Lying in front: Assistant Coach John Route. Front row, from left: Grace Turnbull, Sam Schoenberg, Tessa McClain, Amy Hunter, Deirdre Kennedy, and Kate Toll. Second row, from left: Arielle Sclar, Maddie Steele, Brianna Harte, Emma Borton, Sophie Beckman, and Assistant Coach Sara Lamere. Back row, from left: Natalie O’Leary, Sarah Doben, Suzie Opalka, Nina Sklar, Chloe Alfieri, and Anya Begue. Missing from photo: Harriet Holmes and Coach Dave Boisvert. (Courtesy photo)
Bromfield girls’ track beat Oakmont at McCurdy Track on Thursday, May 14, by a score of 94–47. The team then went on to place second out of 20 teams at the annual District Class meet on Saturday, May 16, at Lunenburg with 97 points.
In the dual meet against Oakmont, Bromfield placed first in 12 of 17 events. The victory put Bromfield in place to win the title of league champions or co-champions with Lunenburg, depending on the team’s performance this week at the League meets.
At the District Class meet, Bromfield placed first in six events. In field events, senior Brianna Harte took first in discus with a distance of 113 feet, junior Amy Hunter placed first in triple jump at 35–0, and freshman Arielle Sclar took first in pole vault with a height of 9–0. In running events, freshman Chloe Alfieri placed first in both the 200-meter and 400-meter with times of 26.55 seconds and 1 minute 1.02 seconds, respectively. The 4×100-meter relay team won with a time of 51.61, beating the meet record.
In the end, the final placements came down to the relays. Littleton pulled ahead of Bromfield for first with a stellar performance by its 4×800 relay team, which competed at Nationals last year. However, Littleton moved up a division this year and is no longer in Bromfield’s league so this victory at Districts does not hurt Bromfield’s chances at winning the title of league champions.
After the District Class meet, Coach David Boisvert commented, “It was a very successful meet for us. We had multiple first-place finishers, and quite a few of them have already met the qualifying times for the bigger meets coming down the road.”
Bromfield was scheduled to compete in the League meet on May 20 and 21, with field events taking place on Wednesday and running events on Thursday.
Placement Statistics
Bromfield vs. Oakmont
- 100-meter dash – 1, Amy Hunter, 12.8 seconds; 2, Sam Schoenberg, 13.3
- 100m high hurdles – 1, Deirdre Kennedy, 17.3; 2, Anya Begue, 17.6; 3, Cameron Hettich, 19.1
- 200m – 1, Chloe Alfieri, 26.6; 2, Sam Schoenberg, 27.6; 3, Sarah Doben, 27.7
- 400m hurdles – 2, Maddie Steele, 1 minute 14.4 seconds; 3, Deirdre Kennedy, 1:16.4
- 400m – 1, Chloe Alfieri, 1:00.6
- 800m – 1, Tessa McClain, 2:46.6; 3, Sophia Collins, 2:57.2
- 1-mile – 2, Kate Toll, 6:01.9
- 2-mile – 3, Sophie Beckman, 14:35.9
- Discus – 1, Brianna Harte, 114 feet 3 inches
- High jump – 1, Sam Schoenberg, 4-8; 1, Grace Turnbull, 4-8; 3, Sophie Beckman, 4-4
- Javelin throw – none
- Long jump – 1, Chloe Alfieri, 15-9.5; 2, Emma Borton, 15-5.5; 3, Nina Sklar, 13-9
- Pole vault – 1, Arielle Sclar, 8-0; 2, Suzy Opalka, 7-0
- Shot put – 1, Brianna Harte, 31-3.5
- Triple jump – 1, Amy Hunter, 35-1; 2, Sam Schoenberg, 28-10.5
- 4x100m relay – 1, Sarah Doben, Suzy Opalka, Natalie O’Leary, Amy Hunter, 51.9
- 4x400m relay – none
District Class Meet
- 100-meter dash – 2, Amy Hunter, 13.14 seconds
- 100m high hurdles – 5, Anya Begue, 17.68
- 200m – 1, Chloe Alfieri, 26.55
- 400m hurdles – 5, Maddie Steele, 1 minute 12.92 seconds
- 400m – 1, Chloe Alfieri, 1:01.02
- 800m – none
- 1-mile – none
- 2-mile – none
- Discus – 1, Brianna Harte, 113 feet
- High jump – 5, Sam Schoenberg, 4-8; 6, Grace Turnbull, 4-8
- Javelin throw – none
- Long jump – 5, Chloe Alfieri, 14-4.5
- Pole vault – 1, Arielle Sclar, 9-0; 3, Suzy Opalka, 7-6; 4, Harriet Holmes, 7-0
- Shot put – 3, Brianna Harte, 30-8
- Triple jump – 1, Amy Hunter 35-0
- 4x100m relay – 1, Sarah Doben, Suzy Opalka, Natalie O’Leary, Amy Hunter, 51.61
- 4x400m relay – 4, Maddie Steele, Emma Borton, Arielle Sclar, Deirdre Kennedy, 4:36.22
- 4x800m relay – none
Lily Moore-Eissenberg is a junior at the Bromfield School.
