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2024 Track and Field Preview: Northwestern Lehigh HS

Head Coach: Chuck Groller (My 10th year as Head Coach of Girls and 7th year as Head Coach of Boys. This is my 12th year overall. My first two years were as an assistant.)

Record for 2023: (Girls 10-1) and Boys (7-4)

Key Losses:
Girls:
Naomi Glassberg (400m and 1600 Relay)
Alicia Hunsicker (Hurdles)
Angelina Klein (Distance – 3200m AA State Qualifier)
Faith Yost (Hurdles, Long Jump-PIAA State 8th Place medal), High Jump-PIAA State Gold Medal Champion).

Boys:
Evan Anderson (Sprints)
Sam Bower (Distance)
Cayden Kuhns (Pole Vault)
Colin Myers (Shot Put)
Matt Santana (3200m AA State Qualifier)

Key Returnees:
Girls:
Katie Brensinger (Senior-Hurdles/Throws)
Mallory Connor (Sophomore-Throws)
Sophia Cornell (Junior-Distance)
Haley Dubois (Senior-Distance)
Sadie Fenstermaker (Senior-Throws)
Hannah Gober (Sophomore-Javelin)
Kaia Grantham (Senior-Sprints)
Ava Okuley (Sophomore-Pole Vault)
Abigail Pomajevich (Senior- LJ&TJ)
Nora Silfies (Junior-High Jump)
Carsyn Van Norman (Junior-Sprints)
Grace Yost (Senior-Pole Vault)

Boys:
Ben Bachman (Junior-Sprints)
Jackson Bailey (Junior-Throws)
Xander Giandomenico (Junior-Distance)
Dan Jenkins (Senior-Hurdles/Jumps)
Kit Kahm (Senior-Jumps)
Sean Kershner (Senior-Distance)
Shane Leh (Sophomore-Hurdles)
Landen Matson (Junior-Sprints)
Brendan Miller (Junior-Hurdles/Javelin)
Gavin Nelson (Junior-High Jump)
Del Tyler (Junior-Jumps)
Greyson Wellings (Junior-Distance)

Athletes: Girls Roster – 41 with 7 seniors Boys Roster – 52 with 10 seniors

Strengths: Girls will be in throws and pole vaults. Sadie Fenstermaker – 2023 AA State Qualifier in Shot Put. The boys will be in jumps. Gavin Nelson – 2023 AA State Qualifier in High Jump.

Returning League & District Medal Winners: Sadie Fenstermaker (Shot Put 1st in Leagues, 2nd in Districts and AA State Qualifier) & (Discus 2nd in Leagues and 3rd in Districts), Hanna Gober (Javelin 3rd in Leagues), Katie Brensinger (300m Hurdles 3rd in Districts), Grace Yost (Pole Vault 1st in Leagues and 2nd in Districts), Ava Okuley (Pole Vault 3rd in Districts), and Gavin Nelson (High jump 3rd in Leagues, 2nd in Districts, and AA State Qualifier).

2024 Outlook: If we stay healthy, girls and boys will be competitive. We do have some unknowns and challenges ahead of us, but as the season progresses, we will get better and stronger.

Quotable: As a team, we will give everything we have and never turn down an athletic challenge.

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