BOYS ROLL, WHILE GIRLS FALL JUST SHORT AGAINST BELMONT
Meet Information
Belmont Dual Meet
December 20, 2018
Boston University Indoor Track & Tennis Center - Boston, MA
RESULTS
BOSTON, MA - Thursday The Minutemen were back in Middlesex League action against Belmont. On the girls side, The Minutemen were facing a tough Belmont squad that had dispatched archrival Woburn handily last week. The two teams traded places throughout the night, and going into the relays the meet was still undecided. In the end Belmont's 4x200 meter and 4x400 meter teams simply had too much firepower and Lexington came up short, falling by a score of 57-43. For the boys it was a different story. After placing first in the 55 meter High Hurdles, Belmont would relinquish the lead in the very next event when LHS senior captain Kazu Uda-Thach and junior Brian Her went one-three in the 55 meter Dash. The Minutemen would never look back from there, eventually taking the meet by a score of 78-22.
Despite the tough loss, the girls team had numerous stellar performances. In the 300 meters sophomore Aleia Gisolfi-McCready blazed away from the field, winning by nearly two seconds in a Division 1 qualifying time of 42.47. Gisolfi-McCready's time is the fifth fastest run anywhere in Massachusetts this season. In addition to her 300m time the star sophomore won the 55 meter Dash by less than one-hundredth of a second with a time of 8.09 seconds, and also jumped a season best 4'8" in the High Jump. Also in the High Jump, freshmen Mari McBride had a Division 1 qualifying leap of 4'10". The distance events also saw two members of The Minutemen squad qualify for the Division 1 meet. Junior Pauline Steines placed second in the Mile with a time of 5:32.30 - she would later return to pick up third place in the 1000 meters (3:19.53) - while senior captain Kesinia Sortor had a second place finish of her own in the Two Mile with of 11:56.30.
After cruising through the opening mile of the boys Two-Mile along with LHS junior Micah Benson - who would finish second in 9:59.55 - and Belmont junior Stephen Carvalho (10:02.59), senior captain Eli Gappelberg took over the race and broke from the field with a strong final half mile. He took the race in a Division 1 qualifying time of 9:48.68. Not to be outdone, the 4x200 meter relay of Uda-Thach and Her along with senior captain Alex Hiser and fellow senior Matt Pusatere won their race in a Division 1 qualifying time of 1:34.02.
Other Highlights for the Girls
Other Highlights for the Boys
Up Next
The Minutemen will return to BU on Thursday December 27th where they will go up against Arlington. Junior Varsity athletes will be permitted to compete in this meet, and although the exact schedule of events has yet to be announced the meet is set to get underway at 10:00am.
Belmont Dual Meet
December 20, 2018
Boston University Indoor Track & Tennis Center - Boston, MA
RESULTS
BOSTON, MA - Thursday The Minutemen were back in Middlesex League action against Belmont. On the girls side, The Minutemen were facing a tough Belmont squad that had dispatched archrival Woburn handily last week. The two teams traded places throughout the night, and going into the relays the meet was still undecided. In the end Belmont's 4x200 meter and 4x400 meter teams simply had too much firepower and Lexington came up short, falling by a score of 57-43. For the boys it was a different story. After placing first in the 55 meter High Hurdles, Belmont would relinquish the lead in the very next event when LHS senior captain Kazu Uda-Thach and junior Brian Her went one-three in the 55 meter Dash. The Minutemen would never look back from there, eventually taking the meet by a score of 78-22.
Despite the tough loss, the girls team had numerous stellar performances. In the 300 meters sophomore Aleia Gisolfi-McCready blazed away from the field, winning by nearly two seconds in a Division 1 qualifying time of 42.47. Gisolfi-McCready's time is the fifth fastest run anywhere in Massachusetts this season. In addition to her 300m time the star sophomore won the 55 meter Dash by less than one-hundredth of a second with a time of 8.09 seconds, and also jumped a season best 4'8" in the High Jump. Also in the High Jump, freshmen Mari McBride had a Division 1 qualifying leap of 4'10". The distance events also saw two members of The Minutemen squad qualify for the Division 1 meet. Junior Pauline Steines placed second in the Mile with a time of 5:32.30 - she would later return to pick up third place in the 1000 meters (3:19.53) - while senior captain Kesinia Sortor had a second place finish of her own in the Two Mile with of 11:56.30.
After cruising through the opening mile of the boys Two-Mile along with LHS junior Micah Benson - who would finish second in 9:59.55 - and Belmont junior Stephen Carvalho (10:02.59), senior captain Eli Gappelberg took over the race and broke from the field with a strong final half mile. He took the race in a Division 1 qualifying time of 9:48.68. Not to be outdone, the 4x200 meter relay of Uda-Thach and Her along with senior captain Alex Hiser and fellow senior Matt Pusatere won their race in a Division 1 qualifying time of 1:34.02.
Other Highlights for the Girls
- The Minutemen's Shot Put squad of junior Chrisondra Awomah (33'1"), senior captain Janna Lee (27'10.5"), and freshman Raquel Batista-Vieira (27'8") swept the event.
- Sophomore Lina Jafaar took the tape in the 1000m with a personal best time of 3:15.71.
- Rachel Caldwell-Glixon was second in the 55m Hurdles in a personal best time of 9.75 seconds; second in the High Jump (4'10"); and third in the Long Jump with a leap of 14'11.75".
- A pair of personal bests were run by junior Lily Sheth (1:43.66) and freshman Elana Sabin (1:46.78) in the 600 meters. The two placed second and third respectively.
- Junior Keena Gao was third in the 55m in a time of 8.11 seconds.
- In the 300m, sophomore Eileen Cannon ran 45.66 and placed third.
- Freshman Clara Fu ran a personal best of her own. Her time of 12:26.64 placed her third in the event.
Other Highlights for the Boys
- The first event on the oval saw The Minutemen break out the golden broom. Junior Adam Bernstein (4:45.25), and personal bests by sophomore Nate Croke (4:50.19) and junior Seth Cutler (4:51.25) got the job done in the Mile.
- The LHS "Bomb Squad" was on their game in the Shot Put. Juniors Michael Gupta (45'6") and Yanni Zavagliakos (44'7.5") as well as sophomore Jaret Dlugy (40'9") swept the event with three personal bests.
- The golden broom was brought back out for The Minutemen in the 1000m as unior Andrew McGovern (2:42.23), freshman Evan Eberle (2:50.80), and junior Jack Stevens (2:50.95) went one-two-three.
- Hiser and fellow senior Joe Tibbles went one-two in the 300m, running 38.75 and 38.84 respectively.
- Junior Selvin Backert won the 600m in a personal best time of 1:26.95. Freshman Daniel Ramsey was third in 1:32.18.
- Uda-Thach and junior Shymon Samsel went one-three in the Long Jump with leaps of 19'10" and 17'0.25" respectively.
- The 4x400m relay of Ramsey, Eberle, Backert and McGovern won the race in a time of 3:42.29.
- Junior Liam Cotter and Samsel picked up second and third respectively in the 55m Hurdles, running 8.72 and 8.84 respectively.
- In the High Jump, junior Brandon Wilkins was second with a jump of 5'5".
Up Next
The Minutemen will return to BU on Thursday December 27th where they will go up against Arlington. Junior Varsity athletes will be permitted to compete in this meet, and although the exact schedule of events has yet to be announced the meet is set to get underway at 10:00am.