By Chad Young
The B-CC-Whitman rivalry is intense in all sports, and running is no exception. Most years, like this year, B-CC and Whitman’s track and cross country teams tend to be fairly evenly matched. Knowing they could both walk away with wins if they competed well, both the B-CC boys and girls track teams arrived at Whitman ready to compete and take down their cross-town rivals.
The rivalry for the boys kicked off with a battle in the first event, the 4x800 relay. Whitman and B-CC ran within strides of one another for the first three legs. Junior Thomas Horton began with a lead and battled Whitman’s anchor leg, who gradually began to catch him. Horton sensed him inching closer and even looked over his shoulder a few times to make sure he knew how close he was. It came down the final stretch and Horton found something extra and surged ahead for the win in the team’s best time of the year in 8:35.03: Peter Horton (2:06), Nolan Ebner (2:09), Nick McGreivy (2:10) and Thomas Horton (2:06). Whitman finished less than a second behind in 8:35.59.
B-CC Sophomore Kenneth Norris competed most of the day in the jumps. Early in the day, Norris tied teammate Max Braganza to share a win in the long jump. Norris and Braganza both jumped 16’ 08”. Norris then ran the 400 and finished second to a Whitman runner by the narrowest of margins—0.01 seconds.
Later in the meet, as the open pit for triple jump neared its end, Norris had completed two jumps with average marks. He realized the 800 was about to start and ran to the starting line to compete. Clearly a little tired from his earlier events, he ran 2:27; however, this race proved to be the warm-up he needed for his final triple jump of the day. He jumped a season best 38’01” for the win.
In the throws, newcomer Junior Anthony Royster made his debut at the meet, earning second place in both the shot put (36’ 11”) and the discus (83’10”). His teammate, Mike Nyarko, won both events, throwing a season-best 40 feet in the shot put and 115’8” in the discus.
Success for the boys continued as they won all of the relays except the 4x100 because B-CC did not have a team compete in the event. The boys won 11 of 17 events and won the meet 82-51. Their victory was their first divisional win of the year.
In the girls meet, B-CC also recorded a victory. Even though the B-CC and Whitman girls match up well in the distance events, the depth of the Barons in all events proved to be too much for the Vikings. The girls won 12 of 17 events including all of the relay events.
The most exciting race of the day for the girls was the 4x200 relay. Shayna Nash (28.87), Sisan Dorsu (28.09), Chelsea Folkes (28.23), and Alexia Thorpe (27.72) ran a very close and competitive race. Whitman had a slight lead as the final handoff was executed, but Thorpe was determined to win and made a strong move past her Whitman counterpart, just barely edging her out at the finish line to win in 1:52.30. Whitman finished in 1:52.44.
Thorpe also helped the team to a win in the high jump in 4’6.”
The team’s success continued in the field with Junior Ruth Orevba’s first place throws in both shot put (26’11”) and the discus (68’2”). Both are best throws of the season. Teammate Olea Rugumayo also had an impressive day, finishing second behind Orevba in both the shot put (21’6”) and the discus (59’8”). Both throws were also season bests for Rugamayo.
Sophomore Nicole Flibbert also scored for B-CC in the jumps, finishing second in both the long jump (12’2”) and the triple jump (26’7”).
The B-CC girls won 12 of 17 events to beat Whitman 100-37.
Event Winners:
4x800 - Nolan E, Peter H, Nick M, and Thomas H (8:35.03)
1600 - Peter Horton (4:49.95)
4x200 - Max B, Carl Z, Nolan E, Luidgi M (1:40.29)
3200 - Nick McGreivy (10:36.71)
300 - Hurdles Nolan Ebner (45.62)
4x400 - Peter H, Thomas H, Sam B, and Luidgi M (4:15.52)
Shot Put - Mike Nyarko (40-00ft)
Discus – Mike Nyarko (99-04ft)
High Jump – Nick McGreivy (5-02ft)
Long Jump – Kenneth Norris and Max Braganza (both at 16-08ft)
Triple Jump – (38-01ft)
Girls
4x800 - Ava F, Caroline L, Helen W, and Brittney W (9:55.36)
1600 - Caroline Beakes (5:37)
4x200 - Shayna N, Sisan D, Chelsea F, and Alexia T (1:52.30)
400 - Brittney Wade (61:61)
3200 - Ava Farrell (12:16)
300 - Hurdles Eugenia Wilson (51:03)
800 - Caroline Leuba (2:32)
4x100 - Shayna N, Kayla F, Tatiana A, and Alexia T (55.63)
4x400 - Ava F, Laura N, Caroline L, and Brittney W (4:30.56)
High Jump – Alexia Thorpe (4-06ft)
Shot Put – Ruth Orevba (26-11ft)
Discus – Ruth Orevba (68-02ft)
The next divisional meet will be on Tuesday April 17th at Wootton starting at 3:30pm.
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