North Penn hitting its stride, pulls away to win over Souderton

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FRANCONIA >> North Penn cut through the wind and the cold on Tuesday, pulling away to a convincing 124-26 victory over rival Souderton in a Suburban One League Colonial Division meet.

The Knights dashed to victories in all three relays and were just as impressive on the track as they were tackling the field, as the defending champs tightened their grip on the division.

Gusty winds awaited runners around the turns on Tuesday.

“I think I handled it pretty well. The back stretch was the toughest. And those were the parts where you had to push the hardest,” said Sophia Schell, part of a tremendous distance group for the Knights. “But other than that it was fine.

“I wanted to get out first and get away from people.”

Schell pulled away to a victory in the 800 and teammate Kira Logiovine took care of the 16 and 32.

Sophia Schell of North Penn won the 800 in the win over Souderton. (Kev Hunter/MediaNews Group)

“You just gotta keep doing it,” Schell said smiling, speaking of the conditions.

North Penn displayed terrific balance as both squads got ready for weekend invites: North Penn heads to Abington Friday night and the Jack Armstrong Invitational and Souderton will be at the CB West Relays on Saturday.

North Penn and Souderton runners get started in the 3,200. (Kev Hunter/MediaNews Group)

Taylor Forbes continued her outstanding season for the Knights, winning both hurdles events and triple jumping to a mark of 35-3, also good for first.

Meanwhile Maya Depolo cleared 7-feet-6 to win the pole vault for Big Red. Ava Conley and Nora Richardson ran well in the two mile for Souderton, pushing to second and third.

North Penn pulled down first and third place in the high jump. (Kev Hunter/MediaNews Group)

Also for Big Red, Ava Mills sprinted to third in both the 100 and 200 dashes.

North Penn’s 4×100 relay races to a win over Souderton. (Kev Hunter/MediaNews Group)

North Penn looked particularly strong again in the 400, led by Alexandra Duff.

North Penn 124, Souderton 26
100: Jael Sykes (NP) 12.36; 200: Maya Adams (NP) 25.82; 400: Alexandra Duff (NP) 1:03.75; 800: Sophia Schell (NP) 2:27.77; 1,600: Kira Logiovine (NP) 5:53.11; 3,200: Logiovine (NP) 12:42.26; 100 hurdles: Taylor Forbes (NP) 15.58; 300 hurdles: Forbes (NP) 47.62; 4×100 relay: NP, 48.29; 4×400 relay: NP, 4:18.34; 4×800 relay: NP, 10:17.51; High Jump: Koumba Samassa (NP) 4-10; Long Jump: Madeline Lewis (NP) 17-3; Triple Jump: Taylor Forbes (NP) 35-3; Pole Vault: Maya Depolo (S) 7-6; Discus: Isabella Kee (NP) 89-5; Javelin: Zianna Dobson (NP) 108-4; Shot Put: Kaylee Hartman (NP) 31-6.

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Kev Hunter

Kevin Hunter
Kev Hunter is a sports reporter for Montco Media. He has been a staff writer for The Reporter Newspaper in Lansdale since 2000. Prior to that, he covered sports for The Day Newspaper in New London, Conn. He began his writing career at The Courier-Post in South Jersey, along with covering prep football in Pa. for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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