Mark Wieder

A look at the returning athletes positioned to shape this year’s outdoor season.

State athletic titles are tough to win. In some 50 years of trying, district teams hauled in just one...

Three Central Dauphin runners, Ryan Jones, Mark Wieder and Justin McCarthy, broke 1:56 in the open 800 at a dual meet vs. Lower Dauphin Thursday, 4/29. Jones at 1:55.1, runner-up Mark Wieder at 1:55.5, and Justin McCarthy at 1:55.8.

Good food, good weather, great performances abound: As Donna Dye noted after her visit to the XC State meet in November, \"they know how to eat in PA.\" And the Pan-Ram Inv. at the great 8-lane track at Harrisburg\'s Central Dauphin HS was no exception. The burgers were charcoaling, the sun was blazing. But most of all, the performances were cooking as the 16th Pan-Ram Invite enjoyed great weather and a bunch of meet records (plus a stirring battle between a talented vet and the new kid on the block in the girls 1600.)