Eight area athleteson to state track meetA total of eight area track and field athletes will advance to the PIAA Class AA State track and field championships to be held at Shippensburg University this weekend as a result of their respective finishes last weekend at the District 4 meet held at Bucknell University in Lewis-burgIn order to qualify for the state meet, an athlete must either win the district meet m their event or meet certain predetermined time or distance standardsFive local athletes won their events at the District 4 meet, while three more met the time/ distance standard for their par ticular eventThe five district champions included Mike Yoder of Liberty (triple jump, 44 5Vi ), Jessica Kaminski of Wellsboro (400 meters — 59 6) Jenny Heston of Galeton (long jump — 16 6^4 Shawnta Wetzel of Liberty (triple jump 34 5 ) and Kara Deats of Williamson (javelin — 127 7 j ApairofNorthPenn highjump ers, Todd Mahosky and Jay me Gross tied for second in the event buttheir 6 5 jumps met the quali fying standardHeston finished second in both the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes and her times of 12 8 and 26 2 seconds respectively were good enough to qualify Kaminski took a second in the 800 meters with a time of 2 23 8 to qualify Jen Clark of Wellsboro took a third in the 1600 meters with a 5 29 1 clocking, good enough to qualifyOther top six finishers who did not qualify for states in their e\ entPenn (110 meter high hurdles — 16 0), Erica Winters, Wellsboro (300 intermediate hurdles — 48 8) and Shawnta Wetzel, Liberty (long jump — 16 414 )Third Jen Clark Wellsboro (3200 meters — 12 20 0;Fourth Brad Weiskopff North Penn (300 intermediate hurdles— 43 0)Fifth David Thompson, North Perm (javehn — 157 5 ), Wells boro girls 1600 meter relay — 4 21 8, Karin Knaus Wellsboro (highjump — 4 6 ) and Enn Hills, Williamson (shot put — 32 1) Sixth Kevin Young Galeton (high jump — 5 11 ) Janelle Tombs, Wellsboro 13200 meters— 12 57 9), Erica Winters Wells boro (long jump — 15 3 ) Kris Sexauer, Wellsboro (triple jump— 32 % )—Support our local newspaperrmvr jt rr rrmrrrrrYSperOrr; ' w ib 3rz: TIhe WellsboRo 31H ** ^AZ|ETTt ] £El 25 EAST AVENUE ITrii rrrxmrCLOSEDMONDAYLMAY 50 J