Presenting the 2023 Daily Local News All-Area Boys Track Teams
FIRST TEAM
SPRINTS
Preston Lubeski, Sr., West Chester Henderson – A repeat selection on the first team, the senior finished sixth in two events (200, 400) at districts, and was ninth in the 400 at states. He also helped a couple of Henderson relay teams qualify for districts. In the Pa. Milesplit rankings, he was ranked seventh in all-around sprinter (combining 100, 200 and 400 times).
Kelly Bell, Sr., Downingtown West – The senior was a consistently strong performer in the 400, finishing fifth at districts and 11th at states, and was also a potent force for Downingtown West in the 4×100 relay, which placed second at districts (42.10)
MID-DISTANCE/DISTANCE
Jameson Todd, Sr., Bishop Shanahan – The senior was fourth in the 800 (1:53.07) with a strong finish in his debut at states. Todd won the 800 at the Ches-Mont League Championships and was second at districts. He helped the 4×400 team place sixth at districts and ninth at states.
Josh Miller, Sr., Coatesville – The senior anchored the Red Raiders’ 4×800 relay team, which head coach Damien Henry called, “the heart and soul of our team,” to a sixth-place finish at states and fourth at districts. A versatile athlete, he also finished third in the discus at districts.
FIELD EVENTS
Drew Domurat, Sr., Coatesville – The senior finished third in the high jump at states with a leap of 6-5. He was second at districts at 6-3. Domurat captured the event at the Ches-Mont Championships.
Elias Chase, Jr., Avon Grove – The junior finished sixth at states in javelin with a personal record of 184-9 in his outdoor state meet debut as the only junior in the finals. Finished second at districts, and broke the school record three times.
Xavier McGreal, Soph., Kennett – The sophomore finished seventh in the high jump at Shippensburg with a leap of 6-4. He placed second at districts with an effort of 6-3.
CJ Boyer, Jr., Oxford – In his first full season of spring track, the junior had an impressive debut, particularly in the postseason, finishing sixth in the long jump (21-11.5) at states. He was fifth at districts.
SECOND TEAM
Isaiah Brightman, Sr., Coatesville
Tommy Silvester, Jr., Coatesville
Ryan Reece, Sr., Downingtown East
Nick Steinfeldt, Jr., Downingtown East
Patrick Rullo, Jr., Devon Prep
HONORABLE MENTION
Bishop Shanahan – Will Kolimago, Jack Polizzi; Coatesville – Donte London, Maximus Stukes, Albert Morton, Takiyah Lynch; Conestoga – Patrick Barausky; Downingtown East – Damon Alston, Sean Kopanski, Isaiah Johnson; Downingtown West – Spencer Dunn, Matthew Woodward, Eddie Moore; Great Valley – Colin Mahoney, Lingesh Nagarajan; Cameron Gosa, Trip Gomez, Hudson Ayre; Malvern Prep – Alex Daoud, Dylan Regan, Evan Smith, Michael Geary; Unionville – Aryan Abbaraju, Alex Hall, Lucca DiMario, James McGlynn; West Chester East – Tyler Wileczek, Nathan DeRosa; West Chester Henderson – Ramsey Tarazi, Elliott Godin, Simeon Shappell Smith; West Chester Rustin – Lucas Band, Julian Irving, Nelson Murray, Ny’jzir Jones; Westtown School – Santi Benbow; Devon Prep – Christian Ottesen, Andrew Dean.
Coach of the Year
Damien Henry, Coatesville
Henry led the Red Raider boys to their fourth PIAA District 1 3A team title in the past five years; and their 20th consecutive Ches-Mont team championship. “I am very fortunate to be the head coach of quality young men who love to compete and take pride in being part of the Coatesville track and field family,” said Henry. “I would also like to thank my entire coaching staff for their dedication, effort and passion towards the track and the program. Thie year, our depth and development throughout the season was the key to our success. We are proud of all of our accomplishments and will continue to work hard as a program so we will be able to enjoy more success in the future.”
