Windham High indoor track team excels in first meet of year

Windham High freshman Ava Gerrity gets some serious
distance in the long jump before her first-place finish at
the University of Southern Maine in Gorham during Windham's
indoor track meet with Thornton Academy and South Portland
on Thursday, Jan. 13. PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA

By Matt Pascarella

Windham’s boys’ and girls’ indoor track team showed they are just getting started as several athletes qualified for states and many had new personal records in their meet against Thornton Academy and South Portland on Thursday, Jan. 13 at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham.

The Windham girls team finished first with a score of 75 narrowly beating South Portland who scored 75 and TA who scored 74.

The Windham boys had many athletes establish new records. Junior Connor Langstaff qualified for states in the high jump, long jump and hurdles. He also won honors as top senior athlete of the meet.

The Windham boys came in third with a score of 37; South Portland scored 161.5 and TA scored 69.5 during their meet.

Boys

Langstaff finished first in the high jump with a height of 6-01.00 feet. He also finished first in the long jump with a distance leap of 19-09.75 feet. He finished fourth in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.22 seconds.

Windham junior Scott Ingalls finished second overall in the shot put with a distance of 34-07.00.

Windham senior Will Stewart finished second in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.17. Stewart also finished second in the 200 with a time of 25.26.

Stewart said overall it was a good meet. He’s been putting in a lot of work and everything is coming together. He said he’s seen a lot of times dropping and athletes improving in just the third meet of the season.

In the 400, Windham sophomore Jinqu Li finished second with a time of 1:03.95. 

“We were missing seven athletes due to sickness/quarantine, so we were lacking depth and weren't able to field all the relay teams,” said Windham boys’ coach Paula Pock. “Our goal for today's meet was to improve our performances and qualify some individuals for the championship meets. Almost all our athletes had personal bests, so we were pleased to see that.” 

Girls

Windham freshman Ava Gerrity finished first in the 200 with a time of 29.21. Gerrity also crushed it in the high jump, with a first-place finish and a height of 4-10.00. She also finished first in the long jump with a distance leap of 14-08.50. She was honored as the top junior athlete of the meet.

Gerrity said she set a personal record in the long jump and high jump which was pretty cool. She thought the team did amazing; everyone on the team is more comfortable and getting better.

Windham sophomore Khalysia Hammith finished first in the 55 with a time of 7.91. She set a personal record and qualified for the state meet.

Windham senior Monica Agneta finished first in the 200 with a time of 28.72. She set a personal record and qualified for states.

Windham senior Estella Inman finished first in the shot put with a distance of 33-07.50.

Windham girls coach Denise Curry said the girls hard work during practices contributed to so many personal records as well as their win. <