Two Salisbury athletes earned gold medals last week at the District 11 Track and Field Championships.

Steven Lozada (pole vault) and Emma Yakaitis (300-meter hurdles) both earned their first district gold medals while also qualifying for this weekend’s state meet, where they will be joined by teammate Joshua Hudak, who made states with a third-place finish in triple jump.

Lozada, a two-time Colonial League champ, will compete in states for the first time after clearing 13 feet last week.

“It’s a little bittersweet because I wanted to get a better height,” Lozada said. “But getting gold and securing states is a good feeling.”

Lozada has cleared 14 feet this season and is close to getting over the bar at 14-1.

At districts the Falcon junior started at 12 feet and then went right to 13, which he cleared on the first try to secure the win.

While pole vault is his main event, Lozada also qualified for states in the triple jump with a leap of 44-9.75. That mark was a career best by one inch and good for second place at districts, which were held last Tuesday and Thursday at Whitehall High School.

Hudak also qualified for states in the triple jump by taking third place with a leap of 44-2.5.

“We push each other in practice all the time,” said Lozada. “I’m excited to get another week and a half of practice.”

Yakaitis, a sophomore who earned a district silver medal with the Salisbury field hockey team last fall, grabbed gold with a time of 47.16 in 300 hurdles.

“It felt really good,” she said. “Probably the best feeling I’ve ever had. Standing on top of the podium holding the district sign just felt amazing.”

While the hurdle event was her only gold, Yakaitis was also happy about her relay team’s third-place finish at districts.

The 4x100 relay team of Isabella Nimeh, Izabella Gonzalez, Kendra Morgan and Yakaitis finished third in 50.84. The foursome broke it’s own school record in the event and will return all of its members next season in hopes of lowering the number and moving up on the podium.

“We all wanted [to break the school record], no matter if we got first, second, third or fourth,” said Yakaitis. “We just keep breaking it. I think it’s our fourth time breaking it.”

Salisbury’s Gabriella Pena also earned a silver medal at districts. She cleared 8-0 in pole vault for second place.

Falcon fourth-place medal winners at districts include Gregory Tenzer, who ran the 800 in 2:02.45 for fourth place; Morgan, who ran the 200 in 26.38; and the boys 4x800 relay team of Edward Ballek, Emerson Juhasz, Thomas Pojanowski and Tenzer, who ran a time of 8:57.10.

The state championship meet is scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg University’s Seth Grove Stadium.

District 11 Track and Field Championship Results

Class 2A

(Results include the top three finishers in each event and all Emmaus finishers)

LEGEND

Allentown Central Catholic (ACC), Bethlehem Catholic (BC), Catasauqua (Catty), Lehigh Valley Academy (LVA), Mahanoy Area (MA), Marian Catholic (MC), Minersville (Min), Nativity (Nat), Northern Lehigh (NL), Pen Argyl (PA), Palisades (Pali), Palmerton (Palm), Salisbury (Sali), Schuylkill Haven (SH), Weatherly (Wea)

BOYS

100 - 1. Paiten LaPoint (Min) 10.89, 2. Alex Clark (ND) 10.94, 3. Lincoln Cook (Pali) 11.04, 8. Jamanni Cruz (Sali) 11.50, 18. Odanlly Urena Castillo (Sali) 12.19, 20. Dominic Figueroa (Sali) 12.24;

200 - 1. Alex Clark (ND) 21.97, 2. Paiten LaPoint (Min) 21.98, 3. Hamaad Jenkins (Catty) 22.41, 6. Jamanni Cruz (Sali) 23.33, 21. Dominic Figueroa (Sali) 25.13, 22. Odanlly Urena Castillo (Sali) 25.24;

400 - 1. Michael Stank (Nat) 49.74, 2. Jose Perez Figuereo (MA) 50.16, 3. Alexander Pirog (ND) 50.30, 12. Dominic Natosi (Sali) 54.8, 15. Drew Petrie (Sali) 56.76;

800 - 1. Mekhi Britt (BC) 1:56.81, 2. Nolan Daynorowicz (Nat) 1:56.91, 3. Duke Ebert (ACC) 2:01.10, 4. Gregory Tenzer (Sali) 2:02.45, 10. Emerson Juhasz (Sali) 2:12.80, 13. Edward Ballek (Sali) 2:14.40;

1600 - 1. Duke Ebert (ACC) 4:29.76, 2. Kolin Long (Min) 4:32.84, 3. Connor Hibell (Palm) 4:33.45;

3200 - 1. Kolin Long (Min) 9:51.90, 2. Connor Hibell (Palm) 9:54.34, 3. Will Haring (ACC) 9:57.85;

110H - 1. Noah Dolbin (Nat) 14.41, 2. Jake Rutkowitz (Palm) 15.26, 3. Josiah Lafond (Catty) 16.13, 8. Joshua Orach (Sali) 17.11;

300H - 1. Noah Dolbin (Nat) 39.07, 2. Josiah Lafond (Catty) 41.75, 3. Cayen Anglin (NL) 42.44, 14. Joshua Orach (Sali) 46.38;

400 relay - 1. Palisades 43.08, 2. Notre Dame-Green Pond 43.54, 3. Catasauqua 43.58, 7. Salisbury (Dominic Figueroa, Steven Lozada, Joshua Hudak, Jamanni Cruz) 44.53;

1600 relay - 1. Nativity 3:22.36, 2. Notre Dame-Green Pond 3:24.87, 3. Palisades 3:26.54, 10. Salisbury (Julian Makhoul, Drew Petri, Dominic Natosi, Gregory Tenzer) 3:46.36;

3200 Relay - 1. Nativity 8:19.76, 2. Allentown Central Catholic 8:51.82, 3. Notre Dame GP 8:52.55 4. Salisbury (Edward Ballek, Emerson Juhasz, Thomas Pojanowski, Gregory Tenzer) 8:57.10;

High jump - 1. Dante Carr (Min) 6-1, 2. Aidan Ryan (Min) 5-11, 3. Trent Ader (Palm) 5-11, 7. Joshua Hudak (Sali) 5-9, 9. Bryan Gonzalez (Sali) 5-7;

Pole vault - 1. Steven Lozada (Sal) 13-0, 2. Wyatt Summerer (Pali) 12-0, 3. Terrell Estes (PA) 11-6, 10. Keaton Frye (Sali) 8-6;

Long jump - 1. Jake Rutkowitz (Palm) 22-3.5, 2. Jacob Tom (MC) 22-0, 3. Noah Dolbin (Nat) 21-11, 9. William Kocher (Sali) 19-3, 12. Joshua Hudak (Sali) 19-0.5, ;

Triple jump - 1. Jake Rutkowitz (Palm) 44-11, 2. Steven Lozada (Sal) 44-9.75, 3. Joshua Hudak (Sal) 44-2.5, 6. William Kocher (Sali) 41-10;

Discus - 1. Ryan Burkett (Palm) 186-0, 2. Silas Day (Pali) 145-4, 3. Landen Klimek (NL) 143-3, 6. Landon Moll (NL) 121-5;

Javelin - 1. Niko Carestia (SH) 159-1, 2. Zack Papcsy (BC) 155-10, 3. William Slattery (NL) 140-0, 16. Alexander Moren (Sali) 104-9;

Shot put - 1. Logan Anthony (Palm) 53-8, 2. Ethan Kline (SH) 49-11.5, 3. Ryan Burkett (Palm) 48-4;

GIRLS

100 - 1. Viktorya Luckenbach (PG) 11.77, 2. Hailey Jenkins (Catty) 12.24, 3. Maggie Hoffman-Long (Min) 12.77, 4. Kendra Morgan (Sal) 12.90, 25. Maya Afif (Sali) 14.60;

200 - 1. Viktorya Luckenbach (PG) 24.05, 2. Hailey Jenkins (Catty) 25.81, 3. Sara Spolski (Nat) 26.29, 4. Kendra Morgan (Sali) 26.38, 14. Isabella Nimeh (Sali) 29.18, 23. Maya Afif (Sali) 30.87;

400 - 1. Sara Spolski (Nat) 59.78, 2. Alizabeth Pikitus (MC) 1:02.56, 3. Ava Terefencko (SH) 1:03.59,b 13. Rhya Jones (Sali) 1:09.15;

800 - 1. Katelynn Barthold (NL) 2:18.19, 2. Madison Dietz (PA) 2:25.51, 3. Mikayla Gordon (NL) 2:30.30, 10. Kaitlyn Neuhs (Sali) 2:39.77, 23. Shelby Tenzer (Sali) 2:57.82, 24. Samantha Conrad (Sali) 3:04.57;

1600 - 1. Anna Schaeffer (SH) 5:21.07, 2. Sophia Markopoulos (PA) 5:38.93, 3. Rio Stoudt (BC) 5:43.50;

3200 - 1. Anna Schaeffer (SH) 11:37.00, 2. Madison Dietz (PA) 12:04.04, 3. Felicia Bro (MA) 12:51.93, 16. Samantha Conrad (Sali) 16:59.89;

100H - 1. Isabella Hughes (SH) 16.52, 2. Julia Harth (Catty) 17.40, 3. Hailey Mroczka (MA) 17.54, 6. Izabella Gonzalez (Sali) 18.71, 10. Kaitlyn Neuhs (Sali) 20.66;

300H - 1. Emma Yakaitis (Sali) 47.16, 2. Isabella Hughes (SH) 48.22, 3. Florenni DeJesus Bido (Catty) 48.95, 9. Izabella Gonzales (Sali) 54.59;

400 relay - 1. Pine Grove 49.27, 2. Catasauqua 50.62, 3. Salisbury (Isabella Nimeh, Emma Yakaitis, Izabella Gonzalez, Kendra Morgan) 50.84;

1600 relay - 1. Schuylkill Haven 4:09.98, 2. Palisades 4:18.43, 3. Pen Argyl 4:20.33, 6. Salisbury (Kaitlyn Neuhs, Emma Yakaitis, Annalise Shelly, Rhya Jones) 4:33.38;

3200 Relay - 1. Northern Lehigh (Taylor Everk, Natalie Moffitt, Mikayla Gordon, Katelynn Barthold) 10:02.63, 2. Schuylkill Haven 10:05.62, 3. Pen Argyl 10:11.95, 10. Salisbury (Rhya Jones, Shelby Tenzer, Samantha Conrad, Kaitlyn Neuhs) 12:09.69;

High jump - 1. Milly Wolf (ACC) 5-0, 2. Kali Grochowski (MC) 4-10, 3. Alexis Chilinskas (MA) 4-10, 8. Annalise Shelly (Sali) 4-4;

Pole vault - 1. Sadie Davis (PA) 8-6, 2. Gabriella Pena (Sal) 8-0, 3. Kayla Weeast (PA) 7-6;

Long jump - 1. Maggie Hoffman-Long (Min) 17-1, 2. Angie Braun (ACC) 16-5.25, 3. Emerson Springs (ACC) 16-3, 7. Annalise Shelly (Sali) 14-9.5;

Triple jump - 1. Maggie Hoffman-Long (Min) 37-0.5, 2. Emerson Springs (ACC) 34-7, 3. Bella Murphy (SH) 34-3.5, 13. Makayla Mercado (Sali) 28-6.5;

Discus - 1. Anna Trelease (NL) 112-7, 2. Natalia Smith (LVA) 110-6, 3. Dekota Barthold (NL) 107-0, 8. Gabriella Pena (Sali) 79-2;

Javelin - 1. Anna Trelease (NL) 118-6, 2. Avery Miller (Min) 113-4, 3. Natalia Smith (LVA) 111-9, 15. Kacie Kaough (Sali) 61-8;

Shot put - 1. Natalia Smith (LVA) 35-10.75, 2. Olivia Thomas (MC) 34-7.25, 3. Dekota Barthold (NL) 33-4.5.