler, South Western.

200 — 21.60, 1984, Mike Spangler, South Western.

400 — 46.80, 1984, Mike Spangler, South Western.

800 — 1:54.39, 2013, Shawn Wolfe, Annville-Cleona.

1,600 — 4:16.53, 2022, Luke Seymour, Schuylkill Valley.

3,200 — 9:21.05, 2018, Brenden Miller, Upper Dauphin.

110 hurdles — 14.24, 1992, Brandon Falconer, Northeastern.

300 hurdles — 38.68,  2009, Christian Kuntz, Trinity.

4 x 100 relay — 42.70,  2012, Trinity (D. Jackson, C. Lenz, B. Kuntz, R. Sutliff).

4 x 400 relay — 3:20.90, 1990, Scotland School.

4 x 800 relay — 7:53.67, 2013, Annville-Cleona (M. Bachman, J. Inman, B. Mason, S. Wolfe).

High jump — 6-9¼, 1993, Robert Stevenson, Scotland.

Pole vault — 15-6, 2018, Joe Jardine, Schuylkill Valley.

Long jump — 24-0¾, 1973, Barry Stebbins, Oley Valley.

Triple jump — 47-2½, 2000, David Magill, Greenwood.

Shot put — 65-4½, 2001, Jeremy Silverman, Annville-Cleona.

Discus  — 187-0, 2022, J’Ven Williams, Wyomissing.

Javelin — 200-0, 2010, Kyle Smith, Lancaster Catholic.

Class AAA

100 — 10.45, 2023, Lex Cyrus, Susquehanna Township.

200 — 21.14, 1992, Kyle Lane, Harrisburg.

400 — 47.40, 1984, Guy Scott, Harrisburg.

800 — 1:51.68, 2013, Alec Kunzweiler, Cumberland Valley.

1,600 — 4:10.73,  2005, Craig Miller, Manheim Township.

3,200 — 8:59.82, 2023, Matthew O’Brien, Susquehannock.

110 hurdles — 13.70, 1980, Dwayne Allen, Harrisburg.

300 hurdles — 37.07, 1980, Albert Lane, Harrisburg.

4 x 100 relay — 41.10, 2019, Central Dauphin East (B. Baker, D. Niang, S. Brown, S. Brown).

4 x 400 relay — 3:17.18 2012, Wilson (J. Poore, A. Gregro, J. Maloney, T. Rivera).

4 x 800 relay — 7:45.00, 1984, Harrisburg.

High jump — 7-1, 1999, Adam Chubb, Susquehanna Township.

Pole vault — 16-4, 2022, Justin Rogers, Hershey.

Long jump — 24-3¾, 1965, Kim Piersol, Governor Mifflin.

Triple jump — 48-8¾, 2012, Imani Brown, Reading.

Shot put — 69-11½, 2005, Ryan Whiting, Central Dauphin.

Discus — 199-1, 2005, Ryan Whiting, Central Dauphin.

Javelin — 219-5, 2003, Thomas Jordan, Cedar Crest.

Source: Berkshire mont