PCS
Boys' Track and Field
All-Time Records
(Metric Conversions)
Click event from list below for expanded
list of times and distances + pictures of various tracksters
L Hellwig-C Hellwig
A LaBorde-K Richards
R Sprague - B Reynolds
B Zech - M Connell
B Miller-M Babb
J Dean-B Decker
E Blask-D Armijo
B Blask-K Greene
The vision to computerize Boys' Track and Field records and compile an all-time Top
10 database for each event began with Gary Swetland. Beginning in 1987,
Coach Swetland kept meticulous statistics on every track meet. Over time, he added his information to that of past coaches,
yearbooks, and old Times Herald articles.
Further research was conducted by Jimmy Reynolds, starting in 2000. They discovered
that alot of data was missing from before 1987. Larry Welty and Swetland
continue to keep tight records, and the quest to unearth old times from bygone days continues. We appreciate any
help, so post a note in Study Hall or send an email to the webmasters in the Main Office.
1979: The Greatest Track Team in Portville History
1979 PCS TRACK TEAM Coach Rick Wilson
Portville has been a track and field powerhouse since Jazz Peterson set the state record
in the 400 yard dash in 1932. Earl Fuller coached the boys' team for 27 years during the 50s through the 70s, when Bob
Connell took over with his modern innovations.
Coach Swetland's teams of the 90s were the most dominant of all, putting together 120 straight
victories in conference dual meets, and producing a number of current record-holders.
The 1979 boys' track team was not bad either. They set 8 school records (scroll down),
and the seniors accumulated a 35-2 record over 3 years of varsity competition, winning meets and special events throughout
the Southern Tier.
Enjoy a stroll through the articles and pictures from the '79 season plus other years.
Over time, we will be adding photos and articles from as many years as possible, so check back for updates.
PCS School Records
set by
79 Tracksters
John Sprague
Jim Reynolds
Gary Swetland
Jud Wright
1978 Football Videos
Class of PCS 1979The largest
in Portville history:
EVENT BEST TIME YEAR PORTVILLE
BOYS' TRACK and FIELD 100
M Mike Connell 10.61 66 TOP 10 ALL-TIME 200
M Mike Connell 21.5 66 400
M Brian
Miller 50.8 93 1600 Meters Time Year 800 M Matt Burlingame 2:00.58 06 1 Kirk Greene 4:31.70 98 1600 M Kirk Greene 4:31.7 98 2 Brad Shaw 4:31.80 93 3200 M Andrew Elliott 9:59.9 03 3 Andrew Elliott 4:37.00 03 Long
Jump Gene Bingman 21' 11.5 66 4 Mike Cannon 4:39.00 89 Triple Jump Jimmy Reynolds 43' 11.75 79 5 Eric Blask 4:40.30 98 High Jump Brian Decker 6' 9 92 6 John Gordnier 4:43.80 00 Pole Vault Jeff Dean 13' 3 92 7 Randy Bretzin 4:45.00 79 Shot Put Jon Jones 56' 10 10 8 Rob Pockalny 4:45.50 80 Discus Jon Jones 149' 9 10 9 Chris Gundlah 4:46.00 84 110 HH Brian Miller 14.76 93 10 Brian Broughton 4:47.00 75 400 IH Brian Blask 55.88 01 11 Gunnar Van Curen 4:47.69 11 Steeple Brad Shaw 10:25 93 Pentathlon Brian Miller 3,346 92 3200 Meters Time Year 400 Relay L Hellwig-C Hellwig 44.66 09 1 Andrew Elliott 09:59.90 03 A LaBorde-K Richards 2 Gunnar Van Curen 10:01.00 13 800 Relay R Sprague-B Reynolds 1:34.35 66 3 Brad Shaw 10:02.00 93 B Zech-M Connell 4 Mike Cannon 10:11.00 89 1600 Relay B Miller-M Babb 3:31 92 5 Rob Pockalny 10:15.00 80 J Dean-B Decker 6 Mark Brown 10:19.00 77 3200
Relay E
Blask-D Armijo 8:15.3 98 7 Dave Campbell 10:20.00 76 B Blask-K Greene 8 Tyler Shaw 10:35.00 04 9 Eric Blask 10:40.00 98 100 Meters Time Year 10 Will Caya 10:41.44 11 1 Mike Connell 10.61 66 2 Jack Ensell 10.94 52 110 High Hurdles Time Year Dale Childs 10.94 63 1 Brian Miller 14.76 93 Adam Hellwig 10.94 02 2 Kris Lickfeld 15.1 97 5 Gene Bingman 11.04 66 3 Mike Washburn 15.3 87 John Sprague 11.04 79 4 Mike Sargent 15.41 97 Tom Sprague 11.04 80 5 Addy Scutt 15.44 95 8 Lance Jobe 11.16 78 6 Mike Sherwin 15.6 79 9 Tim Emley 11.20 83 7 John Milne 15.7 84 Alex Woodhead 11.20 04 8 John Sprague 15.8 79 11 Joe Peace 11.23 11 9 Brian Blask 15.9 01 10 Corey Wesley 16.2 01 200 Meters Time Year 1 Mike Connell 21.50 66 400 Intermediate
Hurdles Time Year 2 Adam Hellwig 22.69 02 1 Brian Blask 55.88 01 3 Jerry Scutt 22.70 69 2 Kris Lickfeld 57.10 97 4 Dale Childs 22.80 63 3 Addy Scutt 57.57 94 5 Joe Peace 22.85 11 4 Brian Miller 58.80 93 6 Bill Zech 22.90 65 5 Mike Sargent 59.50 97 Gene Bingman 22.90 66 6 JD Van Sickle 59.70 95 8 Brian Blask 23.20 01 7 Dan Bailey 59.90 87 9 Brian Decker 23.50 92 8 Jeff Dean 60.10 92 10 Tim Emley 23.60 83 9 Barry Shaw 60.30 90 Chris Hardgrove 23.60 03 10 Corey Wesley 60.90 01 11 Don DeAngelo 61.00 81 400 Meters Time Year 12 Keith Mott 62.10 02 1 Brian Miller 50.8 93 13 Zach Blask 62.70 11 2 Zack Shaw 51.9 09 3 Jazz Peterson 52.0 32 Pentathlon Points Year 4 Fred
Knight 52.1 94 1 Brian Miller 3,346 92 Adam Hellwig 52.1 02 2 Brian Decker 3,168 92 Scott Forrest 52.1 04 3 Steve Clark 2,926 88 7 Bob Bretzin 52.2 81 4 Kris Lickfeld 2,813 97 8 Nathan Warters 52.6 97 5 Addy Scutt 2,656 93 9 Troy Feffers 52.8 90 6 Chris Gagliardo 2,489 99 10 Jason Long 53.2 96 7 Dan Bailey 2,448 88 Chris Hardgrove 53.2 03 8 Mike Sargent 2,309 95 800 Meters Time Year Steeplechase Time Year 1 Matt Burlingame 2:00.58 06 1 Brad Shaw 10:25 93 2 Kirk Greene 2:01.22 98 2 Andrew Elliott 10:27 03 3 Ray Auman 2:01.70 75 3 Mike
Brady 10:45 92 4 Zack Shaw 2:01.84 09 4 Brad Thomas 10:47 97 5 Mike McGreevey 2:02.01 93 5 Tyler Shaw 10:57 03 6 Andrew Blask 2:02.02 03 6 Zach Blask 10:57.2 11 7 John Gordnier 2:02.33 01 7 Eric Blask 11:14.9 98 8 Brad Shaw 2:02.40 94 8 Shannon Knight 11:26 94 9 Keith McDivitt 2:02.80 75 9 Casey Caya 11:29 10 10 Fred Knight 2:03.00 95 10 Dave Baracat 11:40 93 11 Gunnar Van Curen 2:03.94 11 Long Jump Distance Year 400 Meter
Relay Time Year 1 Gene Bingman 21' 11.5 66 1 A
LaBorde-C Hellwig 44.66 09 2 Xavier Harris 21' 6 09 K Richards-L Hellwig 3 Jimmy Reynolds 21' 2 79 2 J Mooney-C Hardgrove 45.32 03 4 John Sprague 20' 11 79 A
Woodhead-A Hellwig 5 Brian Miller 20' 7 92 3 I McGavisk-J Dean 45.70 92 6 Jerry Reynolds 20' 6 84 B Decker-B Miller 7 Troy Jeffers 20' 2 90 4 A Hellwig-C Hardgrove 45.70 02 8 Scott Forrest 20' 1 04 D Martinez-B Bell 9 Brian Decker 20' 0 92 5 J Milne-J Pecone 45.80 83 10 Brian Nitsche 20' 0 04 T Emley-T Scalfaro 6 J Sprague-J Reynolds 45.82 79 Triple Jump Distance Year G Swetland-J Wright 1 Jimmy Reynolds 43' 11.75" 79 7 J Sprague-J Reynolds 45.94 79 2 Brian Nitsche 43' 11.25" 04 T
Sprague-J Wright 3 Jerry Reynolds 43' 9 84 8 J Mooney-C Hardgrove 46.00 03 4 Lance Chaffee 43' 6 69 R Williams-A Hellwig 5 Roger DeAngelo 42' 9 80 9 J
Mooney-S Forrest 46.10 04 6 Mike Sargent 42' 4 96 B Nitsche-A Woodhead 7 Randy Welch 41' 6 67 10 DeBarbieri-Williams 46.39 98 8 Jerry Scutt 40' 0 69 DeBarbieri-Cornell 9 Mike Sherwin 39' 3 78 10 Chris Payne 39' 3 02 800 Relay Time Year 1 R Sprague-B Zech 1:34.35 66 High Jump Height Year B Reynolds-M Connell 1 Brian Decker 6' 9 92 2 J Sprague-J Reynolds 1:34.5 79 2 Mike Sherwin 6' 5.5 79 T Sprague-J Wright 3 Jerry Scutt 6' 4 69 3 D Nease-S Everetts 1:34.7 76 4 Jeremy Hammond 6' 3 94 R King-T Yanetsko 5 Steve Clark 6' 2 88 4 McLarney-Monroe 1:35.44 61 Brian Miller 6' 2 93 Bonsper-Childs 7 Randy Welch 6' 0 69 5 J DeBarbieri-M Sargent 1:35.9 97 8 Lee Chaffee 5' 10.25 66 Warters-Lickfeld 9 Chris Gagliardo 5'
10 99 6 Long-DeBarbieri 1:37.6 96 Brian Blask 5' 10 00 Williams-Lickfeld 10 Lance Reynolds 5' 9 80 7 DeBarbieri-Williams 1:37.8 98 Yates-Cornell Pole Vault Height Year 8 T Sprague-J Wright 1:38.1 80 1 Jeff Dean 13' 3 92 Hazard-Burrows 2 Gary Swetland 13' 2 79 9 Decker-Dean 1:38.4 91 3 Jason DeYoe 13' 1 95 Borer-Miller Jeremy Hammond 13' 1 94 10 Miller-Keim 1:38.5 93 5 Franny Williams 12' 6 85 Seawright-Moses Dan Martinez 12' 6 02 7 Chris Gagliardo 12' 3 99 1600 Relay Time Year 8 Tim Ortung 12' 0 78 1 Miller-Babb 3:31 92 Joe DeBarbieri 12' 0 97 Dean-Decker Chris Williams 12' 0 98 2 Blask-Hardgrove 3:31.6 01 Andy Laborde 12' 0 09 Gordnier-Ricci 3 DeBarbieri-Lickfeld 3:31.7 97 Shot Put Distance Year Sargent-Warters 1 Jon Jones 56' 10 10 4 Keim-Scutt 3:35 94 2 Jack Holcomb 51' 11 86 Hammond-Knight 3 Dave Nease 47' 10 76 5 Lickfeld-Long 3:35.7 96 4 Jordan Spehar 46' 7 11 Sargent-Warters 5 Jake Haught 46' 1.5 02 6 Hellwig-Hardgrove 3:36.3 02 6 Alan Dean 45' 11 69 Ricci-Frost 7 Matt Swetland 45' 7 90 7 Forrest-Hardgrove 3:36.6 03 8 Lee Chaffee 44' 10 66 A Blask-Hellwig 9 Russ Downey 44' 3 96 10 Tony Hammond 43' 7 98 3200 Relay Time Year Discus Distance Year 1 E Blask-Armijo 8:15.3 98 B Blask-Greene 1 Jon Jones 149' 9 10 2 Shaw-McGreevey 8:21 93 2 Jake Haught 141' 3 02 Zimmerman-Greene 3 Tony Hammond 141' 2 99 3 Van Curen-Pierce 8:22.51 11 4 Russ Downey 138' 10 96 Smith-Blask 5 Lee Chaffee 136' 1 66 4 Warters-Greene 8:23 97 6 Greg Ralston 135' 9 75 Armijo-Thomas 7 Jordan Spehar 135'
5 10 5 Shaw-Sponsler 8:25 94 8 Terry Keim 134' 6 93 Knight-Greene 9 Joe Mascorella 134' 0 69 6 Auman-C Pytcher 8:26 77 10 Andy Keim 129' 11 95 R Bretzin-Brown Sean Carr 129' 11 03 7 Van Curen-Smith 8:31.45 11 Pierce-Blask
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