AN ALL-TIME RECORD BREAKING DAY FOR CUTHBERTSON AT NEW YORK RELAYS
Meet Information
2025 New York Relays
April 12, 2025
Icahn Stadium - New York, NY
RESULTS
NEW YORK, NY - Temperatures never got above 38 degrees and the winds were consistently blowing around 13mph as the rain fell on Randall's Island for the 2025 installment of the New York Relays. While the terrible conditions cancelled day one of competition, and kept many athletes home on day two, LHS's Bomb Squad was undaunted as they made the trek down to the Big Apple. Despite the conditions, throughout the eight hours of action, junior Ainsley Cuthbertson turned in a performance for the ages.
When the Discus began at 9 o'clock in the morning, the wind simply would not allow the implement to fly as it would on a normal day, so athletes had to ignore the distance and maintain focus on beating each other. On Cuthbertson's first throw, she hit a distance that landed her in the finals. However, going into her sixth and final attempt she was in third place with a best mark of just 90'1". That changed when Cuthbertson uncorked a 106'11" throw that went on to win the event by nearly 10 feet. With one champions plaque in her bag, the LHS junior headed over to the Shot Put. In arguably her third best event, Cuthbertson was simply dominant. Her final throw of the prelims landed at 36'2.50", which would have won the competition. Then, her next three throws all bested that mark. In the end, Cuthbertson won the event. She had the four farthest throws in the field. And, with throw of 38'4", broke the LHS record in the event that was set back in 2018 by Chrisondra Awomah (LHS '20). With the wind and rain still unrelenting, the Hammer Throw began at 3:30 in the afternoon. Cuthbertson once again was able to deliver a tremendous performance. In the final round of the Hammer, on what was her 18th competition throw of the day, the LHS junior unleashed the 4kg steel ball 146'2" out into the muddy sector. That mark not only earned her a silver medal, but also bested her own LHS record in the event. To put a final point on what was an epic day delivered by Cuthbertson: in the span of eight hours she won gold medals in 2 events, silver in a third, set 2 LHS records, all the while battling what amounted to a nor'easter. Call it talent, call it preparation, call it mental strength, however you want to put it, the story of Cuthbertson's day at Icahn Stadium will long be told in Lexington Track & Field circles as exactly how to handle adversity when it comes your way.
Other Highlights from the Meet
Up Next
The Minutemen are back in Lexington this Tuesday, April 15th to face off against Belmont. Action begins at the Lexington Center Track at 4pm.
2025 New York Relays
April 12, 2025
Icahn Stadium - New York, NY
RESULTS
NEW YORK, NY - Temperatures never got above 38 degrees and the winds were consistently blowing around 13mph as the rain fell on Randall's Island for the 2025 installment of the New York Relays. While the terrible conditions cancelled day one of competition, and kept many athletes home on day two, LHS's Bomb Squad was undaunted as they made the trek down to the Big Apple. Despite the conditions, throughout the eight hours of action, junior Ainsley Cuthbertson turned in a performance for the ages.
When the Discus began at 9 o'clock in the morning, the wind simply would not allow the implement to fly as it would on a normal day, so athletes had to ignore the distance and maintain focus on beating each other. On Cuthbertson's first throw, she hit a distance that landed her in the finals. However, going into her sixth and final attempt she was in third place with a best mark of just 90'1". That changed when Cuthbertson uncorked a 106'11" throw that went on to win the event by nearly 10 feet. With one champions plaque in her bag, the LHS junior headed over to the Shot Put. In arguably her third best event, Cuthbertson was simply dominant. Her final throw of the prelims landed at 36'2.50", which would have won the competition. Then, her next three throws all bested that mark. In the end, Cuthbertson won the event. She had the four farthest throws in the field. And, with throw of 38'4", broke the LHS record in the event that was set back in 2018 by Chrisondra Awomah (LHS '20). With the wind and rain still unrelenting, the Hammer Throw began at 3:30 in the afternoon. Cuthbertson once again was able to deliver a tremendous performance. In the final round of the Hammer, on what was her 18th competition throw of the day, the LHS junior unleashed the 4kg steel ball 146'2" out into the muddy sector. That mark not only earned her a silver medal, but also bested her own LHS record in the event. To put a final point on what was an epic day delivered by Cuthbertson: in the span of eight hours she won gold medals in 2 events, silver in a third, set 2 LHS records, all the while battling what amounted to a nor'easter. Call it talent, call it preparation, call it mental strength, however you want to put it, the story of Cuthbertson's day at Icahn Stadium will long be told in Lexington Track & Field circles as exactly how to handle adversity when it comes your way.
Other Highlights from the Meet
- Junior Franz Schroeder also braved the conditions to compete in the Discus and Hammer; Schroeder finished seventh in the Discus with a throw of 119'8" and fourth in the Hammer with a mark of 161'6".
Up Next
The Minutemen are back in Lexington this Tuesday, April 15th to face off against Belmont. Action begins at the Lexington Center Track at 4pm.