15 meet records fall at Selinsgrove Classic
SELINSGROVE — Lake Dent and Isabella Furgison of Selinsgrove and Shikellamy's Jilly Deivert won two individual events — including each setting individual meet records — with Dent and Deivert leading relay teams to a title, highlighting a strong local showing at the Don Wilhoiur Selinsgrove Classic on Saturday. On the boys' side, Shamokin's Ryan Bickert, Warrior Run's Ori Kennel and Shikellamy's Willie Bender all broke meet records. Fifteen meet records fell in one of the first big local invitationals of the year.
Running on their home track, Selinsgrove's girls won seven individual events and closed with a win in the 4x400 relay. Winning for the Seals were Dent (800 and long jump), Furgison (shot and discus), Mikayla Martin (high hurdles), Gigi Veach (400) and Ashtyn Lukens (3,200). Veach, Dent, Kaia Hoke and Caitlyn O'Neill also won the 4x400.
Dent won the open 800 by more than four seconds, in 2:18. 53. She then ran to the other end of the field to win the long jump with a meet record 16-feet, 9 3/4 inches.
She edged Wyalusing freshman Jenna Morningstar by two inches to win, breaking Alexis Aumen's record from 2015 by more than an inch. Furgison dominated in throws, especially in the discus. The PIAA medalist hit 48-7 3/4 in the shot put, just missing 50 feet.
The Seal junior was the only thrower to break 40 feet — runner-up Alexis McRoberts of Canton was second at 39-5 1/2. Furgison's big throw broke the meet record (45-11 1/4) held by former Seal state champion Courtney McCartney since 2014. Furgison also won the discus by more than two feet.
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