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WPIAL Champs Smorey, Jackson Lead Baldwin into State Track Meet
Three Baldwin boys are headed to Shippensburg.
Two Baldwin High School juniors earned individual titles this past Friday at the WPIAL track & field championships, including Luke Smorey, perhaps Baldwin's best shot at a state title this coming weekend.
Smorey, the 2013 WPIAL AAA boys javelin champ, will join two other Baldwin boys at the PIAA AAA championships, to held at Shippensburg University from May 24-25.
Smorey hit 200 feet, 3 inches at the WPIAL meet, good for the No. 2 seed at the state championships. The No. 1 seed's mark is at 208-8.
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Fellow Baldwin junior Gary Jackson is the WPIAL's triple jump champ. Jackson leaped 45-1 at WPIALs and is seeded 14th at the state meet with that mark. The No. 1 seed is at 48-6.
Baldwin's Luke Aaron, a senior pole vaulter, also qualified for the state meet with a fourth-place WPIAL finish. Aaron reached 14 feet at WPIALs and is seeded tied for 14th at states with that mark. The No. 1 seed is at 16 feet.
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The top eight finishers in each event at the state championships will earn medals.
No Baldwin girls are competing at states this year.
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