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2006 NPAAA Hall of Fame Inductees
NPHS BOYS WINTER AND SPRING TRACK TEAMS, 1981
STATE CHAMPIONS
North Penn’s Winter Track Team started the season with a
record in the Mile Run by Blair Mancini – 4:22.5. The Relay Team
of Dave Schmitz, Keith Dean, John Hradnansky and Blair Mancini
also starred with a time of 3:33.8 at the Philadelphia Spectrum.
At the Meet of Champions at Princeton University, the
Distance Medley Relay Team set a school record of 10:29.2. The
Two-Mile Relay Team finished second. Kevin Nibbelink finished
second, as did Ryran Gardner in the Triple Jump, and Doug Coyle
finished third in the High Jump.
Blair Mancini finished fourth with a time of 4:18.4 in the
High School Invitational Mile Run at the Melrose Games at Madison
Square Garden.
North Penn won the Pennsylvania Track Coaches
Association State Championship held at Lehigh University on February 28, 1981. Results -- North Penn won 50
points:
Doug Coyle lst High Jump -- 6’4”
Dyran Gardner 2 nd Long Jump -- 21’ 11.5” * (new school record)
Dyran Gardner 2 nd Triple Jump – 47’, 4.5” * (new school record)
Kevin Nibbelink 2 nd 2 Mile Run – 9:33.2
Blair Mancini 2 nd Mile Run – 4:21.22
Jim Schmitz, Don Travis,
Dave Schmitz, Blair Mancini 2 nd Mile Relay – 8:13.14
Three North Penn runners – Keith Dean, Dyran Gardner, Blair Mancini – qualified for and ran in the Eastern
States Championship at Princeton University on March 9, 1981. Results: Blair Mancini won the Mile in Record Time
of 4:11.6. Dyran Gardner placed second in the Triple Jump with a school record of 47’9.5”.
The Spring Track and Field Team was undefeated for the third straight year in Dual Meets in the Bux-Mont
League. Their record: 9-0. For an encore, the North Penn Track and Field Team won the District Championship for
the second year in a row.
At the Penn Relays, North Penn won the Bux-Mont Mile Relay (the third year in a row) with a record time. The
NP 3200 Meter Relay Team finished second in the Championship of America race at the Penn Relays. This same team
of Dave Schmitz, Don Travis, John Hradnansky and Blair Mancini won the Pennsylvania State Title with a record time
of 7:42.65.
Blair Mancini won the 1500 Race at the Penn Relays and was named “The Outstanding Schoolboy Track Athlete”
for the meet. Blair was District Champ at 800 Meters and was State Champion at 1600 Meters.
Steve Gildea was District Champ in the Shot Put.
School Records set were as follows:
800 and 1600 Meters Blair Mancini
Long Jump – Triple Jump Dryan Gardner
3200 Meter Relay Schmitz, Travis, Hradnansky, Mancini
200 Meters (Tied Record) Keith Dean
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