Arcadia Invitational 2005

The West Catholic girls will take the show on the road to the prestigious Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia HS in California next weekend, April 8-9. All events with the PA athletes will be the invitational events run Saturday night. Nicole Leach will compete in the 400, Latavia Thomas in the 800. And both will run in the 4x400. Central Dauphin\'s Ryan Whiting will compete in both the Discus and the Shot Put.

It was a day of bright sunshine, and even more brilliant performances. I covered the (10-hour) Pan-Ram invitational, and arrived home to find results from quite a few meets waiting to be posted. Thank you! That was the highest priority, so everything we have is on, plus the Morgan State from MD. More results, summaries Sunday. Pix and rankings Mon-Tue-Wed. (Photo:Altoona\'s Rachel Gehret cleared 5-06 to win the HJ, and also took 1st in the LJ and 2nd in the 200, plus helped her 4x100 team to the win. But she wasn\'t alone in her multitasking - because Northern\'s Amy Backel and Wilson\'s Shawn Smith were winning medals all day, as well.)

They went prepared for their competition. And the West Catholic girls of Philadelphia, and Ryan Whiting of Central Dauphin, captured six events in two days of some of the best competition in the US.