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SHIPPENSBURG &#8212; Nick Solfanelli, Erin Feeney and Elizabeth Pattara all won state medals for Scranton Prep in Class AAA Saturday at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Track and Field Championships.Solfanelli placed fourth out of 26 competitors in the boys javelin with a throw of 186-10.Feeney went into the state meet seeded in the middle of the pack in the girls 3200-meter run, but also produced a fourth-place medal.By running more than 22 seconds faster than in her District 2 runner-up performance, Feeney finished in 10:38.50 to place fourth out of 31 after going in as the 16th seed.Pattara was sixth out of 27 in the girls triple jump with a leap of 37-8 &#190;. She also made it to the state meet in the long jump where she was 14th of 28 Friday with 17-5 &#190;.The top eight finishers in all events earned medals and scored points for their teams.Scranton Prep also qualified its boys 3200-meter relay team for the meet. The Cavaliers were 10th out of 15 teams in their heat and finished 19th of 30 overall during Friday qualifying with a time of 8:13.64.The Scranton Prep girls scored eight points. The Classics finished tied for 27th among the 75 Class AAA girls teams that scored points in the meet.Solfanelli scored five points for the Cavaliers. They finished tied for 46th out of 84 teams.Abington Heights had three athletes involved in the state meet.Abby McMinn made it to a tiebreaker in her attempt to advance to the semifinals, but then fell short.McMinn ran a qualifying time of 15.57 Friday that left her fourth out of six in her heat and tied for 16th of 33. The top 16 made the Saturday semifinals, so McMinn had a run-off with Neshaminy&#8217;s Alyssa Zukowski for the spot, but Zukowski won.Alyssa McMinn, Abby&#8217;s twin sister, did not land a legal throw in three attempts and finished last of 25.Jonathan Galaydick was in the toughest of the boys 300-meter hurdles qualifying heats. He was last of six in his heat, but his time of 41.34 beat seven other hurdles and left him in 19th place out of 26.

Three Scranton Prep athletes medal at state track meet