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On Thursday, a 9-year-old record was broken by Lexi Lovrich i the Lady Devils’ track meet against West Branch and Williamsburg at Memorial Stadium.

Lovrich had set a new record of 11:25 in the 3200m run, destroying the old record of 11:41 set by Ellen Crook in 2014. Lovrich was shooting for the record after missing it by 0.3 seconds at the Shippensburg Invitational less than a week earlier.

“Lexi has been an amazing person to coach, says B-A girls head track and field coach Jen Soisson. “Lexi started this school year with specific goals and intentions. She joined cross country to gain more running experience in order to run at the collegiate level. This focus carried into her spring track season with the added goal of breaking the two mile record. She has been running four events for most meets which has helped the team out a lot. Lexi’s self discipline and laser focus on achieving her goals gives her such an advantage as a competitor. Her ability to give and receive feedback sets her and the team up for success each day at practice and meets.”

With help from teammates pacing her, Lovrich was able to get ahead of pace for the first mile. In the final lap, she passed her teammate pacers and took first in the race where she was greeted by her teammates and family. 

“I have wanted this for so long, and it feels great to finally be reaching my goals. I’m so happy all my hard work has paid off,” says Lovrich. 

Both the Bellwood-Antis boys and girls claimed the ICC title with wins over West Branch and Williamsburg. 

The B-A boys won with a score of 103-47 over West Branch and Williamsburg 142-8. These two wins put the boys at 11-0 in the conference and 12-3 overall to finish the regular season. 

The top scorer for the boys was Dylan Andrews, who was a triple-winner, picking up first place finishes in the long jump, triple jump, and pole vault with heights of 18-4.5, 41-6.5, and 13-9. Gabe Thompson took first place in the 100m and 200m with times of 11.9 and 24.2 seconds. Kole Dickinson took first place in the 110m and 300m hurdles with times of 16.2 and 43.0 seconds. Holden Schreier took first in the 3200m run with a time of 11:33.6 minutes. Dalton Poorman took first place in the high jump with a height of 5-6. Eli Pluebell took first in the shot put and discus with distances of 41-1 and 114-8. Chance Schreier took first in the javelin with a distance of 136-1.

The Bellwood-Antis girls also won over West Branch with a score of 133-16 and beat Williamsburg with a score of 104-19. This also put the girls at 11-0 in the conference and 14-1 overall. 

Top scorers for the girls were Briley Campbell, who took first place in the 100m and 200m dash with times of 13.9 and 29.1 seconds. Avah Hassler won the 400m dash with a time of 1:06. Riley Andrews took first in the 800m run with a time of 2:41. Lily McNeils took first place in the 1600m with a time of 6:23. Shawna Lovrich took first in the 100m hurdles with a time of 18.1. Chloe Stoltzfus took first in the 300m hurdles with  a time of 54.1. Lily Gerwert won the high jump with a height of 4-8. Chloe Hammond won the long jump with a distance of 14-7. Maliah Hassler won the triple jump with a distance of 31-4. Alyson Partner won the shot put with a distance of 29-3. Chelsea McCaulsky won the discus and javelin with distances of 89-0 and 108-11. Lydia Worthing won the pole vault with a height of 11-0. 

That was the last regular season meet for the track and field teams. Today they host the B-A invitational.