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2010 Honor Roll Updates
Updates to the 2010 Season have now been made. Congrats to all on a great season.
LMH Dual Meet
It was an awesome day of track and field at Donegal Tuesday, April 27 as both the Donegal boys and girls teams won. The boys moved to 3-1 in the section while the girls moved to 4-0 in the section. Both teams are in action next Monday at ELCO.
Millersville Invite
Friday April 23 proved to be quite a beautiful evening with temperatures in the lower 60's. The distance runners lead the team with PR's with each runner recording their personal best or season best. Jess McDonald ran her season bests and placed 8th for team points in the mile with a time of 5:32.49. Emily Sadler ran a personal best time in the 2 mile that moved her to 7th on the all-time Donegal Honor Roll in the 2 mile. Her time was 12:42.14.
Leading the sprinters was Tori Spence with her 6th place finish in the 200 meters with a time of 27.30. Both the girls' and boys' 4x40's placed 5th in their respective races to score points for the team. In the field events, the Javelin throwers, Jamie Colon and Olivia Leaman each placed scoring team points. Jamie placed 7th overall, and Olivia placed 2nd overall to earn the team 8 points.
Penn Relays
Penn Relays, the largest track meet in the world, had a record breaking attendance for their 3 day meet this year. Karrie Rice, Tori Spence, Cally Frey, and Karlee Farr joined together to run the 4x400 in this historic meet. After waiting for their turn, the girls turned in a season best time of 4:13.17. Congrats.
Northern Lebanon
We had another great day of weaher, and both the boys and girls' teams took advantage of the weather to be extremely competative. The girls ran away (and thre and jumped) with the meet, winning by a 95-50 score. Emily Sadler ran the 9th fastest 2 mile in school histroy to make the Donegal Honor Roll of Top Ten All-time performances.
On the boys side, it was a very close one with so many individuals stepping it up and sacraficing for the team. The boys did edge NL 80-70 that saw the meet waiting for results from the last event to find out who won. Congratulations to both teams. For meet results, email coach Koser.
2nd week of Meets (Columbia, Etown, Hempfield Invite)
The weather for our second week of meets turned out to be absolutely fantastic. The week began with an outstanding warm day at Columbia with both the boys and the girls winning their section meets. The boys were lead by multiple 1st place finished by Johnnie Martin and Derek Nelson. Derek was chosen as the Male track athlete of the meet for winning the high jump while Derek was chosen as the Male Field athlete of the meet. On the girls side, Jess Garber and Emily Sadler helped pace the girls to the win with huge PR's over last seasons' marks.
Thursday the Indians were at home vs Etown. Points were hard to come by on both the girls side and boys side, but the female throwers lead the way dominating the throws points. They were lead with 1st place finished from Andrea Melhorn, #6 shot put in the league right now, and Olivia Leaman's district qualifying, top in the league, and #5 all-time on the Donegal Honor Roll javelin throw. Abby morrow lead the girl sprinters with 3 PR's on the day. On the boys side Griffin Libhart picked up his 1st win of the season in the 200 meter dash while Jamie Colon won the Javelin with one of the top throws in the league.
Finally the week wrapped up at the Hempfield Invite. Medal winners were Jess McDonald in the 800 meter run and 1600 meter run, Tori Spence in the 400 meter dash, and Jamie Colon in the boys javelin. Another outstanding performance was turned in by Johnnie Martin as he ran 11.3 to move to a tie with 10th all time on the Donegal Honor Roll. Complete Results
Season is off and Running at Annville!!
Monday, March 29- The season is off and running as we now have our 1st meet under our belts. The girls' team was able to post a win in their 1st meet, beating Annville 80 to 66, while the boys' team lost 97 to 52.
On the girls' side Olivia Leaman. was named Female Field Athlete of the meet earning a 1st in javelin and 2 second place finishes in the jumps. Her winning javelin throw of 111' 0" is now #9 all time on the Donegal Honor Roll and the best throw in the league so far. The Female Track athlete of the meet was Hannah Spoonhour. The freshman turned in a 1st place finish in the 800m and helped guide the 4x800m relay team to a 1st place finish. Hannah also placed 2nd in the polevault.
Riley Thomas was named Track Atlete of the meet as he started his hurdling season out with a fast start. He ran a personal best time in the high hurdles and won the 300 intermediate hurdles race. Riley also placed in the triple jump. Mack Carr lead the way with the lone 1st place finish in the field events in the shot put as he was named Field Athlete of the meet. His throw of 42' 9.5" was a personal best. For complete results, email coach Koser to be put on a results email listing.
2010 Outdoor Information and Schedules posted
- 2010 Season Information
- 2010 Outdoor Meet Schedule
- 2010 Outdoor Track & Field Practice Schedule
- Physical Papers Due - March 4
- First Day of Practice- March 8, 3:30
- Parents' Meeting - Tuesday, March 9th, 7:00pm at HS
- Fundraiser Kickoff- March 16 during practice
Our Track is finally resurfaced!!!!!
This past week on Monday, November 23 our track oval is completely resurfaced and lined. It is the same track underneath, but it looks a whole look different on top. It will be exciting to be able to have home meets again this coming season. Look for the gates to open soon after Thanksgiving for athletes and community members to use. Tell your HS friends that this will be an exciting Track & Field season they won't want to miss.
2009 State Meet
Shippensburg, PA gathered the best athletes from all 12 districts for an unbelievable state track & field meet with several state and national records falling. 5 of Donegal's best female athletes made the trip, Karrie Rice, Jess McDonald, Jenn Ensminger, Amber Smith, and Tori Spence. They combined for a 4x400 meter relay team that ran 4:05.82 placing 19th at the state meet.
Tori Spence ran the open 400 Friday in the prelims, running a new school record time of 57.11, earning a place in the finals Saturday. Tori again ran a sub 58 second 400 in 57.45 placing 6th and winning a state medal. Tori became the 1st Donegal track and field athlete to win a state medal in the state's largest classification. complete results: Friday Saturday
Athletes Shine at 2009 District Meet
What a district meet to remember. Tori started the day Saturday for the Indians with another school record breaking performance. Tori ran 58.29 in placing 4th and earning a trip to the state championships next weekend. Soon after Aaron Spoonhour ran his best race of the season in the 800 meter run. His time of 2:00.65 was fast enough to place 11th overall and was the 10th fastest 800 meter run in school history.
The girls 4x400 meter relay team put the cherry on top with another outstanding performance. The relay team of Amber Smith, Jenn Ensminger, Karrie Rice, and Tori Spence broke the school record they set at leagues last week, running a time of 4:02.65. They finished 3rd overall earning the bronze medal and making the trip to the state meet next weekend. Way to go Aaron, Tori, Amber, Jenn, and Karrie. complete results
Outstanding League Meet!!!
Wow, what an awesome day. Not only was the weather great, but performances were outstanding. Two school records Saturday and 10 league medals were won. The 4x400 meter relay team capped the day winning gold for the second year in a row over Hempfield, Cedar Crest, and Manheim Township. The relay team of Amber Smith, Jenn Ensminger, Karrie Rice, and Tori Spence broke a 24 year old record with a winning time of 4:04.09, shattering the record by 3 and a half seconds
Tori Spence also won gold and broke a 26 year old record in the 400 running 58.37, improving her best time by over 1 second.
Both Olivia Leaman and Aaron Spoonhour won silver medals for their performances Saturday. Olivia came into the meet seeded 8th and threw over 100 feet 3 times with a best throw of 106' 0" to place 2nd overall. Aaron ran just off his best of the season running 4:33.47 to place 2nd to defending league champ Kevin Hull.
Karrie Rice and Jenn Ensminger both joined Tori Spence on the medal stand in the 400 meter dash placing 3rd and 4th respectively in 61.32 and 61.44. Both times moved the girls up to 7th and 8th on the Donegal Top Ten Honor Roll. Jess McDonald added to the girls point total placing 5th in the 1600 in a time of 5:24.84, the 3rd fastest mile in school history. Tori Spence also medaled in the 200 running a time of 26.44 to place 5th. Rounding out the team medals for the day were seniors Devon Brumfield in the triple jump, 8th in a jump of 40' 11.25", and Aaron Spoonhour in the 800 meter run, 5th in 2:02.49.
The girls finished the day in 6th place out of 21 teams with 47points and the boys finished in 16th place with 13 points. For complete results ...
Great Peformances at Battle for the Bridge
Karrie Rice lead the charge of the girls side At Eartern York's Battle for the Bridge Invitational. Karrie won the 400 (62.1, # 8 on the Donegal All-Time Top 10 list), placed 2nd in the 200, and was on the winning 4x400 relay team that ran the 4th fastest time in school history (4:12.5). Joining her on the 4x400 was Amber Smith, Jenn Ensminger, and Jess McDonald.
The three girls also contributed to Donegal's strong team performance. Amber Smith placed 3rd in the 400, Jess McDonald was 2nd in the 800, and Jenn Ensminger was 3rd in the 300 hurdles(50.1, # 6 on the Donegal All-Time Top 10 list). Also contributing to the girls team score were Andrea Melhorn, 3rd in the shot put and 4th in the discus, Kristie Rice, 4th in the 200 and 6th in the 100, Olivia Leaman, 2nd in javelin, Devon Kelly, 5th in the pole vault and 4th in javelin, Jess Garber, 3rd in the long jump, Anna Kenner, 5th in the 800, and Emily Sadler, 5th in the 2 mile.
The boys were lead by the winning performances of Aaron Spoonhour in the 800 (2:01.5), Mike Robertson in the Discus (121 4), and Devon Brumfield in the triple jump (39 10). Devon also placed 2nd in the long jump. Others contributing to the boys team score were Taylor Moran, 4th in the 100, Johnnie Martin, 5th in the 100, Phillip Martin, 3rd in the 800, Rory Frey, 3rd in the 1600, Riley Thomas, 4th in the high hurdles and 6th in the triple jump, Stephen Dietrich, 4th in the pole vault, Elisha Keener, 6th in pole vault, Mack Carr, 5th in the shot put, and Tim Brosius, 4th in the discus.
- Battle for the Bridge Results
complete results - Millersville Invite Results
results for boys and results for girls - Solanco Invite Results
partial results for boys and partial results for girls - Hempfield Invite Results
complete results
Congrats to the girls team who placed 7th out of 14 teams at the White Rose Invite!!!!
- 1st place- Tori Spence (400), and the 4x400 team of Tori Spence, Amber Smith, Karrie Rice and Jenn Ensminger
- 2nd place- Jess McDonnald (800m)
- 3rd places- Jenn Ensminger (300 hurdles), Karrie Rice (400)
- 5th place- Jess McDonald- (1600)
- 8th places- Devon Brumfield (Long Jump and Triple Jump); Amber Smith (200)
- 9th place- Ryan Krady (400)