PIAA Girls Track Notebook: State College’s Sanai Abdullah Earns Bronze in 3A Triple Jump

PIAA girls track notebook: State College’s Sanai Abdullah earns bronze in 3A triple jump

SHIPPENSBURG – State College senior Sanai Abdullah wore a bandage around her left knee during Friday’s triple jump competition at the PIAA Track and Field Championship at Shippensburg University, but that didn’t stop her from garnering a top three placing.

PIAA Track and Field: Cieslak reclaims 1,600 gold; Springfield’s Kurtis medals in 5th

SHIPPENSBURG — It’s part reflex and part learned habit from Olivia Cieslak. She’s used to turning her head to see where other racers are, as in Friday morning’s Class 3A girls 1,600-meter final at the PIAA Track & Field Championships. Usually, she’s come to know, they’re behind her. More and more, it’s distantly so. Friday, when she turned for a glance on the third lap of the 1,600, it wasn’t because there was anyone nearby to worry her. “I wasn…

PIAA girls track and field: Saucon Valley’s Kraus PRs with a learning moment

SHIPPENSBURG — Virginia Kraus did a lot of things well in Friday morning’s Class 3A girls 1,600-meter run at the PIAA Track & Field Championships. But her training the next few weeks in preparation for nationals will focus on the one aspect that separated her from being seventh in the state and a lot closer to national No. 4 and state champion Olivia Cieslak of Haverford Township. “I’m going to do a lot of what I call speed endurance,” the Sauco…