May 3, 2013
NYA travelled down to York High School on Friday for a regular season meet against York, Cape Elizabeth, Lake Region, and Seacoast. The weather was perfect (in the low 60s) and the meet was run efficiently despite the massive amount of athletes gathered at the track. While the official scoring is still yet to released preliminary estimates have the boys team finishing in 2nd behind York while the girls held on for 4th over Cape.
In the sprints NYA was led by Michael McIntosh ’14 who won the 100m dash by a large margin in 11.8. In a seperate heat Dean Walters ’13 was able to gap the pack by over 5m to beat out several runners from the previous heat and place 4th. On the girls side the competition was stiff and NYA was left with no points on the board but saw strong efforts from 2 new athletes to the 100m – Sonia Lin ’16 and Maddie Cutten ’15 while Morganne Elkins ’16 was able to beat her previous best in the event by almost half a second! In the 200m Dean Walters earned NYA its only points in the event after finishing 2nd in a tight race where he was pushed all the way to line. Abrahim Al Musawi ’15 hit yet another personal best by running 27.5 and winning his heat with a strong finish in the final 50m.
In the throwing events NYA gained a large chunk of its points as Muriel Adams ’15 and Kayla Rose ’14 finished 1-2 in the Discus with strong steady throws while Chase Gendron ’15 hit a massive career best with his state qualifying throw of 114’6″ which was almost a 14′ career best and good enough for 2nd place. In the shotput Kayla Rose led the way for the Panthers finishing in 4th place with an 8″ season best while Muriel Adams was not far behind with a 7″ best. On the boys side Chase Gendron was able to get back into the 35′ range which put him in 3rd place. In the Javelin Maddie Cutten ’15 just missed scoring in the event but was able to post a 2′ season best while Aaron Guiseley posted a solid season best toss by over a foot.
In the distance races NYA had a big day in the 1600m with Hannah Austin ’15 running a career best time by over 20 seconds to finish in 5:37 which was good for 3rd place while Kate Hilscher ’16 ran the event for the first time in her high school career and was able to qualify provisionally for the state meet. Hannah’s time also started her ascent up the top 5 all-time list in the 1600m (which can be found under the records in the menu bar to the left). On the boys side Matt Malcom ’15 ran a 10 second season best in the 1600m to dip under 5 minutes with a time of 4:53 which was good for 2nd place. Andy Liu posted a phenomenal improvement over last year by running 20 seconds faster than his career best time in the event. In the 800m Duncan George ’15 ran a gutsy race to finish in 3rd place with a time of 2:10 which is a provisional state qualifying time and a 19 second career best while John LeBlanc just missed scoring but was able to hold on for a personal best time by almost a second. In the 3200m Matt Malcom ran a close race right behind the leader all the way to finish which earned him a time of 10:49 and another provisional state time. In the 1600m racewalk Ellis took to the track again and dropped her time by almost a minute! On the boys side Aaron wanted to try the event with very little training and was able to get the form well enough to complete the race in a time good enough for 3rd place.
In the jumps Abrahim continued his recently established trend of besting personal records by hitting another one in the long jump by 1″. In the triple jump Linnea Hull ’16 added 9″ to her personal best distance to finish with a distance of 26’6″ while on the boys side Jake Burns was just off his best by 1″. In the pole vault Linnea once again hit a personal best by clearing 6’6″ which is the automatic state qualifying height and was good for 2nd place. On the boys side Duncan George improved by 1′ by clearing 6’6″ and John LeBlanc got over 6′. The sole point scorer on the boys side was Clayton Manchester with a clearance of 7′ which was good for 5th.
In the hurdles Jake Burns ’13 dropped under 17 seconds for the 2nd time in his career to take 3rd place in the 110m Hurdles while Jillian Bjorn-Caron ran a solid race to finish in 4th. In the 300m hurdles Jake Burns lowered his season best time once again by running 41.7 which was good for 2nd and right up among the leaders in the state. On the girls side Jillian was able to drop her best time this season by almost a second to finish in 5th.
In the relays the girls and boys 4×100 had a great day. The girls (Sonia, Maddie, Jillian, McKenzie) finished in 3rd while the boys (Dean, Michael, Jake, El T) ran away with the event even after a slight hitch in the final handoff. In the 4×400 Maddie, Kayla, Kate and Hannah combined for a 4th place while on the boys side Aaron, Jin, Abrahim, and Dean finished in 3rd. The team has a busy week coming up with a regular season WMC meet on Thursday (@ Traip) followed by the MAISAD Championships on Saturday (@ Hebron). The boys are the defending league champions while the girls are looking to regain their lost title. And if you haven’t been watching – be sure to check out the current state qualifiers link on the sidebar to see our progress!
The golden shoe was given by the captains to Matt Malcom and Maddie Cutten for the exceptional efforts noted above!
Full Results and Photos
In other alumni news – Henry Sterling ’10 ran for Dartmouth at the Heptagonal Championships today and placed 4th in the steeplechase in a close race: http://www.dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=207557261
Cam Rayder ’12 had a great showing as a first year for Trinity by scoring 8th in the shotput at the NESCAC Championships – http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/mtrack/2012-13/releases/Men-s_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_G_61213
And Sam Fear ’09 a senior captain at Wheaton College placed 3rd in the NEWMAC Championships in the high jump and his 4×400 relay also placed third. http://athletics.wheatoncollege.edu/sports/mtrack/2012-13/releases/20130427yqemee