Along with winning the 100, she set a new district record to win the 200, while the 400 meter relay hit the state time as they took sixth. Lauren Kosek qualified for states in the 1600, as well.

“I’m just super excited,” Hoprich said. “Times are a lot better than last year, and I’m ready to go.”

She won the 100 in 11.99, .01 under the new district record she set during the preliminaries on Thursday.

“I’m glad I could keep my title from last year, and I’m so happy with going sub-12 again,” Hoprich said. “Anything that’s close to sub-12 is good.”

Hitting that mark puts her in the state title conversation.

“I feel really confident going into states,” she said. “I’m not sure where I’m seeded right now for states, but I’m hoping that’ll get me a good spot.”

In the 200 Hoprich was seeded third but ran away with it in the final 50 meters.

“I think I knew it when I had 40 meters left,” she said. “I didn’t feel anyone, I didn’t hear anyone, and I didn’t see anyone.”

Hoprich was one of the shortest sprinters in the field, but doesn’t let that deter her.

“I take it as a challenge,” she said. “But I rise to my competitors.”

The 400 meter relay ran 50.36, just under the 50.5 state qualifying time with a team of Sophia Yoder, Luna Moyer, Kait Bryant, and Hoprich.

“It’s really amazing, this is actually a dream come true,” said lead-off leg Yoder.

The Hornets had an inside lane, giving them the ability to see how the race unfolded.

“I could see my competition, which always helps me to run faster,” Yoder remarked. “In my mind I’ve got to catch the girls in front of me.”

She handed off to Moyer who ran the back stretch.

“I really like hitting the back stretch because you run a straight 100,” she explained. “Then when people are in front of you, even though you’re technically behind, the curve makes it so the last person comes around first.”

Moyer felt things were going to go well as she went into the second hand off.

“I felt good, like this is just going to be a good day,” she remarked.

Bryant had the baton for the second turn, and just wanted to get it to Hoprich as fast as she could.

“We were in last but I just ran as fast as I could,” she said.

As she came around the turn the stagger evened everything out and the Hornets had the district record holder as their anchor.

“It’s crazy,” Bryant said about handing off to Hoprich. “It makes me feel a lot better, I’m very confident getting it to her.”

Hoprich then ran down two other teams in the final 100, but more importantly, got the baton across under the time.

“It’s amazing,” she said about taking some teammates with her to states. “It was our first good day of the season for the 4x100.”

Having such a fast field helped pull the Hornets under.

“I’ve gotten used to catching up to the other girls,” she said. “I actually got nicked in the arm by the Bloomsburg team. I kind of got off set, but I like catching the girls.”

In the 1600 Kosek ran 5:09.04, over nine seconds under the state standard in a very fast mile that saw the district record get set.

“I came in right where I was comfortable with, 1:14, 1:15, so I knew I was on track for that,” Kosek said. “I was expecting Claire (Dufresne) to go out a little faster than she did, but at the time, it was fin. At that point I can just sit behind Claire for the second lap, and by the third lap, at that point, it’s not much pacing left, you’re just pushing. I tried to stay with the girls ahead of me, I knew they were capable of some pretty strong times, and could pull me to the times I wanted.”

For most of the race Towanda’s Izzy Larson sat on Kosek’s shoulder, so her goal the final lap was to keep Larson behind her.

“I knew if I could close fast I would get a PR,” she said. “It’s hard to do the math in your head, so I knew I was track for a PR. I didn’t know how much at that point, but then I knew Izzy was right behind her, so I was like, I’ve just got to push as hard as I can.”

Kosek was also 11th in the 800 in 2:29.35, with Annika Gehman (4-feet, 10-inches) ninth in the high jump.

Also for the Lady Hornets Isla Twoey (48.5) was seventh in the 300 hurdles, and took fifth in the triple jump at 34-feet, 4-inches. Gehman (33-feet, 2-inches) was 11th.

Their 4x400 relay was 10th in 4:27.79.

For the boys Jonathan Carl (43-feet, 2 1/2-inches) just missed states by taking fourth in the triple jump while Micaiah Fitch (40-feet, 1-inch) was 14th. Carl (51.9) was 10th in the 400, as Alex Citrino (24.07) was 17th in the 200.

Micah Vickery (43.29) came in 16th in the 300 hurdles, with Jude Cuneo (2:04.53) 12th in the 800.

Max Macias (4:35.87) was 11th in the 1600, and Henry Whitney (4:46.32) took 17th.

David Seeling (6-feet, 1-inch) was fifth in the high jump, also just missing state qualifying, with Gabriel Carpenter (11-feet, 6-inches) 15th in the pole vault.

The 4x400 relay was 10th in 3:38.64, as the 4x100 was 11th in 45.95.

The State Championships will be held at Shippensburg University on Friday and Saturday. Tickets must be purchased online, HERE.