Hoprich Breaks 100m Record At BlueJay Classic

By: Ed Weaver  /  May 2, 2026

Junior Piper Hoprich broke her current school record, and set a new meet record, in the 100m at Friday's BlueJay Classic.

Hoprich ran a 12.36 in the prelim round of the 100m before shattering her old record (11.98) with an 11.91 in the finals. She was the only 100m runner to go sub-12 seconds. She also captured gold in the 200m (25.14), blowing away the field by over a full second.

Wellsboro had a great afternoon in the team standings, finishing 3rd overall in the girls meet with 97.5 points, while the boys took 4th with 69 points.

"I'm actually thinking we do better in the rain and cold temperatures," said girls head coach Elizabeth Hoover. "This team did not let undesirable weather hold them back. My focus at this meet was the 4x400 and the 4x800m relays. I really wanted to get those two teams to districts. The girls not only met my expectations, but they exceeded them. Both teams have now qualified. I didn't take all of my top three athletes to this invitational, but we ended up being third overall. It was a great day!"

For the girls, freshman Olive Twoey (17.70) and sophomore Jennifer Belz (17.95) were 7th and 8th in the 100m hurdles, sophomore Anja Przybycien (7:15.46) was 17th in the 1600m, freshman Kaci Kosek (1:07.78) took 11th in the 400m, sophomore Isla Twoey (49.08) finished 3rd in the 300m hurdles, and junior Lauren Kosek won both the 800m (2:21.63) and 3200m (12:22.74) runs.

Senior Kristina Belz finished 6th in the high jump (4-ft, 6), 3rd in the long jump (15-ft, 5) and 3rd in the triple jump (32-ft, 9), and junior Ellie Largey (7-ft, 6) tied for 7th in the pole vault.

Sophomore Katie Whitney was 7th in the discus (89-ft, 11) and 19th in the shot put (24-ft, 10.75), Largey finished 11th in the javelin (85-ft, 4) with senior Rowan Butters (62-ft, 9) taking 18th.

The Lady Hornets finished 2nd in the 4x100m (50.60), 3rd in the 4x400m (4:24.37) and 4th in the 4x800m (11:18.77) relays.

On the boys side, senior Jacoby Strang finished 16th in the 100m (12.09), sophomore Brayden Benjamin was 9th in the 110m hurdles (17.49), seniors Henry Whitney (4:28.17) and Max Macias (4:41.60) were 2nd and 3rd in the 1600m, senior Aaron Kirk took 10th in the 400m (56.31) and 12th in the 200m (25.15), senior David Seeling (41.77) was 3rd in the 300m hurdles, senior Jude Cuneo (2:01.88) took 3rd in the 800m, and Macias (10:17.34) won the 3200m with Whitney (10:19.70) in 3rd.

Seeling cleared 6-ft, 2-in to win the high jump, senior Jonathan Carl (20-ft, 9.25) too 3rd in the long jump with Benjamin (18-ft, 11) taking 9th, Carl (40-ft, 10.75) took 4th in the triple jump, sophomore Ransom Schultz was 24th in the discus (87-ft, 6.5), 13th in the javelin (108-ft, 3) and 13th in the shot put (39-ft, 6).

The Hornets took 7th in the 4x100m (46.99) and 5th in the 4x800m (10:08.73) relays.

Both teams are back in action next Friday in Athens for the NTL Championships. The meet begins at 1:30 p.m.