Glenn Steranka clears the bar on the pole vault. (Photos by Lisa Aciukewicz)
Bromfield runners Vishwa Rasania (far left) and Moriah Arnold (far right) take third and first, respectively, in the 100 meter high hurdles.
Dan Colony takes off on the first leg of the 4×100 meter race.
The Bromfield boys and girls track teams came away with victories over Oakmont on Thursday, April 5, at the McCurdy track. Both Bromfield teams now hold 2-0 season records.
The Bromfield boys won a close meet by a score of 76.0 to 71.0 in addition to breaking the competitive 200-meter school record. Junior Dan Colony re-broke the record from his last year’s impressive 24.22 seconds sprint to a now extraordinary 23.2 seconds all-out bolt.
“I’m very proud of Dan,” said boys coach David Boisvert. “He’s grown in terms of skill and maturity ever since he joined track in seventh grade. Back then he had raw talent… now it’s refined skill.”
Colony placed first in the 200-meter with junior Matt Griffin taking third with a time of 24.4 seconds.
In the 110-meter high hurdles, junior Glenn Steranka and senior Erik Johnson placed first and third with times of 17.1 seconds and 17.9 seconds.
Junior Patrick Griffin and senior Tucker Barrett placed first and third in the 400-meter with times of 53.3 seconds, and 59.8 seconds.
In the 800-meter, the Trojans dominated as the top three with sophomore Paul Malloy at the head with a time of 2 minutes, 10.9 seconds. Freshman Price Day followed closely behind with a time of 2 minutes, 11.5 seconds, while senior Ellis Toll ran just steps behind for third place with a time of 2 minutes, 13.1 seconds.
Similarly, in the 1-mile race, Day, junior Emmet Norton, and sophomore Sam Dyer placed in the top three with times of 4 minutes, 57.9 seconds; 5 minutes, 14.5 seconds; and 5 minutes 18.1 seconds, respectively.
Toll placed first in the 2-mile with a time of 10 minutes, 42.3 seconds.
In field events, Bromfield swept the pole vault, as Dyer and junior Brenden Beale tied for first at a height of 8 feet, and Johnson placed third at a height of 7 feet, 6 inches.
Patrick Griffin, junior Roniel Foster, and senior Hunter Siegrest dominated the triple jump, consequently placing in the top three with distances of 39 feet, 8.5 inches, 38 feet, 9 inches, and 35 feet, 4.5 inches.
Steranka placed first in the high jump at a height of 5 feet, 7 inches.
The Lady Trojan’s pulled a 79.0 to 69.0 point victory in addition to the school’s first girls pole vault record, set by junior Moriah Arnold at a height of 7 feet, subsequently awarding her second place.
In the 100-meter-high hurdles, Arnold and junior Vishwa Rasania placed first and third with times of 16.6 seconds and 19.4 seconds.
Junior Kara Kennedy and eighth-grader Deirdre Kennedy placed first and third in the 400-meter with impressive times of 1 minute, 4.7 seconds, and 1 minute, 7.8 seconds.
As for the 800-meter, sophomore Alexia Lipman and freshman Sophia Collins placed first and third with times of 2 minutes, 29.3 seconds, and 2 minutes, 41.3 seconds.
Junior Kate Rowatt and seventh-grader Talbot Chipman placed in the top two for the 1-mile with times of 6 minutes, 3.3 seconds, and 6 minutes, 13.2 seconds.
Seniors Jessica and Julia Berger dominated the 2-mile, placing first and third with times of 14 minute, 47.5 seconds, and 15 minutes, 8.6 seconds, respectively.
Other impressive second-place performances were made by sophomore Sarah Rowse, who was the runner-up in 400-meter hurdles; eighth-grader Amy Hunter, in the 100-meter; and freshman Heather Flokos, in the 200-meter.
As for field events, senior Sarah Andrews and Rasania jumped to first and third place in the high jump with heights of 4 feet, 8 inches, and 4 feet, 6 inches, respectively. The triple-jump was dominated by Lipman and eighth-grader Lily Moore-Eissenberg, who placed first and second with incredible distances of 31 feet, 9 inches, and 28 feet, 9 inches.
The girls placed first in both the 4×100-meter relay, and the 4×400-meter relay.
“Overall, the meet was successful,” said Boisvert. “Oakmont is an excellent team, but the fact that we barely made it over them proves only one thing: We’re going to have to practice harder.”
