NORTON, MA – The Judges headed up to Wheaton College's Pre Post - Season meet to get in their last few races, throws, and jumps before heading to UAAs next weekend, where most of the team will finish off their season. With over 30 PRs across the board and multiple event wins, the Judges put on quite a showing and proved they are ready to make waves next weekend.
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
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In his first race of the season and second collegiate track race ever, sophomore Garret Rieden (Littleton, Mass. / Littleton) ran a PR 800 of 1:55, putting him in first place and #96 overall for DIII in the 800. Sophomore Adam Rieden (Littleton, Mass. / Littleton) and first-year Jonathan Wey (Basking Ridge, N.J. / Ridge) followed in 4th and 5th, running 2:00.45 and 2:00.92, both earning PRs.
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Juniors Dashiell Janicki (New York, N.Y. / HS for Math Science and Engineering at City College) earned 2nd place in the mile with his time of 4:31. Junior Lucas Dia (Montclair, N.J. / Montclair) (5th, 4:32), senior Willem Goff (Pelham, Mass. / Amherst Regional) (6th, 4:32), and senior Henry Nguyen (Worcester, Mass. / Worcester Vocational Tech) (7th, 4:33) followed right behind, with Lucas Dia and Henry Nguyen earning PRs. Sophomore Dylan Zhao (Staten Island, N.Y./Brooklyn Tech) also ran a PR of 4:50 for 13th place.
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In Long Jump, sophomore Matthew Yue (Vancouver, B.C./Woodside Priory School) jumped 6.20 meters for 2nd place and a PR. Senior Ori Slotky (Closter, N.J. / Northern Valley Regional) jumped 5.85 meters for 5th, and Junior Lin Lin Hutchinson (Portland, Ore. / Ida B. Wells) 5.58 meters for 11th and a season best.
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Matthew Yue took 4th place in the 60 meter dash with his 7.22 second PR, and Senior Jordan Colon (Devens, Mass. / Bromfield School) followed in 6th place with a PR of 7.27 seconds. Junior Danny Krigman (Chelmsford, Mass. Chelmsford) was right behind in 9th with 7.30 seconds. First-year throwers Sam Krause (New Orleans, La. Isidore Newman) and Kevin Wright (Concord, MA / Concord Carlisle Regional) also joined in the 60 meter dash with 8.10 and 8.99 seconds for 20th and 21st place. Lastly, sophomore TJ Showstead (Plymouth, Mass. / Plymouth North) earned 2nd in the 60 meter hurdles with a PR of a PR of 8.95 seconds.
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In Shot Put, Junior Cam Peirce (Kittery, Maine / Portsmouth Christian Academy) placed 4th with 11.91 meters and Sam Krause 7th with 11.43 meters. Kevin Wright placed 6th in weight throw with his throw of 12.06 meters, and Cam Peirce earned a PR with 10.06 meters.
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
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Juniors Kirsten Man (Kendall Park, N.J. / South Brunswick) and senior Olivia Zarzycki (Belmont, Mass./Belmont) took 1st and 2nd in high jump, both jumping 1.51 meters. Sophomore Shaniece Nugent (Hartford, Conn./Lawrence Academy) won triple jump with her 10.59 meter jump, and sophomore Alisha Anderson (Denver, Colo. / Ralston Valley) earned a triple jump PR of 10.40 meters for 3rd place. Senior Smiley Huynh (Bronx, N.Y. Bronx/c H.S. of Science) won pole vault with her mark of 3.40, and Alisha Anderson picked up a pole Vault PR of 3.25 meters, getting her 3rd place.
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Both dropping 15 seconds off their mile PRs, Juniors Kyra Au (Great Neck, N.Y. / Great Neck South) and Zada Forde (Pelham, Mass. / Amherst Regional) ran 5:29.14 and 5:29.25 for 5th and 6th places, respectively. In her first track race in two years, Senior Lizzy Reynolds (Winchester, Mass./ Winchester) won her heat with her time of 5:39.
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In the 60 meter dash, Smiley Huynh placed 4th with a PR of 8.19 seconds. Senior Alya Campbell (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester) placed 7th, with another PR time of 8.25 seconds. Kirsten Man placed 11th with her time of 8.43 seconds, and Hailey Crane (Ovid, N.Y. South Seneca) ran 8.61 seconds, a season best. Sophomore throwers Emma Liu (Taipei, Taiwan / Phillips Exeter Academy) and Diane Meyer (Plymouth, Minn. Wayzata) stepped onto the track today to join the 60 meter dash, running 8.96 and 9.64 seconds for 19th and 21st place. Alya Campbell also earned a 60 meter hurdle season best of 9.34 seconds, for second place overall.
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First-year Natalie Liapis (Plainfield, Ill. / Plainfield North) earned a 400 PR of 1:05 for 9th place. Olivia Zarzycki earned an 800 PR of 2:24 for second place, and sophomore Ella Warkentine (Malvern, Pa. / Conestoga) placed 5th with her time of 2:29.
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In the 200 meters, Alya Campbell (26.76 seconds) placed 4th with a season best, Natalie Liapis (28.49 seconds) placed 11th, earning a PR, Hailey Crane (29.26 seconds) earned a season and 15th place, and sophomore Ifigenia Oxyzolou (Los Angeles, Calif./Harvard-Westlake) (29.61 seconds) placed 18th, earning a PR.
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Shaniece Nugent earned 2nd place in long jump with her jump of 5.13 meters, and first-year Sophie Segal, (Hartsdale, N.Y. / Ardsley) earned a PR of 6.68 meters, putting her in 3rd place. Diane Meyer also earned a shot put season best of 8.94 meters.
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UP NEXT
The Judges finish their season next weekend at the Armory in New York, NY for UAAs hosted by NYU.
