Both the Bromfield girls and boys indoor track teams won their first meet of the season against Oakmont at the Wachusett Regional High School indoor track on Wednesday, Dec 14.
The Bromfield girls had strong showings in all events, as they led their opponents by a score of 53-37.
“Oakmont is a good team,” said Bromfield girls indoor track coach Ray Dunn. “The Bromfield girls pulled together and performed well to win the meet.”
The long-distance Trojans made great strides, as Bromfield eighth-grader Kate Toll dominated the 2-mile race with a time of 13 minutes, 48 seconds. Toll surpassed her competition by over 1 minute, 12 seconds, giving Bromfield an early lead on the scoreboard.
Bromfield junior Kate Rowatt placed second in the 1-mile with a time of 6 minutes, 6 seconds, as she barely missed first place by a close margin of 7 seconds. Similarly, Rowatt placed second in the 1000-meter with a time of 3 minutes, 40 seconds, as Toll placed third with a time of 3 minutes, 54 seconds.
The 600-meter followed the same pattern, as Bromfield juniors Bhavani Hodgkins and Caroline Turnbull swiped second and third place with times of 2 minutes, 9.6 seconds, and 2 minutes, 14.1 seconds, respectively.
Bromfield sophomore Alexia Lipman sprinted to first place on the 300-meter with a time of 45.6 seconds with junior Alyssa Johnson following intensely behind for third place with a time of 48.6 seconds.
As for the 55-meter dash, Bromfield junior Emma Hall and sophomore Reiny Foster bolted to second and third place with times of 7.9 seconds, and 8.3 seconds, respectively.
Junior Vishwa Rasania, who was Bromfield’s only hurdler at this meet, finished the 55-meter hurdles in second place with a time of 10.8 seconds.
The Bromfield girls placed first in all field events as Turnbull and Rasania leapt for first and third place with heights of 4 feet, 10 inches, and 4 feet, 6 inches, respectively.
Shot put was also a victory for the Trojans with Bromfield freshman Brianna Harte throwing to first place with a distance of 24 feet, 4 inches. Lipman brought further success with a second-place throw to a distance of 21 feet, 4 inches.
The Bromfield girls won both the 4×200-meter and the 4×400-meter relays.
“We had a lot of second-place finishes, which really contributed to our winning point total,” said Dunn. “We had to make a couple of unplanned line-up changes at the last minute, but the team was quick to adapt to the situation and performed well under the pressure.”
The Bromfield boys defeated their opponents to a greater degree than the Lady Trojans with a definitive 66-25 victory.
“The boys did very well for their first meet,” said Bromfield boys indoor track coach David Boisvert. “Just knowing that this was their first official meet shows that there is still the entire season to improve.”
The Bromfield boys dominated in terms of first-place performances, with top scores on the 55-meter, 55-meter hurdles, 300-meter, 600-meter, 1000-meter, 1-mile, high jump, shot put, 4×200-meter relay, and 4×400-meter relay.
By far Bromfield’s most impressive race was the 600-meter, where Bromfield senior Nick Kronauer, seventh-grader Cole Stecyk, and junior Ian Harrington finished as the top three with times of 1 minutes, 33.6 seconds, 1 minutes 48.7 seconds, and 1 minute 49.5 seconds, respectively.
Other first-place running victories went to junior Roniel Foster, who ran the 55-meter dash in 7.0 seconds; junior Glenn Steranka, who ran the 55-meter hurdles in 9.3 seconds; sophomore Paul Malloy, who ran the 1000-meter in 2 minutes, 57.7 seconds; and senior Ellis Toll, who ran the 1-mile at an incredible 5 minutes, 3.1 seconds.
“I will honestly tell you which runners are doing exceptionally well this year,” said Boisvert. “All of them.”
Bromfield placed first for all field events, as senior Deji Oyekunle threw shot put at a first-place distance of 36 feet, 4 inches. As for high jump, Foster, Steranka, and sophomore Jake Valladares swept with first-, second-, and third-place rankings with heights of 5 feet, 4 inches for Foster, and 5 feet for Steranka and Valladares.
