Boys’ and
Girls’ Track
Mason Runners and
Throwers Excel
In Losses to Madison
County
By Mark Murchie (April 26, 2003)
In the track teams’ last home meet
of the year against the Madison County Mountaineers, both the boys’ and
girls’ teams were unable to come out with victories. However, both teams
turned in strong performances. Mason’s boys’ team lost by a score of 79.5
to 47.5 and the girls’ team lost 78 to 38.
| The boys’ team was led
by junior Niles Lashway and senior Mark Murchie. Lashway, who has been
getting better every week this spring, placed first in both the 110m hurdles
and 200m dash and also finished third in the 400m dash, a race that he
had never run before.
Murchie placed first in the long
jump, the 400m dash and was on the winning 4X400m relay team and also placed
second in the triple jump.
Orie Bumgarner had an impressive
day finishing second in both the two mile and mile with a time of 4:57
in the mile. Travis Greene in his debut at the high jump finished second
with a jump of 5’6". |
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The
Mason boys track team takes off at the start of a race.
Pictured: Chad
O’Hara and Orie Bumgarner.
(All photos by
Andrea Genovese Soares) |
Chad O’Hara and Alex Baldino cruised
ahead of all Madison runners in the 80m run and went on to place first
and second respectively, finishing only a second apart.
The last race of the day, the 4X400
relay, was won by team members Chad O’Hara, Nick Huizenga, Mohammed Zohir
and Mark Murchie.
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On the girls’ side of
the meet, the throwing events were led by Sarah Stanley while the running
events were led by senior Annie Maynard. Stanley had an impressive day
placing first in the shot-put and second in the discus. Maynard placed
first in both the 1600m run and the 800m run.
Other strong finishes were turned
in by Stephanie Peters who placed first in the triple jump and Louisa Fairfax
who finished first in the 3200m run. Louise-Jensen finished second in her
debut at high jump, clearing 4’4" and Kaneshiro finished third in both
the 100m dash and the 200m dash.
The next meet will be Wednesday,
April 30 at Clarke County. |
The track ladies prepare
for the start of their race.
Pictured: Annie Maynard and Dani Dunn. |
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Senior star Annie Maynard
sprints for the end
at her last home track meet. |
Orie Bumgarner streaks towards the
finish
line on Wednesday at Mason’s second home
meet of the season. |
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