Winter 2025 - 26 Season Recap

Shaler Area Indoor Track & Field Caps Strong 2025–26 Season

The 2025–26 indoor track and field season was a successful one for the Shaler Area Titans, highlighted by strong championship performances, new entries on the school’s all-time lists, and athletes competing at the highest levels in Western Pennsylvania.

At the TSTCA Indoor Track & Field Championships, Shaler athletes delivered several standout performances against some of the region’s best competition.

Senior thrower Jayla Antomachi led the way with a 2nd place finish in the Shot Put, throwing 38-3.50. The mark qualified her for the PTFCA Indoor State Championships at Penn State University, marking the fourth time in her career that she advanced to the state meet.

Shaler’s jumpers also had an impressive day. Octavia Dixon placed 5th in the Triple Jump (35-0.50) and 6th in the Long Jump (16-4.5), demonstrating her versatility and ability to compete among the region’s top jumpers.

On the track, the Titans’ sprinters produced several notable performances. Braedyn Witkowski ran 7.43 in the 60 meters, which now ranks #3 all-time in Shaler Area school history. Tazaine Hinds delivered one of the fastest performances in program history as well, running 7.11 in the 60 meters, tying the long-standing school record originally set by Izzy Moreno in 2010.

In the girls’ sprints, Bella Filo earned a 4th place finish in the 60 meters, clocking 8.02, another strong performance for the Titans.

Distance runner Logan Messina also added his name to the school’s historical rankings by running 4:48.20 in the Mile, which now ranks 8th all-time in Shaler Area history.

To close out her outstanding indoor career, Jayla Antomachi competed at the PTFCA Indoor State Championships, finishing 16th place in the Shot Put in a highly competitive field. Antomachi concludes her indoor career as a four-time PTFCA Indoor State Championship qualifier and two-time state medalist, cementing her place among the top throwers in Shaler Area program history.

Overall, the Titans finished the indoor season with multiple athletes placing among the top competitors in the region while continuing to add to the program’s all-time record lists. With strong performances across the throws, jumps, sprints, and distance events, the future of Shaler Area Track & Field continues to look bright heading into the outdoor season.

2023:

RESULTS FROM EDINBORO - TSTCA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2/18/2023: TSTCA Indoor Championships Result Page 

2025-26 Season Results: 

January 17, 2026 Complete Results @ YSU

February 7, 2026 Complete Results @ YSU

February 14, 2026 Complete RESULTS @ Edinboro

February 14, 2026 Complete Results @ YSU

February 21, 2026 Complete Results @ Edinboro TSTCA Championships

March 1, 2026 Complete Results @ PTFCA State Track and Field Championships

2020 RESULTS:

RESULTS FROM PENN STATE UNIVERSITY - PFTCA CHAMPIONSHIPS 3/1/2020: Complete Results  

• Cam Mbalo - 1st - Triple Jump

• Mayah Charity - 16th - 60m

RESULTS FROM EDINBORO - TSTCA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2/22/2020:  Complete Results 

Medalists:

• Danielle Eshelman – 7th - mile

•  Samantha Hennen – 6th - 800m

• Andrew Dadowski – 6th - 400m

• Eloise Facher - 8th - 60m

• Mayah Charity – 6th - 60m & 7th - 200m

• Dalton Kalbaugh – 7th - 3000m

• Cam Mbalo - 1st - Triple Jump

RESULTS FROM EDINBORO -  2/15/2020:

Complete Results 

RESULTS FROM EDINBORO -  2/8/2020:

Complete Results 

RESULTS FROM EDINBORO 1/24/2020

Complete Results 

RESULTS FROM YSU OPEN MEET #1:

Complete Results 

RESULTS FROM EDINBORO 1/4/2020:

Complete Results 

Led by freshman sprinter, Shaler track team shattering records

By: Josh Rizzo

Thursday, January 16, 2020 | 7:28 PM

Eloise Facher had a subdued reaction to Shaler Area track and field coach Shawn Ryan’s news.

The Titans freshman impressed during her debut in early January at a track meet at Youngstown State.

Facher ran the second-fastest time in school history in the 60-meter dash by finishing in 8.18 seconds. Then she broke a 14-year old school record in the 200-meter dash by finishing in 27.87 seconds, eclipsing the mark set by Shateeya Ford.

“After she finished the 60 meters, I went up to her and said that’s an all-time Shaler Area top-two time in the record books,” Ryan said. “She just said, ‘Wow.’ She’s impressed by that and humbled at the same time.”

Facher was one of four Titans athletes — along with Tyler Paszkowski (1,600 meter), Dalton Kalbaugh (3,200 meter) and Cam Mbalo (triple jump) — to set new school marks at Youngstown State.

Facher having success was foreshadowed by her middle school career. She won the Mars Invitational in the 100 meters.

“We looked at her stats from her middle school years and thought she had potential,” Ryan said. “We didn’t expect much right away. It’s hard until you see a kid behind the blocks, and then we saw her put up a 8.18 in the 60 and 27.87 in the 200. She’s got some speed.”

Mbalo’s leap of 46 feet, 10 inches set a new meet record and also gave him the second-best recorded jump in Pennsylvania this season and the 12th best in the country.

Ryan said this group is always pushing for such performances.

Jack Keenan (hurdles), David Kondraciuk (long jump, 200 meter), Andrew Dadowski (200 meter, 400 meter), Maddie Bartosh (long jump), Danielle Eshelman (800 meter, 1,600 meter), Claire Stevens (400 meter) and Mayah Charity (60 meter, 200 meter) also competed for the Titans.

“I think the expectation is there,” Ryan said. “The kids know what the expectations are. I’m out raking sand right now, and two of my jumpers are here. They want to put the work in. That’s the mindset we have.”

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