On December 9, the boy’s and girl’s indoor track team competed at the Terry Baker Invitational at Hagerstown Community College.  The boy’s team came in first place overall, and the girl’s team placed tenth.

This meet was the first of the indoor track season and had athletes competing from 19 different schools. The girl’s team competed in nine of the thirteen events offered at the meet and placed in the top 25 in every event. The boy’s team also competed in nine of the thirteen events and placed in the top 20 for each.

The girl’s team competed in the 55-meter dash, the 300-meter dash, the 500-meter dash, the 800-meter run, the 1,600-meter run, the 55-meter hurdles, the 4×200 meter relay, pole vault, and high jump.

55 m

Nadia Appiah, 24th place

300 m

Morgan Matthews, 9th place

Savannah Silter, 16th place

500 m

Alannah Follis, 9th place

Emily Wolfe, 18th place

800 m

Madison Thomas, 15th place

1600 m

Abigail Parker, 19th place

55 m Hurdles

Ani James, 2nd place

Kathleen Gallagher, 3rd place

4×200 m Relay

5th place overall

High Jump

Kathleen Gallagher, 2nd place

Emily Wolfe, 18th place

Pole Vault

Julia Follis, 7th place

Myah Davies, 11th place

Alannah Follis, senior captain, said, “I feel like we are doing great as a team, we are very supportive and confident of each other and I’m sure that we will be able to keep up a great winning streak with lots of records this season.”

The boy’s team competed in the 300-meter dash, the 5o0-meter dash, the 800-meter run, the 1,600-meter run, the 3,200-meter run, the 4×200 meter relay, the 4×400 meter relay, pole vault, and shot put.

300 m

Lars Eklund, 3rd place

Will Cioffi, 5th place

500 m

Clay Buckman, 2nd place

Allejah Seraton, 3rd place

800 m

Will Cioffi, 2nd place

Bryce Witmer, 8th place

1600 m

Carson Buck, 8th place

Benjamin Dill, 13th place

3200 m

Kyle Guinn, 1st place

Gunnar Eklund, 3rd place

4×200 m Relay

2nd place overall

4×400 m Relay

1st place overall

Pole Vault

Carter Holsinger, 6th place

Shot Put

Joe Russo, 14th place

Hudson Smith, 20th place

Overall, both teams did well at the first meet. This is a strong start for only the first meet of many in the season. The teams are hoping to set many more personal records and make it to states this season. Their next meet is on December 16th at Prince Georges Sports and Learning Complex, good luck runners!