A NATIONAL QUALIFIER AND REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS HIGHLIGHTS D1 RELAYS
Meet Information
MSTCA Division 1 Relays
April 30, 2022
Braintree High School - Braintree, MA
RESULTS
BRAINTREE, MA - Last year Division 1 Relays was the first invitational since the pandemic hit in the winter of 2020. The Minutemen faced temps in the 40s, and a mix of rain, sleet, snow and driving wind at Peabody High School. Fast-forward a year, and it was a completely different setting. The weather at Braintree High School was perfect, and allowed for a number of all-time performances for The Minutemen. In the team scoring, LHS finished sixth overall on the Boys side, scoring 30 points. Saint John's Prep would win the title with 69 points. The Lex Girls followed up their victory from last year with a solid performance to finish fourth overall, scoring 40 points. Newtown North took the team championships with 69 points of their own.
In recent years, both Indoor and Outdoor Relay Meets have turned into Record Day for The Minutemen. Since Coach Hall took over the throws program in the Spring of 2017, both Indoor Shot Put Relays have fallen, and the Girls Outdoor Shot Put Relay record was broken as well. Saturday, LHS's "Bomb Squad" took down three more records down. The Girls Javelin squad of junior Karin "Cannon" Minemoto (98'5"), sophomore Katie Atkins (92'10"), and junior Annie Smith (88'11") had three of the top six performances at the meet and combined to not only win the event but take down a record that has stood since 2001. After the Girls were done, junior captain Jack Ngo (42'8.25"), and fellow classmates Kaden Cassidy (45'1") and Allen Jiang (43'6.50") finally took down the elusive Shot Put Relay record that had stood since 2009. That same trio came back in the Discus Relay to place second overall with a combined distance of 370'1". Their mark bested the record set all the way back in 1996. Along with the records in the field, the Boys 4x400m Relay of senior captain Josh Lee, and juniors Jayden Bai, Alexios Kontothanassis and Brandon Uda-Thach turned in the fastest time by an LHS 4x4 since Andrew McGovern (LHS '20), Joshua Backert (LHS '20), Thomas Lingard (LHS '18) and Lucas Honohan (LHS '18) set the Outdoor record to win the 2018 All-State Championship. Lee, Bai, Kontothanassis, and Uda-Thach's time of 3:23.91 was enough to earn the silver medal and qualify for the National Championships in June.
Highlights from the Track for the Boys
Highlights from the Track for the Girls
Up Next
The Minutemen are back in Lexington for their final dual meet of the season on Tuesday. The meet - at the Center Recreation Complex - is set to begin at 4:00pm and will see the Red and Black of Winchester come to town.
MSTCA Division 1 Relays
April 30, 2022
Braintree High School - Braintree, MA
RESULTS
BRAINTREE, MA - Last year Division 1 Relays was the first invitational since the pandemic hit in the winter of 2020. The Minutemen faced temps in the 40s, and a mix of rain, sleet, snow and driving wind at Peabody High School. Fast-forward a year, and it was a completely different setting. The weather at Braintree High School was perfect, and allowed for a number of all-time performances for The Minutemen. In the team scoring, LHS finished sixth overall on the Boys side, scoring 30 points. Saint John's Prep would win the title with 69 points. The Lex Girls followed up their victory from last year with a solid performance to finish fourth overall, scoring 40 points. Newtown North took the team championships with 69 points of their own.
In recent years, both Indoor and Outdoor Relay Meets have turned into Record Day for The Minutemen. Since Coach Hall took over the throws program in the Spring of 2017, both Indoor Shot Put Relays have fallen, and the Girls Outdoor Shot Put Relay record was broken as well. Saturday, LHS's "Bomb Squad" took down three more records down. The Girls Javelin squad of junior Karin "Cannon" Minemoto (98'5"), sophomore Katie Atkins (92'10"), and junior Annie Smith (88'11") had three of the top six performances at the meet and combined to not only win the event but take down a record that has stood since 2001. After the Girls were done, junior captain Jack Ngo (42'8.25"), and fellow classmates Kaden Cassidy (45'1") and Allen Jiang (43'6.50") finally took down the elusive Shot Put Relay record that had stood since 2009. That same trio came back in the Discus Relay to place second overall with a combined distance of 370'1". Their mark bested the record set all the way back in 1996. Along with the records in the field, the Boys 4x400m Relay of senior captain Josh Lee, and juniors Jayden Bai, Alexios Kontothanassis and Brandon Uda-Thach turned in the fastest time by an LHS 4x4 since Andrew McGovern (LHS '20), Joshua Backert (LHS '20), Thomas Lingard (LHS '18) and Lucas Honohan (LHS '18) set the Outdoor record to win the 2018 All-State Championship. Lee, Bai, Kontothanassis, and Uda-Thach's time of 3:23.91 was enough to earn the silver medal and qualify for the National Championships in June.
Highlights from the Track for the Boys
- The Triple Jump squad of Kontothanassis, Lee, and junior Jerry Gong grabbed the bronze medal with a combined leap of 116'1".
- In the 1600m Sprint Medley it was Victor Yu, Joe Adiwijaya, Khai Uda-Thach, and Aviv Spitz who finished 10th in a time of 3:54.54.
- Junior Sam Simon teamed up with the freshman trio of James Joseph, Daniel Ryans and Zach Barry to finish 12th in the 4x800m Relay with a time of 9:06.66.
- Naresh Vytheswaran, McKenna O'Hare Gibson, Jake Wheaton, and Khai Uda-Thach combined run 1:36.76 in the 4x200m Relay, finishing 15th overall.
- The Distance Medley Relay of Aidan McPhee, Andreas Padilla, Noah Quadri, and Thomas Lane were 12th overall with a time of 11:35.30.
Highlights from the Track for the Girls
- On the track it was the team of senior captain Elena Sabin, junior captain Ava Criniti, sophomore Maya Dubrovsky, and senior captain Mari McBride who placed second with a season best and Divisional qualifying time of 4:07.07.
- The 4x1600m Relay of Clara Fu, Uma Sanker, Jasmine Sun, and Criniti earned the bronze medal with a time of 22:19.74.
- Despite not being at their best, the Discus Relay of Quin Tandeih, Raquel Batista-Vieira and Smith still placed fourth with a combined distance of 232'8".
- McBride led the High Jump competition with a leap of 5'4"; that mark along with the 4'4" jumps by Raegan LaCombe and Heidi Alexanderian combined to land the group fifth.
- Tandieh, Batista-Vieira and Cleo McBride were fifth in the Shot Put Relay with a distance of 85'3.25".
- In the 4x100m Shuttle Hurdles it was Atkins and Sabin, Amadine Mangon and Sofia Green who's time of 1:11.45 placed fifth overall.
- Dubrovsky, Samara McVey, Adia Singh, and Gabby Fainelli ran 10:10.08 to place fifth in the 4x800m Relay.
- The Long Jump Relay of McBride, Sabin, and senior Anna Yang placed fifth as well with a distance of 45'7.25".
Up Next
The Minutemen are back in Lexington for their final dual meet of the season on Tuesday. The meet - at the Center Recreation Complex - is set to begin at 4:00pm and will see the Red and Black of Winchester come to town.