Linaburg, Martz, Miners' 4x800 girls relay win titles on Day 1 of MPSSAA meet
BALTIMORE — Allegany County's three public schools each brought home gold medals on Day 1 of the Maryland Class 1A track and field state championship meet on Thursday at Morgan State's Hughes Stadium. The rain-soaked meet will conclude on Monday in Baltimore beginning at 10 a. m.
It was postponed from Saturday due to the forecast of 20 mph-plus winds and rainy temperatures in the 50s. Allegany senior Briley Linaburg captured the pole vault title with a leap of 11' 4". Linaburg is signed to pole vault at Frostburg State.
Fort Hill junior Casey Martz was the shot put champion, with his 50' 7" throw clearing second place by nearly three feet. The Mountain Ridge 4x800-meter girls relay of Sophia Brill, Ashylnn and Aynsley Hawkins and Fiona Ruddell won the event in a time of 9:49. 75.
The Miners' girls team, which won the Class 1A West Region championship last week, sits second in the field at 28. 5 points after Day 1, just behind Patterson Mill's 33. Allegany is fourth (23) and Southern is tied for 10th (eight).
Fort Hill is the highest-placing local school in boys after the opening day's events at seventh (11 points). Smithsburg is first at 34. 5 points.