Lower Merion High School senior Brian Yi, the PIAA District 1 3A singles champion, finished second at the PIAA 3A boys tennis singles state tournament May 24-25 at the Hershey Racquet Club.
Yi won his first round match against Ephrata’s Zach Keiper, 6-1, 6-2; then defeated District 2 champion Praneel Malliah of Abington Heights, 6-0, 6-0; then beat Adam Memije of Gateway, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 in the state semifinals; then lost to District 6 champion David Lindsay, 2-6, 0-6, in the championship finals. Lindsay also won the PIAA 3A state singles championship as a sophomore.
Conestoga freshman Ethan Sun, the District 1 3A singles runnerup, faced Lindsay in the first round of the state singles tourney and lost, 1-6, 3-6.
The Conestoga duo of junior Rohan Rao and senior Voyan Markovic, the District 1 3A doubles champion, finished second at the PIAA 3A doubles tournament May 24-25, also at Hershey.
In the first round, Rao/Markovic defeated Zach Schrader and Dylan Dunkelberger of Reading, 6-2, 6-4. In the quarterfinals, the Conestoga duo beat Jacob Horn and Ian Opitz of Dallastown, 6-4, 6-0; and in the semifinals, Rao and Markovic defeated District 11 champion Luke Aplleman and Roman Farhad, 6-4, 6-4. In the championship finals, the Conestoga duo lost to District 3 champion (and defending PIAA 3A doubles state champion) Aidan Mahaffey and Tyler Mahaffey, 2-6, 1-6.
Radnor’s Antonio Fidelibus and Graham Bernabeo, the District 1 3A fifth-place finisher, lost in the opening round of the PIAA 3A doubles tournament to Appleman and Farhad, 6-7 (2), 1-6.
Track & Field
A solid number of Main Line athletes won medals at the PIAA 3A Track & Field Championships May 24-25 at Shippensburg University.
For Harriton, Ade Lloyd finished second in the boys 400 meter run (46.58) and placed fourth in the boys 200 meter dash (22.00); while Milan Ramey placed seventh in the girls 200 meter dash (25.17) and eighth in the girls 100 meter dash (12.28).
Haverford High School finished fourth in the girls team competition, led by Olivia Cieslak, who finished first in the girls 800 meter run (2:07.60), placed second in the 1600 meter run (4:45.35) and anchored the second-place 4×400 relay of Colette Wagner, Alyssa Bloxton, Ava Cavanugh and Cieslak (3:51.60). Cavanaugh was seventh in the girls 400 meter run (56.92) and Abigail DeFriscio was eighth in girls’ discus (116-8). Jaelyn Galloway placed eighth in the boys’ 200 meter dash (22.58).
For Lower Merion, Nichlas Mazzeo finished eighth in the boys 3200 meter run (9:04.00)
The Conestoga girls 4×100 relay, seeded sixth in the finals, placed fourth, matching its PR of 48.13 with a quartet of Tory Gauthier, Fure Abhulimen, Angelina Pierce and Lila Ziegler.
Radnor’s Joseph Garzio finished sixth in the boys 800 meter run (1:53.37), and Noah Wampole fifth in boys’ high jump (6-5)
Villa Maria Academy’s Maddy Kelley tied for second in girls’ pole vault (12-6)
In the PIAA 2A Track & Field Championships, also at Shippensburg May 24-25, Archbishop Carroll’s Gabriel Coffey won the boys 800 meter run (1:52.38). Carroll also placed fourth in the boys 4×400 relay (3:24.50) with a quartet of Ryan Martin, Lowell Kamanousa, Himien Jones and Coffey.
