Yearly Highlights
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK
YEARLY HIGHLIGHTS
2003 First Year of Program
Meet of Championship Qualifier
Mimi Repak
2004 Meetof Championship Qualifiers
60 meter Ashley Waiter
Triple Jump Mimi Repak
Triple Jump Tina Grussenmeyer
800 Relay AshleyWaiter, Tina Grussenmeyer, Rachel Beck, Dana Koenig
2005 Meet of Championship Qualifiers
60 meters Rachel Beck
60 meterhurdles Tina Grussenmeyer
200 meters Ijeoma Iheoma – 3rdplace
Triple Jump Mimi Repak – 6thplace
800 Relay Rachel Beck, Tina Grussenmeyer, Taryn Davis, Ijeoma Iheoma
State Meet Qualifiers
60 meters Rachel Beck
800 meters Ijeoma Iheoma
800 Relay Rachel Beck, Danielle Weber,Tina Grussenmeyer, Ijeoma Iheoma
1600 Relay Rachel Beck, Taryn Davis, Erin Smith, Ijeoma Iheoma
2006 Meet of Championship Qualifiers
60 meters Rachel Beck
400 meters Ijeoma Iheoma – 2ndplace
High Jump Sarah Fenning
Pole Vault Tory Worthen
800 Relay Rachel Beck, Erin Smith, Kat Lavelle, Ijeoma Iheoma – 6th place
1600 Relay Amanda Earle, Sarah Fenning, Jacquel Matlack,
Lauren Hollingsworth
State Meet Qualifiers
60 meters Rachel Beck – 5th place
400 meters Ijeoma Iheoma – 2ndplace
800 Relay Sarah Fenning, Jacquel Matlack, Amanda Earle, Kat Lavelle
Team Score: 11 points, 19th place
2007 The girl’s track team traveled for the first time to “The Armory” in New York City.
Tory Worthen and Nina Brocavich paired up to place 2nd in the pole vault. Sarah Fenning and Jess Loram
place 3rd in the triple jump.
Meet of Championship Qualifiers 200 meters Ijeoma Iheoma – 3rd place Triple Jump Sarah Fenning Pole Vault Tory Worthen – 2nd place 4 x 200 Erin Smith, Kat Lavelle, Jacquel Matlack, Ijeoma Iheoma – 5th place
State Meet Qualifiers
200 meters Ijeoma Iheoma – 4thplace
400 meters Ijeoma Iheoma – 2ndplace
Pole Vault Tory Worthen
4 x 200 Nina Brocavich, Sarah Fenning, Catie Weckenman, Sam Kuzma
4 x 400 Erin Smith, Kat Lavelle, Jacquel Matlack, Ijeoma Iheoma – 6th place
Team Score: 16 points, 10th place
National Championship Qualifiers
400 meters Ijeoma Iheoma – 11thplace
Pole Vault Tory Worthen – 12thplace
2008 The most impressive indoor track season in Council Rock South’s history.
Two South girls received All American status for their performances at Nationals.
54th Bishop Laughlin Games(at the Armory)
300 meters Ije Iheoma – 2ndplace
Pole Vault Tory Worthen – 2ndplace
Reno, Nevada Pole Vault Summit
Tory Worthen – 6th place
New Balance Invitational (at theArmory)
500 meters Ijeoma Iheoma – 3rd in a historic race
Pole Vault Tory Worthen and Lindsey Hough, as a team– 1st place tie
Meet of Championship Qualifiers 200 meters Ijeoma Iheoma – 1st place Triple Jump Sarah Fenning - 7th place Pole Vault Tory Worthen – 1st place
Pole Vault Lindsey Hough – 8th place
State Meet Qualifiers
200 meters Ijeoma Iheoma – 2nd place
400 meters Ijeoma Iheoma – 1st place 54.54
Pole Vault Tory Worthen - 3rd place
4 x 400 Lauren Gregory, Jamie Vaniver, Kristin Albright, Ije Iheoma – 15th
Team score: 24 points, 6th place
Indoor Nationals Ije Iheoma 400 4th (Nike-Washington DC) Tory Worthen PV 5th (National Scholastic - NYC) PV 7th (Nike Washington DC) 2009 A very exciting season as the team blended a new core of talented athletes with experienced upper class runners. Many distance event school and class records fell. A highlight was an impressive school record in the Distance Medley Relay comprised of all freshman runners. Tory Worthen had a record breaking pole vault season with an Association record of 12’6”. Tory also set the meet record at the PTFCA with her school record 12’6.5” jump. She finished the season with a win at the State Indoor Championships and All American recognition at the Indoor National meets.
Kevin Dare Invitational IndoorTrack Meet (held at Penn State)
60 HH Carrie Allen – 5th place *school record
4 x 800 Lauren Gregory, Claire Thornton, Liz McHale,
Kristin Albright– 5th place *school record.
PoleVault Tory Worthen – 1st place
Triple Jump Nina Brockavich – 6th place
1 Mile Kathleen Stewart * school record
3000 Natalie Darr – 6th place
3000 Tess Lauricella – 7th place
Meet of Championship Qualifiers
3000 Kathleen Stewart – 6th place Long Jump Nina Brocavich Triple Jump Nina Brocavich Pole Vault Tory Worthen – 1st place 12'6.5" Meet Record Pole Vault Tara Lockstein
State Meet Qualifiers
Pole Vault Tory Worthen - 1st place 12' 6"
Indoor Nationals Tory Worthen PV 6th (Nike- Boston) 6th (National Scholastic- NYC) 2010 Finally! A State Meet medal in a distance event. The team was led by a solid group of veterans and infused with
some quality “newbies". School records came in the 1 mile run by Kathleen Stewart, distance medley relay of
Lauren Gregory, Claire Thornton, Liz McHale and Stewart. Also, setting a school record and getting the
State Meet medal was the 3200 relay of Gregory, McHale, Paige McDowell and Stewart. Freshman vaulter,
Amanda Benninghoff, qualified for the Meet of Championships and medaled as well. She led a stellar group of
vaulters at the meet including Rachel Szeto and Tara Lockstein. The all freshman 1600 relay of
Paige McDowell, Megan Casey, Maddy Buonomo and Amanda Nicholas made a huge impact
in the regular Association meets.
Meet of Championship Qualifiers
Pole Vault Amanda Benninghoff – 8th
Rachel Szeto - 15th
Tara Lockstein – 16th
4 x 800 Lauren Gregory, Liz McHale, Paige McDowell,
Kathleen Stewart– 6th
State Meet Qualifiers
1 Mile Kathleen Stewart – 22nd school record
4 x 800 Lauren Gregory, Liz McHale, Paige McDowell, Kathleen Stewart
7th place.School record.
2011 Taylor Uzdzinski exploded onto the indoor track scene with a medal performance in every meet she competed in
during the season. Taylor’s highlight was a first place medal at the New Balance National Meet. Kathleen Stewart
was part of 4 school records during the season; 1 mile, 3000, DMR and 4x800. A total of 6 school records were set
with efforts by Paige McDowell, Lia Chak, Liz McHale and Lauren Gregory. These girls lowered the records in
the distance medley relay and 4 x 800. Lia also established a record in the 1000 meters and Taylor broke the high jump
record almost every meet. South was well represented at the Meet of Champions with a record number of
athletes; Stewart, Uzdzinski and Amanda Benninghoff won medals in their events.
Meet of Championship Qualifiers
Pole Vault Amanda Benninghoff 5th
Erin Murphy 9th
Rachel Szeto 9th
High Jump Taylor Uzdzinski 4th
3000 Kathleen Stewart 2nd
4 x 800 MauraWandling
Kelsey Pressler
Amanda Nicholas
Lauren Gregory 17th
4 x 400 Claire Thornton
Lia Chak
Alexis Carroll
Paige McDowell 10th
State Meet Qualifiers
1 Mile Kathleen Stewart 14th
High Jump TaylorUzdzinski 7th
4 x800 Lia Chak
PaigeMcDowell
Liz McHale
Kathleen Stewart 10th
4 x4 00 Claire Thornton
Lia Chak
Alexis Carroll
Paige McDowell 20th
NewBalance Indoor Nationals – NYC
High Jump, EE Taylor Uzdzinski 1st
2012 Another exciting indoor season for the South team. School records were set by Paige McDowell in the 55 and 60
meter hurdles, Kathleen Stewart in the mile, the 4 x 200 relay of Paige McDowell, Kelsey Brady, Nonye Enogwe and
Jorgi Algard and the 4 x 800 relay of Lia Chak, Claire Thornton, Emily Makara and Kathleen Stewart. Lia also broke
the 1000 record. Shannon Taub qualified for States in the high jump and was the only freshman High Jumper.
Medal winners at the State meet included Paige McDowell in the hurdles, Amanda Benninghoff in the pole vault and the
4 x 800 relay. McDowell, Stewart and Amanda Benninghoff qualified for the New Balance Indoor National Meet in
New York City. Amanda placed 2nd in the Emerging Elite section. Meet of Championship Qualifiers
60 HH Paige McDowell 5th
High Jump Shannon Taub 6th
Triple Jump Jaclyn Timoney 16th
PoleVault Amanda Benninghoff 1st
ErinMurphy 9th
Katie Hirthler 10th
3000 KathleenStewart 6th
4x200 Nonye Enogwe
Alexis Carroll
Jorgi Algard
Paige McDowell 6th
4 x400 Kelsey Brady
Megan Casey
Jess Servis
Claire Thornton 13th
4 x 800 Lia Chak
Claire Thornton
Emily Makara
Maura Wandling 11th
State Meet Qualifiers
60 HH Paige McDowell 8th
PoleVault Amanda Benninghoff 2nd
1 mile Kathleen Stewart 15th
High Jump Shannon Taub 15th
4 x 200 Nonye Enogwe
Kelsey Brady
Jorgi Algard
Paige McDowell
4x 400 Kelsey Brady
Megan Casey
Jess Servis
Claire Thornton 15th
4x 800 Lia Chak
Claire Thornton
Emily Makara
Kathleen Stewart 8th
New Balance Indoor Nationals – NYC
Pole vault Amanda Benninghoff 2nd EE
1 Mile Kathleen Stewart 19th EE
60 HH Paige McDowell 14th EE
2013 Another State Champion for Council Rock South! Amanda Benninghoff was undefeated in the regular season, won the Meet of Championships and won a tough State meet with an impressive performance over the Pittsburg area schools. An unprecedented 8 vaulters qualified for the MOC. The distance crew qualified for States in the 3200 relay and set a school record in the DMR. Our young sprinters improved every meet during the season and just missed punching their ticket to the MOC. Our jumpers led by Shannon Taub, Sophia Khan and Jacquline Timoney were consistent placers. Freshman records were set by Emily Discavage in the hurdles and Dom Franco in the pole vault.
School Records Distance Medley Relay - Jess Servis, Emily Makara, Kelsey Brady, Lia Chak
Freshman records Dom Franco pole vault, Emily Discavage Hurdles
Class records Jaclyn Timoney triple jump, Shannon Taub high Jump
Meet of Champions qualifiers
Amanda Benninghoff pole vault 1st
Shannon Taub high jump 4th
Katie Hirthler pole vault 6th
Kelsey Brady 800 13th
Emily Discavage hurdles 14th
Jaclyn Timoney TJ 12th
Sophia Khan TJ 13th
Dom Franco pv 12th
Taylor Young pv 14th
Katelyn Deissler pv 14th T
Marissa Johnson pv 18th
4x 800 Emily Makara, Jess Servis, Lia Chak, Maura Wandling 11th
Indoor State Championships
Amanda Benninghoff Pole Vault 1st 12' 0"
Shannon Taub high jump 10th
4 x 800 Lia Chak, Emily Makara, Jess Servis, Kelsey Brady 12th
New Balance Indoor Nationals NYC
Amanda Benninghoff pole vault 12th
Shannon Taub high jump EE 4th
2014 Our season started off with a bang as our experienced upper class continued to improve by qualifying for States and the Meet of Champs.
This solid core helped many of our "newbies" understand the demands of the rigorous training involved in track and field. We had many class
and school records were broken during the season. All four relays qualified for the Meet of Champs and nearly made it to States.
School Records Long jump Shannon Taub
Triple Jump Shannon Taub
High jump Shannon Taub
800 Kelsey Brady
Meet of Champions qualifiers
Shannon Taub hj 2nd
Shannon taub tj 4th
Shannon Taub lj 4th
Katie Hirthler pv 3rd
Dom Franco pv 5th
Savannah Wood pv 10th t
Kaitlyn Deissler pv 10th t
Emily Discavage 60 HH 14th
Jaclyn Timoney tj 7th
Kelsey Brady 800 7th
4 x 200 Elaine Bishop, Emily Discavage, Haley Brong, Anna Ebert 14th
4 x 400 Kelsey Brady, Amanda Makara, Jess Magee, Jenna Pelowitz 23rd
DMR Lia Chak, Jess Servis, Emily Makara, Maura Wandling 10th
State Meet Qualifiers
Shannon Taub hj 2nd
Shannon Taub tj 2nd
Shannon Taub lj 10th
Katie Hirthler pv 20th
Kelsey Brady 800 11th
Jaclyn Timoney tj 11th
Emily Discavage 60 HH 23rd
4 x 800 Lia Chak, Emily Makara, Jess Servis, Maura Wandling 13th
2015
2016 Our team seems to find some very talented "newbies" to add to the veteran core group. This year was no exception. Freshman Elke Kneckt set the school record in the hurdles while finishing 9th at the State Championships. Madison Metague qualified for the Meet of Champions in the pole vault and Daniella Masone ran some impressive races in the sprints. Kristi Boyd made great strides in her event, the high jump, with a MOC qualifier as did teammate Dom Tirendi. Triple jumper,Julia Soufleris, missed the MOC meet by only .25" and showed poise and confidence during the competition. Savannah Wood and Dom Franco continued our tradition of a strong pole vaulting crew by taking first in the pole vault in every DVGTA meet. Emily Yemm had a tremendous year in the jumps as she qualified for States in the triple jump. The distance crew ran solid and improved all season with some quality races at the MOC. Sarah Schaefer, Emily Makara, Emily Kockott, Georgina Garvey, Brittany Gable and Liz Sauers qualified for the MOC and made the coaches proud with their gutty races.
State Meet Qualifiers
Dom Franco pole vault
Savannah Wood pole vault
Emily Yemm triple jump
Elke Knecht 60 hurdles
End of the year awards
Most Improved - Julia Soufleris
Impact Athlete - Daniella Masone
Rock Solid - Dom Tirendi
Field Event MVP - Dom Franco
Track Event MVP - Elke Knecht
2019 Elke Knecht and Siniru Iheoma both qualified for States with school records. Elke finished 5th in the hurdles and Siniru finished 9th in the shot put. We qualified a large group of girls for the Meet of Champions which helps strengthen the team for the spring season. The team improved throughout the season with many peaking at the final 2 meets to achieve their qualifying standard.
Meet of Champions qualifiers
Elke Knecht 60, 60 H, 4 x 200
Daniella Masone 200, 4 x200
Caroline Adamsky 60H, 4 x 200
Marissa Kilgarriff 1 mile, 3000, DMR
Grace Wright Pole Vault
Remi Acord Triple jump
Siniru Iheoma Shot Put
Ava Paulson High Jump
Giana Hollister High Jump
Katie Pine DMR
Madison DiPieto DMR
Isabela Walters DMR
2020 Siniru Iheoma continued to improve in her specialty. She reset the school record in the shot with a mighty heave of 45' 4". This placed her in the top 10 nationally. Unfortunately, Covid shut down Nationals and Siniru was unable to compete.
Marisa Kilgarriff set the school record in the 3000 with her 10:31.20 time and was also the anchor of the school record distance medley relay.
Meet of Champions Qualifiers
State Meet Qualifiers
Siniru Iheoma - 45' 3.24" 2nd.
2021 COVID year. Our season was hindered by the virus and we had very few real meets. One Polar Bear meet at CBW with limited events was available early in the season, but weather knocked out almost the entire schedule. The sprinters did have an enjoyable meet in North's parking lot in late February. Hanna Plantz, Ava Pepe, Lauren Thomas, Katherine Thomas and Julia Rhodes showed our sister school that South's sprint crew was alive and well. They continued their momentum throughout the spring.
Siniru Iheoma and Julia Rhodes did manage to get an indoor meet under their belt as they traveled to Glen Mills for the PTFCA Track Carnival. Siniru won her specialty, the shot put, by more than 15' and set the school record. Julia just missed getting on the top 5 list for the 400. Her time of 60.83 placed her 4th over all in a race that featured many Spring Track State Meet medal winners.
Princeton recruit, Siniru Iheoma, attained All American status as she traveled to Virginia for Indoor Nationals. She was able to place 2nd with a mighty heave of 48' 10". She missed first by inches.
2022 Nice to be back on track. The year was filled with challenges. The mask policy and the attestation paper work kept the coaches busy.
Meet of Champs Qualifiers. Jolie Brassell - high jump 9th, long jump- 9th and triple jump 8th. Grace Patterson 6th place award in the high jump. Reagan Metague 15th in the pole vault. Brooke Gable 11th in the 3000. Emily Peifer 16th in the 1 mile. the 4 x 200 of Ava Pepe, Lauren Thomas, Katharine Thomas and Hanna Plantz finished 11th. The 4 x 800 of Brooke Gable, Julia Benincasa, Hannah Rafferty and Nadia Castillo placed 10th.
Indoor State Championships - Grace Patterson and Jolie Brassell competed in the high jump. Jolie took home the 6th place medal. Grace, unfortunately, rolled her ankle and wasn't able to finish. Both looked great during the competition.
New Balance Nationals - Grace and Jolie competed in the high jump. Grace placed 12th and Jolie finished 23rd.