Emma Taneyhill spent most of the season ranked among the top discus throwers in Pennsylvania. In that sense, obtaining a medal at the PIAA meet at Shippensburg University last week seemed like a lock.

But it’s not always easy to deliver on cue, especially at the PIAA meet, where pressure is high and every mistake is magnified.

But the hard throwing sophomore who a week earlier won her second straight District 6 2A discus title delivered, indeed.

Taneyhill secured a bronze medal in the discus on Day 1 of the two-day meet, making her the top place-winner from a large contingent of B-A boys and girls athletes who competed at states.

Taneyhill’s best throw of 133-10 was several feet off her top throw of the season and five feet shy of Maggie Voyda from Homer Center, who won the event with a personal best 138-10.

Taneyhill had beaten Voyda at invitationals throughout the season, most recently at the District 6 championships, and their rivalry will continue for one more season as both athletes are juniors.

Bellwood-Antis, which sent 20 athletes to the championship meet, had two other medal-winners, and both are underclassmen. Junior Cameron Nelson was fifth in the 110 hurdles, finishing in 14.83. Corry senior Blake Cook won in 14.08.

Nelson also ran the 300 hurdles and was 11^th after the preliminaries.

Meanwhile sophomore Ella Cherry, who qualified for Shippensburg in four events, brought home a fifth-place finish in the triple jump, with a best jump of 37.9. The winner was Mid Valley freshman Olivia Thomas, who jumped 39-11.5.

Cherry barely missed the 100 finals after finishing 9^th in the prelims and was 21^st in the long jump.

Other individual finishers included  Olivia Rishel (14^th in pole vault) and Owen Stoltzfus (17^th in the 400 after preliminaries). The Blue Devils 4×100 relay team was 19^th in the prelims, while their 4×100 team was 29^th.

B-A’s girls 4×100  was 20^th.  The Lady Devils also had a 17^th place finish in the 4×800 relay.