Methacton Athletics

Dear Methacton Families and Community,

The Methacton Boy's 4x4 officially wrapped up their indoor season with a bang at the New Balance National Championships this weekend. The record setting relay of Christian Kinard, Nicholas Willen, SahBri Hill, and Zachary Willen came into the national qualifying meet seeded 31st overall.

They once again exceeded expectations, earning a second place finish in their heat and 14th overall! At the meet, every member of the team improved on their personal best 400 relay time in the process.

Their time of 3:22.91 lowers their school record by another 2.5 seconds from the state meet. In all, the quartet lowered the previous school record this year by SEVEN seconds, a colossal amount for the 1600m relay.

This talented group deserves a lot of credit for representing their school on a national level.

Sincerely,

John M. Smink

Director of Athletics and Activities

The Athletics Office will be hosting a second commitment day in the spring for any additional senior athletes who plan to continue their careers at the next level.

Congratulations to the 13 student athletes who participated in the Fall commitment day!

States are this weekend! If you see any of the swimmers below, be sure to wish them luck as they head into this big competition weekend!

Christopher Groff:

200 Freestyle

100 Backstroke

Christian Lebold:

500 Freestyle

Medley Relay:

Christopher Groff, Christian Lebold, John Du, Eric Zang; alt. Jake Kallal

Upcoming Events:

3/17-18 - PIAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Lewisburg, Pa)

States are this weekend! If you see any of the swimmers below be sure to wish them luck as they head into this big competition weekend!

Madison Wimmer:

200 Free

500 Free

Upcoming Events:

3/17-18 - PIAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Lewisburg, Pa)

The Methacton baseball program had a great fall season and a productive January and February off-season at the All Sports Center in Trappe. The hard work leading up to the season has shown throughout this first week. The Varsity and JV teams are very excited for our first scrimmage at Abington on March 14 at 3:45pm and our first game at Lansdale Catholic on March 24. Given the number of returning varsity players, especially on the mound, we have great opportunities for players to be competing with each other for starting positions all over the field.

Our seniors have been doing a great job of leading this group to doing the right things towards earning success, and we have a tremendous group of underclassman that are working hard every day. The 2023 team is very much looking forward to the challenge of proving to ourselves and to our opponents that we can compete at a high level in one of the toughest baseball conferences in the state of Pennsylvania. We are working towards a great regular season in 2023, and will look to build off of the learning experiences from 2022.

Although we have aspirations for the District and State tournaments, we hope to earn the right to compete, first and foremost, for a chance to win the PAC championship in May. Although our division and conference are very strong and it will be a big challenge for us, our goals start there!

A shout out to our players and coaching staff for all of the volunteer time that they have put in since the end of last season. It will pay off this Spring!

GO WARRIORS!

Upcoming Events:

3/14 - Scrimmage vs. Abington (AWAY)

3/24 - Game vs. Lansdale Catholic (AWAY)

3/27 - Game vs. Upper Moreland (HOME)

The 2023 Methacton softball team was supposed to kick off its season this year with a home scrimmage on Monday but it was cancelled due to weather. They look head to an away scrimmage on Wednesday, and a home opener on Friday!

The team will lean on two returning seniors: Riley Kairer #15 and Avery Schwartz #18.

Upcoming Events:

3/13 - Scrimmage vs. Hatboro Horsham (HOME) - Cancelled due to weather

3/15 - Scrimmage vs. Plymouth Whitemarsh (AWAY)

3/17 - Game vs. Downingtown East (HOME)

3/20 - Game vs. Souderton (AWAY)

The Boys Spring Track and Field team got off to a great start this past week. The hardworking group of indoor athletes welcomed an additional 35-40 team members. The team will look to start official competition this Saturday at the Phoenixville Classic. The coaches are excited to see all of the athlete's training pay off in the next few weeks.

Upcoming Events:

3/18 - Phoenixville Classic (AWAY)

3/29 - Meet vs. Norristown (HOME)

4/1 - The North Penn Open (AWAY)

The Girls Spring Track and Field team got off to a solid start with a beautiful first day of weather. A total of 68 girls are out for the team across the various running, sprinting, hurdling, throwing and jumping events. We have a short early season and a lot of work ahead of us as we get ready for our first dual meet at home with Norristown on March 29th followed by the North Penn Invitational on April 1st.

We voted in our team captains this past week and the Girls team is guided under the leadership of Annaliesa Geiling, Bella Coppola, Bipasha Mokten, Kirsten Buggel, and Summer Mellow.

An athlete to highlight is Summer Mellow as she finished up her very strong Winter Track season by competing at the Nike Indoor Games at the Armory in NYC. She competed in the 60 meter dash and the long jump to finish a stellar end to her season.

Upcoming Events:

3/29 - Meet vs. Norristown (HOME)

4/1 - The North Penn Open (AWAY)

4/4 - Meet vs. Perkiomen Valley (HOME)

Unified Track had its first two practices last week and are gearing up for a successful season. The team boasts a full roster, with over a dozen seniors. The Unified Sports program was honored last week by the ARC Alliance. They received the 2023 outstanding program award. The team’s first meet is on March 27th at home.

Upcoming Events:

3/27 - Tri-Meet vs. Springford & Souderton (HOME)

4/19 - Tri-Meet vs. Pottsgrove & Norristown (AWAY)

4/27 - Tri-Meet vs. Springfield Township & Perkiomen Valley (AWAY)

The Methacton boy’s lacrosse team began the season on Saturday with their first scrimmage against a tough Strath Haven team. While we were shaky to start, the boys showed great resilience and determination to come back and play much better in the second half. Our second scrimmage will be away at Council Rock North, and we finish the week with our regular season home opener Friday against Wissahickon at 3:45pm.

Deserving Athlete - Owen Goldstein

Owen is a senior who decided to come out and play lacrosse for the first time ever this year. He showed immense courage and determination trying something new and it is already paying off. Owen has been working very hard the past few weeks and scored his first goal in his first career game experience this Saturday. Owen will continue to make impacts both at the JV and Varsity level.

Upcoming Events:

3/15 - Scrimmage vs. Council Rock North (AWAY)

3/17 - Game vs. Wissahickon (HOME)

The girl's lacrosse teams officially started their season last week with a solid roster of over 40 girls! The ladies fought through the cold and rainy weather to practice and get ready for the first two scrimmages this week against Plymouth Whitemarsh (away) and North Penn (home). The varsity lacrosse team is hoping to defend the title of PAC10 Champions this year!

Upcoming Events:

3/15 - Scrimmage vs. Plymouth Whitemarsh (AWAY)

3/16 - Scrimmage vs. North Penn (HOME)

3/23 - Game vs. Upper Dublin (HOME)

We had a great first week of practice ironing out our lineups for Varsity and JV this season. We are thrilled to have 7 of our 11 varsity players returning this season. We have a very solid and competitive group challenging for the bottom half of our lineup which we are still finalizing. We look forward to kicking off the season with 3 home matches this week.

One of the players to watch for this season is sophomore Dylan Wen who will be returning as our team’s number one player.

Upcoming Events:

3/14 - Match vs. Plymouth Whitemarsh (HOME)

3/16 - Match vs. Radnor (HOME)

3/17 - Match vs. Pope John Paul (HOME)

Email: jsmink@methacton.org
Website: www.methactonwarriors.org
Location: 1005 Kriebel Mill Road, Eagleville, PA, USA
Phone: 610-489-5000
Twitter: @methactonwarriors