District 3 Boys Track and Field: Berks has 12 top seeds; a look at each event in 3A and 2A

High jump: Bishop McDevitt’s Ryan Ofak is the top seed at 6-8. Berks’ highest seeded is Tulpehocken junior Leshane Christ 12th at 6-4.

Pole vault: Jaxton Barger of Palmyra is top-seeded at 15-6 with Fleetwood’s Hudson Hartz seeded seventh at 14-0.

Long jump: Fuda Abdullateef of Schuylkill Valley is the highest Berks athlete in this event as the third seed at 22-6¾ but he’s coming off a seventh-place finish at the BCIAA meet with a jump of 19-11. BCIAA champ Geomare Perez of Reading High is seeded 12th at 21-11¾. He won the conference title with a leap of 21-1. Tulpehocken’s Leshane Christ is fifth seeded at 22-5¼. The top seed is Okenie McLaughlin of Chambersburg at 23-0, but second seed Hector Vergara of Octoara has also jumped 23-0.

Triple jump: The top seed is Brayden Billman of New Oxford (48-9) with the top Berks jumper being Rayen Urena Lopez of Muhlenberg (44-9) who is seeded fifth.

Shot put: Hempfield senior Wilder Long is the top seed at 57-10 with Tulpehocken senior Jack Heckman fifth at 54-1 and Wilson junior Michael Glover sixth at 53-9. Exeter freshman Cayden Reinert is seeded eighth at 53-8.

Discus: BCIAA champion Michael Gauby of Schuylkill Valley is the top seed with a toss of 176-9 with Long, the top seed in the shot put, second at 172-10. Gauby won the conference title last week with a throw of 169-6.

Javelin: Octorara senior Mason Prokay is the top seed at 205-2. Berks’ highest seed is Braydon Farrel of Wilson, 18th at 162-11.

Note: The top five finishers automatically qualify for the PIAA Championships with sixth through eighth qualifying if they meet the state qualifying standard.

Class 2A

100: Top seed, Silas Hernandez, Steelton-Highspire, 11.00. Berks highest seed, Owen Gibney, Wyomissing, sixth, 11.35.

200: Top seed, Isaish Chase, Trinity, 22.22. Berks highest seed, Michael Henin, Oley Valley, sixth, 23.09.

400: Berks runners are seeded one-two in this event, with Brandywine Heights junior John Shuey the top seed at 50.98 and Oley Valley senior Andrew Zook second at 51.15.

800: Top seed, David Moran, Annville-Cleona, 1:54.89. Berks highest seed, Chris Roberts, Berks Catholic, sixth, 1:59.46.

1600: Oley Valley senior Ryan Gourley will run the 1600 after competing in the 3200 on Friday. He is seeded fifth at 4:23.27 with Annville-Cleona’s Oliver Funck the top seed at 4:17.03.

3200: Gourley is the top seed by quite a margin in this event. His 9:14.28 at the Hoka Henderson Invitational is more than 15 seconds faster than the second seed, which is Funck at 9:29.42. Gourley won the BCIAA title in 9:23.94.

110H: Berks athletes are the top three seeds in the 110 hurdles, with Oley junior Aspen Freed top seeded at 14.84. Wyomissing sophomore Brady Eisenhower is second at 14,94, followed by senior teammate Daniel Delp (15.42).

300IH: Berks has three of the top four seeds here with Trinity’s Elam Aroko seeded first at 40.61. Eisenhower is the second seed (40.64) followed by Oley Valley’s Ben Haines (40.70) and Freed (40.96).

Relays: Oley Valley is the top seed in two of the three relay events. The Lynx’s runnerup finish in the BCIAA meet (3:25.09) earned them the No. 1 seed in the 4 x 400. They are also the top seed in the 4 x 800 at 8:05.78. Berks’ highest seeded team in the 4 x 100 is Wyomissing at fifth (44.39).

High jump: Delone Catholic senior Luke Rebert is the top seed at 6-5, with Wyomissing’s Zaire Jones and Jacir Queenan-Coleman second and third, respectively, with both having best clearances of 6-3.

Pole vault: Oley Valley sophomore Jacob Mackie is the top seed with a two-foot best over the second seed. Mackie’s best this season is 15-6.

Long jump: Wyomissing’s Daniel Moyer is the second seed at 20-11 with Littlestown’s Zander Spillan seeded first at 22-4.

Triple jump: Wyomissing is one-two in the seeds. Jossian Lopez-Sanchez’s best is 43-5 with Zaire Jones second seeded at 43-3.

Shot put: BCIAA champion Alexander Reali of Berks Catholic is the third seed at 53-7 with Annville-Cleona’s Dominic Wentling the top seed at 55-5½ and Steelton Highspire’s Quan Padgett right behind at 55-5. All three are sophomores.

Discus: The same three are on the top seeds in the discus, with the seeding order shuffled. Padget is the top seed at 169-4 with Reali at 167-1 and Wentling at 160-1.

Javelin: Wyomissing has the top two seeds with Chase Eisenhower just three inches ahead of teammate Daniel Delp. Eisenhower’s best is 173-8 with Delp at 173-5.

Note: The top two finishers automatically qualify for the PIAA Championships with third through eighth qualifying if they meet the state qualifying standard.