In their first meet of the season, Windham’s indoor track and field teams shattered expectations and did a fantastic job against Bonny Eagle, Deering and Falmouth on Saturday, Dec. 16 at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham.
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| Windham sophomore Sam Hutchinson clears the high jump bar in an indoor track meet against Bonny Eagle, Falmouth, and Deering on Saturday, Dec. 16 at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA |
In the boys’ senior division, the boys finished third with a score of 31. In the boys’ junior division, they finished first with a score of 55.
Girls
Senior Khalysa Hammith broke her own school record when she jumped 16-5 feet in the long jump and came in second in the senior division.
Hammith also placed first in the 55-meter dash with a 7.75 second time.
“I did set goals for myself to run well,” said Hammith. “I wasn’t setting myself against anything; just go out there and do your best. I feel like having that mentality helped me achieve what I did today. For me and my entire team, the ability to not let our anxiety get the best of us [went well]. That’s what’s important about the first meet is learning to control your emotions and anxieties.”
Hammith said warmup and timing could use a little work.
Sophomore Nealie Morey jumped 5-0 and placed first in the high jump, junior division. Morey also finished first in the triple jump with a distance of 30-4.75.
Sophomore Addison Shanholtz rocketed a height of 5-6 in the pole vault and finished first.
In the long jump, freshman Caroline Cunningham finished first with a distance of 15-2.75.
Sophomore Myla Vercoe finished third in the same event with a 14-4.25 distance.
In the triple jump senior division junior Tayla Pelletier broke a school record and finished first with a distance of 36-9. She placed first and broke another school record in the 55-hurdles with a time of 9.15.
Also in the triple jump, junior Ava Gerrity finished fourth with a 33-6 distance.
“After weeks of phase one preparation training and working to coach-up the event skills needed to safely compete in it, our veteran players worked hard with our large number of new players to build up their confidence to compete,” said Windham girls’ indoor track coach Jeff Riddle. “We met our program goals for this first meet and now we know that our players are ready and excited for many more track and field opportunities together.”
Boys
In the high jump, junior division sophomore Nick Verrill placed first with a height of 5-8. Sophomore Sam Hutchinson placed third with a 5-2 height.
In the long jump, junior division sophomore Mason Arbour jumped 19-1.75 and finished first. Arbour finished first in the triple jump with a 36-8.75 distance.
In the long jump senior division junior Andrew Young finished second with a 17-6.25 distance.
In the shot put, senior Teddy Sanborn came in fourth with a throw of 35-0. Junior Aiden Heath finished 10th with a 29-3 throw.
In the 55-hurdles, senior RJ Biggs finished first with a time of 10.28.
In the 55-dash, senior division Marcus Tillery finished second with a 6.83 time.
Junior Andrew Young finished first in the boys’ 1-mile with a time of 5:01.14.
In the 800, senior division Young finished first with a 2:15.01 time.
“I really wanted to do better than I had in the past,” said Young. “I definitely didn’t expect to go out and do what I did; I’m happy with it; I had personal records in both events. I’m very impressed with everybody. Integrating what Coach Blood has taught us with past stuff we’ve learned [went well]. Everyone has been pushing each other and being great teammates; we just need to [keep] getting better.”
In the boys 400-dash sophomore Connor Witham finished second with a time of 1:01.92. He also finished fourth in the 200 with a 26.21 time.
“The meet was a huge success,” said Windham indoor track boys’ coach Paula Pock. “Almost all of our athletes beat their initial goals for the meet and the win certainly boosted their confidence. Overall, the team worked really hard to get ready for this meet. Athletes stepped up to try new events to make sure we had almost all the events covered and that was what helped us to start the season off with a win.” <
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