The Windham girls and boys outdoor track and field teams showed strength in a meet against Cheverus, Westbrook and Massabesic at Cheverus on Thursday, May 4. Both Windham teams finished first. The boys had a score of 102 and the girls a score of 121.50.
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| Windham senior Derrick Stephens leaps over the hurdles during an outdoor track meet against Cheverus, Westbrook and Massabesic on Thursday, May 4 at Cheverus High School. PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA |
“Out of the 38 participants, 37 of them had personal records for the season,” said Windham boys’ outdoor track and field coach Paula Pock. “After working on some technique after our first meet, it really paid off.”
Senior Max Arbour qualified for the state meet and finished first in shot put with a distance of 43-02.00 feet.
Freshman Nick Verrill finished second in the high jump with a height of 5-08.00.
Senior Connor Langstaff finished third in the javelin with a 114-01.00 throw.
Freshman Karl Longstreth qualified for the state meet when he finished third in the 200 with a 24.19 second time and fourth in the 100 with a time of 11.78.
Junior Aiden Hanson finished first in the triple jump with a distance of 36-09.00 and first in the long jump with a distance of 17-10.00. Hanson finished third in the 300 hurdles with a 43.86 time and qualified for the state meet.
Junior Jinqi Li achieved a personal record when he came in second with a height of 9-6.00 in the pole vault.
Li said the 150 pole is the one that got him over and he’s very happy with that. He hadn’t gotten any personal records in the pole vault, so he’s really happy with the improvement. He said the team did great, especially under the dreary weather conditions; Li is happy to be on such a good team.
Senior Scott Ingalls came in first in the discus with a distance of 127-00.00 which was a personal record and qualified him for the state meet.
Sophomore Erik Dupont finished fourth and set a personal record with a javelin throw of 114-01.00.
Dupont set a goal to qualify for states next meet.
Senior Derrick Stephens finished first in the 300 hurdles with a 43.22 time and in the 110 hurdles, Stephens finished second with a time of 16.25.
Girls
The girls are currently undefeated in regular season meets.
Junior Khalysa Hammith finished first in the 100-meter dash with a 13.36 second time. She finished first and qualified for the southwesterns and state meet with a 16-03.00 jump.
Sophomore Ava Gerrity qualified for state and finished first in the high jump with a 4-10.00 height. She was first in the triple jump with a distance of 32-05.50.
Freshman Nealie Morey had a personal record and a second-place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 29-08.50. Morey finished second in the high jump with a 4-06.00 distance. She finished first in her heat of the 400.
"I assumed the people I was racing against were right behind me, so I kept trying to push myself,” said Morey.
Morey was pleased with how she performed during the meet. She knows there are improvements that need to be made that she’ll work on in practice. She said it’s fun to cheer on her teammates and watch them improve all-around.
Freshman Sydney Broadbent qualified for southwesterns in the 200 when she finished sixth with a 29.93 time. She came in second in the 400 with 1:08.29-minute time.
Sophomore Addison Profenno finished first in the 1600 race walk with a 10:26.96 time, which dropped 40 seconds from last week.
During the race, Profenno didn’t know what her pace was. She said knowing she is capable of dropping 30+ seconds from her last meet, she will push extra hard in practice to hopefully accomplish sub-10 minutes in order to be in provisionals for states.
“These players are giving their all yet again,” said Windham girls’ outdoor track and field coach Jeff Riddle. “Our earned results are positively evolving because our young players and veterans alike are building self-confidence and belief and are just so coachable and trusting in what we are offering them.” <
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