Stephan Meet preview: Schuylkill Valley’s Luke Martinez looks to stay on top

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Stephan Meet Performance List

Saturday’s schedule

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Defending champs Brady Mider of Berks Catholic, Luke Martinez of Schuylkill Valley, and Kaitlyn Highduch of Gov. Mifflin are each top seeds in their events for Saturday’s Leonard Stephan Meet at Wilson.

Mider, who went on to capture a gold medal in the shot put at the PIAA Championships, won the shot put and discus last year at the Stephan; he is the lone returning Berks athlete defending multiple titles.

Martinez won the pole vault title; Highduch won the 3200.

Other returning champs include Gov. Mifflin’s Zach Zerbe (3200), Wyomissing’s Collin Niedrowski (javelin), Berks Catholic’s Julia Rosenberger (high jump), and Wyomissing’s Addie Cohen (1600). Cohen is not expected to compete in the 3200.

Martinez enters with the Berks best in three events: The triple jump, long jump, and pole vault. He is the No. 2 seed in the long jump and the top seed in the other two events.

Only one other athlete, Twin Valley’s Addison Nudy, currently owns the Berks best in three or more events. She’ll be competing at home at the Twin Valley Invitational tonight. Nudy owns Berks bests in four events heading into the weekend: 400, high jump, long jump and triple jump.

Just three boys who claimed Berks bests in 2023 own them again heading into the weekend: Twin Valley’s Vincent Acinapura (200), Martinez (long jump) and Mider (shot).

Four girls have that distinction: Muhlenberg’s Nadly Gyapong (200), Wilson’s Violet Houck (100 hurdles), Wilson’s Maddie Henne (discus) and Kutztown’s Lauren Akers (javelin).

Mider, as usual, is miles in front of the competition. In the shot, where he has thrown 61-1, the No. 2 seed is Wyomissing’s Max Tipton, at 48-7.5. Tipton earned a PIAA medal in the event last year.

In the discus, Mider is No. 1 at 160-0. Wilson’s Alex Baez is next at 143-2.25.  Mider will see local competition in the coming weeks. Exeter’s Josiah Newman-Kegerise owns the Berks best in the discus at 169-3.

Martinez is the No. 2 seed in the long jump at 22-2.5, behind Southern Lehigh’s Jack Inglis, at 22-4. Martinez is No. 1 in the triple at 42-5.5; Conestoga Valley’s Thabo Lautsbaugh is No. 2 at 42-1.5. Martinez is the lone 14-footer in the pole vault.

Nine Berks teams are entered for the Stephan Meet: Berks Catholic, Conrad Weiser, Daniel Boone, Gov. Mifflin, Oley Valley, Reading High, Schuylkill Valley, Wilson, and Wyomissing.

Seven Berks teams are entered for tonight’s Twin Valley Invitational: Brandywine Heights, Exeter, Fleetwood, Kutztown, Muhlenberg, Oley Valley and Twin Valley.

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(Includes times and distances posted on pa.milesplit.com as of April 18)

2024 Boys Berks Bests

Event	Top mark	School	2024 Berks Best	2023 Berks Best
100	Cameron Cremi	Daniel Boone	10.79	10.85
200	Vincent Acinapura*	Twin Valley	22.21	22.46
400	Josh Myers	Gov. Mifflin	51.10	50.38
800	Asher Madison	Conrad Weiser	1:59.79	1:54.34
1600	Joshua Wagner	Oley Valley	4:27.88	4:18.30
3200	Ryan Gourley	Oley Valley	9:51.39	9:18.98
110H	Jadydon Witman	Hamburg	14.72	14.95
300H	Jadydon Witman	Hamburg	40.87	40.51
400 relay		Exeter	43.54	43.24
1600 relay		Twin Valley*	3:29.11	3:23.65
3200 relay		Twin Valley*	8:30.12	7:52.58
High jump	Kyle Archie	Muhlenberg	6-4	6-2
Long jump	Luke Martinez*	Schuylkill Valley	22-2.5	21-10
Triple jump	Luke Martinez	Schuylkill Valley	42-5.5	42-4.5
Pole vault	Luke Martinez	Schuylkill Valley	14-3	14-0
Discus	Josiah Newman-Kegerise	Exeter	169-3	161-1
Javelin	Harrison Springer	Twin Valley	181-4	190-8
Shot put	Brady Mider*	Berks Catholic	61-1	59-4

2024 Girls Berks Bests

Event	Top mark	School	2024 Berks Best	2023 Berks Best
100	Nadly Gyapong	Muhlenberg	12.20	12.10
200	Nadly Gyapong*	Muhlenberg	25.60	25.35
400	Addison Nudy	Twin Valley	1:01.87	56.85
800	Ella Reidinger	Wilson	2:23.14	2:12.90
1600	Kaitlyn Highduch	Gov. Mifflin	5:11.04	4:59.42
3200	Kaitlyn Highduch	Gov. Mifflin	11:13.48	10:52.04
100H	Violet Houck*	Wilson	15.51	15.13
300H	Hailey Kilgore	Twin Valley	47.62	45.24
400 relay		Wyomissing	50.39	49.41
1600 relay		Wilson*	4:10.32	4:00.49
3200 relay		Berks Catholic	10:34.06	9:48.95
High jump	Addison Nudy	Twin Valley	5-4	5-4
Long jump	Addison Nudy	Twin Valley	17-8	18-1
Triple jump	Addison Nudy	Twin Valley	37-3	36-5.5
Pole vault	Natalya Hemmings	Wyomissing	10-4	9-3
Discus	Maddie Henne*	Wilson	127-2.5	125-3
Javelin	Lauren Akers*	Kutztown	125-8	139-7
Shot put	Faith Price	Berks Catholic	34-8.5	37-1.5

2023 Boys Berks Bests

100	Harrison Cronan	Twin Valley	10.85
200	Vincent Acinapura	Twin Valley	22.46
400	Ben Grundy	Twin Valley	50.38
800	Anthony Engle	Twin Valley	1:54.34
1600	Anthony Engle	Twin Valley	4:18.30
3200	Zack Zerbe	Gov. Mifflin	9:18.98
110H	William Delp	Wyomissing	14.95
300H	William Delp	Wyomissing	40.51
400 relay		Twin Valley	43.24
1600 relay		Twin Valley	3:23.65
3200 relay		Twin Valley	7:52.58
High jump	Jaxon Geddio	Berks Catholic	6-2
Long jump	Luke Martinez	Schuylkill Valley	21-10
Triple jump	Josiah Jordan	Berks Catholic	42-4.5
Pole vault	Cameron Neafcy	Exeter	14-0
Discus	Brady Mider	Berks Catholic	161-1
Javelin	Collin Niedrowski	Wyomissing	190-8
Shot put	Brady Mider	Berks Catholic	59-4

2023 Berks Girls Bests

100	Chanel Hercules	Fleetwood	12.10
200	Nadly Gyapong	Muhlenberg	25.35
400	Sarah Ann Miller	Twin Valley	56.85
800	Sarah Ann Miller	Twin Valley	2:12.90
1600	Gabrielle Keith	Exeter	4:59.42
3200	Addie Cohen	Wyomissing	10:52.04
100H	Katelyn Murphy	Conrad Weiser	15.13
300H	Violet Houck	Wilson	45.24
400 relay		Wilson	49.41
1600 relay		Wilson	4:00.49
3200 relay		Twin Valley	9:48.95
High jump	Julia Rosenberger	Berks Catholic	5-4
Long jump	Annie Gao	Schuylkill Valley	18-1
Triple jump	Aaliyah Ware	Exeter	36-5.5
Pole vault	Hayden Adams	Exeter	9-3
Discus	Maddie Henne	Wilson	125-3
Javelin	Lauren Akers	Kutztown	139-7
Shot put	D’Mornay Woollery	Muhlenberg	37-1.5