Abington Girls' Track Cruises to an Easy District Championship Win
The team now looks forward to states.
Given Leah Nugent's numerous track accomplishments, a stumble in one event wasn't going to prevent her from excelling in another. So when the Abington senior's fall between the first and second hurdle of the 100-meter event in the PIAA District 1, Class-AAAA finals forced her from the competition—despite easily taking the preliminaries and semifinals—Nugent refocused. "It was extremely frustrating, but there was no sense crying over spilt milk," Nugent said. "I couldn't do anything about it, and I was fortunate to have another race to run. Some people only have that one race." The "other" individual event happened to be the one in which Nugent set the state record as a sophomore with a time of 41.4 seconds. Though her 43.11 wasn't her best…
