In addition to Girls Track Athlete of the Year Aubrey Leneweaver from Haverford, the All-Delco team includes: Taylor Johnson, Bonner-Prendergast: A repeating All-Delco, Johnson closed out her career as one of the most decorated sprinters in program history. She was a two-time Catholic League and District 12 champion in the 100 and 200 and was […]
UPPER DARBY >> Upper Darby assistant track coach Michelle Ezzie saw this record-breaking day coming for months. Radnor sophomore Sophia Hill already had pole vaulted 12 feet, 4 inches outdoors to break Ezzie’s Delaware County record of 11-9, set in 2001. All that remained was for Hill to establish a new girls Delco Championships meet […]
July 14, 2021 Ridley High s Brianna Foster is the 2021 Daily Times Girls Track Athlete of the Year. (Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group)
RIDLEY TWP. Brianna Foster had every intention of competing in the PIAA Class 3A Track & Field Championships.
An MRI changed those plans.
The Ridley senior suffered a right hamstring injury on her second attempt in the preliminary round of the long jump at the District 1 girls track and field championships. She never made her third attempt or participated in the final but her initial jump of 17 feet, 11 inches was good enough for third place and an automatic berth in the state meet.
May 8, 2021 Radnor s Sophia Hill clears the bar at 10 feet, two inches to win the pole vault crown at the Delco Championships at Upper Darby High School Friday. (Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group)
UPPER DARBY After recording a personal best of 10 feet, 2 inches to lock up the gold medal in the pole vault Friday at the Delaware County Girls Track & Field Championships, Radnor sophomore Sophia Hill could have called it quits.
But that’s not her style.
“I’m such a competitive person,” Hill said. “I love the sport and I wanted to give it my all because the crowd was so supportive.”