The Helman Invitational at Pennridge High is annually a high level meet with plenty of AAA athletes that challenge the Dock track and field team. It was the case again Thursday and the Pioneers responded to the challenges with several bests in their final full-team meet before the Bicentennial Athletic League Championships.

The throwers came up big again for the Pioneers. Yebeen Lee earned third place in the girls javelin with a throw of 95-feet-9. She is already ranked second in the District 1 AA girls in the event. The senior enjoyed her finest throw in girls shot put of 27-5 for 10th, a distance that sits fourth in the district. She threw a season best of 83-7 for 10th in the girls discus, which is fourth in the district, just over five feet short of the leader.

Tessa Moyer took almost 20 seconds off her personal best to clock 12:24.16 for sixth place in the girls 3200 meters. She sits fifth in the district rankings.

Lydia Sensenig, Neva Peterson, Sadie Bernd and Moyer ran a season best of 10:48.65 for third place in the girls 4x800 relay. That’s fifth in the district.

Lizzie Kennard-Chalmers cleared 7-feet for seventh in the girls pole vault. Olivia Mozzone also cleared 7-feet and was 10th based on misses. The two are tied for the top spot in the district with two other competitors. Lily Price cleared 6-6 for the first time in competition. She is fifth in the district.

Mozzone clocked a season-best 19.74 seconds for 17th in the girls 100 hurdles. She is ranked sixth in the district. Price ran 20.71 and Kennard-Chalmers ran 22.17.

Sadie Bernd led the girls 800 runners from Dock in 2:46.85, Neva Peterson ran a PR of 2:49.46 and Karli Godshall dropped an astonishing 15 seconds off her previous best to run 2:52.92. Godshall also threw 67-10 in the girls javelin.

Price ran 54.35 for 16th in the girls 300 hurdles. Kennard-Chalmers had a personal best of 1:00.89, and is 11th in the district.

Logan Naidoo had a personal record of 64-5 for girls discus to move to 10th in the district rankings. Naidoo also ran 1:15.17 in the girls 400.

Claire Nyce ran a personal-record 6:08.59 in the girls 1,600 and Lydia Sensenig ran 6:10.79. Nyce came back to run 33.75 in the girls 200 in her first time in the sprints.

Cianna Thompson had a personal record of 15.31 in the girls 100 dash and a PR of 32.03 in the girls 200. Ella Lee also lowered her personal best in the 200 to 37.72 seconds.

Peterson, Bernd, Moyer and Price went 4:48.90 in the girls 4x400.

The Dock track and field teams will host the BAL Championships on Wednesday and Thursday. The Pioneers will honor their five seniors on Wednesday following the day’s competition.