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Counting Down the Top 10 High School Sports Memories of 2017-18 from ExploreJeffersonPa: No. 9 Twice is Nice for Brookville Track
Sports editor Chris Rossetti counts down his Top 10 favorite memories from the 2017-18 high school sports season in Jefferson and Clearfield Counties.
9. Led by 4x100-relay team, Brookville boys’ track & field goes back-to-back in D9
Led by a 4x100-meter relay team, which became a rare D9 4x100 team to medal at the PIAA meet, Brookville won its second straight District 9 Class 1A boys track & field title.
That relay team of Ian Thrush, Bryan Dworek, John Frank and Jack Krug, took fifth in the state in a time of 43.23 after winning the District 9 title in a slightly faster time of 43.19.
In all, Brookville rode Thrush and its relay teams to a 115.16 to 60 victory over second-place finisher Elk County Catholic.
Thrush picked up three gold medals for the Raiders winning the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.31 seconds and taking home two relay titles with the 4x400-meter relay team (3:26.92) joining the 4x100 at the top of the podium.
He was joined on the 4x400 by Dillon Olson, Krug and Frank. Thrush also finished second in the 200-meter dash (22.34).
Dworek also played a key role in the D9 title winning the long jump (21-5 ½) and taking third in the 200-meter run (23.00), while De-Angelo Coffey qualified for the PIAA meet in two events with second-place finishes taking second in the high jump (6-0) and the long jump (21-3 ¾) while just missing out in the triple jump finishing third.
Olson also qualified for PIAA’s in the 110-hurdles taking second in a time of 15.65 and the 300 taking third in a time of 40.41 while Ethan Brentham was second in the 1,600-meter run (4:35.55).
Thrush went on to a sixth-place finish in the 200 at the PIAA meet and the 4x800 relay was eighth while Dworek finished seventh in the long jump.
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Tyler Smith Named Clarion U. Wrestling Volunteer Assistant Coach
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