Track
relay teams shine in state finals
By Mike Berger
Citizen Staff
It was another
excellent weekend for the CHS indoor track relay teams at
Sunday’s state relay finals. The girls finished fifth overall
with strong performances in the sprint relay, the 200-meter
relay and the shot put.
For the boys’
team, the sprint medley and the high jumpers had strong
showings.
The highest
finish was earned by the girls’ shot put relay, which finished
second overall. Out of 60 shot putters, senior Amarachi Njoku
tied for second overall with a best throw of 35 feet, 3.75
inches — three feet away from the winning throw of 38 feet, 2.25
inches.
Junior
Chidimma Nwankwo placed 10th overall with a best
throw of 32 feet, 10 inches, and freshman Angelina Salcedo
placed 41st with a best throw of 28 feet, three
quarter inches.
The girls’
4x50 team of Shirley Han, Keishorea Armstrong, Anna Amico and
Samantha Smith placed fifth with a time of 25.50 seconds.
Earlier the unit finished sixth out of 19 teams, with the
fastest eight relays going to the finals.
The girls’
4x200 relay (Vicky Tondre, Armstrong, Amico and Smith) finished
ninth out of 28 relays with a time of 1:49.24. The girls’ 4x400
relay (Kori White, Han, Colleen Healey and Kate D’Orazio) ran a
4:24.54 and placed 20th overall.
“Overall it
was a great day with some nice performances,” coach Kerri
Oldmixon said.
The boys’
1,600 sprint medley finished 12th out of 19 teams with a
combined time of 3:43 — more than six seconds faster than its
time in the Class C relays. Leading off was Christian Bates with
the 800-meter leg (2:00.6), followed by two very fast 200-meter
legs by Jordan Guyton and Jon Vaughn, and a strong 400-meter leg
time of 55 seconds by Marty Fauche.
Coach Chris
Elgar noted that the 4x200 relay had trouble with one of the
handoffs and was disqualified. “That is crippling in a race so
short,” Elgar said.
The high jump
relay did not score, but Matt Sidney continued his hot streak
with another six-feet, four-inch jump as he finished third
overall out of 12 competitors. Vaughn recorded a personal best
jump of five feet, six inches and nearly hit the five-foot,
eight-inch mark.
Both teams are
now preparing for the Hockomock League Championship Meet
Saturday in Boston at the Reggie Lewis Track Center. The meet
begins at 8:45 a.m.
February 11, 2010
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