Bromfield outdoor track competed in the Varsity League Championships Wednesday, May 16, and Thursday, May 17, at Lunenburg High School. The girls team placed second overall with 163 points, behind Lunenburg with 185 points. The boys team also came in second with 130 points to Lunenburg’s 154.5.
Chloe Alfieri leads a race earlier this season. (Photo by Isabel Barton)
Highlights of the girls meet included the team finishing first in seven events. Senior Chloe Alfieri finished first in the 100-meter and the 200-meter with times of 12.41 seconds and 24.77 seconds, respectively. Sophomore Sam Schoenberg finished first in the 400-meter with a time of 1:00.38 minutes and in the high jump with a height of 5 feet 3 inches. In the 100-meter hurdles, senior Anya Begue finished first with a time of 16.29 seconds. With a height of 8 feet 3 inches, junior Lelia Grant finished first in the pole vault. Junior Izzi Barton finished first in the discus with a distance of 99 feet 5 inches.
The boys team had two first-place finishes. Ryell deRuijter finished first in the 100-meter with a time of 11.86 seconds. Jordan Colon finished first in the 200-meter with a time of 24.36 seconds.
Both teams will compete in their respective boys and girls Varsity District Championship meets Saturday, May 26, at Fitchburg State.
Girls placement statistics
100-meter―1, Chloe Alfieri, 12.41 seconds; 3, Liza Toll, 13.46 seconds
200-meter―1, Alfieri, 24.77 seconds; 2, Samantha Schoenberg, 26.83 seconds
400-meter―1, Schoenberg, 1:00.38 minutes; 8, Hannah Chiou, 1:11.83 minutes
800-meter―4, Hannah Beckman, 2:31.02 minutes; 6, Tessa McClain, 2:36.82 minutes
1-mile―2, McClain, 5:37.46 minutes; 5, Helena Justicz, 5:58.86 minutes
2-mile―2, Molly Squire, 12.32.49 minutes
100-meter hurdles―1, Anya Bégué, 16.29 seconds; 3, Cameron Hettich, 17.87 seconds
400-meter hurdles― 2, Claire Stoddard, 1:11.05 minutes
4×100-meter relay―2, Stoddard, Dharma Cooper, Bégué, Toll, 53.04 seconds
4×400-meter relay―4, Beckman, Chiou, Marley Ferguson, Hettich, 4:56.66 minutes
4×800-meter relay―3, Squire, Cooper, Justicz, Beckman, 11:04.76 minutes
High jump―1, Schoenberg, 5 feet 3 inches; 3, Sophie Beckman, 4 feet 10 inches; 7, Squire, 4 feet 6 inches
Long jump―2, Stoddard, 15 feet 11 inches, 7, Hettich, 14 feet 3 inches; 12, Beckman, 12 feet 3 inches
Triple jump―9, Lelia Grant, 27 feet 11 inches; 11, Marcela Leme, 26 feet 7.75; Foul, Ferguson
Pole vault―1, Grant, 8 feet 6 inches; 2, Cooper, 8 feet 0 inches; 9, Kaitlyn Ostrowski, 6 feet 6 inches
Shot put―5, Izzi Barton, 26 feet 6.5 inches
Discus―1, Barton, 99 feet 5 inches
Javelin―9, Mackenzie Curtis, 47 feet 9 inches; 10, Leme, 34 feet 3.5 inches
Boys placement statistics
100-meter―1, Ryell deRuijter, 11.86 seconds; 2, Jordan Colon, 11.87; 5, Matt Alfieri, 13.06 seconds (preliminaries)
200-meter―1, Colon, 24.36 seconds; 4, Sean Leisure, 27.01 (preliminaries)
400-meter―2, deRuijter, 54.29 seconds
800-meter―4, Will Squire, 2:10.32 minutes; 7, Mischa deRuijter, 2:15.39 minutes; 9, Dylan Winchell, 2:23.23
1-mile―2, Squire, 4:52.30 minutes; 9, Devin Patel, 5:26.10 minutes
2-mile―3, Fred Curtis, 11:09.61 minutes
110-meter hurdles―3, Will Armstrong, 17.31seconds
400-meter hurdles―2, Armstrong, 1:01.20 minutes
4×100-meter relay―3, Cormac Day, Alfieri, deRuijter, Leisure, 49.08 seconds
4×400-meter relay―3, Day, David Shlimak, Matt Adams, Patrick Keiran, 4:21.73 minutes
4×800-meter relay―3, Winchell, Patel, Curtis, Adams, 9:55.97 minutes
High jump―2, deRuijter, 6 feet 0 inches; 4, Will Squire, 5 feet 6 inches
Long jump―4, deRuijter, 19 feet 2 inches; Leisure, 18 feet 6 inches
Triple jump―No places scored
Pole vault―2, Squire, 9 feet 6 inches; 3, Armstrong, 9 feet 6 inches
Shot put―4, Day, 34 feet 6.25 inches; 9, Shlimak, 32 feet 1.5 inches; 13, Adams 28 feet 8 inches
Discus―4, Armstrong 102 feet 1 inch; 9, Shlimak, 80 feet 6 inches; 11, Rocco Massoni, 72 feet 6 inches
Javelin―2, Alfieri, 121 feet 9.5 inches; 5, deRuijter 113 feet 11 inches; 8, Adams, 99 feet 0.5 inches
Fiona Morrison is a Bromfield sophomore
