Upper Dublin High School girls’ track and field members Bree Hall, Brady Kullmann, Kerrigan Kullmann, and Faith Castronuovo were crowned state champions last week in the 4x800m with a 9:05.75 time.

Other notable performances included a second place finish for Faith Castronuovo in the 800m with a personal record of 2:09.08, fifth place for Charlotte Marlowe, Faith Castronuovo, Brady Kullmann, and Tytiana Nelson in the 4x400m, and 17th place for Charlee Smith in the high jump.

In related news, Pat Lacon, head coach of the Upper Dublin boys’ lacrosse team, announced his retirement following the Cardinals’ 10-8 loss to Mars in the PIAA 2A quarterfinals on Saturday, PhillyLacrosse.com reported.

Coach Lacon’s teams went 91-52 during his seven-year tenure. He guided the Cardinals to three straight Suburban One American Conference championships in addition to this season’s state quarterfinals. The 2024 team also reached the state tournament.

Lacon told PhillyLacrosse.com spending more time with his family motivated his reason for leaving the program.

“I’ve got a seven-year-old, a five-year-old, and a two-year-old, and it was getting really hard to balance the amount of time that I wanted to be with them and the amount of time I wanted to be with the team,” he said. “You marry both of them together, and you miss stuff. You either miss your own players’ events, or you miss your kid’s baseball games, soccer games or art shows. I just really had to make that final decision that it’s time to be a dad right now.”

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