We have opened our outdoor track and field competition season with a pre-meet, which took place on April 11, 2017 at the Esko Public School Stadium.
In the field we had a group of brave jumpers who agreed to show up and learned how to jump. They performed well and got some good starting marks. One stand out was Sam O’Phelan who long jumped 16’6” on his third jump ever. This performance placed him 5th in the meet. Jack Haussner gave triple jump a whirl and finished in 8th place with a jump of 34-11.
Several girls throw the shot put, we held our own and we competed with some of the highest marks in the meet. Alicia Smith was a top performer in shot put followed by Julia Larsen; they came in 6th and 10th.
Lucy Callender and Alicia Smith were the top Viking performers in the discus. Smith had a 71-foot power throw, which landed her 5th and demonstrates that there is much potential for the rest of the season. Callender finished in 7th place with a throw of 67-11.
On the track we had many stand out performances. In the 800m run Maya McHugh broke away on the bell lap, which led her to win by several seconds with a time of 2:37. Leif Anderson was our top finisher for the boys with a time of 2:24 and a 9th place finish.
Zoe Nonemacher had a gold star day. She finished in 1st place in the 100m dash with a time of 13:52. She finished in 1st place in the 400m dash with a time of 66 seconds. Then if that wasn’t enough she pulled a 2nd place finished in the 200-meter dash with a time of 29.24. What a great start to the season for her. She will be a strong leader of our team as an 8th grader.
Anna Hay had a great performance in the 200-meter dash with a 7th place finish and a time of 29.69.
Molly Thomas finished fourth overall in the 400m dash with a time of 1:08. Louise Romberg, an 8th grader, ran a quick mile, which led her to a 5th place finish with a time of 6:11.
Sam O’Phelan, a new face to track stood out in all of his events, but most definitely in the 400 finishing in second place with a time of 55.60. O’Phelan also rounded out our boys’ 4×200 meter relay team of Henry DeArruda-Weaver, Jack Haussner, and Vaughn Swindlehurst. They pulled towards the front of the group and finished in 3rd place with a time of 1:47.
Jack Haussner ran away from his heat in the 300 meter hurdles. Haussner ran a 6th place finish with a time of 48.77.
Will Surbaugh ran a strong mile and followed that with a personal best in the 2-mile, a third place finish with a time of 11:35 and a 5th place finish. Kevin Viren, also running a personal best, finished 7th with a time of 12:39.
In the girls’ 4 x 400-meter dash Claire LaVigne led us with a great start followed by Molly Thomas. Maya McHugh pulled us in the lead as the 3rd leg and then Molly LaVigne kept the lead allowing us to nudge Esko by 10 seconds as the Vikings finished first in 4:37.
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