Richland boys lead the way at District 6 Class 2A meet

ALTOONA, Pa. – With one event remaining Wednesday night, the Richland boys track and field team led by eight points over Central Cambria in the District 6 Class 2A standings.

Richland earned its third straight team title in the event held at Mansion Park Stadium after a two-hour weather delay. The Rams piled up 79 points to beat Central Cambria's 66. Bellwood-Antis (59.5), Tyrone (43) and Northern Cambria (40) rounded out the top five.

Rams senior Joe McAneny was a part of three gold medal-winning events in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter relay.

“We told them before we got here as long as everyone came through and PR’d or came close to PR’ing, we thought that we would have a good chance,” Richland coach Chris Mangus said. “The boys came through well. Joey Mac really stepped up today.”

The Rams received points across the board.

“It’s a three-peat," Mangus said. "I’m very happy. They work hard for me. I’m going to miss the senior group a lot. We have a lot of good seniors. They were one of the main reasons why we won three in a row.”

Richland sophomore Alex Bond, junior Arnold Mugerwa, junior Nate Pugh and McAneny were first with a meet- and program-record time of 43.11 in the 400 relay, edging Bishop McCort Catholic.

“It feels great,” Mugerwa said. “We’ve been chasing McCort’s time for a little while, ever since LHAC.”

Bishop McCort’s Marquez Gordon, Bentley Bainey, Mark Pazniak and Josh Spontak finished second in 43.2.

McAneny outraced Spontak down the stretch to prevail.

“It was very impressive,” Mangus said of McAneny pulling away when he replaced teammate Arison McCulty as the anchor runner. “They really wanted to beat McCort bad. They’ve always been a rival. They just didn’t want McCort to beat them.”

McAneny clocked an 11.0 in the 100.

“It feels awesome,” McAneny said. “I’m happy. I’m blessed. I’m thankful I won the 100.”

He overcame a slow start.

“I was a little nervous with the one official because he’s known for DQ’ing people,” McAneny said. “I had a bad start. I had enough top speed and enough stamina to finish it out, came out with an 11 flat.”

McAneny also won the 200 in 22.55, an event he was injured in during the 2025 district meet. Northern Cambria’s Levi Czar advanced with a third-place finish.

Mugerwa was second in the 300 hurdles and third in the 110 hurdles.

The top three in each 2A event advance to the PIAA championships May 22-23 in Shippensburg unless a state-qualifying standard was met. The 3A winner in every event move on.

Central Cambria’s Joshua Bearer, Reed Takacs, Miles Doyle and Ethan Haycisak came back to beat reigning champion United with a time of 8:16.84. United’s Matthew Beaver, Kaz Stokes, Luke Shepler and Hayden Hill finished second in 8:22.77.

United's Logan Lichtenfels, Stokes and Shepler won the 1600 relay in 3:26.95.