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<p>A big finish to Payden Montana&#8217;s high school career ended with a flourish when the recent Berwick graduate was named the Gatorade Pennsylvania girls track and field athlete of the year Thursday.</p><p>Montana won the shot put competition at the New Balance National Championships with a throw of 49-11.75 Sunday, after earning a third-place national finish in discus Saturday.</p><p>Montana, who will throw for Penn State next season, broke the state shot put record by winning her second straight PIAA Class 3A shot put gold medal with a throw of 54 feet. She also won gold in the state discus, collecting Berwick&#8217;s only three first-place state finishes in school history.</p><p>Montana won her third straight District 2 gold medal and broke her own district record with a distance of 50-4 last month, and also set the District 2 discus record while winning gold in that event.</p><p>During the WVC season, Montana broke and re-broke the Berwick shot put, discus and javelin marks and went unbeaten in all three throwing events through her final seven regular-season meets.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption"><style type=&quot;text/css&quot;></style> Berwick&#8217;s Payden Montana, who collected two gold medals at the PIAA Championships in May, was named Gatorade Pennsylvania girls track and field athlete of the year Thursday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_Payden-Montana-Discus-1.jpg</photo0><caption0><style type=&quot;text/css&quot;></style> Berwick&#8217;s Payden Montana, who collected two gold medals at the PIAA Championships in May, was named Gatorade Pennsylvania girls track and field athlete of the year Thursday. </caption0><photoCredit0><style type=&quot;text/css&quot;></style> <p class=&quot;p1&quot;>Chris Knight | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Paul Sokoloski</p><p>psokoloski@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Berwick’s Montana named Gatorade Pa. track athlete of the year