The Parkland track and field teams finished off another successful year in the East Penn Conference with a stellar dual meet.

After going unbeaten in dual meets for the fifth straight season, the Trojans were awarded their regular season trophies at the league championship meet.

The Parkland boys team also hoisted a trophy after taking the team title at the EPC Championships, which were held last Wednesday and Thursday at Whitehall.

The Parkland boys team had two individual gold medalists and one relay team top the podium, along with several other medalists.

Jaden Bulgin (high jump) and Macelo Castilla (800) won individual events at leagues. The Trojan boys 4x800 relay team and the girls 4x400 also took home gold medals last week.

Bulgin cleared 6 feet, 5 inches in high jump to win the event.

“Last year I came here and jumped 6-1,” he said. “I went indoor this year and got a bronze medal at states. I wanted a gold medal. I finally got that gold medal, so it was nice.”

Bulgin hit a career high of 6-9 a few weeks ago, but hadn’t hit anything over 6-3 during the remainder of the regular season until last week.

“I think the best thing I did was not get in my head about the recent slump I’ve been in,” said Bulgin, who also took second place in long jump. “I came here confident.”

The Trojan senior will look to hit 6-5 or high again this week at districts as that is the state-qualifying mark in Class 3A boys high jump.

Castilla ran the 800-meter race in 1:58.23 to finish first.

He stayed behind Bethlehem Catholic’s Mekhi Britt until the second lap, when he closed the gap and passed the Golden Hawk in the final 100 meters.

“I try to race as smart as possible to maintain energy,” said Castilla, who was also part of two medal-winning relay teams. “It worked so I’m really happy about it.”

The junior posted a career-best time by two seconds in winning the 800.

Castilla joined teammates Anthony Cappellini, Logan McEvoy and Henry Stein to win the 4x800 relay last week. They ran the event in 8:05.04 to beat second-place Emmaus by over four seconds.

Parkland’s girls 4x400 relay team of Ana Gbur, Kaley Seide, Lucy Tobia and Cierra Valley also won by a wide margin, taking first place in 4:00.84, nearly three seconds ahead of second-place Stroudsburg.

“It felt awesome,” said Valley, one of two seniors on the relay. “We were all looking forward to it. We have a strong team. We were excited to go out there and perform.”

The team has its eyes on the school record of 3:57.

“Breaking the record was mostly our goal,” said Tobia, the relay team’s other senior.

The 4x400 is the final race of the two-day meet. And 400-meter sprints aren’t easy even on fresh legs. But the Trojans came back from a deficit in the race and pulled out the win.

“I saw a girl in front of me so my goal was to catch that girl,” said Seide. “I caught her and I was just trying to push my best. We’ve all had a lot of events today, four events for most of us. The goal was just to go out and try to win.”

Now they’ll look to this week’s district meet for another win and another opportunity get their names in the school record book.

“Run a personal best for the season,” said Gbur of the team’s goals at districts. “Try to get out there and run sub-four minutes and get the win.”

Several other Parkland athletes earned medals at the league meet.

Radnor Rowlands (100), Anthony Cappellini (400), Seide (200) and Emily Hoysan (100 hurdles) earned silver medals at the meet, along with three PHS relays teams, including the boys 4x400 (Cappellini, Castilla, Landon Hoppel and Logan McEvoy), the boys 4x100 (Lincoln Clark, Leo Dauberman, Mehki Lewis, Rowlands) and the girls 4x100 (Dhaniya Miner, Seide, Tobia, Valley).

Trojan third-place finishers at leagues were Gbur (300 hurdles), Dauberman (javelin, discus), McEvoy (3200), Owen Tobias (pole vault), Tobia (400) and Genevieve Inserra (pole vault).

Finishing fourth for Parkland at the league championship meet were Colin McGuigan (1600), Sam Ciampittiello (110 hurdles), Gbur (100 hurdles), the girls 4x800 relay team, Vanessa Ball (javelin) and Gabriella Borgos (pole vault).

East Penn Conference Track and Field Championship

Results

(Top four in each event plus all Parkland finishers)

LEGEND

Allen (A), Bethlehem Catholic (BC), Central Catholic (CC), Dieruff (D), Easton (Ea), East Stroudsburg North (ESN), East Stroudsburg South (ESS), Emmaus (Em), Freedom (F), Liberty (L), Nazareth (Na), Northampton (No), Parkland (P), Pleasant Valley (PV), Pocono Mountain East (PME), Pocono Mountain West (PMW), Stroudsburg (S), Whitehall (W).

BOYS

100: 1. Ayden Walker (ESS) 10.90, 2. Radnor Rowlands (P) 10.95, 3. Jareal Moore (PV) 11.05, 4. Nicholi Marsh (Em) 11.11, Lincoln Clark (P) 11.12;

200: 1. Jareal Moore (PV) 21.92, 2. Keyen Johnson (S) 22.38, 3. Lincoln Clark (P) 22.39, 4. Nicholi Marsh (Em) 22.53;

400: 1. Jeremiah Strowder (No) 49.72, 2. Anthony Cappellini (P) 49.77, 3. Reese Prebosnyak (W) 50.26, 4. Laquaye Hamilton 50.72, 14. Justin Barnes (P) 52.97, 15. Andrew Hernandez (P) 53.13;

800: 1. Marcelo Castilla (P) 1:58.23, 2. David Myer (L) 1:58.44, 3. Jared Petre (Em) 1:59.52, 4. Mekhi Britt (BC) 2:00.17, 7. Logan McEvoy (P) 2:02.86, 8. Henry Stein (P) 2:04.01, 15. Jaiden Zabler (P) 2:06.08, 16. Angel Chamorro-Melendez (P) 2:06.24, 19. Ben Pelizzoni (P) 2:06.77;

1600: 1. Duke Ebert (CC) 4:26.95, 2. Adam Korytkowski (ESS) 4:27.44, 3. Jacob Casey (Na) 4:27.44, 4. Colin McGuigan (P) 4:29.54, 10. Luke McEvoy (P) 4:40.18, 11. Cole Orloski (P) 4:40.30, 17. James Huff (P) 4:44.62, 19. Jorge Rinker (P) 4:454.93, 20. Brycen Smith (P) 4:46.49;

3200: 1. Jacob Casey (Na) 9:46.13, 2. Dylan Boyle 9:53.28, 3. Luke McEvoy (P) 9:55.54, 4. Shawn Belfon (PMW) 10:00.82, 7. Jorge Rinker (P) 10:11.63, 8. Cole Orloski (P) 10:11.63, 11. Alexander Abosamra (P) 10:18.39, 13. Isaiah Wilson (P) 10:20.78, 17. Brycen Smith (P) 10:29.85;

110H: 1. Amare DuBoise 15.15, 2. Abiel Quartey (S) 15.26, 3. Darrien Burke (S) 15.65, 4. Sam Ciampittiello (P) 15.76, 9. Nmelichukwu Onwuzo (P) 16.22, 12. David Scherb (P) 16.49, 15. Mehki Lewis (P) 16.84;

300H: 1. Ethan Huertas 39.75, 2. Demetrius Outten (PV) 39.77, 3. Stephan Richards 41.38, 4. Aidan Coyne (S) 42.32, 6. Nmelichukwu Onwuzo (P) 42.46, 9. Samuel Figueroa (P) 42.67, 20. Samuel Ciampittiello (P) 44.75;

4x100: 1. Emmaus (Kai Jefferson-Rushing, Nicholi Marsh, Dorrian McCargo, Michael Milot) 42.18, 2. Parkland (Lincoln Clark, Leo Dauberman, Mehki Lewis, Radnor Rowlands) 42.40, 3. East Stroudsburg South 42.85, 4. Pleasant Valley 43.01;

4x400: 1. Emmaus (Rien George, Jared Petre, Miles Cook, Richard Will) 3:26.06, 2. Parkland (Anthony Cappellini, Marcelo Castilla, Landon Hoppel, Logan McEvoy) 3:28.69, 3. Pleasant Valley 3:29.47, 4. Stroudsburg 3:30.85;

4x800: 1. Parkland (Anthony Cappellini, Marcelo Castilla, Logan McEvoy, Henry Stein) 8:05.04, 2. Emmaus 8:09.72, 3. Easton 8:22.99, 4. Pleasant Valley 8:24.59;

High jump: 1. Jaden Bulgin (P) 6-5, 2. Jathniel Feguiere (Em) 6-2, 3. (Tie) Bryan Earle (ESS), Gabriel Kabba (Em), Rayland DeCaries (PME) 6-0;

Long jump: 1. Anthony Otero (L) 22-10.5, 2. Jaden Bulgin (P) 22-10, 3. Ozias Washington (ESN) 22-3, 4. Konstantinos Panagopoulos (Em) 22-2, 12. Jason Brader (P) 20-10, 15. Derek Giegbefumwen (P) 20-2, 16. Brody Wolfe (P) 19-11.5, 17. Preston Mertz (P) 19-10;

Triple jump: 1. Shane Plante-King (ESS) 46-9.5, 2. Ozias Washington (ESN) 45-7, 3. Anthony Otero (L) 44-3.5, 4. Jeremiah Strowder (No) 43-11;

Pole vault: 1. Tyler Grabinski (Em) 16-0, 2. Casey Huie (L) 13-3, 3. Owen Tobias (P) 12-3, 4. (tie) Alex Szeplaki (No), Maxsim Lamerton (S), Austin Herman (S) 12-3, 8. James McCauley (P) 11-3, 9. Joshua Eduful (P) 10-9;

Discus: 1. Michael Udeh (ESS) 140-3, 2. Nasir Clark (ESS) 138-0, 3. Leo Dauberman (P) 137-5, 4. Jonathan Adjun-Tettey (ESS) 136-7, 8. Reid Andrush (P) 122-3;

Javelin: 1. Thomas Lloyd (W) 197-1, 2. AJ Formica (PME) 174-6, 3. Leo Dauberman (P) 164-11, 4. Kaden Zerfoss (ESS) 164-5, 12. Gavin Kress (P) 147-9, 22. Ryan Van Dien (P) 124-6;

Shot put: 1. Marquis Labossiere (Ea) 48-6, 2. Jonathan Adjin-Tettey (ESS) 46-10.5, 3. Carter Troxell (W) 46-5.25, 4. Colin Nonnemacher (Em) 45-11.25, 8. James Tyler (P) 44-3.25, 16. Reid Andrush (P) 40-11, 18. Matthew Dorsey (P) 40-3.5.

GIRLS

100: 1. Alena Murray (S) 12.02, 2. Amanda Mercurius (Na) 12.23, 3. Gabrielle DeVita (Em) 12.30, 4. Aniya Holder 12.32, 7. Kaley Seide (P) 12.45, 8. Dhaniya Miner (P) 12.67, 13. Cierra Valley (P) 12.81;

200: 1. Julia Grant (S) 24.87, 2. Kaley Seide (P) 25.12, 3. Natalie Ray 25.20, 4. Amanda Mercurius (Na) 25.25, 6. Lucy Tobia (P) 25.44, 10. Dhaniya Miner (P) 26.29, 11. Cierra Valley (P) 26.33;

400: 1. Julia Grant (S) 55.87, 2. Aniya Holder 56.72, 3. Lucy Tobia (P) 56.91, 4. Natalie Ray 56.93, 12. Shri Desai (P) 1:03.09;

800: 1. Madelyn McCartney (Em) 2:20.53, 2. Madeleine Guzwich (Na) 2:21.45, 3. Payton Campbell (Em) 2:22.66, 4. Katharine Amundsen (ESS) 2:23.20, 5. Harshita Keerthi (P) 2:23.83, 11. Megan Tarantino (P) 2:28.43, 12. Kennedy Perkins (P) 2:29.-2, 13. Emily Laputka (P) 2:30.25, 17. Violet Forte (P) 2:33.53;

1600: 1. Madelyn McCartney (Em) 4:58.79, 2. Katie Drabouski (L) 5:03.28, 3. Elizabeth McClarin (L) 5:06.0, 4. Payton Campbell (Em) 5:10.01, 5. Harshita Keerthi (P) 5:21.81, 13. Emma Carlson (P) 5:35.32, 15. Violet Fore (P) 5:36.82, 17. Emily Laputka (P) 5:38.01;

3200: 1. Madelyn McCartney (Em) 10:42.80, 2. Payton Campbell (Em) 10:52.51, 3. Vivia Clark (Ea) 11:31.49, 4. Faith Bolete (Ea) 11:35.01, 13. Emma Carlson (P) 12:18.87, 18. Dani Schultz (P) 12:38.14, 20. Kenzi Schultz (P) 12:57.50, 21. Madelyn Kruk (P) 12:58.41, 22. Parker Tatum (P) 13:01.08, 23. Eve Horvath (P) 13:31.03;

100H: 1. Kayla-Rayne Quinones (Em) 15.04, 2. (tie) Emily Hoysan (P), Kimora Woods (ESS) 15.64, 4. Ana Gbur (P) 16.30, 15. Regan Haley (P) 17.84, 16. Abigail Eyman (P) 17.89;

300H: 1. Maggie Scalzo (Ea) 44.43, 2. Kayla-Rayne Quinones (Em) 45.81, 3. Ana Gbur (P) 46.87, 4. Temiloluwa Adebayo (Ea) 47.41, 6. Emily Hoysan (P) 48.40;

4x100: 1. Stroudsburg (Laila Findley, Julia Grant, Alena Murray, Madelyn Vargas) 47.66, 2. Parkland (Dhaniya Miner, Kaley Seide, Lucy Tobia, Cierra Valley) 47.82, 3. Emmaus 49.07, 4. East Stroudsburg South 49.48;

4x400: 1. Parkland (Ana Gbur, Kaley Seide, Lucy Tobia, Cierra Valley) 4:00.84, 2. Stroudsburg 4:03.45, 3. Dieruff 4:06.09, 4. Easton 4:09.3;

4x800: 1. Easton (Elizabeth McClarin, Ajijah Davis, Emma Haas, Katie Drabouski) 9:35.59, 2. Nazareth 9:36.93, 3. Emmaus 9:48.86, 4. Parkland 9:51.90;

High jump: 1. Claudia Walls (Em) 5-2, 2. Alexa Davis (Na) 5-1, 3. (tie) Alena Murray (S), Faith Bolete (Ea), Victoria Phillips (No), Aviannah Jean-Pierre (Ea) 4-11, 8. Sophia Mang (P) 4-9;

Long jump: 1. Victoria Phillips (No) 17-2, 2. Abigail Hackett (L) 17-1, 3. Claudia Walls (Em) 16-11, 4. Jariana Rivas (Ea) 16-10;

Triple jump: 1. Anne Beender (No) 37-4.75, 2. Claudia Walls (Em) 35-9, 3. Madelyn Vargas (S) 35-1.25, 4. Victoria Phillips (No) 34-9.5, 11. Cinthia Grullon (P) 33-3.5, 18. Sarah Huff (P) 31-9.75,;

Pole vault: 1. Olivia Hayes (No) 9-9, 2. Sydney Moritz (S) 9-3, 3. Genevieve Inserra (P) 9-3, 4. Gabriella Borgos (P) 9-3, 7. Samantha Schultz (P) 8-9, 13. Adalyn Vassallo (P) 7-3, 16. Brielle Denton (P) 6-9;

Discus: 1. Brooke Nwigwe (ESS) 120-1, 2. Carlize Smith (Ea) 112-9, 3. Adriana Borzio (S) 103-7, 4. MvcKayla Strunk (S) 101-10, 17. Vanessa Ball (P) 79-4;

Javelin: 1. Alexa Willand (No) 121-0, 2. Daviana Jones (BC) 118-2, 3. Skyelar Umstead (Na) 118-2, 4. Vanessa Ball (P) 116-10;

Shot put: 1. Nayeli Moliere (PMW) 36-11.75, 2. Breyanna Sims (PMW) 35-7.5, 3. Kayleen Louis (Em) 35-5.78, 4. Lucy Coyler (No) 34-2.5, 7. Aubrey Delong (P) 33-1.5, 12. Chloe Gbur (P) 30-11, 16. Alexia Pritchard (P) 29-7.5.