“Feister, a senior thrower at Hempfield, won the high school boys’ javelin title with a personal-best toss of 211 feet, 5 inches on his final throw in the competition just outside Philadelphia’s historic Franklin Field.

“‘I didn’t expect to show up and do that. It just happened,’ Feister said by phone from Philadelphia Friday night.

“Feister joins Cocalico’s Troy Burkholder (242-10, 1995) and Warwick’s Brad Zimmerman (215-3, 2003) as previous winners of Penn Relays javelin titles from the L-L League. Interestingly, Zimmerman’s crown came eight years after Burkholder’s, and now Feister’s has come eight years after Zimmerman’s.

“‘That’s interesting; kind of cool,’ Feister said of the timeline of L-L champs in the javelin.

“Also Friday, Hempfield junior Kyle Long placed third and Cocalico junior Kyle Felpel finished fourth in the boys’ discus. Long threw 188-2 and Felpel 178-9, trailing Traves Smilke of Kingston, Jamaica, who won with a whopping 228-2, and runner-up Samuel Mattis of East Brunswick, N.J., who threw 201-2.

“The Hempfield boys’ 400 relay team of Devon Santos, Jake Longenecker, Traevon Hinton and Joe Santos ran a season-best 43.87 to place 47th in the boys’ big school competition.

“The McCaskey squad of Kelvin Cunningham, Devante Jones, Diante Cherry and Jarid Heard ran 44.63 to take 102nd, and the Manheim Township foursome of Jonathan Bui, Raycol Martinez, John McCafferty and Westlet Bosquet ran 46.05 for 191st.

“Feister, who threw a personal-best 204-2 in Tuesday’s Section One victory over Cedar Crest that kept the Black Knights undefeated in league competition, is a ‘tireless worker … and has worked with single-minded purpose for this,’ Hempfield coach Curt Rogers wrote in an email Friday evening.

“‘He took first place in this meet, one of the premier meets in the world! This has been a great couple days!’ Rogers continued in his email.

“‘I was working through a couple of things and at the end, it kind of clicked for me,’ Feister said of his winning effort. ‘I was confident, but I didn’t expect to (win). I know I wasn’t expected to. It was exhilarating.’

“Feister, who was seeded ninth, surpassed leader Billy Stanley of South Park, Pa., who ended up second at 207-10. Kyle Quinn (204-9) of Somerset, Mass., was third, while top-seeded and 2010 winner Kaleb Zuidema (203-6) of Midland Park, N.J., was fourth.

“For Feister to even be competing this year is an accomplishment. He missed his entire junior season after suffering a massive knee injury during preseason practice for the 2010 track season. Feister said he ruptured his ACL, MCL, PCL and meniscus in his left knee. He wears a brace when he competes.”

Feister is the son of Karen and Craig Feister of West Hempfield Township.