CHS girls’ relay track teams excel at state meet
By Mike BergerThe CHS girls’ track team tied for third place in the state Class III relays January 17 at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston. The event is the precursor to state competition and gives an indication to future scoring at the Class C meet in February.
Canton had two first-place relays and a second-place showing in the shot put competition, sharing third place overall with Hopkinton at 28 points. Bishop Feehan was the overall Division III winner at 48 points, followed by Pembroke High School with 44.
Some of the girls who ran several relays included Anna Amico, Keishorea Armstrong, Vicky Tondre, Sam Smith, Shirley Han, Colleen Healy and Kate D’Orazio.
The 4×200 relay team — Amico, Armstrong, Tondre and Smith — placed first among 46 teams and posted the third fastest time (1:47.6) in the state this season.
The Bulldogs’ 4×50-yard relay — Amico, Han, Armstrong and Smith — beat 37 other squads to capture first place with a time of 25.48 seconds.
The shot put team — Chidimma Nwankwo, Amarachi Njoku and Angelina Salcedo — placed second. Nwankwo finished second overall at 34 feet, eight inches; Njoku was eighth at 30 feet, 11 inches; and Salcedo finished 50th out of 72 competitors at 24 feet, nine inches.
The 4×400 team — Han, Tondre, Healy and D’Orazio — placed eighth out of 37 teams and qualified for the Class C Meet, and the 4×50 shuttle hurdle relay — Healey, Ashley Pezzone, Mellyn Costello, and Emily Cody — finished 11th out of 32 teams.
Other relay teams that participated included the 1600 spring medley — D’Orazio, Cody, Costello, and Kori White — which finished 23rd out of 41 teams.
The distance medley — Lauren Winter, Emily McGonigle, Amanda Crowley and Lila Singer-Berk — finished 24th out of 28 teams.
CHS athletes who participated in the long jump event included Smith, who finished 27th out of 66 competitors at 13 feet, four inches; Tondre, who finished 44th at 12 feet, eight inches; and Molly Boushell, who finished 55th at 11 feet, 10 inches.
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Posted by Mike Berger
on Jan 28 2010. Filed under High School, Sports.
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