Tuesday, April 1, featured the Beavers first track meet away in Meadville and saw numerous personal records and great team performances for the school. The boys won 82-63, and the girls won 81-58.
For the boys, Tyler Aderhold took second place in shotput and PR’d at 38’ 4 ½”. Landon Hasbrouck took 2nd in discus, throwing 124′ 1″. Mason Savitz took second in long jump, jumping 19’ 5”, and Will Allen took second in triple jump with 40’ 10”.
The boys swept the long jump, with Nate Weis in first, Parker Trask in second, and Lukas Baker in third. Chris Bemis took first place in the pole vault with 6 ‘6″. Nolan Carey took first place in javelin, throwing 200’ 1 ½”, and Landon Atha took third.
The boys took first in the 800 meter relay, with Paxton Zinz, Thomas Eccles, Judah Zinz, and Zach Turben as the athletes. Paxton took first in the mile and Nick Scouten took third. Blake Cook took first in the 100 meter hurdles, running a 14.74. Zach Turben took first in the 800 meter. Judah Zinz took first in the 400 meter run. Then Blake Cook took first in 300m hurdles and Cameron Ricketts took 3rd. Connor Sterling took first in the 200m dash, and he contributed to taking first place in the 1600m relay with Paxton Zinz, Zach Turben, and Blake Cook.
The boys also took first in the 4×100; with Will Allen, Isaiah Bayle, Connor Sterling, and Blake Cook running a 45.62 second. Then, finally, Ethan Behm took second in the 2 mile and Nick Scouten took 3rd. a
Then, for the girls, Mallory Dahlgreen took first in shotput and second in discus, throwing 31’ 8 ½” and 95’ 2” respectively. Lindsay Hasbrouck took first in discus with 124’ 9”.
The girls swept the long jump, with Marleigh Martin taking first, Brynley Watrous taking second, and Madi Leofsky taking third despite an unfortunate scratch.
For the triple jump, Marleigh Martin took first and Madi Leofsky took third. Kaygen Rogers took first for high jump, jumping 4’ 7”, then Ava Hallberg took third. Marleigh Martin took first again in pole vault, then Ava Martin took third. Lindsay Hasbrouck took first in Javelin, throwing 98’ 9″.
The girls took first in the 800m relay, with Jordyn Fox, Haley Mumau, Laikynn Bayle, and Finley Fourspring running a 10:59. Haley Mumau took second in the mile, and Chloe Jaworski took third. Brynley Watrous took first in the 100 meter hurdles, and Marleigh Martin took third. Isabella O’Connor took third in the 100 meter dash, and Haley Mumau and Laikynn Bayle took second and third in the 800 meter run. Shay Linden took first in the 400 meter run. Brynley Watrous took first in the 300 meter hurdles, with a time of 50.94 seconds. Shay Linden took second in the 200 meter dash, running 29.38. In the 2 mile, Jordyn Fox took second place and Finley Fourspring took third.
Then, finally, the girls took first in the 1600 meter relay, with Madi Leofsky, Haley Mumau, Brynley Watrous, and Shay Linden as the athletes running this event.
I decided to go out and ask a few of the athletes about their thoughts on their performance Tuesday.
Connor Sterling said, “I am happy with what I did for my first high school track meet… I was disappointed in my long jump because I cramped on my first jump and had to scratch the other two.”
Then, Nolan Carey said, “I threw far… pretty far.”
Blake talked about his performance, saying “I was very happy with it and I am very excited for the rest of the season. Especially the 4 by 4.”
Landon Hasbrouck was the last of the boys I talked to, and he said “We were strong. There was nice weather but it was cold. We all tried our best and for our first meet we did okay.”
Marleigh Martin was the first to speak of the girls. She said, “I did okay, I guess. I could’ve done better. I could’ve lived up to my standards.”
“I thought I was pretty good,” Madi Leofsky, who was unfortunately scratched from her evens, said. “I scratched because I was in 5 events and you can only do 4… I was very mad.”
Shay Linden was next, and she said, “I’m really grateful for my teammates willing to step up and run the 4 by 400 meter relay. It’s definitely a challenging event, but they make the race fun.”
Brynley Watrous was the last person to respond, and she said, “It was a good first meet. It’s a good opportunity for people to try new things and figure out what they like to do.”
